Varvara had always thought she had a pleasant personality, despite being stoic and a nymph of the rain. She always tried to go through the positive things first and succeeded most of the time. Varvara wasn't one to mull over the bad and sad in her life, not at all.
But today she felt gloomy.
Varvara stood in a small clearing and looked up to the sky. Her long pants and tank top made of silk fluttered in the wind that pushed heavy, grey clouds across the sky. They were the color of her eyes and hair. Today Varvara hadn't braided her hair and it was swaying gently behind her, looking like a cape made of storm and rain.
Varvara's eyes weren't smiling today. Her weather prediction for today had promised rain, and it would begin in a few hours. And Varvara would have to turn into her ethereal form and soak up in rainwater. It had been long enough since the last time and if she waited too long Varvara would wither away. But when she turned into her ethereal form Varvara felt so...detached and capricious. And when she turned back for a short while she wouldn't remember her name, her past or where she was. And that scared Varvara way more than death.
Varvara sighed, a thing she did ever so rarely, and lowered her gaze. The grass in this clearing was the same color as the one in the grassland she had first woken up in. That made her feel a bit better, because that grassland was her happy place. Varvara raised her head, her eyes smiling again, turned around and walked into the trees. She shouldn't just wait around for the rain. She should, yes, go to town and eat something new, or learn a new song, or look for new bugs in the bushes. Varvara began to hum, not enough that her power activated, and did a few spins while she walked. Varvara loved how her long hair twisted around her.
Varvara got so into spinning she didn't look where she was going and bumped face first into a tree. Varvara let out a combination of a grunt and groan and squatted down into the ground. She rubbed her face and began to laugh silently.
"Oh dear, I'm trying too hard to make myself feel better. But..."
Varvara lay down to the ground and stared at the sky through the branches.
"Rainy days are my only weakness. That, and shrimps. I loathe shrimps."
@Pallas
But today she felt gloomy.
Varvara stood in a small clearing and looked up to the sky. Her long pants and tank top made of silk fluttered in the wind that pushed heavy, grey clouds across the sky. They were the color of her eyes and hair. Today Varvara hadn't braided her hair and it was swaying gently behind her, looking like a cape made of storm and rain.
Varvara's eyes weren't smiling today. Her weather prediction for today had promised rain, and it would begin in a few hours. And Varvara would have to turn into her ethereal form and soak up in rainwater. It had been long enough since the last time and if she waited too long Varvara would wither away. But when she turned into her ethereal form Varvara felt so...detached and capricious. And when she turned back for a short while she wouldn't remember her name, her past or where she was. And that scared Varvara way more than death.
Varvara sighed, a thing she did ever so rarely, and lowered her gaze. The grass in this clearing was the same color as the one in the grassland she had first woken up in. That made her feel a bit better, because that grassland was her happy place. Varvara raised her head, her eyes smiling again, turned around and walked into the trees. She shouldn't just wait around for the rain. She should, yes, go to town and eat something new, or learn a new song, or look for new bugs in the bushes. Varvara began to hum, not enough that her power activated, and did a few spins while she walked. Varvara loved how her long hair twisted around her.
Varvara got so into spinning she didn't look where she was going and bumped face first into a tree. Varvara let out a combination of a grunt and groan and squatted down into the ground. She rubbed her face and began to laugh silently.
"Oh dear, I'm trying too hard to make myself feel better. But..."
Varvara lay down to the ground and stared at the sky through the branches.
"Rainy days are my only weakness. That, and shrimps. I loathe shrimps."
@Pallas