[OPEN] Well. That Didn't Go Quite As Planned

[moneytwin]

Who: EVERYONE
Where: The Temple of Beginnings
When: Immediately After The End.
Rating: PG-13, may vary by thread
What: You fall, you pick yourself back up and you move on. Or at least, you try.


Fished Out Of Water
One minute, you are witnessing the fabric of an entire world implode as it is literally ripped apart by powers unknown. The next, that tell-tale twist somewhere beneath your sternum, before you are bodily YANKED away from Akvos, away from the ocean and the Queen and the King and the Princess.

And land back on (mostly) solid, dry ground.

Welcome back to the Temple of Beginnings. Don't worry, there's no hurry for you to get back up just yet.


Hey, Howya Doin'?
Once you do get back up, now is the time to be taking stock of the situation - yours, your friends, and even those new merfolk neighbours (who may need a hand getting their fins back into the water). There is also the missing members of the Circle to consider: people who disappeared on the journey to Akvos, and those who never made it back..

(There's also that small matter with a certain 'witchess-san' that may be a cause for concern to some more than others.)

Whatever the case, it's a lot to process right now. Take the time you have, because you don't know if it'll be enough for what you need.

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[[ OOC: Here's an open post for threads reacting to the end of the Akvos world hop. Feel free to use the above prompts, and/or make your own! ]]

Comments

[shootstyles]

...Thanks.

[He takes it and wraps it around his small shoulders. It feels warm from the fire and her body heat and the weight of it is a comfort in and of itself.

He exhales deeply, wraps his arms around his legs and rests his head on his knees. His voice comes out muffled.]

Do you ever feel so tired you can't sleep or do anything? I wanna ask about your bear but... I'm so tired.

[moneytwin]

[ He is so much younger than she is, and it makes Vex's bones ache to see how he wraps himself up in the blanket. There's quite a few young ones, actually, more than Vex thinks appropriate given the task at hand -- given the task that just blew up in their faces -- and she sighs a bit as she leans back against her bear; he grunts but doesn't otherwise stir. ]

Absolutely. Even my hair hurts, that's how tired I feel. [and she has so much of it] I'm happy to talk about Trinket, if you like, though. He's a very good bear. He did his best these last few days.

[her smile falls, blank, distant] We all did. We all tried. [it just. wasn't enough, in the end]

[shootstyles]

Not hard enough. Or... maybe not in the right way.

[He's quiet and sniffles for a few moments before pressing his face into his knees to muffle a sneeze. Ugh. He should really thank her for giving him this blanket. If he'd stayed out in the night air much longer, he'd probably catch a chill and then he'd be nothing but a nuisance to everyone.

He sniffs again and glances over at the bear before finally just allowing himself to fuel the small curious spark that still manages to fire within him.]

Is it... he... a pet? Did you train him? How do you train a bear?