The Lake & The End

[asgardmods]

the lake & the end Farewell, dear Wanderers. It was a pleasure to have you here in Asgard. May your travels bring you many pleasant and wonderful experiences. We wish you a bright future. a magical rainfall june 10th ↴ a magical reprieve On the night of the 10th, Clouds swirl over Asgard as an enchanted rainstorm begins. It rains all through the night and by morning, the rain has pooled into a special lake. This Lake, called Witches Mirror Lake, can be seen all over Asgard at all times of the day. Its distinct glittering lights emanate from the surface of the water and can be seen far into the sky. witches mirror lake june 10th-16th ↴ the lake and its phases Full Lake, 11TH - 12TH → If the Wanderer approaches the lake and sees their reflection when the lake is full, the reflection will slowly change and they will see a brief glimpse of what that wanderer wants most. This glimpse can be seen by anyone in the vicinity of its waters. Once they have been shown the vision, that person will no longer see their reflection and no further visions will be seen. Partial Lake, 13TH - 14TH → As the lake evaporates, it dries into crystal shards that lay bare on the edge of the lake. These shards are anywhere from an inch to a few feet long and resemble shards of glass. Wanderers will want to approach them with some care as they are sharp and it will make approaching the water a significant amount more difficult. (But not impossible.) Think of it as a lake surrounded by large glass shards at its edges. Potent spiritual magic resides in these crystal shards. If a wanderer goes to the lake and picks up one of these shards, they will be given a glimpse of what they fear reflected in all the surrounding shards. Diamond Dust Lake, 15TH - 16TH → The lake dries up, leaving nothing but glittering white dust where the lake once was. This special dust is called "diamond dust". If the Wanderers come close to where the lake was and breathes it in or manages to gather it, they can bear witness to its special properties. If a Wanderers breathes it in and are near a person, it will show a vision about that person. It could be anything that the other person, in particular, wants them to see...or doesn't want them to see. If they are alone, the dust could reveal something hidden in the area around them. If there is nothing hidden in the area, the dust will turn into water and evaporate. If there is something hidden in the area, their vision will turn black and white and the hidden path will be the only thing in their vision that will be in color. the final farewell a little bit of magic ASGARDS END, 30TH → There are no curses this month. After much deliberation, the gods will send each wanderer back to their homeworld. Take this time to play out your final farewell with your CR, or play out the first moments of characters as they return back to their homeworlds. Feel free to include a small trinket of your choice to remind you of your time in Asgard. Thank you for participating in Asgard.

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[lethechained]

"It is a lot. But you know - I've never minded. All of it was worth it, even if... some of it was hard." Like the darker times, with the undead and other actual trouble. "Even though I wasn't sure about this place in the beginning, I know now that it was always a wonderful opportunity."

For a girl like her, that was. As for Terezi's last comment, Naminé tucked her chin slightly, almost shy. "I hope so. But..." Growing more serious, she hesitated a moment. "I'm sure you'll meet a lot of other people, and make some new friends. So-- I'll understand if you get distracted along the way."

[mindseer]

"Yeah. I think... I needed about a sweep to finally digest some of the crap in my life, and it feels like you've needed at least that long to start opening up. To realizing that you're allowed to want something for yourself." Because that had always felt like one of the things about Naminé. She didn't ever seem to thin of herself that much.

She glanced over at her after she said that and tucked her head into the crook of Naminé's shoulder. "I will, but I'm not going to forget you. I can be a dogged little troll sometimes, you know." Once she figured out what she actually wanted.

[lethechained]

"You're probably right," Naminé admitted, and it cost her little to do so. She could accept her own nature easily enough. "The others told me what was going to happen for me in our world, but it didn't feel real to me for so long." Hence the continuation of her tendency to neglect her own wishes - which was still very much present, but lessened somewhat.

Shifting a little to accommodate Terezi, Naminé let out a quiet sigh, content despite her lingering concerns. Fondly, "Oh, I know. You not being stubborn enough isn't something I worry about."

[mindseer]

She hugged Naminé and came in good and close while her eyes closed. "You deserve to be happy Naminé and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that you stay happy. So are your friends. They're stubborn like that too." This was a thing that she was very certain of, that her moirail had protectors who would go out of their way for her, because that was how they were. But she wanted to find her as soon as possible.

