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Thread Title: 「 Can’t Help Falling in Love 」 

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Unable to sleep, you take a midnight stroll. The night is calm, it seems that everyone else is resting peacefully, it is only you that cannot find respite in the realm of slumber. After a while, you lose track of how far you’d gone, trees begin to look different than they had at the start of this venture. Oh well, you don’t seem bothered by the revelation. If anything it may have been a subtle sign to go back, but you’re in no rush. Taking a break, you sit atop a small hill, taking in the sea of stars above. It is then that you see one shoot across the sky, then another, and another. An unexpected meteor shower, just for you— and whoever else decides to show up.

Thread Participants

OOC partner: Rem
Character 1: Lylith
Alignment: Chaotic neutral
Desired skills: N/A
No triggers listed

OOC partner: Nomé
Character 2: Thabanus
Alignment: True neutral
Desired skills: N/A
No triggers listed

His body was uneasy during the night, having found a decently large tree to rest up under for the night, he was expected to wake up when the sun had risen and yet he was up now. The woods were silent except the faintest creaking of the wind that pushed the trees. His rest coming no time soon he gathered himself up with a gruff sigh, shaking whatever snow that undoubtedly fell from above and onto his coat with ease. From then he began to walk.

It didn’t quite matter where he ended up at, that tree was no permanent home after all, simply a place to sleep at for the time being. Though he started to wonder just how far he was going, the trees seemed to grow a different shade, and even the leaves looked different from down below, perhaps he was just tired? Or maybe he would simply find a new area to wander around in, and maybe he would even stumble upon that hungry bear.

For a while he kept on like that, walking with no end, until there was an end. His tracks stopped at the sight of another’s leading into a clearing and up a hill. That’s where they sat and they seemed to be fixed on the sky above, and thoughtlessly he looked up as well. For a moment his breath was caught.. to be completely frank he hadn’t the slightest clue this new world had anything so beautiful. The stars were vast, as if never ending, it reminded him deeply of his daughter. She loved these mysteriously unknown twinkling lights that garnished the sky.. she would have loved this.

With a hesitation unknown to him, he stepped forward, slow steps, though no matter how slow he went, the sound of his paws crackling within the snow made no difference. For the slightest moment he wondered if this was something he should be doing, maybe it would’ve been best to just turn around? To act as if he hadn’t seen such a wonder up above, but it was as if his body already knew his decision. Before long he was already sitting on the right of them, there was little space on this hill, however gratefully it was just big enough to leave a decent gap between the two.

She was small and reeked of such despair.. death even? How strange, it was a new occurrence to learn just how strong his nose was, he wondered if these canines could always do something so invasive, and yet he couldn’t quite control it either. He wonder if he had a smell.. was it bad? Or overwhelming or upsetting? He found himself thinking the strangest things at times like this, even now he wondered just what could make one feel so heavy. But alas he wouldn’t voice such thoughts, he wouldn’t even speak, instead he simply watched the sky, and in an instant it began to rain. Not the normal wet rain, the stars.. they darted across the sky, leaving sparkling streaks behind them. However he hadn’t found this spot first, and if the dame so chose to ask him to leave he would, there was no need to fight over something so trivial, what he had seen was enough for him and imposing was something he wasn’t too fond of.

His gaze never left the sky, after all it was what he came up this hill for. He had seen the dame beside him already, moments before making the decision to come up, and he figured after this event it would be the last of this shared moment between them. He was at peace here, almost as if his chest was a bit lighter, a refreshing feeling, a refreshing sight. He wondered if he would’ve missed this if he decided to force himself asleep, or if he had went an entirely different direction, how disappointing that would’ve been..

He didn’t exactly expect either or them to talk, it didn’t quite seem like a talking moment to him, however her question was a valid one. He spent countless hours watching the sky with his daughter, giving her any book she so desired, even an oddly enlarged looking glass, and even when he wasn’t watching with her, she was sure to tell him anything new she learned, he had no doubt she would’ve conquered the skies if only given the chance. “I think..” He started his voice but a low whisper, simply matching the smaller dames tone of choice.

“I think these aren’t the same stars we see every night” He stated softly, his ears twitching to the breeze against them and the simple sound of the sleeping forest. “I think the falling stars are falling from a different sky, our stars are still in the same place… they aren’t disappearing” An unsure explanation, but a sure enough observation. You could clearly see the original stars still plastered in place, while the other flew past them, it was strange, he wondered if someone else was missing their stars, or if anyone even noticed.