#legacyfms

[alpenglowss]

ꙮ location. - at night in a creek. ꙮ closed starter // @legacyfms

nature didn't feel fearful. sleeping was where the unwanted crept, and clawed its way in. curled grey smoke around her mind. stubbornness fought to reach an insomniatic state. so many feared what they couldn't see. darkness enhanced fear. predators hunted in the shadows. edith could feel the vibrations. she wasn't running from it. if anything, the night made her feel more alive. resting against a fallen tree, edith's body floated in the small creek. stars glistened while bugs chirped. her fingers dipped into the shallow water, grabbing a fistful of sand. just for the thick grains to be released. "this would be a good set up in a horror film." her voice disrupted turning her head to see the shadow of another. wet brunette hair floated around her chin as she turned it back up to the sky. no fear radiating even though she couldn't make out who the figure was. no snarling. "coming in? or is lurking a new hobby ?"

[distortng]

𓇢𓆸 location. anywhere maia might end up publicly.. 𓇢𓆸 closed starter // @legacyfms

feet cautiously carried hazel to the woman. drawn magnetism that couldn't be fought. seeing a glimpse of maia had felt mythical. eyes hadn't dared to double blink in fear that the image of the other would fade away. schedule erased, hazel had trailed the womans movements. there wasn't any certainty. no knowledge of what confrontation would look like. hazel wasn't even sure if she'd make herself known at all. calls hadn't ever been answered. she'd even put pen to paper — still, nothing. "i've read all of your books." soft. enough to shed light upon herself, tucked. an unlit cigarette balanced between svelte fingers tempting her mouth. a vice she inherited shortly after entering back into society. people's normalcy was too overwhelming. "do you recognize me?" would she run?

[alpenglowss]

ꙮ location. - eddie's home. ꙮ closed starter // @legacyfms

"c'mon, get up." eddie tugged at the blankets where chloe had slept. if they had even slept ? hours of the night felt restless. "what— you think i'm going to let you show up here, talk my ears off all night, and then get proper beauty rest?" another tug. more playful. eddie was insufferable to still waters. there was something so thrilling about being disruptive to peace. if there was any deeper dig, it would be a discovery to know that eddie found the stillness suffocating. silence hadn't brought peace. instead, brought a feeling of alert awareness. ready for something to arise. a deep sense of survival always stood firm. "i don't think so." fingers tipped up to the edge of the blanket. a tap. then another — relentless. "the sun is up — which, i don't know if you've heard — translates to getting the hell up. i've got coffee." if anything was kept in her kitchen, "and maybe you can take some photos today and tell me why you came here." casually slipped. a topic eddie hadn't pressed upon chloe's arrival.

[distortng]

𓇢𓆸 location. - wooded area off site. 𓇢𓆸 closed starter // @legacyfms

perched on a rock, hazel had been unbothered by the sunlight that beamed through the spaces between high trees. there was a fondness for the shadows they cast over her weathered journal. the stillness could have caused her to disappear from the scene. so often left in her own mind — dipped otherworldly. an imagination that clung to memories too far off in the distance. where the gaps formed, she created her own stories. anything to detour from reality. hands busied a charcoal drawing of the other staining her hands in black dust. once hazel reached a point of satisfaction, she blew off what didn't stick, and unfolded her legs. "here. i made this for you." riddled with nerves, her bottom lip sucked inward. this team had been the closest companionship she'd ever made besides the company of her sister. making friends had never come easy. life felt better when she tucked herself back quietly. there was nothing quiet about being stranded in the wilderness.