the red queen sacrificed to the ocean {mauve/robin day 5}
Jul 31, 2021 1:45:32 GMT -5
Post by k!ah on Jul 31, 2021 1:45:32 GMT -5
M A U V E ✡ M O R G A N S T E R N
The third beast had appeared later than the others. Mauve had watched it climb from the water as the one who had attempted to attack her fled back to where it came from. Walking around the edge of the lake she had seen a flash of red hair before a terrifying scream and Mauve knew instantly that it was Liara.
Picking up the pace a little she ducks down behind a bush, signalling for Robin to to do the same. She watches the red headed career launch her spear into the air. It rips through the space separating them with a deadly force that would have seriously injured a tribute, but this was no tribute. Mauve hated to admit it, but the girl was deadly, and she watched she saw a range of emotion play on a face that looked exhausted but determined, before she dives head first into the water.
Mauve half expected to see her resurface, to watch her stab her poker into the beast rear end. But the seconds turn into minutes, and the howling wind is broken by the sound of a canon. And Liara? The surface still, the waves returning to their angry churning, but Liara Arterius is gone.
"Wait here a sec," she murmurs to Robin, "I'll sew you up when I get back." Robin didn't know this yet, but Mauve was an excellent sewer, Beth was proof of that. Slipping away she prowls closer to the waters edge, looking into its depth she searched for a flash of red, but all she could see was the dark surging of angry waves. "3 outta 4," she mumbles as she stares into the water. "Later, Liara."
Making her way back over to Robin she directs him to lean back against one of the rocks and she pulls out a needle and thread, "roll your shirt up and I'll stitch up your stomach."