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Draco hadn't been so empty in... a very, very long time. Even Draconua was no longer at her post, leaving the cold voidlight silent but for the strange motion of the Aperture and the Spire's almost-breathing.

Zoey... She didn't mind the quiet, not really. It was a bit strange to be almost completely alone at home, but it gave her some peace of mind, and some breathing space. She knew where her family had gone, and all she could do was hope they would return.

Right now, she didn't want to think about what the rest of the Forge was doing. Didn't want to consider the blood, gore, the stench of death and the screams. They were far away, and she put them just as far in her mind. Instead, the six legged armored beast stood among the Womb, picking up broken pieces of chrysalis. She knew better than to take bones or pieces of gemstone, but there were plenty of shards of oilstone that clearly made up old eggshells.

Their semi-rounded shape would, perhaps, make for good light fixtures. She could hope, anyway. Really, it was little more than practice for her.

She had a job to do, after all, and keeping her mind and body busy with her work made it easier to ignore the still and eerie silence in the Forge.

Her talons clamped around a good piece, raising it up to inspect with her golden eyes. She focused, and her mandibles clicked, as she channeled her magic into the stone. The warm glow of golden light broke the surface of the otherwise dark and inky oilstone, making it give off a beautiful, shimmering shade of warm light that nearly blinded her.

It was a good piece... She set it aside, blinking the spots from her vision.

Equinox was on break, and he wanted to see the zoisite! she was nice and cool and well everyone in the garden is but she was the one he wanted to see right now.

he looked around draco, heavy footfalls a good indicator of his arrival, should she be paying attention to it. he turned the corner, looking to see her shuffling through pieces of chrysalis.

he whimpered at the blinding light, covering his eyes and dipping his head, looking only when it died down.

he blinked away the spots in his own vision, following them for a moment with his eyes before realizing they just weren't something he could catch. he walked closer, looking down at zoisite.

"Hello." he said, tail wagging softly. more like wiggling on the floor, he could barely lift his tail as is.

he looked around. "What are you doing?"

@V-zoisite-one

The last thing the Zoisite had been expecting was company, much less from her fellow gardener to peek in and see what she was up to. When she heard the whimper, she froze, jaws clenching.

All of the tension vanished when Zoey recognized the familiar voice. "Oh, Equinox!" She perked up, tossing her mandibles skyward so she could see her friend clearly through her upside-down vision. "Is everything alright?" She had heard him whimper, and her quills rattled down her chest as she stared up at him.

Equinox had asked what she was doing, though... She raised a leg, pointing her talon toward one of the shards that would make for a good, rounded light fixture.

"I'm making lights for the structures that are going to be made here in Draco," direct and to the point. She touched one of her talons to the piece of oilstone. As she made contact, a warm, golden light started to ripple across the stone shell's surface, shimmering. "With magic."

@Equinox