Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 4:00:23 GMT -5
Light. She wanted to go near it. She wanted to get closer and closer. Someone was calling out to her. Who’s voice was that? Was that?… Oh, what was his name again? Who were they? Their voice was so familiar. Just at the tip of her tongue. Rin swore she knew it and yet she couldn’t pull a name out no matter how hard she tried. Perhaps getting closer to this light was the key? The darkness was cold and this felt.. warm and a sense of relief washed over her the closer she got to that shimmering light. Fingers reached out as if it would get her there faster, curious to see what it was that was calling out to her.. or rather who.
It was gone but she heard… birds? The sounds of bugs humming about. All sounds associated with that of a jungle. When Rin finally opened her eyes she hissed at the suddenly light before finally adjusting. Where… Where was she? Was this where one goes when they…? When she tried to shift about she felt entirely uncomfortable and hot. The Empress groaned at how humid it was and when she looked down, she saw her kimono clinging to her body. This place felt disgustingly hot and hu— Wait… Her kimono? Her fingers grabbed at the vibrant red silks that she famously donned time and time again entirely perplexed.
"Empress, are you alright?"
Was that the voice? That was..! Rin would quickly shoot up, sitting up somewhat grabbing on to the male’s shoulders before her, checking to see if truly was him. “Ranth~?” She looked at him from top to bottom before looking around her. Whilst she was overjoyed to see him, Rin also didn’t understand what was going on. “Is that really you?” Fingers raked through her hair, tucking some of it behind her ear as she looked around and saw her nodachi by her side before looking back to that puppy-like lieutenant to be. There was question hanging there and just as she was about to ask it, he spoke. He.. spoke about the heat. Nothing about Amaranth’s and timelines. She searched his face, looking for any indication or any mention of whatever just happened but.. there was nothing.
She sat there for a moment, confused beyond belief and she looked at him skeptical. "These ruins look pretty old, I'd say whatever is down there probably won't mind if it has to wait an extra half an hour" Ruins? .. Goodness! Those ruins? The place that started it all. They were back there? Really? She looked off to the side and words were strangled as she attempted to form some sort of sentence. She looked back to see his smile and it would be then the realization of how close she was to him hit her. Her face held a slight pink tinge and quickly the Empress huffed, and got up quickly and scooped up her nodachi. Whether it was the heat or something else was anyone’s guess. “An Empress d-doesn’t need a break~! She is quite fine thank you!” She said with faux haughtiness to him as she tried to brush out her kimono. She looked to the ruins, wondering what to do. Perhaps this was a second chance before..
Wait… before what? She couldn’t remember!
In one moment Rin felt like she knew everything and in the next, she was drawing blanks on a specific subject. She just didn’t know what. Perhaps the best course of action was to play along and keep going? “We must keep going~! Something troublesome is awaiting us and we must take care of it. Come~!” She demanded as she marched off towards the entrance.