Firefly, Firefly, How Brightly You Burn

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Ray / 18 / avatar of the Desolation

205 posts

//TW for INCREDIBLY HEAVY THEMES of Family/Religious Cults, Manipulation, and Paranoia

The boy stands proudly on the pyre. The group around him chatting, laughing, looking at him with admiration. This is his special day. He’s got on his best, and he hugs his friends and family tight one last time before he is to become a man. He is led by his father to the top of the pyre, beaming with pride. His father looks him in the eye, straightening the boys collar and saying words he’s wanted to hear all his life.

“We are so, so proud of you”

His father steps down, holding his mother’s hand. And the pyre is lit. The flames climb towards the boy, who welcomes them. They hurt. They claw at his skin and he cannot move. Why isn’t someone coming up to get him? They’re cheering, congratulating him. Dropping their drinks of the fire so it burns ever brighter. It hurts so badly. Why isn’t someone coming to get him?

He cries out, he knows he’s not supposed to but how can he when he is dying. He wasn’t supposed to die! He was supposed to be set alight and led down to congratulations like all the others! Why is no one coming to get him?

All at once, everything goes dark. The heat fades. And he is nothing.

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Alright everyone, meet Ray! Another blog from yours truly, @era-of-ages! Ray has suddenly found himself alive after becoming a burnt offering against his will. This makes Ray very sad and very burn-scarred. Please be gentle with him.

Ray Is:

-19 years old

- uses he/him

- currently mute due to very flame damaged vocal cords

- easily manipulated and has very recently been reflecting on the fact that his family’s “church” may not be so great

- a huge scaredy-cat

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other necessary items:

- Romantic stuff is welcome! Ray is panromantic!

- NSFW is not welcome! We’ll get along fine without it!

- magic anons are welcome!

- you can be mean to him if you want! But not to me please!

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Tags!

#light the pyre! - rp START

#but ashes - rp END

#burnt remains - general tag

// indicates Ooc (out of character)

#burnt remains #tma oc blog #tma oc #tma oc rp #tma rp #tma rp blog #tw cult #tw family trauma #tw religious trauma

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

"Would you rather I stab you back, or you keep me company in the woods?"

[She paused and walked back over to him as he leaned on the tree]

"I like to forgive and forget. If you hold grudges you'll just be full of hate, and if you're as old as me, thats alot of hate."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He considered this for a second. The idea entirely foreign to him]

But my dad always-

[He started to argue but stopped. What did his dad know anyway? It was his dad’s fault he was burned alive!]

Forgive and forget. . .

[He took something from his pocket. A heart encased in glass, then looked back at Eda]

What if they killed me?

"well thats fine. You can stab the people that killed you. Kill them back! Thats the ine exception."

Her gaze was fixed on the heart. She looked interested

lightning-bug-burnout

[He noticed her looking at it, and held it out for her to see]

It’s my dad’s. He. . . he and my mom and my church um. . .

[He started to shake slightly.]

They burned me so. . . I um. I stabbed him and melted the glass and that’s. . . yeah.

"Fascinating- I mean- im so sorry that happened to you. Gods i need to find my journal."

She started walking again

lightning-bug-burnout

[He follows. A journal. Looking for a journal. Got it]

How did you lose it?

"I got attacked by a wolf."

She said this very casually.

"Then I passed out because I over exerted myself and woke up on the bench without my stuff."

lightning-bug-burnout

A wolf? Are you sure you should be walking then? That seems bad.

"oh im fine dont worry. I heal fast."

She glanced back at Ray with a smile and continued to look on the ground for her journal

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looks, eventually spotting a journal on the ground. He tries his not to accidentally burn it and gives it to her]

Is this it?

She grabs the book and examined it

"YES!"

She looked around on the ground and picked up a pen. She opened her journal and began to write about Ray and sketch the heart in glass.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He reads over her shoulder]

Oh. My full name is Reiner. If you’re writing things down. Why are you doing that exactly?

