Dragoncrest Cliffs and be yourself my ally in love’s battle

obligatory meme - how could u DO this to ur son!! <3

confident of his station in sapphique, val listened to his maman with an adoring sweep of his calm-green eyes. sappiqhue had endured much these last few weeks -- even the snow seemed a secondary crucible for the survivors of the bear.

his heart lifted to hear of a competition -- in the name of raleska and kaertok. his muscles tensed alongside rosalyn and njord, a glittering light of excitement held in his gaze.

a race!! he was the best at races -- he raced chacal and regin all the time. a sinking feeling in his gut then, as regin came to mind -- but he steeled his emotions and settled expectantly next to erzulie.

he'd haul ass in this race. they'd all be left in the dust. vex, haunt, njord, merlin all had nothing on val's afterburners. he'd spent his whole life running up and down the dunes like a clown.. this was gonna be a walk in the park.

val didn't even make the connection that the race was called seafoam for a reason. he was lurching forward on his own imaginary start line, waiting for go in anticipatory breaths.

well, he wasn't going to wait forever. he was just about to bolt to give himself an unneeded head start, when he realized erzulie and rosalyn were both looking at the sea. umm. why?

val's excited expression plummeted. a whining metallic groan began to sound in his ears. he didn't even hear vex's question over the drone of fear which seized him.

surely, maman didn't mean in the water, right?