Of Stone and Time

Sonje Helsi · 08-23-2012, 12:55 PM

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Sonje by Sie!

Since leaving Halifax a handful of rising suns ago, Sonje's decent mood had been slowly chipped away by her sudden loneliness. For whatever reason, she still kept running into Luperci, somehow even in the most remote spots she could find, but she found that she missed the socialization she'd experienced in her time spent at the dilapidated city. After many months of being on her own and only coming across others of her kind once every week or two, it was hard to recognize her inherent desire to be around others, especially since she specifically chose not to acknowledge it more often than not. She sighed, closing her eyes against the blaring sun.

She was riding Jagga now, lying stretched against the gray mare's broad back as she crossed the barren, dusty hills at an almost excruciatingly slow pace—a pace Sonje didn't mind, as the heat allotted a bit of leisure in her opinion. If there had been been any type of sheltering wilderness around her, she might have gone for a hunt, but as it were, the rolling land was pretty open and she had no choice but to listen to the sparse rumbling of her gut between the incessant clopping of Jagga's heavy hooves. She sighed again, putting her hands behind her head and letting her tail fall limply against her steed's shoulder.

Glancing down, she noticed that they were passing a trench, the first of several, and she reminded Jagga to watch her step as they went. She sat up, dropping her legs to either side of her thick mare and taking the reins again, in case she needed to direct her. Sonje admired the war place with her pale eyes, drinking in the warm air and tasting the scent of another, decently fresh. They were coming up on the tallest building when she looked up, shielding her eyes from the sun's glare as she tried to see the top of the three-story tower. She pulled on the reins sharply when she spotted the figure up there, every muscle in her body tensing. She was acutely aware of his advantage, and the fact that he could have seen her coming a mile away.

Dust settled around Jagga's hooves as she came to a stop, tossing her head irritably. "Enjoying the view?" she called up, mostly looking to gauge the other's voice for friendliness or otherwise.

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