Trusting in History, a finale of Fae Apoc for the Jan. Giraffe Call (@inventrix)
After
Scrounging for History ( LJ)
Digging through History ( LJ)
Delving in History ( LJ)
Bringing Home History ( LJ)
Singing down History ( LJ)
Learning of History ( LJ
Getting over History ( LJ)
Making New History ( LJ)
Part 7.5 of 7.5
Fae Apoc has a landing page here on DW and here on LJ
The Nightwalker led them through the ruins of the city, her tail swishing, her whole body leaned forward. "There's a few," she told them, "places that never got touched, places that are almost whole, even now. There's a few that look whole, that are traps. And there's gardens, still growing. My gardens, now." She ducked, almost a bow, almost an apology. "Our gardens?"
"You called us correctly," Dor replied. He was still angry, still distrusting her. Karida couldn't blame her. "We are scroungers. We don't plant gardens."
"Then whose gardens will they be? If we go... you could stay here, you three and the girl, and teach me. You could stay here, and I could feed you. Show you everything I know of this place."
She turned to look at them, a hungry look on her face, a smile that told Karida that something was seriously wrong. "And if the land betrays you, then, I have not betrayed nor hurt you, have I?"
That was all the warning they had. Karida felt the place the road below their feet would collapse as the witch said that, felt it and threw Amalie out of danger, into Dor so they both fell clear, even as under her the ground collapsed dropping her into a sinkhole, dropping her down, down, down. She twisted, trying to find up from down, trying to land on her feet, and caught her head on something hard and metal.
She lost consciousness still falling, and never felt the impact.
~fin~
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Scrounging for History ( LJ)
Digging through History ( LJ)
Delving in History ( LJ)
Bringing Home History ( LJ)
Singing down History ( LJ)
Learning of History ( LJ
Getting over History ( LJ)
Making New History ( LJ)
Part 7.5 of 7.5
Fae Apoc has a landing page here on DW and here on LJ
The Nightwalker led them through the ruins of the city, her tail swishing, her whole body leaned forward. "There's a few," she told them, "places that never got touched, places that are almost whole, even now. There's a few that look whole, that are traps. And there's gardens, still growing. My gardens, now." She ducked, almost a bow, almost an apology. "Our gardens?"
"You called us correctly," Dor replied. He was still angry, still distrusting her. Karida couldn't blame her. "We are scroungers. We don't plant gardens."
"Then whose gardens will they be? If we go... you could stay here, you three and the girl, and teach me. You could stay here, and I could feed you. Show you everything I know of this place."
She turned to look at them, a hungry look on her face, a smile that told Karida that something was seriously wrong. "And if the land betrays you, then, I have not betrayed nor hurt you, have I?"
That was all the warning they had. Karida felt the place the road below their feet would collapse as the witch said that, felt it and threw Amalie out of danger, into Dor so they both fell clear, even as under her the ground collapsed dropping her into a sinkhole, dropping her down, down, down. She twisted, trying to find up from down, trying to land on her feet, and caught her head on something hard and metal.
She lost consciousness still falling, and never felt the impact.
~fin~
This entry was originally posted at http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/291164.html. You can comment here or there.