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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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fallen_star
2008-07-19 11:29 pm UTC (link)

Yvaine continued to cry, for what else could she do. Every movement sent shards of pain through her body from her leg, and she wasn’t even close to home any more. She didn’t even have the comfort of knowing her family watched over her, as these stars and moons were strangers to her. Her sleeve was soaked with tears, but she didn’t remove it from her face.

A touch on her arm caused Yvaine to jerk away in shock, though immediately after she cringed in pain. She hadn’t heard anyone approach. The star woman sniffed once before stifling her tears and removing the damp, sleeved arm from her face. Her eyes were rimmed in red from the salty tears she had shed, but they flickered up to the woman who crouched over her. The strange lady wore odd clothing that Yvaine vaguely recalled seeing people of Earth wear very long ago.

With another sniff she responded sadly, “I broke my leg when I fell.” Yvaine sat up slowly so as not to jar her wounded limb more than necessary. She motioned to her right leg, sending a bit of glittery dust to drift from her arm. The star wasn’t shining nearly as brightly as she had before her fall, but, because it was night, she continued to shimmer in the darkness.

Yvaine wasn’t sure what to make of this woman. Four hundred years ago her sister fell and was never seen again. None knew what happened to her. She seemed genuinely concerned, though, and the star didn’t want to repay real kindness with hostility. That could wait until she saw some sign that perhaps this person wanted to harm her.

“I don’t think you can help me, though.” Yvaine said quite honestly. Who could really ever help her? She couldn’t even move without pain searing through her.

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_ayla_
2008-07-19 11:51 pm UTC (link)

"From where did you fall?" Ayla's brow creased with concern. She looked at the leg, but it was covered by the blue garment. "May I look at your leg?" She waited a beat for a response before her instincts took over and she lifted the hem of the dress and pulled it back up to her thighs. It was difficult to see in the moonlight, but she could see that it was broken.

"Yes, it's broken." She stood up and glanced around the meadow. She settled her hands on her fur clad hips and scanned the area. She knew that the Planet was always aware of their needs. She was just waiting for the golem she knew would show up to carry Yvaine for her. She didn't have Whinney with her, or she might have been able to rig a travoise. Crouching back down once she saw the rock creature in the distance she smiled kindly at Yvaine.

"I am Ayla. I am medicine woman. I can help set your leg." She was wearing her fur wrap again today, her bulging leather amulet hanging around her neck. Her feet were bare, but she had her otterskin medicine bag hanging from one hip, and her sling hanging from the other by the tie that bound her wrap together.

When the golem arrived, Ayla looked up. Then, looking back down at Yvaine, she tried to explain. "This man of rock, he will carry you to my room where I can help your leg." The rock man probably also had Yvaine's room key. Yvaine, because of her leg, would not get the same tour everyone else got when they first arrived. She would have to read the tablet when she was well enough to walk again.

"It won't harm you. Don't worry." She smiled again as the golem crouched to lift her into his arms.

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