Thread: When all is Dark (with Reddy)

A r a s h i Why? Why had she told him exactly what she'd been feeling? Where was her strength? Her iron resolve that never failed to surprise her? It'd abandoned her in that moment and all she was left with was pain, raw, aching, all-consuming pain and what was worse was the fact that it was emotional trauma. Physical, she could handle. Grit her teeth digging deep to find her gumption to push through it. This... this was her feeling lost. A leader that'd failed her people. It'd destroyed her honor... her faith. It'd shaken everything that she knew about herself leaving her tempted to just call it quits. What was she asking for? Mercy? Put her out of her misery. She should've known better than to expect a human to have the grace to afford her mercy. In the end, they were all the same. Selfish and greedy. His denial summoned that anger back to the surface within her. The thought crossed her mind to slug him across the face and let him know just how lucky he was to have a new slave. Just take a swing with both her hands laced together since they were so conveniently tied at the wrist and send him reeling. That was a real possibility. Arashi was a stunning creature that was both supple and strong. Worse, she knew how to fight and wouldn't hesitate to use her skills if she needed to. This man may be a bit taller than her but she was almost certain that she was the stronger of the pair of them. Currently, all she wanted was to knock him down a peg or two. That was until the ground started to shake and her eyes widened startled before it shifted to fear. Arashi had seen little magic before and this... this was wild and now directed at her. A rather startled yelp left her when roots from the ground made a sudden lunge for her face and she tried to jerk back but the wood found a way to wind about her face. Her ears were back and her eyes were wide showing just how startled that she was. Her breathing came shallow and slow as she wasn't quite sure how to handle this. How did one fight against something like that? It had to be her captor since he'd uttered some nonsense and then this happened. Simple cause and effect. Yet, now, she wasn't so sure who was the stronger out of the pair of them if he could get the plants around them to do strange things like that. It was otherworldly. She tried rubbing her face against her shoulder to try to dislodge the wood with little luck. The guards approached and she thought about doing something reckless. Something brash but what if the ground shook again? What if something else seriously strange happened? Could she handle it? Arashi's eyes narrowed in distrust and frustration. She'd bide her time for now and play good. Although, she did content herself with staring hatefully at the guards. Adrenaline was starting to wear off and that pain in her skull reminded her just how rough that she'd had it the past few days. She was sure that if she felt the back of her head, there'd be a swelling there where she'd been struck. The guards left and he picked her up again off the road. Her body stiffened as a slow shiver went through it. She tried not touching him if she could help it but it was wearing on her to be stiff. She thought about struggling but that fall had hurt and not amounted to much of anything after that. So, with a rather tired sigh, her eyes drifted closed and she relaxed her body into his unwilling and unsure if she wanted to fight at the moment. Although, now that she was still, memories drifted through her of those lost to her and moisture gathered before a tear slid down her face. Just one though. One small flicker of the grief that she felt. Any more and she'd lose herself to it. That was something that she couldn't afford to do. She had to be strong... for what... she wasn't sure. The world had taken everything from her but from this man's words earlier, even herself. Last edited Jun 29, 2018