Emily Xahep stands up from where she had been hiding. Skeletons surround her, and her eyes fill wide with fear.
The emptiness of her mind is suddenly filled with horrible thoughts and memories from before, and clutching her sword, she runs straight to the tavern and up the stairs.
"Help!" she screams until her voice goes raw, and she sits down finally. She doesn't know who she is, where she is, and tears of worry slide down her cheeks.
"please help me" she whispers, and she falls asleep.
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An elfess with dried blood stains upon her moss-green dress runs rapidly around the closed-up Troll's Bane and the Northern Woods. She seems frantic and holds her stomach, as if in pain.
Nymus? Nymus! Where are you?
Thoughts of the day ran through her mind. She had seen him at the battle. They fought together before she had lost him. When she finally got out of town much later, she had gone to The Grey Refuge and Caitlin had put her straight to work on people's injuries. She hadn't even thought of him until the last stitch was made. She saw others that day, but none knew where Nymus was. The last person she saw before running out here alone was that sweet child, Lina. She had rinsed her bloodied hands in the river and the child had been somewhat upset to see the blood.
"Do not worry, young one. The blood I rinse from my hands is not mine. It is because it is on my hands that people will live."
The girl had smiled and nodded. So sweet. And- wait. Marie... she had seen Marie all day. marie had taken shelter in Vanima... but what about her daughter? Oh, Emily... where are you?
The elfess turns to run back past the burning town to Marie. Where was Emily? Gods, she hopes that she is safe in Varshikar. Her heart thumps hard in her chest as she reaches the castle and enters with a shout "Marie!"
Nymus? Nymus! Where are you?
Thoughts of the day ran through her mind. She had seen him at the battle. They fought together before she had lost him. When she finally got out of town much later, she had gone to The Grey Refuge and Caitlin had put her straight to work on people's injuries. She hadn't even thought of him until the last stitch was made. She saw others that day, but none knew where Nymus was. The last person she saw before running out here alone was that sweet child, Lina. She had rinsed her bloodied hands in the river and the child had been somewhat upset to see the blood.
"Do not worry, young one. The blood I rinse from my hands is not mine. It is because it is on my hands that people will live."
The girl had smiled and nodded. So sweet. And- wait. Marie... she had seen Marie all day. marie had taken shelter in Vanima... but what about her daughter? Oh, Emily... where are you?
The elfess turns to run back past the burning town to Marie. Where was Emily? Gods, she hopes that she is safe in Varshikar. Her heart thumps hard in her chest as she reaches the castle and enters with a shout "Marie!"
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The elfess found Emily after much yelling at the perimeter of Troll's Bane. Her memory seemed to be getting better, as afterwards at the castle the girl had remembered her. Small blessings. Always more people with wounds to treat demanded her attention. As she was working on Liles, Thalodos entered the room.
Have you seen Nymus lately?
She had straightened to face the elf, taking a deep breath, but not being able to speak just yet. She shook her head to him, feeling the hot tears welling in her eyes. He was gone. She knew it.
Dei... Dei said he saw an elf being dragged... and... I can feel it. Here. she laid a hand on her stomach He is gone from us, Thalodos
The tears flowed then, frustration that she could not thank Nymus for all he did for her, for all he was for her. Frustration for the people that were dying, dead, or injured over one evil being's selfishness. The city burned, the trees burned. She felt that pain. She felt Caitlin's pain over it. The tears had been waiting to fall since she first took up her staff to the invaders, and now they fell, unchecked.
I think you need to rest Avareniah.
They need me. I have stitched people all day. I will rest once they do not need me. I will rest when I am able to close my eyes without seeing Nymus' body being ripped to shreds in a dark forest with no one to care.
That was it, wasn't it? A closure was needed. She knew she had lost him, but the hope of the others made her ill. Why didn't Rasmantil just show him to her so she could move on? In whatever direction she might be pulled, and to do whatever it was that pulled her hardest...
Have you seen Nymus lately?
She had straightened to face the elf, taking a deep breath, but not being able to speak just yet. She shook her head to him, feeling the hot tears welling in her eyes. He was gone. She knew it.
