messmer wrote:name; Elide
where they got the leaves from?;
On the edges of the fen, where the ground begins to transition to forest floor, resides an Ent. Guardian of the boundary between moor and wood, the Fable often encounters this like minded steward of the earth as she tends her marsh every moon. Words are a delicacy for the Ent, the being opting to communicate with slow, languid gesturing, often gifting a flower borne from the palm of it's hand to Elide when they cross paths, in silent greeting.
She cherishes each silent moment, two stewards of adjacent pockets of earth reveling in their love for the world.
Young deer and wolf pups often clamor around her when she's checking the marsh, birds perched on her back as she walks.
"Elide! Where'd you get your fancy leaves? Are they seaweed from the ocean? I've never seen the sea, but I hear it's beautiful!" a pup jumps around her, splashing in the muck.
The fable chuckles gently, head tossing with the action, recalling how she earned her garlands.
An axe, swinging through the air, metal against wood, unknowing in the violence it is committing. Elide steers the terror in her heart, calling upon thick, cloying fog to blanket the woods and misdirect the axe's wielder. It takes a moment, but it works. The woods are silent once more, but this time she only feels worry instead of serenity.
Rushing to the Ent, she surveys the damage. A shuddering groan emerges from the creature, and she hastily touches her horn to the gash in it's bark and begins to hum. Moisture dry, rot be gone, I heal my friend, with my song. Fibers weave together once more, the only remnant of the act is a new whorl upon the Ent.
The creature looks down upon Elide, it's face morphing to one of contentment. Slowly reaching up, it plucks some of the willowy branches from it's tree, and drapes them over the Fable, a gentle bow given to her as it finishes the gift. She bows back, relief and gratitude filling her eyes.
"Not the sea, dear ones, no." She laughs again, a chime through the reeds. "I helped a very old friend, and they helped me."
Congrats! i liked how you weaved the story around her powers also <3
i will also award a ticket to néktar, Nanorat, horsestigers
you can link back to this post for proof
thank u all for entering, I enjoyed reading all your entries!
i will open some free slots in the nursery the next following days <3