"I forget things easily- and i like to keep track of everything that I can."

She wrote (Reiner) on the paper and started a rough sketch of Ray

lightning-bug-burnout

Do you do this to everyone who stabs you?

[He smiles a bit, not really able to convey a joking tone with the state of his voice]

"Yep. "

She smiled. She could tell it was ment to be a joke so she snickers

lightning-bug-burnout

[He watches, fascinated]

Why are there eyes on you? That doesn’t seem normal.

"its not- and theyre quite annoying. I have them because im an avatar of the eye, or the ceaseless watcher, like youre one of the Desolation."

She explained as she put the finishing touches on her doodle

lightning-bug-burnout

But. . . you don’t look like you died. You have to die to be an avatar, right?

"mhm. I was poisoned like.. sixty years ago? I dont remember if I poisoned myself or if someone poisoned me. It was somthing spmthing poison, i dont quite remember."

lightning-bug-burnout

Oh. That’s a little sad. You seem very nice and not like the kind of person to die. I guess it gets easier knowing you’re dead after all that time though. That’s nice to know.

"Everyone dies, I just happened to come back to life ahah.. underground. I dont know how being dead is nice to know- oh! Unless it makes you feel less guilty for stabbing my arm!"

She continued to ramble.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He laughs a bit]

Well it makes me feel a little better about being dead.

"cause the dead comfort the dead. Dead people gotta stick together.. or somrhing."

She stood up and looked for her other things

lightning-bug-burnout

You aren’t dressed like you live out here. Why are you out in the woods instead of doing. . . whatever it is that you do?

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

"Would you rather I stab you back, or you keep me company in the woods?"

[She paused and walked back over to him as he leaned on the tree]

"I like to forgive and forget. If you hold grudges you'll just be full of hate, and if you're as old as me, thats alot of hate."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He considered this for a second. The idea entirely foreign to him]

But my dad always-

[He started to argue but stopped. What did his dad know anyway? It was his dad’s fault he was burned alive!]

Forgive and forget. . .

[He took something from his pocket. A heart encased in glass, then looked back at Eda]

What if they killed me?

"well thats fine. You can stab the people that killed you. Kill them back! Thats the ine exception."

Her gaze was fixed on the heart. She looked interested

lightning-bug-burnout

[He noticed her looking at it, and held it out for her to see]

It’s my dad’s. He. . . he and my mom and my church um. . .

[He started to shake slightly.]

They burned me so. . . I um. I stabbed him and melted the glass and that’s. . . yeah.

"Fascinating- I mean- im so sorry that happened to you. Gods i need to find my journal."

She started walking again

lightning-bug-burnout

[He follows. A journal. Looking for a journal. Got it]

How did you lose it?

"I got attacked by a wolf."

She said this very casually.

"Then I passed out because I over exerted myself and woke up on the bench without my stuff."

lightning-bug-burnout

A wolf? Are you sure you should be walking then? That seems bad.

"oh im fine dont worry. I heal fast."

She glanced back at Ray with a smile and continued to look on the ground for her journal

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looks, eventually spotting a journal on the ground. He tries his not to accidentally burn it and gives it to her]

Is this it?

She grabs the book and examined it

"YES!"

She looked around on the ground and picked up a pen. She opened her journal and began to write about Ray and sketch the heart in glass.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He reads over her shoulder]

Oh. My full name is Reiner. If you’re writing things down. Why are you doing that exactly?

"I forget things easily- and i like to keep track of everything that I can."

She wrote (Reiner) on the paper and started a rough sketch of Ray

lightning-bug-burnout

Do you do this to everyone who stabs you?

[He smiles a bit, not really able to convey a joking tone with the state of his voice]

"Yep. "

She smiled. She could tell it was ment to be a joke so she snickers

lightning-bug-burnout

[He watches, fascinated]

Why are there eyes on you? That doesn’t seem normal.

