[ooc] -- i thought you'd be there.
holding daisies, counting stars. -- [bic]
This was unthinkable. Impossible. Although neither were true. It was possible as it had happened and now that Cercelee thought about it, it made a lot of sense. Anything you worked for burned to the ground in the end, right? Cercelee shut her eyes against the irony, not even home for a whole week because it was destroyed before her eyes. Yet it was more of an inconvenience than anything else. Yes, she had wanted to call Clouded Tears home, and yes, she had wanted to mend her friendship with her cousin, but now Clouded Tears was no more than ashes and Laruku might not have even made it out alive. She didn't know, but as he was the only soul she knew from the lands, he was the only one she wondered about. Other than him, she had nothing and no one to lose, so it wasn't a big deal. Not really. Besides, the little island in the middle of the lake might still be green, she didn't know if the fire could spread across the lake, so maybe there was some life left in Clouded Tears, even if it was just lonely trees, the thought comforted her.
Cercelee wasn't quite sure where she was going, just in the general direction that every other pathetic creature seemed to be moving. Yet she had been kind of slow, fallen behind a bit and when she got past the peak of the mountains, sure the fires could not catch up to her here, her fur smelt burnt, although she hadn't been touched by the searing flames herself, and grey ashes clung to her white pelt, floating after her from the burning trees. Well, why not? It was just as well that the destruction clung to her, and she didn't mind. The smell would fade, the ashes would fall from her fur, and the whole ordeal would become just like a dream. That's what it felt like, a dream, as she wandered blindly now, waiting to stumble across someone, anyone. Which is why when the howl sounded she didn't bother to call back, she
flew to the maker of the call, with the last of her strength and speed. When she did break into the clearing and find the other wolf, she found she was relieved suddenly to not be alone any longer. Panting just slightly, she spoke, her voice cool and crisp.
Hello.
