[/html]Her trophy for the borders had been completed, the subtle yellow of the bone covered in depictions of the Shattered Coast and Lykoi imagery. A beast the shape and colour of Gabriel de le Poer wrapped around the jaw, snarling a warning that echoed in the painted skull wall behind him. The Chaos star sat in the center of the forehead. She was proud of the work, even if the one gull above the ocean on the back of the cranium was ruined. Silently, she carried it with her, her path leading her to Route 32, to place the skull where it would be most useful. The Forest of Nod kept others at bay to the east, and there was no sense to put the skulls there.
A strange scent passed on the breeze as she neared the edge of her kingdom, familiar from her past like other things. Its presence diverted her path, curiosity egging her to greet whoever was near. She rationalized her desire to see who came with the fact that it was a duty to Inferni, to greet and boost the ranks of their home, but as she grew near and a shape came into view, she faltered.
It was indeed a face from the past, and a face she hadn't seen for several years. He was waiting with the raven, Marlowe, speaking amongst each other. He had a smile on his face.
Talitha pushed herself to move closer. She had hoped he would come back, but he hadn't the last time and she was sure he wouldn't again. She had was wrong, as the appearance of her brother proved. Her grip at the edge of the skull tightened to the point of fracturing the bone, a jagged line bisecting the visage of her wonderful father, as she forced herself forward. Her hands shook.
"Ezekiel." It was all she could muster, gazing at him with crimson eyes filled with melancholy. He was so different, grown into the body of a man rather than the boy he had once been, but she knew she was different too. Silent, she worried that he wouldn't recognize her, wouldn't know who she was. Would she be able to tell him, if that were the case? Or would she give one of her false names, like she did to the outsiders? He wasn't an outsider, but she had fled and he had lost her and it had been so long. Though she didn't leave the edge of the Inferni lands, she approached as close as she could. "You're back."
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