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[A very long time ago, there was an apology and a gift was given, and a few words of destiny spoken.* Now is not the time when they come true, but it might be a beginning of a beginning.]
From along the lakefront, a woman comes walking. Rust-colored skirts sway, edged with sand and dampened six inches deep, at least. Gold glitters in the dark coils of her hair, flaring with the light of the setting sun, and she stops, in the water, her skirts floating around her ankles.
Cupping her hands before her chest, she lifts them to her mouth and whispers to the things held there. Beyond, the Black Pearl sits calm on the steady lake. The things in her hands click as she moves them gently from palm to palm; beads in her hair and on her dress clink, the Pearl's rigging creaks, and the sky grows orange.
Some small breeze comes rippling over the water to tug at her dress, and she smiles. Its sigh is very nearly a song.
[*Also known as the OOM from after the tofu plot which I never posted. But it works here, too!]
[ETA: I am going to bed, but I'll be sure to tag up everyone tomorrow. Thanks, guys!]
From along the lakefront, a woman comes walking. Rust-colored skirts sway, edged with sand and dampened six inches deep, at least. Gold glitters in the dark coils of her hair, flaring with the light of the setting sun, and she stops, in the water, her skirts floating around her ankles.
Cupping her hands before her chest, she lifts them to her mouth and whispers to the things held there. Beyond, the Black Pearl sits calm on the steady lake. The things in her hands click as she moves them gently from palm to palm; beads in her hair and on her dress clink, the Pearl's rigging creaks, and the sky grows orange.
Some small breeze comes rippling over the water to tug at her dress, and she smiles. Its sigh is very nearly a song.
[*Also known as the OOM from after the tofu plot which I never posted. But it works here, too!]
[ETA: I am going to bed, but I'll be sure to tag up everyone tomorrow. Thanks, guys!]