by Cailleach » Fri Nov 23, 2018 6:26 am
"Don't pity me!" she screams as her wings fold against her back and she dives, wind whipping at her hair and the over-sized coat.
"You'll see. We're all monsters in the end..." she whispers to herself, although Sam doesn't really need to hear it through the wind. In some way it's her tongue forming the words. Cailleach's grip is looser than it was before, but right now it mostly means that more of her is reaching Sam. She's reaching out with her mind, but Cailleach's senses or interpretations of the same reality are... off. Perhaps tinged by the same 'madness' Sam has felt. The school looms large somehow, uninviting and judging. The lighthouse like it glimmers with a strange light but cracked and broken above a sea of dead stars. And beyond that the ocean and it's welcoming darkness. A familiarity that everything else is lacking, a safe blanket and comforting embrace.
But her attention soon narrows on the two minds that seem partially hidden behind a veil, nestled between the waves of the sea and the lighthouse on the cliff above. Skin turns cold, fingernails into black claws, the air that fills their lungs is suddenly choking, oppressive, dry and as Cailleach plummets from the sky and into the ocean it almost feels like a relief. At least until Sam catches a glimpse of her intentions as she sinks into the darkness beneath the waves. She's lurking, refining her anger into cold determination, here where she feels comfortable and in control...