Blackwater Islands bailando

set after this thread & backdated to hmmm maybe a week/two weeks after? let's say uhh may 1st lol

the journey had been longer than belen expected. and when she had looked back over her shoulder and found that akashingo was gone, swallowed by the roll of landscape, she had grown sick. hiding her tears from marina (@Cerulean), she had traveled beside the blackwater wolf largely in silence. eventually the terrain changed again, as did the wind. salt filled the air. the crash of waves could be heard even before belen and marina had reached the beach. while the girl had been informed she would have to swim, she was still caught off-guard. it took some coaxing for marina to bring her into the water. belen was exhausted and near weeping again by the time that she and the seawolf hauled themselves dripping onto the opposite bank. the teekons' mainland was far away now, and akashingo even farther. belen shivered and looked around as marina called for @The Listener. everything about blackwater was vastly unfamiliar, and now she would have to serve here as she had served in the palace. she told herself it was the role chosen for her by the pharaoh, and stayed quiet, subdued as she waited.