"It's going to be ok, Naminé."

[lethechained]

The girl's cheeks rose with her smile, a painful, grateful sort of gladness on her features. "Thank you," she breathed, earnest; "For everything."

Affection was welcome in the wake of such words, and Naminé was at ease wrapping her arms around to return the hug. Head resting lightly against her moirail's, the blonde let her own eyes shut. No matter how uncertain the future was, at least in that moment, she felt sure enough.

"Yes - I suppose it will."

[mindseer]

Her head moved a little when Naminé shut her eyes and she'd feel a kiss on her forehead before she settled in close again and just held her there for a while. The physical closeness was a comfort for them both, and it was just nice to be this close, not to mention that they had two more weeks for all the hugging in the world.

"You're welcome, and thank you for being you."

[lethechained]

Naminé's shoulders rose slightly, but it was in a happy sort of bashfulness. Relaxing into the hug, she sat curled into her friend with a steady smile on her mouth, one that wiggled slightly as she laughed.

"It'd be pretty tough for me to be anyone else." Although that might not have been entirely true, as familiar as she was with the inner workings of others' minds - but she wouldn't have enjoyed trying to be someone she wasn't. "But then again, you've always made it easier to be me."

[mindseer]

Her arm hung around Naminé's shoulders, keeping her in nice and close while they both had a little laugh. "mmm, I don't know too many people who are that good at being other people, nope. But I'm glad you feel good about being yourself for me. Wouldn't want you to be anyone else, Naminé."

[lethechained]

To be told she needn't be anyone else was so painfully refreshing - despite so much time in the city, despite meeting so many people who only knew her and not her Other. The sigh she let out was happy, but--

"... Oh." She only realized the tears were welling up when they began to spill over, a couple of them sneaking down along the curve of her cheek. Sniffing, she gave a soft, "I'm sorry...!"

[mindseer]

Terezi blinked when she saw the tears and then she grinned. She was aware enough at this point to realize that they were happy ones. Leaning in, she gave a peck at one on the cheek to 'clean it up and grinned. "It's fine. The water works mean I said something right, right?"

[lethechained]

Naminé's cheeks rose with her smile under the peck, despite how her expression was caught somewhere between pain and gladness. It was more of both than she would have cared to admit, for every sweet thing said reminded her all the more clearly of how soon they would be apart.

"Right," she confirmed, sniffling as she raised a hand to swipe at the tears on the side opposite the one her moirail took care of. Hesitating, the blonde seemed to struggle against the words in her throat, but, "I just-- I'm... I'm going to miss this."

[mindseer]

"I'm going to miss this, and you, like crazy Naminé. But I want to have as many happy memories of you as I can to hold onto in my think pan when we're apart." They would help her, not only to home in, but also just because it would help her a lot. It was a reminder of why there was a difference to trolls in friends and a moirail. Losing a friend was hard. A moirail even harder.

But absence made the blood pusher grow fonder.

[lethechained]

"Of course," she breathed, and yet it sounded almost like she was telling herself that. "Happy memories..."

Which meant she needed to buck up, right? And yet no matter how hard she tried, now that the tears had started, it was difficult to stop them. Her lips trembled as she pressed them closed, eyelids welling even as some of the water spilled over.

Letting go of this place was a lot to ask of a girl like her.

[mindseer]

And as she fought with her tears, Terezi seemed to just kind of get it. She wanted to sob. Even if she believed she'd end up somewhere else, she didn't want it to be without Naminé. She didn't want Peter Quill gone. She wanted that stupid king in his stupid wheelchair growling ideas on how to rule properly at the Elven Lord back again. She knew she could cope, but she didn't want to.

And as she fought with the tears, Terezi closed her eyes and brought her lips up to Naminé's ear and whispered. "You crying because you'll miss me is a good memory, Naminé."

[lethechained]

There was really no helping it after that. Shoulders rising, Naminé coughed out a sob of her own. With squeezed-shut eyes she wasn't able to hold back the tears at all any longer; if Terezi meant to make her cry, it certainly worked.

