lovely, dark & deep /eden + avriel
Jan 2, 2022 1:08:06 GMT -5
Post by gamemaker kelsier on Jan 2, 2022 1:08:06 GMT -5
a v r i e l .
"I'll wait
So show me while you're strong
Ignore everybody else
We're alone now"
A hollow knock echoes through the woods and Avriel pauses mid-step, eyes on the canopy for the source. He doesn't know much about birds but a couple seasons ago, Duke and him followed a raven all the way up the mountain to Babe's perch.
Fog rests in the branches of the coniferous trees, creating a blanket of silence over the woods. Every sound the animals make seems to refract off the canopy and shoot back down. Bits of sunlight still make it through the cloud and create circles of light on the forest floor. Days like these, where rain threatens, other people tend to stay out of the woods.
Which makes it perfect for Avriel, who loathes the idea of running into anyone out here.
Today though, he has a shadow. Avriel turns his head the littlest bit and he can see that boy from the balcony in One that he met on his victory tour out of the corner of his eye. Strange to be meeting him again in his own district half a year later.
And he still doesn't get why he was offered up to show Eden around while Eurydice met with the District Officials. Avriel's never made himself particularly available, but Colgate is even harder for them to contact. Now that they have a new victor, Nine wants to show him off.
Eden, they told him, and just like that Avriel has his name. Eden still doesn't speak but that suits Avriel just fine. He comes to the woods for the quiet and to be alone. Eden's presence ruins that but after half an hour, Avriel's starting to thaw.
He starts walking again, afternoon summer sun painting strokes of gold down their path as if to lead the way.