[BLESS] Tomorrow's Hunger (Breach x Skeleton at the Feast)

Post by **anemosagkelos** » Thu Nov 07, 2024 6:47 pm

The journey back was more difficult than usual, this year. She wasn't used to hiding the creatures she brought to the swamp, but she wasn't ready to have them be revealed. The other whales . . .; she hoped they were enough to hide any difference that might have flashed out here and there.

Granted the difficulty wouldn't be much until she entered the swamp proper. She needed to recruit, instead of merely thinking about it and the creation of a tribe. That would have to wait until later, though, because of course now would be the time a blessing would be needed. A scowl twisted her lips and she looked at the pod behind her. Could she trust them to stay? It was always a maybe at the best of times.

With more than a few whales at her back, Breach sucked in a breath and turned east towards the pull. If only her mother-aunt was nearby.

"Stay close, please," she begged the whales as she set off. It was only a few steps until she, herself, became a whale, too. And then two whales because it was easier to lead and close the others off from straying too far. She'd never done a blessing with a group before. She wasn't sure she liked the idea much.

Post by **fluo** » Thu Nov 07, 2024 7:00 pm

Pregnancy was odd. Skeleton at the Feast had cravings that were not her own and her own emotional self regulation was compromised. She was quick to anger, cry, and everything seemed like an unsurmountable mountain to climb. She was snappish and irritable while weeping joy at the simplest beauties in nature. She was a hot mess. So when she saw two whales, she did not believe her eyes. She could not trust her own thoughts. But they did look a little different right? She squinted.

"Hello there."

Post by **anemosagkelos** » Thu Nov 07, 2024 7:11 pm

The whales, at least the two in front, seemed to jump at the voice. The softer one moved to the left, while the fiercer one swept to the right. They seemed to check out the doe for a minute and then they were gone, a pod of non-related whales behind them still.

Breach showed herself after a second, breaking the easy view of the pod. It took a moment to wrangle her thoughts back into one being rather than two.

"Hello," she started with a smile, "I hope I didn't keep you waiting long."