Eroshay stood close to the forbidden forest, but never in it. She watched it and was close enough that, had she chosen to stick her arm out; she might graze it's beginning darkness.
There was death in those woods; she heard all the whispers about it. She felt it in her bones and to some part of her, it beckoned.
Her arms were limp by her side as she stared. She had been staring into the darkness for a half hour. In books she had read before, they sometimes said something about the darkness staring back, but it didn't feel like it was staring back. Maybe it had stared back for so long; Shay didn't know the difference anymore.
She breathed out slowly, tasting the forest on her tongue.
Shay sat with crisscross on the forest floor and blinked slowly. She didn't know what she planned on doing. Maybe she would go into the shadows tonight, but then, maybe not. She wasn't even supposed to be out now. She should have been at the orphanage in bed and sleeping. But that lead to nightmares she had no desire to see. This was less scary. Less intimidating.
@Penguin @Arcadia
There was death in those woods; she heard all the whispers about it. She felt it in her bones and to some part of her, it beckoned.
Her arms were limp by her side as she stared. She had been staring into the darkness for a half hour. In books she had read before, they sometimes said something about the darkness staring back, but it didn't feel like it was staring back. Maybe it had stared back for so long; Shay didn't know the difference anymore.
She breathed out slowly, tasting the forest on her tongue.
Shay sat with crisscross on the forest floor and blinked slowly. She didn't know what she planned on doing. Maybe she would go into the shadows tonight, but then, maybe not. She wasn't even supposed to be out now. She should have been at the orphanage in bed and sleeping. But that lead to nightmares she had no desire to see. This was less scary. Less intimidating.
@Penguin @Arcadia