"its not- and theyre quite annoying. I have them because im an avatar of the eye, or the ceaseless watcher, like youre one of the Desolation."

She explained as she put the finishing touches on her doodle

lightning-bug-burnout

But. . . you don’t look like you died. You have to die to be an avatar, right?

"mhm. I was poisoned like.. sixty years ago? I dont remember if I poisoned myself or if someone poisoned me. It was somthing spmthing poison, i dont quite remember."

lightning-bug-burnout

Oh. That’s a little sad. You seem very nice and not like the kind of person to die. I guess it gets easier knowing you’re dead after all that time though. That’s nice to know.

"Everyone dies, I just happened to come back to life ahah.. underground. I dont know how being dead is nice to know- oh! Unless it makes you feel less guilty for stabbing my arm!"

She continued to ramble.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He laughs a bit]

Well it makes me feel a little better about being dead.

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

"Would you rather I stab you back, or you keep me company in the woods?"

[She paused and walked back over to him as he leaned on the tree]

"I like to forgive and forget. If you hold grudges you'll just be full of hate, and if you're as old as me, thats alot of hate."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He considered this for a second. The idea entirely foreign to him]

But my dad always-

[He started to argue but stopped. What did his dad know anyway? It was his dad’s fault he was burned alive!]

Forgive and forget. . .

[He took something from his pocket. A heart encased in glass, then looked back at Eda]

What if they killed me?

"well thats fine. You can stab the people that killed you. Kill them back! Thats the ine exception."

Her gaze was fixed on the heart. She looked interested

lightning-bug-burnout

[He noticed her looking at it, and held it out for her to see]

It’s my dad’s. He. . . he and my mom and my church um. . .

[He started to shake slightly.]

They burned me so. . . I um. I stabbed him and melted the glass and that’s. . . yeah.

"Fascinating- I mean- im so sorry that happened to you. Gods i need to find my journal."

She started walking again

lightning-bug-burnout

[He follows. A journal. Looking for a journal. Got it]

How did you lose it?

"I got attacked by a wolf."

She said this very casually.

"Then I passed out because I over exerted myself and woke up on the bench without my stuff."

lightning-bug-burnout

A wolf? Are you sure you should be walking then? That seems bad.

"oh im fine dont worry. I heal fast."

She glanced back at Ray with a smile and continued to look on the ground for her journal

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looks, eventually spotting a journal on the ground. He tries his not to accidentally burn it and gives it to her]

Is this it?

She grabs the book and examined it

"YES!"

She looked around on the ground and picked up a pen. She opened her journal and began to write about Ray and sketch the heart in glass.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He reads over her shoulder]

Oh. My full name is Reiner. If you’re writing things down. Why are you doing that exactly?

"I forget things easily- and i like to keep track of everything that I can."

She wrote (Reiner) on the paper and started a rough sketch of Ray

lightning-bug-burnout

Do you do this to everyone who stabs you?

[He smiles a bit, not really able to convey a joking tone with the state of his voice]

"Yep. "

She smiled. She could tell it was ment to be a joke so she snickers

lightning-bug-burnout

[He watches, fascinated]

Why are there eyes on you? That doesn’t seem normal.

"its not- and theyre quite annoying. I have them because im an avatar of the eye, or the ceaseless watcher, like youre one of the Desolation."

She explained as she put the finishing touches on her doodle

lightning-bug-burnout

But. . . you don’t look like you died. You have to die to be an avatar, right?

"mhm. I was poisoned like.. sixty years ago? I dont remember if I poisoned myself or if someone poisoned me. It was somthing spmthing poison, i dont quite remember."

lightning-bug-burnout

Oh. That’s a little sad. You seem very nice and not like the kind of person to die. I guess it gets easier knowing you’re dead after all that time though. That’s nice to know.

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

"Would you rather I stab you back, or you keep me company in the woods?"

