Broken Antler Fen 〔❁〕Nikkō

Early Morning; Sunrise
Sunny
75°
Forward dated to 7/10th; Thread title means "Sunlight"

 

The break of dawn breaches -- over the hills, through forest canopies, and soon enough, the far reaches of Teekon. Songs of morning birds filled summer's warm air and sunlight escaped through the willow's leaves to gently carcass the crane's delicate face. She yawns, stretches, shakes -- then slowly emerges from her den under a willow tree. Eyes of gentle lilac rain peering through dark lashes to wake.

Brecheliant hadn't brought her problems thus far, and everything in the fen remained relatively peaceful during the young crane's stay. Then again, that's how these types of things always started: peaceful -- until everything goes to hell in the end. The place Maia and Eljay had called their own was what Izumi had first approached with enthusiasm, and yet she couldn't help the creeping pessimism that told her it wouldn't last. Like Kaisteloki, the court, her own home -- it wouldn't last forever, and Izu would soon be on the run once again.

Giving one last stretch of her forelimbs, her dark paws skittered out of the den's opening to breathe in morning dew.