- MORGANNA WESTFALL
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[ fandom. guild wars 2 ] [ tagged. nobara, ma'at | mentioned: n/a ] [ location. the inn ]
- ─────A rude awakening of hot breath and frantic nudges forced Morganna from her sleep, her elbows rising in an attempt to push away the offending creature. The raptor gave her sleeve a playful nip in response, then took hold of the sheets on her bed and gave them a hard pull. Morganna yelped as she was yanked out of bed and onto the floor with them, landing hard on her stomach. She groaned, eliciting a curious sniff from Dune above her. “Who let you in here?” Morganna asked him, resigned to the raptor’s antics. She heard the raptor pacing around the room, so she opened her eyes hesitantly only to see the floor… a floor that wasn’t hers. Suddenly wide awake, Morganna jumped upright, eyes scanning the room. The door to the room had been broken down, no doubt clawed open by Dune in his efforts to get to her. It was hard to believe she had slept through that, one of many questions she had, but an electronic voice suddenly spoke overhead. It was a system not unlike the one in New Kaineng, and while it left her with answers… It left her with many more questions. Did these people summon her through the Mists? As unlikely as that sounded, nothing regarding the Mists should be deemed impossible. Still… if they were powerful enough for that, then they should be powerful enough to handle their… pest problem on their own. A particular emptiness both in her heart and her mind nagged at her. If this were several years ago, she wouldn’t have noticed it. It was hard to miss now. Aurene? She tried to reach out tentatively, her heart sinking when there was no response from the dragon.
─────Morganna rubbed her eyes with the palm of her hands until she saw white, frustration making her tense. It was bad enough that her homeland was on the verge of being destroyed by an imbalance of magic, but now she couldn’t even be there to help reverse it. She felt Dune’s breath on her face, and she opened her eyes to see the raptor gazing at her curiously. With a sigh, she reached up and rubbed the top of his red-scaled head softly. He purred at this, his orange eyes closing in bliss. At least she wasn’t completely alone here. She was just going to need faith that Kasmeer and the others can hold together without her for a while. With a sigh, she gave another look around the room, her gaze falling on her gear piled on a nightstand by the bed. Relief flooded her. Whatever she was walking into, at least she wouldn’t be doing it unarmed. Dune’s reins and saddle were also here. Convenient. After a few minutes, the two of them were fully geared up. A familiar hum came from Morganna’s belt, where her photon forge sat. She felt infinitely better just having that with her. Her skills as a holosmith would be left wanting without it. Now satisfied that she had everything with her, she took a deep breath and headed for the doorway, pulling Dune along by his reins.
─────She stepped over the splintered remains of the door, giving Dune a pointed look as she did so, and stopped just outside the room. They wandered cautiously down the hallway, Morganna’s hand on her lightsword the entire time. Heavy footsteps and a voice from around the corner stopped her in her tracks, however. She couldn’t help the slight rise in anxiety that made her heart beat a little harder. Either she was about to meet the locals or, if the announcement was to be believed, people from a completely different world. Taking a breath, she rounded the corner and prayed to her absent gods that she wasn’t making a mistake. She was both surprised and relieved to see two human women in the hallway. One looked significantly younger than the other, and the older of the two wouldn’t look out of place commanding a siege. The scythe strapped across her back had Morganna immediately thinking ‘necromancer’, though the presence of technology and heavy armor had her second guessing. The younger of the two wielded a hammer, and seemed to be ready to get into a fight at any moment, which had Morganna wondering if there was more to the girl than was obvious. Morganna raised her fist to her mouth and cleared her throat audibly, pushing back against Dune as he tried to rush past her to investigate the two strangers. “Hello.” She greeted them simply, in a neutral tone so as not to accidentally provoke them.