[She paused and walked back over to him as he leaned on the tree]

"I like to forgive and forget. If you hold grudges you'll just be full of hate, and if you're as old as me, thats alot of hate."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He considered this for a second. The idea entirely foreign to him]

But my dad always-

[He started to argue but stopped. What did his dad know anyway? It was his dad’s fault he was burned alive!]

Forgive and forget. . .

[He took something from his pocket. A heart encased in glass, then looked back at Eda]

What if they killed me?

"well thats fine. You can stab the people that killed you. Kill them back! Thats the ine exception."

Her gaze was fixed on the heart. She looked interested

lightning-bug-burnout

[He noticed her looking at it, and held it out for her to see]

It’s my dad’s. He. . . he and my mom and my church um. . .

[He started to shake slightly.]

They burned me so. . . I um. I stabbed him and melted the glass and that’s. . . yeah.

"Fascinating- I mean- im so sorry that happened to you. Gods i need to find my journal."

She started walking again

lightning-bug-burnout

[He follows. A journal. Looking for a journal. Got it]

How did you lose it?

"I got attacked by a wolf."

She said this very casually.

"Then I passed out because I over exerted myself and woke up on the bench without my stuff."

lightning-bug-burnout

A wolf? Are you sure you should be walking then? That seems bad.

"oh im fine dont worry. I heal fast."

She glanced back at Ray with a smile and continued to look on the ground for her journal

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looks, eventually spotting a journal on the ground. He tries his not to accidentally burn it and gives it to her]

Is this it?

She grabs the book and examined it

"YES!"

She looked around on the ground and picked up a pen. She opened her journal and began to write about Ray and sketch the heart in glass.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He reads over her shoulder]

Oh. My full name is Reiner. If you’re writing things down. Why are you doing that exactly?

"I forget things easily- and i like to keep track of everything that I can."

She wrote (Reiner) on the paper and started a rough sketch of Ray

lightning-bug-burnout

Do you do this to everyone who stabs you?

[He smiles a bit, not really able to convey a joking tone with the state of his voice]

"Yep. "

She smiled. She could tell it was ment to be a joke so she snickers

lightning-bug-burnout

[He watches, fascinated]

Why are there eyes on you? That doesn’t seem normal.

"its not- and theyre quite annoying. I have them because im an avatar of the eye, or the ceaseless watcher, like youre one of the Desolation."

She explained as she put the finishing touches on her doodle

lightning-bug-burnout

But. . . you don’t look like you died. You have to die to be an avatar, right?

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

"Would you rather I stab you back, or you keep me company in the woods?"

[She paused and walked back over to him as he leaned on the tree]

"I like to forgive and forget. If you hold grudges you'll just be full of hate, and if you're as old as me, thats alot of hate."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He considered this for a second. The idea entirely foreign to him]

But my dad always-

[He started to argue but stopped. What did his dad know anyway? It was his dad’s fault he was burned alive!]

Forgive and forget. . .

[He took something from his pocket. A heart encased in glass, then looked back at Eda]

What if they killed me?

"well thats fine. You can stab the people that killed you. Kill them back! Thats the ine exception."

Her gaze was fixed on the heart. She looked interested

lightning-bug-burnout

[He noticed her looking at it, and held it out for her to see]

It’s my dad’s. He. . . he and my mom and my church um. . .

[He started to shake slightly.]

They burned me so. . . I um. I stabbed him and melted the glass and that’s. . . yeah.

"Fascinating- I mean- im so sorry that happened to you. Gods i need to find my journal."

She started walking again

lightning-bug-burnout

[He follows. A journal. Looking for a journal. Got it]

How did you lose it?

"I got attacked by a wolf."

She said this very casually.

"Then I passed out because I over exerted myself and woke up on the bench without my stuff."

lightning-bug-burnout

A wolf? Are you sure you should be walking then? That seems bad.

"oh im fine dont worry. I heal fast."

