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fallen_star (fallen_star) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-07-19 19:08:00

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arrival, ayla, complete, day 8, yvaine

Day Eight - Yvaine's Arrival
Who: Yvaine & Ayla
Where: The Meadow
When: Day 8; Evening, just after the sun has set
What: Yvaine’s Arrival
Rating: PG
Status: Complete

High in the sky, the Evening Star glittered and shined brightly as she watched the humans and the beasts. The creatures below interacted as they had a tendency to do. Yvaine sighed as she watched a traveler begin his journey through Faerie. Oh what it would be like to go on adventures of her own. She loved her sister Stars and her mother Moon very much, and life was never unbearable for her, but she wanted to experience life down below her sometimes. If there were a way back up home, she thought she wouldn’t mind heading down there for once.

With another sigh, Yvaine lifted herself to a standing position and moved a little to head toward some of her sisters. As she moved, a glint of silver caught her attention, and she turned to look. Out of nowhere a huge silver chain with a large, yellow gemstone flew at her, catching her in the gut. The blow caused the young star woman to stumble backward with an pained sound in her throat, and she promptly began a long descent toward the earth.

Fire sounded in her ears as its colours of purples, blues, reds, and yellows obscured her vision. Her heart beat rapidly, fearfully in her chest as she fell farther and farther, coming closer and closer to the ground. If there were something she could do about this, it would have been done. As it was, she could only wait anxiously for her body to hit the dirt.

A gasp left her lips as she finally hit the ground. Yvaine whimpered as a sickening crack sounded in her ears- almost drowned out by the boom as vast amounts dirt flew into the air- and pain shot like electricity through her leg, up her body.

She lay on her back for a moment, unmoving as she gazed up at the night sky. It was beautiful from down here, but she couldn’t see her sisters’ smiling faces. Sadness mixed with touches of anger began to creep up through her belly. Yvaine hadn’t really wished to be down here, among the humans and other creatures; it had only been a distant thought. Tears welled in her eyes, overflowing and streaking over her temples. How would she get home?

Yvaine recalled the necklace that had knocked her from the sky, so she turned her head one way then the other before she spotted it. “Stupid bloody thing.” She grumbled, moving ever so slightly as she reached out to grasp it as she clenched her jaw against the pain.

Suddenly her world changed around her, and she had the unpleasant sensation of spinning. Suddenly she lay, not in the crater her impact had caused, but in the grass in at the edge of a meadow. The scents around her had changed as well. Yvaine now detected the scent of sea salt on the air, though she couldn’t truly say it was that as she’d never before smelled such a scent. Red rimmed eyes flickered around new environment. The necklace was gone. They moved to the sky where stars glittered and the moons shone. These stars didn’t glitter the same way her sisters had, and her mother had never had a companion. This was a different sky than her homeland. Now she was truly lost.

Yvaine threw a blue silked arm over her face and sobbed into the fabric.

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_ayla_
2008-07-19 10:20 pm UTC (link)

Ayla, after spending most of her day in her room weaving a basket, decided that she ought to go outside. In the cafe she had heard that the resort had shifted and changed during the night and she was curious to see it. She left her room and stepped outside. She immediately recognized the smell of the sea and her eyes brightened.

She was familiar with the sea and loved to swim in it. She also noticed that the color and texture of the outside of the buildings had changed. She stepped off the sidewalk and felt the sand between her toes. She laughed softly, delighted. She looked around as the sun began to set. The colors were vibrant and beautiful.

She headed for the beach, and stood where the waves could lap at her ankles. She walked in the wet sand, heading for the forest and saw a small cover where half a dozen dolphins were froliking. She laughed again, pleasantly surprised by the change. It was a little unnerving, yes, but it was a wonderful change.

She left the beach and stepped into the trees. What once had been pines and redwoods were palms. She walked through the trees, sand still spilling between her toes. She touched the trunks of the trees as she passed by them, and came to the other side of the forest. That was when she heard the sobbing.

She paused for a moment and listened. It sounded like someone at the edge of dispair. Ayla hadn't heard anyone cry in a very long time. The clan didn't know how to cry. Jondalar had been the last person she had heard cry, and his sobs were much more masculine sounding than these. She wondered if this person had also lost a loved one.

She stepped out of the trees and headed for the sound. The sun had finally set, and she was only making her way by the light of the dual moons and the stars. All of the celestial objects seemed closer than they had back in her own world. But they were just as bright. She found the woman on her back, her arm flung over her face.

Ayla crept forward, her footsteps silent. She wasn't trying to scare the woman, but it was a habit. She knelt next to her and touched her arm gently. She didn't know what to say. She knew that she was in some sort of pain, but she didn't know if it was emotional or physical. "Excuse me, are you hurt?" She didn't remember seeing anyone like her before. She had long blond hair like her own, and she was wearing a long garment of some kind.

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