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deercountry2021-10-01 09:40 pm
spiritwalks) wrote in deercountry2021-10-01 09:40 pm
September & October Catch-All
Who: Vyng spiritwalks and YOU
What: Catch-All for September + October. See comments for prompts!
When: Various
Where: Various
Note: Style veers wildly between prose and brackets. Just choose whatever style feels good when responding, and I'll match it ♥
Content Warnings: Listed in subject lines when applicable
spiritwalks and YOUWhat: Catch-All for September + October. See comments for prompts!
When: Various
Where: Various
Note: Style veers wildly between prose and brackets. Just choose whatever style feels good when responding, and I'll match it ♥
Content Warnings: Listed in subject lines when applicable
Growing Pains [September]
No wonder his Blessed Day falls in September.
It takes Vyng time to settle on a suitable offering: His charm bracelet. Crocodile teeth, bits of vine, and all sorts of tiny tokens — from past adventures with his family — once dangled from his wrist. But that life is behind him now.
Letting the trinket go feels like twisting a knife into his stomach. So many memories. Of his little Billie. The hardships they endured together. Rub-a-dub-dub bathtime songs. And the cuddles he'll never have again.
That sharp pang is all the confirmation Vyng needs to know he chose well.
Reverently, he places the bracelet to rest in its freshly-dug grave. With each handful of dirt he scoops onto it, he silently says goodbye. After he's finished packing the soil in place, Vyng fishes a sewing needle from his pocket. The subsequent pin-prick of his finger makes him purse his lips for reasons he can't quite explain, but the blood is still offered willingly. Rusty red intermingles with the dirt beneath his hands.
What emerges from the soil makes Vyng's breath hitch: A single, orange compass rose.