She glanced back at Ray with a smile and continued to look on the ground for her journal

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looks, eventually spotting a journal on the ground. He tries his not to accidentally burn it and gives it to her]

Is this it?

She grabs the book and examined it

"YES!"

She looked around on the ground and picked up a pen. She opened her journal and began to write about Ray and sketch the heart in glass.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He reads over her shoulder]

Oh. My full name is Reiner. If you’re writing things down. Why are you doing that exactly?

"I forget things easily- and i like to keep track of everything that I can."

She wrote (Reiner) on the paper and started a rough sketch of Ray

lightning-bug-burnout

Do you do this to everyone who stabs you?

[He smiles a bit, not really able to convey a joking tone with the state of his voice]

"Yep. "

She smiled. She could tell it was ment to be a joke so she snickers

lightning-bug-burnout

[He watches, fascinated]

Why are there eyes on you? That doesn’t seem normal.

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

"Would you rather I stab you back, or you keep me company in the woods?"

[She paused and walked back over to him as he leaned on the tree]

"I like to forgive and forget. If you hold grudges you'll just be full of hate, and if you're as old as me, thats alot of hate."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He considered this for a second. The idea entirely foreign to him]

But my dad always-

[He started to argue but stopped. What did his dad know anyway? It was his dad’s fault he was burned alive!]

Forgive and forget. . .

[He took something from his pocket. A heart encased in glass, then looked back at Eda]

What if they killed me?

"well thats fine. You can stab the people that killed you. Kill them back! Thats the ine exception."

Her gaze was fixed on the heart. She looked interested

lightning-bug-burnout

[He noticed her looking at it, and held it out for her to see]

It’s my dad’s. He. . . he and my mom and my church um. . .

[He started to shake slightly.]

They burned me so. . . I um. I stabbed him and melted the glass and that’s. . . yeah.

"Fascinating- I mean- im so sorry that happened to you. Gods i need to find my journal."

She started walking again

lightning-bug-burnout

[He follows. A journal. Looking for a journal. Got it]

How did you lose it?

"I got attacked by a wolf."

She said this very casually.

"Then I passed out because I over exerted myself and woke up on the bench without my stuff."

lightning-bug-burnout

A wolf? Are you sure you should be walking then? That seems bad.

"oh im fine dont worry. I heal fast."

She glanced back at Ray with a smile and continued to look on the ground for her journal

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looks, eventually spotting a journal on the ground. He tries his not to accidentally burn it and gives it to her]

Is this it?

She grabs the book and examined it

"YES!"

She looked around on the ground and picked up a pen. She opened her journal and began to write about Ray and sketch the heart in glass.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He reads over her shoulder]

Oh. My full name is Reiner. If you’re writing things down. Why are you doing that exactly?

"I forget things easily- and i like to keep track of everything that I can."

She wrote (Reiner) on the paper and started a rough sketch of Ray

lightning-bug-burnout

Do you do this to everyone who stabs you?

[He smiles a bit, not really able to convey a joking tone with the state of his voice]

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

"Would you rather I stab you back, or you keep me company in the woods?"

[She paused and walked back over to him as he leaned on the tree]

"I like to forgive and forget. If you hold grudges you'll just be full of hate, and if you're as old as me, thats alot of hate."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He considered this for a second. The idea entirely foreign to him]

But my dad always-

[He started to argue but stopped. What did his dad know anyway? It was his dad’s fault he was burned alive!]

Forgive and forget. . .

[He took something from his pocket. A heart encased in glass, then looked back at Eda]

What if they killed me?

"well thats fine. You can stab the people that killed you. Kill them back! Thats the ine exception."

Her gaze was fixed on the heart. She looked interested

lightning-bug-burnout

[He noticed her looking at it, and held it out for her to see]

It’s my dad’s. He. . . he and my mom and my church um. . .

[He started to shake slightly.]

They burned me so. . . I um. I stabbed him and melted the glass and that’s. . . yeah.