Dei... Dei said he saw an elf being dragged... and... I can feel it. Here. she laid a hand on her stomach He is gone from us, Thalodos
The tears flowed then, frustration that she could not thank Nymus for all he did for her, for all he was for her. Frustration for the people that were dying, dead, or injured over one evil being's selfishness. The city burned, the trees burned. She felt that pain. She felt Caitlin's pain over it. The tears had been waiting to fall since she first took up her staff to the invaders, and now they fell, unchecked.
I think you need to rest Avareniah.
They need me. I have stitched people all day. I will rest once they do not need me. I will rest when I am able to close my eyes without seeing Nymus' body being ripped to shreds in a dark forest with no one to care.
That was it, wasn't it? A closure was needed. She knew she had lost him, but the hope of the others made her ill. Why didn't Rasmantil just show him to her so she could move on? In whatever direction she might be pulled, and to do whatever it was that pulled her hardest...
As the sun rose high in the sky, the air warmed around this elfess and the smile that would normally fall on her lips in the joy of the day never came. Usually the wind through the trees tugging playfully at her long tresses made her grin and want to race. She loved the feel of the grass and the earth under her bare feet as she ran hard and fast, with or against the wind. The sun catching the ripples on the water would normally have her entranced in glee and thankful for the beauty of nature that surrounded her. But not today. Today was different, as every day from here on would be.
Avareniah sits next to the river and lets her fingertips dip into the still-cold water. She sits silently, feeling the ache move painfully into her fingers, but she welcomes it because it tells her she is alive.She whispers softly to herself in elven, talking to another, but wanting no one else to hear.
You handed me my purpose, as if on a silver platter. Before you there was a gap, an unsurity of what I was to be, what my role could be. Druid, medico... You gave them to me and taught me so many things. I want to be angry that I am now alone, but I cannot be. I feel only sadness, Caitlin, regret, and even fear.
Hours pass and Avareniah stands in the great hall of the Grey Refuge. Before her stands Emily. The sweet girl had her memories returned to her and she had seen so much in her past and of late that Avareniah knew was older in spirit than in body. This one being now held Avareniah's heart, the only one that this elfess was not afraid to give it to.
Avareniah, you know... sometimes when you're sad it's best to laugh. Show the world you're not afraid of them.
Avareniah had smiled, as the girl did. Such words as these from one so young. She had potential and a future. The tears welled in Avareniah's eyes for she might have found in Emily Xahep Tolong the one who could keep her whole, let her cry away her sorrows without telling her to be strong for once, and one to hold when the world bore down on her. Emily hugged Avareniah tightly and the elfess held her back. She fell to her knees, sobbing into the girl's stomach. The tears she had been ashamed to cry earlier now did not make her feel so badly.
It's okay, It's okay...
I love you, Emily. You are light and youth and innocence. You have so much and I love seeing it in you. I have not been able to hold anyone since Nymus... *chokes on the name* and after Caitlin... I did not think I would make it. I stay for you.
Emily muffled a sob and the tears ran down her cheeks.
Do you know what happens to elves who suffer to much sadness, Emily?
I will not lose you
We die. Our life leaves our bodies and that is the end. Do you know what keeps me here? You do. You are my anchor. Without you, I have no reason to be. I could float into the vast void and never be whole again, but you keep me here. You are so much of everything it makes me fill to brimming thinking of you. With all my loss and all my sadness. I feel hollow in parts that I thought would be full forever. Parts where I used to love and be loved.
Avareniah licked her pink lips as the hot tears rolled down her cheeks and
she tasted the salt on her tongue.
Hollownes can fill out again, I promise it will. Slowly...you will start to heal, even if the scars remain... Life is worth living even with all the sadness.
I will stay for you, because in you is potential. Because I feel that that the hollowness would worsen without you. You are not my daughter, or my sister, but you are the love in my life that I treasure above all others and I feel as connected to you as I would my own child, my own blood. I have seen many years that make me think I am ready to leave, but in your eyes I have my reason to stay.
Avareniah turns to address the other Emily, newly adopted into the Tolong family.
You have come into a beautiful family, Emily. Forged in love. It needs no blood to tie, for the love is deep enough to hold strong forever. You will be loved and youwill thrive and I will watch over you as I do for my Emily, for you are important to her and now to me.
