▸▸ [ @hymartia || the first journey ]
─「荧」─ the MARK of the name holder, despite not being visible due it being hidden behind thick layers of garment, pulsed quietly when they were near. so, this was what it's like to have your soul tied to someone. the celestial had never performed such a contract before, not even in her centuries of traveling from one world to another. this decision had BOUND her to this world, to the man who took her hand when the abyss threatened to swallow her whole.
there was only destruction now, in the nation that she once was crowned to rule. like her home, like the place she left ... but —
" dain — " the way she called his name held both familiarity and trust, if the way those amber optics looked at him with renewed DETERMINATION didn't tell of that already. with their existences now sacredly linked through an unbreakable bond, he would be able to feel her emotion streaming like endless river. no filter, no lies. her posture was firm, unyielding, a reminder of why she had once held the title of SAVIOR to the cursed citizen of a now-gone empire.
" i want to find a way to save our home. " our home. not just his, our. the things they witnessed, the crimson cubes, the CURSE that had now plagued even him. her hands tightened slightly, but her gaze remained unwavering. " whether it's hope or revenge i'm seeking, i'm no longer sure. but i know i have to try, even if it means traveling to the end of this world. " digits curled at her chest. her voice trembled slightly. she was still angry, still vengeful, still heartbroken ... still. lips thinned, and aureate optics met his star-shaped pupils.
" won't you ... come with me ? "