"Fascinating- I mean- im so sorry that happened to you. Gods i need to find my journal."

She started walking again

lightning-bug-burnout

[He follows. A journal. Looking for a journal. Got it]

How did you lose it?

"I got attacked by a wolf."

She said this very casually.

"Then I passed out because I over exerted myself and woke up on the bench without my stuff."

lightning-bug-burnout

A wolf? Are you sure you should be walking then? That seems bad.

"oh im fine dont worry. I heal fast."

She glanced back at Ray with a smile and continued to look on the ground for her journal

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looks, eventually spotting a journal on the ground. He tries his not to accidentally burn it and gives it to her]

Is this it?

She grabs the book and examined it

"YES!"

She looked around on the ground and picked up a pen. She opened her journal and began to write about Ray and sketch the heart in glass.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He reads over her shoulder]

Oh. My full name is Reiner. If you’re writing things down. Why are you doing that exactly?

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

"Would you rather I stab you back, or you keep me company in the woods?"

[She paused and walked back over to him as he leaned on the tree]

"I like to forgive and forget. If you hold grudges you'll just be full of hate, and if you're as old as me, thats alot of hate."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He considered this for a second. The idea entirely foreign to him]

But my dad always-

[He started to argue but stopped. What did his dad know anyway? It was his dad’s fault he was burned alive!]

Forgive and forget. . .

[He took something from his pocket. A heart encased in glass, then looked back at Eda]

What if they killed me?

"well thats fine. You can stab the people that killed you. Kill them back! Thats the ine exception."

Her gaze was fixed on the heart. She looked interested

lightning-bug-burnout

[He noticed her looking at it, and held it out for her to see]

It’s my dad’s. He. . . he and my mom and my church um. . .

[He started to shake slightly.]

They burned me so. . . I um. I stabbed him and melted the glass and that’s. . . yeah.

"Fascinating- I mean- im so sorry that happened to you. Gods i need to find my journal."

She started walking again

lightning-bug-burnout

[He follows. A journal. Looking for a journal. Got it]

How did you lose it?

"I got attacked by a wolf."

She said this very casually.

"Then I passed out because I over exerted myself and woke up on the bench without my stuff."

lightning-bug-burnout

A wolf? Are you sure you should be walking then? That seems bad.

"oh im fine dont worry. I heal fast."

She glanced back at Ray with a smile and continued to look on the ground for her journal

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looks, eventually spotting a journal on the ground. He tries his not to accidentally burn it and gives it to her]

Is this it?

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

"Would you rather I stab you back, or you keep me company in the woods?"

[She paused and walked back over to him as he leaned on the tree]

"I like to forgive and forget. If you hold grudges you'll just be full of hate, and if you're as old as me, thats alot of hate."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He considered this for a second. The idea entirely foreign to him]

But my dad always-

[He started to argue but stopped. What did his dad know anyway? It was his dad’s fault he was burned alive!]

Forgive and forget. . .

[He took something from his pocket. A heart encased in glass, then looked back at Eda]

What if they killed me?

"well thats fine. You can stab the people that killed you. Kill them back! Thats the ine exception."

Her gaze was fixed on the heart. She looked interested

lightning-bug-burnout

[He noticed her looking at it, and held it out for her to see]

It’s my dad’s. He. . . he and my mom and my church um. . .

[He started to shake slightly.]

They burned me so. . . I um. I stabbed him and melted the glass and that’s. . . yeah.

"Fascinating- I mean- im so sorry that happened to you. Gods i need to find my journal."

She started walking again

lightning-bug-burnout

[He follows. A journal. Looking for a journal. Got it]

How did you lose it?

"I got attacked by a wolf."

She said this very casually.

"Then I passed out because I over exerted myself and woke up on the bench without my stuff."

lightning-bug-burnout

A wolf? Are you sure you should be walking then? That seems bad.

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

"Would you rather I stab you back, or you keep me company in the woods?"

