A Bear's Last Cry

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(Listen to this as you read, please. :D)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ioGQbFQtBs
 

Bernadette Wilson-Galvus of Belvitz
”ONLY THE DEAD HAVE SEEN THE END OF WAR”
1696-1719

“My body rests upon a surgery table rather than a grave. My organs are to be cut out and studied. I lifted the palm of my hand for a final salute before venturing into the unknown. After years of conflict and pain, I am at peace. Even if my body my lay in Thyra, my soul is going home.”-Bernadette
 

As the sun sets over the grand city of Thyra, a foreigner cried the name “TAK!” upon being summoned by a bird. Moments later, the clashing of steel echoed throughout the deserted streets. A battle between two past allies. A battle from which only one would return alive. 

 

Bernadette had her fair share of ups and down throughout her short life. At her prime, she was a decorated Lieutenant of Ves and a proud mother. At her lowest, she was beaten and enslaved, left with no roof over her head and nobody to turn to. In her life, she felt little other than pain and regret. Years have been wasted for a cause that turned out to be false. Hateful words have been spoken to people she loved, people she cared for. Her last years have been spent without a home or food. Years of military service and hardship have gone unrewarded in her eyes- used before being tossed onto the cobble once she was no longer needed. This is when she realized she’s been fighting for the wrong side. Her career may have been cut short, just as her life, though she died wearing her wedding ring. The same ring that was slipped on her finger five years prior to her death, the same ring that showed her love and loyalty, even if this marriage was a bumpy one. As her children were born, she has come to realize that they are the one thing worth protecting. Not her countrymen nor freedom. 

She carelessly entered battle, without knowing she’d never return “Home”. She didn’t know it’d be the last time she kissed the foreheads of her children or wrap her arms around her husband, whom she had missed for years. She was struck with a bolt of earth, then a sword. Before she could realize it, she was down, laying there on these foreign streets in agony. She eyed her opponent- the man who she considered an enemy, but an enemy who brought her so much joy when he put those girls under her care, an enemy who took care of her children when she could not, an enemy she was grateful for. She yielded and begged for mercy before her own blade slashed through her old, rusty chainmail, cutting through her chest. The last thing she’d remember was the sight of Erik and Allison, peeking from behind a corner in shock and fear. “I love you.” she hummed, “Be brave”. She didn’t realize it, but her words couldn’t be heard by anyone but herself. She drifted off peacefully, though in agonizing pain. She thought she entered a fight without nothing to lose, only to lose more than she could’ve ever hoped for. In her last moments, a million images rushed through her head. That sweet first kiss under the apple tree near Ves and the wedding that took place barely a year after. The first time she saw her heart outside of her body as little Erik was born, or the second time -just as magical- when Allison came next. Her first house. Her first promotion. The pride that filled her heart as medals were pinned over it. Only then she realized that her life was filled with so much joy. She found herself standing over her body, humming an unheard apology to Tak before fading away. That ring still on her finger and her medals pinned onto her chest. Home at last. She only rues not being able to see Blair, Therius and Mikaela for a final time.

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Ayo’s humming stopped.

 

(Wow, how dramatic~!)

[NightOfTheWind 3226]

Tak sat in solitude, Bernadette’s blade resting by him.
”I hope you finally find peace in the next world.”

 

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Baozhen stared out on the Sutican waterfront facing westward, half-empty handle of Faroean whiskey slipping through his fingers. He wonders only why Adrians are killing Adrians.

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Moved to The Great Library. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.

 

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