4/3/2025, 1:45 PM
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Amaranth would hesitate, the lack of trust in her instincts evident, and for a few striking moments she displayed vulnerability. It was not often that she hesitated on gut instinct, for that was how she made her way through most of her life. But with her age, perhaps, she grew more aware of her own flaws. She grew more aware that if she made a mistake, something could happen to her.
And that there were those around who cared about that.
Thankfully, she had Valeska to bolster her, and the wraith would offer a hazy smile as she recollected her thoughts.
Not all messages must be spoken,she would remind playfully, waving her tail behind her as Valeska would perk up, becoming instantly ready to initiate their new mission:
Bug Talk.
Valeska's booming voice would sound, echoing through the softness of the midnight ... and the bugs seemed to accelerate away from the pair.
"Come, Amaranth. They are hard of hearing."
With a nod, the golden woman would follow, pacing after her wife as they wove their way through the darkness ... together ... chasing after the glittering silver lights. The bugs left little hints of sparkle down the path, glowing like stars. It was as if the sky above had descended, leaving them trailing in the milky way. Everything felt warm, despite the cool colors, and there were trails of light moving all around them.
Amaranth would smile, should-to-shoulder with Valeska as the bugs buzzed around them.
It felt almost sentient.
And suddenly ...
The world seemed to shift around them, hazily transforming. The starlight, for a few moments, was blinding, and Amaranth flinched, closing her eyes for but a second as she pressed into Valeska's shoulder.
Within an instant, they were transported to two lifetimes ago. When Amaranth opened her eyes, she was standing right in the middle of Old Elysium, with the ancient trees overhead and the granite, cracking walls. She recognized it immediately.
This was the world where Amaranth and Valeska had first met.
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Valeska is allowed in any of Amaranth's threads
