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Alyssum had camped in the woods the night before, deciding that it’ll be best to approach the borders during the day than late at night. While she tended her small fire, her dark bird pecking at his meal of cooked deer, she felt an overwhelming sense of nostalgia as she glanced around the trees. More than a year ago, she had roamed the Dampwoods frequently, exploring, hunting, meeting strangers within their depths. She had visited it a couple of months ago, but only for a day, and now that she spending a night under its boughs, it was all coming back to her.
“Aly is fine?” a croak had asked, and she glanced at Macbeth, who now regarded her with beady eyes that spoke of refined thoughts. “Yeah, Mac, I’m fine. It’s just that I used to live around here before… One of my old homes.” She could even smell Inferni now, being not so far from their borders, though she did not dare venture too close. She was not here for them—though she had planned to return when she was naïve and young, she sought purpose somewhere else. Yet, the place still stuck at her heart. “Move on. New nest tomorrow, no time for old nest memories,” the bird reminded her, and returned to his dinner.
They woke the morning after, and kicking at the ashes to scatter them, since a forest fire was probably not the best thing to happen, the de Fonte woman strode upon her mare, while Macbeth took it upon himself to fly ahead in case any dangers were to lie ahead. But, he did not return to her until they were close to the borders, and took his spot upon the horse’s croup. Alyssum led Antebellum a few more steps until they were roughly about seven yards from the marked land. She sat there for a moment of silence, musing over what she was going to do; she was not reconsidering, but merely predicting what was to come out of this. She did not think long, though, before she tipped her head and howled, lasting for about four seconds before it came to an end.
Code by the Mentors; photo courtesy to Olli38
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