DOVEFEATHER

let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Dovefeather's eyes were locked on the snake, vibrating as she did, and for a moment, through her gaze, both of them were perfectly still, as though their vibrations lined up with one another-- and then it was gone, back to a shifting image of many, many snake heads, and she blinked.

It was then that the kitten's eyes returned to Giggle's medium-sized form, processing the words that she had said moments ago, as though the first time through they hadn't sunk in.

"What I have to say, first?"

"... Oh!"

The kitten bounced up to her paws, suddenly ignoring each and every single one of the others, her tail swishing behind her with glee as she stepped over to the opposite wall, mainly so she had plenty of space to work with-- and then she looked down towards Orion, and then up towards Canis.

"Well it's really quite simple, though I didn't quite understand it at first, you see, because I hadn't Seen the place of bones yet."

She sat down, her tail curling around her paws, forelegs pressed together to create a perfect circle of dark grey on her white coat. Then, she promptly closed her eyes, and focused.

Abruptly, lights began to gather among the small kitten, dancing lights, of creatures running, back and forth, racing and chasing, of all shapes and sizes.

The lights eventually settled to shift to either side of the kitten, blurry shapes, that perhaps could be made out as two distinct scenes:

Creatures tumbling into dust, into just bones, leaving nothing but a glowing pile-- and to the other side, a massive door shutting--

And then, as quickly as they came, the lights began to fade as the kitten let out a tiny squeak. Blinking, she opened her eyes, glancing at the fading lights to either side, a slight hrmff purring out from her small body.

"I believe this tunnel was... Was used to separate, to protect. A separation, definitely. This tunnel has always been kept empty."

Her ears twitched as her little squeak came echoing back through the tunnel to her.

".. So from either side, you can just about hear anything-- whatever the doors were that once lay in the entrance to this tunnel-- they were put here to protect... or trap... the creatures that once lived here."

"Whatever secrets the place of bones had to protect, the ones who held those secrets died. You don't see any where near as many bones in anywhere else in the cave-- there must have been hundreds, thousands, who fled or were... brought through this tunnel."

"I can't imagine what kind of secrets they kept however. It must be important-- I, um, I'm afraid it's all a bit over my head, Giggle."

words:......... as if im gonna fill this out
tagged:....... @Kerberos
ooc:............ heck yea
muse:......... 9/10

"Talking looks like this."
Thinking looks like this...

δεξιά . κέντρο . αριστερά

Kerberos stared at Henry, who was now saying he was Mordecai, as the snake did it's best to reach out and sniff or nose him or something. The puppy just stood and stared, towering over the slithery noodle with two heads, as his brains tried to work out what the gosh darn diddly Mordecai meant.

"Heinrich?" Finally, one head woofed, letting out a rather sad whimper. There was something wrong with this one. It thought it was two things-- not one thing-- but it definitely was one thing.

"What do you mean, you are Mordecai?" The middle head asked as he carefully edged closer, bowing his nose to the floor before the noodle so it could-- if Henry got his act together-- slither up on to his snout.

The last head looked at Giggle, and plainly, woofed a short, "There is something wrong with Brother." It was that simple to him-- but he didn't know what it meant, or why, just that the snake was sick in the two-heads.

His attention was quickly taken away by a light show, however, glancing towards the feline with curiousity. It took all of his willpower not to run over and attack all the pretty glowy things, but he managed to settle his rump down on the ground and settle for wagging his tail and panting loudly as the kitten began talking about the tunnel.

"Life and Death," he insisted once more, letting out one final three-pitched whine.

@Mordecai and Henry !!

i'm ready to start
the conquest of spaces