Thread:TurquoiseEmber/@comment-35137341-20191214205925/@comment-35882347-20200124035429

TurquoiseEmber wrote: Celestial curled into a ball, her wings wrapped tight around her small body, and weeped freely, letting the tears run through the mud. She was wet, dirty, and unbelievably tired.

She wanted her friends. Innocence, Astrum...especially Mind. Celestial wondered what they thought of her now. Runaway dead weight.

Exhausted as she was, she fell asleep - curled up on the lonely forest floor. When Mind had collided with Astrum, Innocence took advantage of that to hide. She figured Mind could handle the dragon. He had wings, and the dragon was flying, so it made sense to leave it to him. It was better for her to wait for a surprise attack in case the dragon came back down, which never happened. Instead Celestial appeared, which apparently to Mind meant she was immediately in danger, causing him to let go. Innocence may think of Celestial as more of a calm medic then anything else, but even she knew that Celestial was more than that. She wasn't surprised when it went badly.

Now everything was said and done, Celestial in one direction and Mind in the other, both feeling just as terrible.

Just as she was about to leave and follow Celestial (Astrum could handle Mind, and if she knew him he probably in this partially hiden place anyway) she spotted something. It was her father, high in the treetops, looking down on everyone. He had carefully colored his scales using mud to blend into the bark, almost indistinguishable from the tree. However in the rain the mud was slowly dripping off his scales, revealing the bright Silkwing behind them.

Innocence stared at her father for a minute before starting to leave her hiding spot, intending to interigate him. However before she could, he took off. Silently jumping from tree to tree as he jumped out of sight, wisely avoiding taking to the air after what happened.

She looked at where he had been for a momment more before leaving, following the trail to where Celestial had gone. Once she was there and noticed her, alseep, she decided not to wake her, Celestial had had a long day. Instead Innocence gathered moss, feathers, anything soft she could find, and gently tucked it underneath Celestial. It wasn't long til Celestial (still sleeping) was resting on a massive, makeshift bed that kept her off the ground. Innocence also mannaged to maneuver some tree branches together with some woven vines, to make a cover that would keep Celestial dry no matter how hard it rained.

Once she was satisfied that Celestial would sleep comfortably she climbed a tree, settling down above her. Sleep quickly claimed her.