This morning I sat by the river and your mother came to me...I had my hands in the cold river, feeling the ache move into my fingers just so I would know I was alive. I held my fingers high and watched the droplets fall from the reddened tips...so much like all the tears I have shed. When she arrived, I was drifting from myself, in pain, guilt, fear... and she brought me back. She made me smile. She reminded my of this little Emily and all that life holds still, even if it is not what I thought it was. What you have and what I have is precious. This life, these times, each other. Hold tight and never, never be afraid to tell someone how much they mean to you.
Such love this being sparked in her, such assurance and strength. Emily was her life right now and nothing would take the girl from her.
Avareniah sits next to the river and lets her fingertips dip into the still-cold water. She sits silently, feeling the ache move painfully into her fingers, but she welcomes it because it tells her she is alive.She whispers softly to herself in elven, talking to another, but wanting no one else to hear.
You handed me my purpose, as if on a silver platter. Before you there was a gap, an unsurity of what I was to be, what my role could be. Druid, medico... You gave them to me and taught me so many things. I want to be angry that I am now alone, but I cannot be. I feel only sadness, Caitlin, regret, and even fear.
Hours pass and Avareniah stands in the great hall of the Grey Refuge. Before her stands Emily. The sweet girl had her memories returned to her and she had seen so much in her past and of late that Avareniah knew was older in spirit than in body. This one being now held Avareniah's heart, the only one that this elfess was not afraid to give it to.
Avareniah, you know... sometimes when you're sad it's best to laugh. Show the world you're not afraid of them.
Avareniah had smiled, as the girl did. Such words as these from one so young. She had potential and a future. The tears welled in Avareniah's eyes for she might have found in Emily Xahep Tolong the one who could keep her whole, let her cry away her sorrows without telling her to be strong for once, and one to hold when the world bore down on her. Emily hugged Avareniah tightly and the elfess held her back. She fell to her knees, sobbing into the girl's stomach. The tears she had been ashamed to cry earlier now did not make her feel so badly.
It's okay, It's okay...
I love you, Emily. You are light and youth and innocence. You have so much and I love seeing it in you. I have not been able to hold anyone since Nymus... *chokes on the name* and after Caitlin... I did not think I would make it. I stay for you.
Emily muffled a sob and the tears ran down her cheeks.
Do you know what happens to elves who suffer to much sadness, Emily?
I will not lose you
We die. Our life leaves our bodies and that is the end. Do you know what keeps me here? You do. You are my anchor. Without you, I have no reason to be. I could float into the vast void and never be whole again, but you keep me here. You are so much of everything it makes me fill to brimming thinking of you. With all my loss and all my sadness. I feel hollow in parts that I thought would be full forever. Parts where I used to love and be loved.
Avareniah licked her pink lips as the hot tears rolled down her cheeks and
she tasted the salt on her tongue.
Hollownes can fill out again, I promise it will. Slowly...you will start to heal, even if the scars remain... Life is worth living even with all the sadness.
I will stay for you, because in you is potential. Because I feel that that the hollowness would worsen without you. You are not my daughter, or my sister, but you are the love in my life that I treasure above all others and I feel as connected to you as I would my own child, my own blood. I have seen many years that make me think I am ready to leave, but in your eyes I have my reason to stay.
Avareniah turns to address the other Emily, newly adopted into the Tolong family.
You have come into a beautiful family, Emily. Forged in love. It needs no blood to tie, for the love is deep enough to hold strong forever. You will be loved and youwill thrive and I will watch over you as I do for my Emily, for you are important to her and now to me.
This morning I sat by the river and your mother came to me...I had my hands in the cold river, feeling the ache move into my fingers just so I would know I was alive. I held my fingers high and watched the droplets fall from the reddened tips...so much like all the tears I have shed. When she arrived, I was drifting from myself, in pain, guilt, fear... and she brought me back. She made me smile. She reminded my of this little Emily and all that life holds still, even if it is not what I thought it was. What you have and what I have is precious. This life, these times, each other. Hold tight and never, never be afraid to tell someone how much they mean to you.
Such love this being sparked in her, such assurance and strength. Emily was her life right now and nothing would take the girl from her.