But maybe that was precisely what Naminé needed. It'd feel better later, once catharsis set in - yet in the meantime the girl pressed a hand over one side of her own face in a futile attempt to cover the weeping that was all the more obvious now, her other arm still clutching her moirail.

[mindseer]

She didn't stop Naminé or shush her. Instead, she reached over to wrap her up and keep her pulled in good and close. It was obvious that she needed the water works, and very soon after there were a few tears of her own slipping out. She was going to miss Naminé and she didn't want to have to search for her. She wanted to just leave with her. But ... this was so much better than the alternative and she was going to take it for what it was worth.

She hadn't planned to make her cry, but as Naminé did it, it became obvious that it was what she really needed right then, so she smiled sadly and let her let it all out.

[lethechained]

Held near, Naminé let herself weep with her face buried in her moirail's shoulder. Although in different circumstances perhaps the blonde would try harder press the tears away under both palms, Terezi's hold didn't allow for it, which was probably for the better. Arms wrapping around the other girl instead, Naminé cried as she truly needed to, although even that was quiet.

Once her tears were spent, she exhaled a shaky sigh, although she didn't lift her head. "I told myself not to do that," she confessed, muffled by the same shirt she just cried into.

[mindseer]

"It's ok to let the water works out with me, Naminé. You will always have permission," she whispered as she leaned in and pressed a lip to cheek, kissing away some of the tears while she sighed in turn. The tears staining her own were pretty obvious. "I think that's one of the little treats we get for being this close. We're allowed to cry when we need to. Just knowing I can... is important to me."

trolls weren't the crying sort, obviously.

[lethechained]

"It's not your permission I'm worried about." It was Terezi's wellbeing; Naminé was reluctant to burden the other girl with her own feelings, no matter how much that was expressed to be an appropriate part of their relationship. But there was no help for it and even Naminé knew there was no arguing the point, and aside from that - it really was nice to be sure she was allowed the luxury.

Sniffing, Naminé let out a sigh before pulling back just enough to straighten up and look at her moirail with damp, reddened eyes. "Of course you can," the blonde affirmed, reaching up to brush the dampness from her companion's cheek with a gentle hand. "Even when I'm not here. If I can't go with you, then... I'll just have to tell you that it's alright to cry when you need to, until we see each other again."

[mindseer]

She was not going to engage the water works a second time, but damned if it wasn't hard there. She wanted to tell Naminé that she'd be fine and there'd be no tears, but the truth was that she was going to definitely do it, because there was too much to handle when she'd gotten used to relying on people and being a support herself.

"You're always going to be with me, in here," she said, pressing a hand up and against her chest, closing her eyes. "So I won't be doing it alone."

[lethechained]

Letting out a watery laugh, Naminé regarded the other girl with a warm smile, one that lifted her dampened cheeks.

"You've been talking to Sora, haven't you?" That certainly sounded like it could have just as easily come out of his mouth. But the sentiment was one Naminé could appreciate and agree with. "And... you're right. No matter where we go, we'll always be together."

[mindseer]

"Guilty as charged, Naminé. That guy's got a way of rubbing off when he talks to you," she admitted with a tiny laugh. "Besides, blood pusher talk kinda fitsin your world, doesn't it?"

[lethechained]

"He does, doesn't he?" she concurred, voice warm with quiet fondness. "Maybe it's because he really believes what he says."

No matter how disgustingly sentimental it might have gotten at times. Sniffing as she dried her cheeks a little more carefully, "Mm. We do spend an awful lot of time worrying about hearts. I thought it would be the same in other worlds, but-- here, no one ever really seems to talk about them."

[mindseer]

"Yeah, I think that's pat of why he has the effect he has on other folks." He believed it and he was sentimental about it, but that fervency was the thing that rubbed off most naturally in her opinion. "A broken heart isn't quite as ... physical a thing as it is for you, Naminé. So yeah, we don't worry about it in the same way at all I guess."

[lethechained]

"That's true," she conceded, and by now she was able to let out a breath of a helpless laugh about it, despite it sounding a little sad. "But it could still happen to anyone - unless we're all more different from each other than I thought." On a metaphysical level, that was. "It could just be luck that so many people here came from worlds that were never taken over by Darkness."