[She paused and walked back over to him as he leaned on the tree]

"I like to forgive and forget. If you hold grudges you'll just be full of hate, and if you're as old as me, thats alot of hate."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He considered this for a second. The idea entirely foreign to him]

But my dad always-

[He started to argue but stopped. What did his dad know anyway? It was his dad’s fault he was burned alive!]

Forgive and forget. . .

[He took something from his pocket. A heart encased in glass, then looked back at Eda]

What if they killed me?

"well thats fine. You can stab the people that killed you. Kill them back! Thats the ine exception."

Her gaze was fixed on the heart. She looked interested

lightning-bug-burnout

[He noticed her looking at it, and held it out for her to see]

It’s my dad’s. He. . . he and my mom and my church um. . .

[He started to shake slightly.]

They burned me so. . . I um. I stabbed him and melted the glass and that’s. . . yeah.

"Fascinating- I mean- im so sorry that happened to you. Gods i need to find my journal."

She started walking again

lightning-bug-burnout

[He follows. A journal. Looking for a journal. Got it]

How did you lose it?

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

"Would you rather I stab you back, or you keep me company in the woods?"

[She paused and walked back over to him as he leaned on the tree]

"I like to forgive and forget. If you hold grudges you'll just be full of hate, and if you're as old as me, thats alot of hate."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He considered this for a second. The idea entirely foreign to him]

But my dad always-

[He started to argue but stopped. What did his dad know anyway? It was his dad’s fault he was burned alive!]

Forgive and forget. . .

[He took something from his pocket. A heart encased in glass, then looked back at Eda]

What if they killed me?

"well thats fine. You can stab the people that killed you. Kill them back! Thats the ine exception."

Her gaze was fixed on the heart. She looked interested

lightning-bug-burnout

[He noticed her looking at it, and held it out for her to see]

It’s my dad’s. He. . . he and my mom and my church um. . .

[He started to shake slightly.]

They burned me so. . . I um. I stabbed him and melted the glass and that’s. . . yeah.

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

"Would you rather I stab you back, or you keep me company in the woods?"

[She paused and walked back over to him as he leaned on the tree]

"I like to forgive and forget. If you hold grudges you'll just be full of hate, and if you're as old as me, thats alot of hate."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He considered this for a second. The idea entirely foreign to him]

But my dad always-

[He started to argue but stopped. What did his dad know anyway? It was his dad’s fault he was burned alive!]

Forgive and forget. . .

[He took something from his pocket. A heart encased in glass, then looked back at Eda]

What if they killed me?

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

"Because being kind is good?"

She said like it was obvious

"I dont hold grudges."

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked entirely lost at that concept]

But people must atone for. . .

[He stumbled. Keeping up with her was difficult. He landed against a tree, wincing when he hit is shoulder.]

ow-

You have to hold people to their actions. . .

[He says this in the same tone one would question if something was illegal]

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

she paused as he slowed

"A pleasure to meet you."

She smiled

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stared a moment, confused]

Why. . . Why are you smiling? I just stabbed you.

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

lightning-bug-burnout

oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

lightning-bug-burnout

[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

lightning-bug-burnout

W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

lightning-bug-burnout

[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

lightning-bug-burnout

[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

lightning-bug-burnout

[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

lightning-bug-burnout

Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

lightning-bug-burnout

[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

"The wolf got burned, so im getting my journal and going home"

She stated when she glanced behind her to see Ray following.

"Im Eda by the way."

lightning-bug-burnout

I’m-

[he coughed, slowing him down a but]

I’m Ray.

lightning-bug-burnout

There is a woman laying on a bench. She looks terrible. Her hair is a mess and she looks exhausted. Her green eyes were dull as she stared at the ground in front of her

@edalynn-pines

[A young man watches her from a distance. Bandages cover his body and he wears a compression vest. He walks on crutches, and the ground singes under his feet. He looks panicked. Had she seen what he’d done?]

