Okay, so no art here but fuck it, The Rose has me at gun point to share this so oh well.
Azami, as discussed before, is like Shamura in the wisdom aspect, and she often reads with him.
ANYWAYS, she also writes short stories. And now I am going to share one once a day to fill up some space when working on the story.
<3 Day one:
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Meaningless words pierce my ears and I'm left useless on the floor. A shaken mess of nerves, the voices around me are spinning angrily as I attempt to calm myself, yet I'm still left shaking.
Maybe I deserve this fear, after all I merely sat there lazily watching as the walls collapsed around me.
My minds a mess. And I have no support for it, maybe I should give up. Maybe I should let them win.
Yet I have to keep going, for if I submit to the chains holding me down it will be evident that I am the one who has shackled myself to this misery.
I can feel the broken wings of others who have suffered the same fate I would have been left it as I fly away.
Yet the chains around me pull taught, and I struggle against them, angry tears fill my eyes as I attempt to escape, and I fall to the floor once again, broken.
Misery is my only company in these times of sadness, yet I look up to see a light shining before me, beckoning me to break free of these chains.
I can hear them clink behind me as I stand once again, taking a step forth and running to the light, words of encouragement from my friends wrapping around me like a shield against the words of all who try to harm me.
My weight is thrown forth as I stumble, the chain lay broken behind me. I am pulled into the warmth of those I love as I finally find myself free.
The lights come on around me and I find myself laying down, my lover beside me as the babble of children playing down the halls fill my ears. And I'm left reminded to keep going. For her. **For Them**
I find myself free as I lay beside her, watching the peaceful breaths she takes as she sleeps, and finally, at last. *I'm Free*
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Shamura cried when reading this the first time because he was so proud of her for writing it <3
Garden, Signing off