!TW! mentions of de-th, dr0wning, self-hate, regret. if you are sensitive to anything listed above, please cilck off this project. thank you, and enjoy. -October ========================================== Falling. Fae wasn't falling, but it felt like falling. Every beat to the ice was a hit to her heart. Burfeather scrambled above, reaching for the sinking form. Never close enough. Never. Eonkit tried to breathe. She couldn't. Fae couldn't breathe. Fae was going to d-e. Era thrashed as the water's maw stretched to swallow her into its depths. Instead of fighting, her mind called for silence. Silence filled her like a song that's lost it's melody. But E fought. The beetle shell clinging to her braid came loose. She let it go. Somecat would find it. Some day. Fae focused on the breaths. The breaths she was losing. Fae's ear tangle, the blackberry vine. It tore at her ear, red sliding into the water. This, Eon grappled with the water to get. Why? Why, because she'd found it with Ettie. Eternalkit. No, no, no. She had to keep it, but it slipped out of sight. Out of reach. Like Eonkit faerself. Out of reach. Eternalkit. The best sibling ever, she would miss him so so much. Burfeather. What an amazing parent. Sadly, this is how they'd both go, to the pain and cold. Endlesskit. She was kind of mean, but they shared the same bl--d. She'd be missed. Everlastingkit. I wish I'd met you. Echokit. You were a good friend. I left just after you. I'll see you soon. Havenkit. We'd had a grand time. A first friend. Sassafrasbright. A good first teacher, encouraging fae to always be kind. And all the others Eonkit will never meet. And Wolfsbanewing. Eonkit's eyes drifted closed. Pa would embrace her soon. It was only moments under there. But it felt like days. Like moons. Seasons. Millennia. A final breath, after the millennia. The unsung song sung its last note. The eon's come to a close. Eon's Close. ============================================= AFTERWORD: Ah, the afterword! The best place to rant about teh character's life! So, Eonkit was meant to have a really interesting dynamic, having a mid-life crisis around late apprenticeship or early warriorship/medicship. Fae would go through this whole arch in which she debates converting to the Dark Forest, switching roles, etc; she would become very torn. But because I waneted Era to have a mouse, here fae is. :D Welp. Yep, I've already applied for another cat ToT
oh my stars scratch there's no bad words in there ToT CREDITS: Cover Art: (thank you so much for doing a revenge on me for artfight, if you're uncomfortable with having your art here I'll remove it :D) Eonkit: Burfeather: Endlesskit and Wolfsbanewing: Eternalkit: Havenkit: Everlastingkit: Sassafrasbright: Echokit: COPYPASTA: `It's an Era's end, and you have been a part of that Eon. Eonkit has d!ed, and it seems as though you knew fae. Pay your respects here: ` (rntws: )
