Lake Rodney 〔❁〕Odoru hoshi

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Late evening; Midnight
Clear
66°
Forward dated 7/11th; Thread title means "Dancing stars"

 

Soon came the bright sphere that illuminated it’s dark blanket, and after swarmed in crickets – to hide in their forests of grass and sing their midnight songs. Another one of the girl’s nightmares woke Izu from her sleep in a cold sweat, and not wishing to disturb anyone from their peaceful slumber, she felt no choice but to sneak out of the fen and walk the stress off herself. Everything felt so disturbingly real – like her mind was especially adamant about fucking with her tonight. 

Puddles of blood that painted the violet grove of her home during the raid suddenly lit ablaze with fire, and corpses of her kin began to float like spirits from hell to surround her. Whispering, hissing in her ear;

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“Destined to curse your own name”,

“Life goes on to remind you of your failures”,

“You follow a childish fool’s path.”

“Do you still dream, little girl?”

“It’s only a matter of time…”

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Then, it stops. The grimacing woman dunked her head violently in the sparkling lake’s water, and the voices finally ceased. 

As much as Izumi hated it, it was no new experience for her -- she'd been dealing with terrors like these every now and then since her arrival in the Teekons. Whether or not that was some sort of supernatural sign to scurry the hell up on out of here was any superstitions guess, but the crane clearly wasn't taking any hints to show. She was tired of running anyway. Izu arrived to the Teekons a 2nd time for a reason, right?

Bubbles formed in the water as her aching lungs screamed for air, and at last her crown was pulled from the lake's surface with heavy pants and drenched hairs covering bits of her vision. Though she'd not been done with it yet as the weight of her legs slowly pulled towards its surface. Whatever grass had crushed beneath her dainty paws now became the muddied lake's floors -- and there she stood. Basking in the moonlight, shoulder-deep inside, and hoping the shock of cold water would put her at ease...