Crash

[growingivy 3382]

 

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Choppy, icy waves were brought along by a never ending storm, the water far from blue and having taken on a deep grey. The storm brought on sheets of sleet and hail amongst chilling rain. A small, rickety boat sailed across the water, with room enough for just one traveler. The one sailor sat in utter silence while donning leather and pelts, with a watchful eye kept out. Yet this watchful eye could not spot the similarly grey rocks that shot out of the water like arrowheads. With a soundless crash the lone sailor found herself plunged into the coldness of the ocean.

 

As she awoke, the expected coldness was replaced with unexpected warmth, being bundled between cloth and furs. A few unfamiliar faces surrounded her, yet without a weapon next to her side she dared to not bother to reach for it. The faces, all looking alike, were most similar to one another. All women, save for the one young man who lingered among his family.

One silver-eyed woman sat next to her, staring down with a watchful eye. Whatever she spoke went unnoticed as the traveler gained her bearings. She looked at the woman, who had asked her name. She simply shook her head. The woman asked yet again, and so she tapped her ear. There was a pause, then a nod of understanding. She signed, ‘Your name?’ and the return was ‘I’ve none.’ - ‘Then we will give you a new name if you’d like to stay with us.’ The traveler took on a light smile and a nod, and the other thought for a moment. ‘We will call you Ciliren.’

 

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Cute little fluff post :)