#fully consumed

[epicmilly]

guys. please. i need more phm content. MY DASH IS EMPTY OF PHM WHYYY WHERE DID IT GO!!! sighs maybe this is a sign i should keep coloring my drawing but that's boringgg :( maybe I'll start making patches/keychains/bracelets instead!!!

[ask-mother-spore]

*Aurum gets desperate again and helps Mother Spore up again.*

Nonononono we need to go...

((I'll send an ask to HotGuy blog and tag you))

[Mother spore struggles to stand on their own. They once more clutch at their chest while coughing.]

Ev-evrything is sp-spinging...

[They keep their head tilted down, likely just out of lack of energy.]

((Oki doki!!))

[ask-mother-spore]

Ma?! Are you okay?!

*He knees next to Mother Spore and holds their hand.*

I-

We can look for Hot Guy! I'm sure he can help!

[Mother spore has been trembling this whole time, and they aren't stopping now.]

S- sure...

((Tw descriptions of shock and overall effects of inhaling smoke))

[Their breathing is rapid, and horse sounding. Coughs interrupt breath, and their saliva is a grayish blackish color. Their skin is pale and clammy, yet feverishly warm.]

We- we just- [coughing] ne- need a mo- mome-nt.

[ask-mother-spore]

Good. Take a deep breath.

*He does it so himself and flares his wings to take fligth seconds before the fire engolfes the area where they were. Aurum holds his breath until he is above the trees,then he looks around to find a way out of the smoke. As he perceives the way to the city next to the forest,he flies that direction,still holding Mother Spore.*

Almost...

*Aurum takes a golf of air as soon as they are out of the smoke. He glides until the point of where the forest ends and the city starts,tumbling sligtly when landing.*

[Mother spore, on the other hand, did not do too good at holding their breath. So when they make it out of the forest they go back to being collapsed on the ground, coughing up a lung]

I'm sorry...

[They cannot stop the tears springing back in their eyes. It's honestly surprising they have any more.]

[ask-mother-spore]

*Aurum seemed to get annoyed with the resistance as the fire approached. He holds Mother Spore shoulders and makes them look at him.*

I know this is hard for you,but they're gone. And you know what will happend if you stay? You'll be gone. And me,my siblings and other millions of mushrooms can't afford that. I'm not letting you here. You are a Mother. There's a lot of people out there who need you. I need you. You can't die here.

*Aurum's voice was choked with crying as he said that and stared at Mother Spore.*

We need to get out. I promise you,as soon as i get you out i'll get help to deal with the fire. I'll take care of it. Let me do this. I'll take care of this problem. You have to trust me Ma.

[Mother spore hesitates, before slowly nodding. They croak out a sob, trembling.]

Al- alright... lets- let's go...

[They really don't want to. They can still hear the crying and screaming of the few mushrooms that remain. But Aurum had a point.]

[ask-mother-spore]

You're not in a position of adivice in the moment!

*He's finally able to let out his breath as he falls next to Mother Spore and passes one of their arms above their shoulders and lifts them up. Aurum looked around frantically,they were surrounded,finding that lake from earlier would be too difficult. He bit one of his nails and looked up. They only needed enough breath. He got down again with Mother Spore,bellow the smoke level.*

Take a deep breath Ma. We're going up.

I- we can't. You get out of here.

[Mother spore wipes their face again, lightly attempting to push Aurum to let go of them. But they are honestly just far too weak to do much.]

We need to find and save the others. There's more of them. We have to try. But you need to get out of here.

[Mother spore is shaking, and they look delirious.]

[ask-mother-spore]

*Aurum did not noticed as the ashes in his face runned down along with his tears as he sprinted towards the direction he heard the scream from. He was holding his breath,not because of the smoke,but because he was scared,so scared. His mind was a frantic mess of "Not again","please be okay" and "faster". He stumbled across the flames,his clothes ripping on the loose sticks along the way and the blood in them mixing with his own blood that was running down his knees. Once he had Mother Spore in his sigth he somehow runned faster in their direction.*

MA

[Mother spore flinches upon hearing Aurum call out. They look in his direction, only able to see him from one eye, as the other had gotten overtaken by mushrooms and mycelium.]

Aurum!

[They wipe their tear streaked face with their sleeve, spreading ash and soot more across their face.]

You need to get out of here! We know you know it's not safe!

[Their voice is horse, coughing interupts their sentences.]

[ask-mother-spore]

W-What? Blue Moon? Where's Ma?!

*Aurum sees everyone running but his heart falls when he doesn't see Mother Spore. As he sees the fire spreading,dread fills them when they realize what they are probably doing. He starts to sprint into the forest. He thougth he would never do it again but he's praying. He's praying so hard. It can't happend again. Again. Again. He can't let it happend again. Aurum screams for Mother Spore as he presses his wings against his back and runs through the fire. His clothes won't burn. But he migth. He can feel his whole body screaming in unison with the roaring of the fire around him. He was triping over and even falling,but getting up and continuing to run.*

*Eventually he was in a clearing and he had nowhere to go,until he heard Mother Spore screaming and he felt himself get numb.*

[Mother spore has fallen to be sitting on their knees, sobbing. They are covered in soot and ash, with both hands clutching at their chest, as though they should be holding something.]

[Their wings look charred, but its hard to make out much more with the flames all around them.]

[In their mind, they failed. It's as simple as they. They failed.]