@CeilteachLey Tamriel. [And I know she has not heard of that either. No one has.] It holds nine provinces. [A small pause; I consider her face.] It is not of this world.
Perhaps it is wiser to travel north now summer is coming.
@CeilteachLey No. [A soft laugh, accompanied by a head shake.] The Rift is the name of the region I hail from. Most of it is forest and mountains but there is also a major city called Riften.
[More than I intended to reveal but it's so rare I get to speak of my beloved Skyrim.]
Germany. >
@CeilteachLey I come from a small village. Doubt you've heard of it. [No one here has. Different world. Different universe. Hard to explain.] But before I moved here I lived in The Rift.
[Most think me crazy whenever I divulge anything of my past but it hardly matters.] And you? Where >
@CogentRhapsody [I take her offered hand in mine, cold against cold, but my smile – however slight – is warm.]
Pleasure to make your acquaintance, Vanessa. I am Mae. Lamae. And I vow to keep you in my memory always.
"Molag Bal, Father of Torment, we curse you!
You sought to poison us with your blood. But we survived. And from your poison, we grew.
King of Corruption, your children are coming. They will defile and destroy you."
━ ◦ ❖ ◦━ 𝕬𝖓 𝕴𝖓𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖉𝖚𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝕿𝖔 @LamaeBal━ ◦ ❖ ◦━
–Many years ago:
A neon green jellyfish floats over my shoulder, its four long tentacles swaying calmly as it moves. I reach out to caress it, fingers gently grazing the top of its head. It's soft. Kind >
"Molag Bal, Father of Torment, we curse you!
You sought to poison us with your blood. But we survived. And from your poison, we grew.
King of Corruption, your children are coming. They will defile and destroy you."
I don't enjoy the blood here. It is too contaminated. Soaked in fat and smog and various substances of dubious origins. It coats my tongue and throat in an unpleasant film that takes ages to disappear.
Blood is no longer as refreshing as it should be. This world has >