[He tries to approach, checking that he had a dagger at the ready if something went wrong]

Eda shifted a bit and sat up immediately. She tensed and eyes opened on her

"Who- who are you? What do you want?"

Her gaze wildly moved around as she took in the singed grass, the crutches, and fhe bandages

lightning-bug-burnout

[He flinched. He said something, but he was too far away to be heard. He looked at the eyes, his curiosity overtaking his fear as he stepped closer, still not saying a word. A small flicker of flame was alight in his eyes. He did, in truth, look rather scary]

Eda pushed herself to the arm rest of the bench. She looked scared almost. Scared and delirious as more eyes opened on her.

lightning-bug-burnout

[He startled at the eyes. She had to have seen him. Shit. He was going to have to stab her too. He didn’t want to, he really didn’t want to, but there couldn’t be any witnesses]

[He started towards her shaking drawing a dagger of colored glass. He just prayed she was more out of it than he was]

"Get away from me!"

She drew a small compact knife and pointed it at ray with shakey hands

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oh shit-!

[He stabbed her in the arm, doing an incredibly poor job and missing pretty much everything even close to vital. He stumbled back, having dropped his crutches trying to stab her. He falls to the ground and scrambled back]

fuck fuck fuck I’m sorry fuck I’m so sorry ma’am!

she let out a gasp of pain followed by muttered cursed in MANY different languages

she frantically looked for her bag, which she dropped in the woods along with all of her other stuff, she paused and her sharp green gaze fixed on Ray.

"What the hell?!"

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[He looked absolutely terrified. It seemed like he wanted to talk louder but he could barely get his voice above a whisper]

I thought you were going to stab me! S-so I stabbed you!

"I thought you were going to stab me.."

Eda hissed as shepulled the shard of glass out of her

"AGH- ahh ah.."

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W-well you look dangerous!

[He flinched as she took out the glass]

Oh no don’t do that. . . I- uh

[He fumbles for a roll of bandages and offers it to her]

I thought you saw me do- and I had to make sure. . . um I’ve got bandages. I’m sorry ma’am.

"I look like a frazzled old lady! You hobbled at me with a shard of glass!"

She rolled up her sleeve, revealing eyes on her arm that opened when the moonlight hit them. She held out a shaking hand for the bandages, shed used so much power already, she doubted the eye would want to heal her

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[He gave her the bandages, looking incredibly guilty]

I. . . I could help. If your arm hurts. I’m good with bandages.

[He lifted up his own arm, which served to prove his statement]

And I had to do something! What if you reported me! I can’t have witnesses!

[He was getting quieter, not used to talking aloud so much. The ground smoldered underneath him.]

"ive killed plenty of people, why would I report you?"

She tilted her head and held out her arm with a sigh

"Please bandage me up... "

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[He stood, rather shakily without the aid of his crutches, and bandaged her, mumbling small “I’m sorry”s as he went. After he took back the glass dagger he had stabbed her with, melting it into a ball and rolling it between his hands, avoiding eye contact]

There you go, ma’am. . .

"thats a neat trick you have there, Desolation i assume?"

She reached for her journal and grumbled when it wasnt there yet again. She stood up and brushed herself off.

"M knows how to get blood out of clothes.."

She said as she glanced at the blood on her sleeve

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[He nods, stretching and warping the ball in his hands. He opens his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He put the ball down, instead taking out a singed notepad and writing]

Yes. I’m new to it and am not very good at controlling things. But I killed those who deserved it.

"killing people, fun. I almost killed someone today- not you."

She stood up and rolled her shoulder

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Who? I can kill them! To apologize for stabbing you!

"its fine, its fine. Its a hunt avatar that wasnt fond of me collecting herbs in his forest. No need to kill him i..."

She trailed off and her eyes glew a green before she cursed and began to walk towards the woods

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[Ray took his crutches and followed. Whatever she was doing he could help!]

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