#emer4ldstar

[h-a-unted]

“Do you hear that static again? It’s getting louder.” — Brynnox @emer4ldstar for Samantha!!

Usually, it was herself on the receiving end of these kinds of situations. This, though, was an unexpected change of pace... Though, she felt uneasy regardless. The Dark Aether is eerily quiet in her head, the cries of the undead coming to a halt, so she is sure that the static the girl speaks of is related to something entirely out of her jurisdiction. There's hesitance when she waits to say something...

She would hope to have some kind of solution, some kind of answer rather than what she has.

"I do not... I cannot hear it," Samantha states, her accent coming out easier when her concerns lie elsewhere. "But I believe you... Do you know where it's coming from?"

[rubiesintherough]

"but that's not ... that's not possible, right?" — Honeybee to Dustin!!

@emer4ldstar

He threw pale hands into the air, shoulders lifting into a high shrug. " You're asking the wrong spook... there's a lot of things I used to think were impossible. I got proven really wrong, so I don't go around saying that word anymore. The universe likes laughing at me when I do. ----- At this point, I just assume anything and everything is possible. A pair of bears could come out of the woods right there, doing the tango, and I'd just have to say, ' okay, guess that's happening'. "

[rubiesintherough]

"Elias, is that you?!" — Jessie for Elias!!

@emer4ldstar

" Much prefer you don't look at me quite yet. " His shuffle was a shameful one. Clothes drenched and dripping, all the way down to his boots, and hat askew on his head... with a hearty helping of algae and assorted pond plants dangling like the world's soggiest accessories from damn near every inch of him. " Also prefer you don't ask... mighty sorry 'bout the floor. No need for you to clean it, I'll be mopping up the mess soon as I'm in drier britches. "

[rubiesintherough]

mermaid muse tries to coax other into the water — Alara & Nemus!!

@emer4ldstar

" The forest requires my work... " A half-hearted rejection at best. The water gleamed around Alara in the sunshine, the river's current bubbling like quiet, friendly laughter... that of an old friend, joining her in calling the god in. Nemus's resolve was fortified through centuries, strong as the towering trees... yet, somehow not strong enough to refuse Alara's enticing request.

It was with a sigh of only performatively begrudging acceptance that he lowered himself into the current, not bothering to remove his robes... and they swelled and billowed around him, the pull of the river grabbing at shimmering fabric and trying to steal them downstream.

[rubiesintherough]

“Don’t worry, they won’t be bothering you, again.” — Yaru for Mahia!

@emer4ldstar

She was almost afraid to ask what that meant... in the pit of her stomach, Mahia worried it implied violence, the kind that'd followed her for so many years of her life. More blood spilled. Always blood spilled and staining her hands.

" Thank you... how did you chase them away? "

[rubiesintherough]

[ INK ]: in order to show off a tattoo, the sender removes an article of clothing so that the receiver can see it properly. — Jessie showing Elias the horse tattoos above both knees because she's too nervous to show him the one across her sternum!!

@emer4ldstar

He let out a low whistle at the sight of them, and bent forward to get a better look. " Ain't nothing like that back in the day. In my old town, mostly just sweetheart's initials on the outlaws, they sketched on in the jail 'fore we swung them... " Realizing how that sounded, Elias was quick to amend it with a smile flashed up to her, " 'Course, that was then. I understand time's done some a-changin' since... those look much better than the ones I saw. Real artwork... ain't the sloppy ones done behind dusty bars. "

[rubiesintherough]

“I’m not sure. I remember yelling that I didn’t care…” — Jessie for Page!

@emer4ldstar

" Yeah, they must not have liked that very much... I think you offended them. Not your fault. They seem kinda... finicky. A little touchy. I think they mighta woken up on the wrong side of the afterlife. ----- You okay, though? Did you bonk your head when you fell? "

[h-a-unted]

"That girl, Maxis, she cares about you," Price starts at random. Sitting by her side was no coincidence, despite him making it seem that way, at first. He's here because of Samantha. "She wanted to relay a message to you."

He clears his throat, scanning the room over. Strangers spread all around, a dangerous place to remain at when he was, well... wanted. "Things are gonna get rough, she wants you safe so she is offering a safe-house. Not the best of places, you'll be under those muppet's jurisdiction but... it's better than nothing."

@emer4ldstar's Brynnox meets Price!