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Edited by ShadowheartMC: 3/2/2019 10:07:34 AM
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[spoiler]hey all, once again thank you for reading! Who’s ready for the upcoming cringe of shadow trying to get variks’ attention :D no one? Alright, great! Update, the title of the story will now be added in, as well as the expected release date of the next page :) let me know if that’s a cool idea[/spoiler] [u]Trail of Smoke[/u] Shadow stumbles as her boots hit the floor of the outpost. Exhaustion drags at every bone in her body. She straightens herself, limping past the corsairs casting curious glances her way. Variks' glowing eyes have followed her every slow step across the outpost to him.      He gazes over her armor. Shredded, dirty, hanging off in pieces. There's still a thin trail of smoke drifting off one shoulder.      Then her face. Eyes black, lip covered in her own blood.      With a bang, she drops what she's been carrying - one of the odd spikes from Skolas' armor - at Variks' feet. A trophy for him, perhaps. A gift.      Variks stays still, gripping his staff, eyeing her. Unreadable.      She was used to that now. It only served to fuel her interest in him.      A heavy sense of shame rests on her shoulders, as she had not killed Skolas like she planned. As Variks had wanted. She hoped this was good enough for her friend.      Without much thought, Shadow drops to one knee, head bowed. She is well aware this is not only from exhaustion.      A sharp, robotic noise of alarm comes from her ghost. She can hear him in her mind. "Shadow... What are you doing?" He sounds horrified. Mortified that his guardian would dare ever bow to a fallen.      But Variks wasn't a fallen. Variks was eliksni. Variks was a hero. If her ghost couldn't see that, well...      With the last of her strength, Shadow struggles to her feet again. She pulls her shoulders back, meeting Variks' eyes. She gets lost in their pale blue depths.      "We... have passed Judgement on "Kell of Kells."" He speaks finally. A pleased sound rumbles from his chest. Shadow's heart warms, she lets out a breath of relief.      "This is as it should be."      A moment of silence passes between them. Just staring. She wants to speak, but it ends in a sharp gasp as he touches her hand. She quickly breaks eye contact, looking down. A key has been pressed into her palm.      "Key will grant you fortune, guardian. But you must be strong to face Prison of Elders."     Prison of Elders. Shadow recalls hearing this before from Cayde. He was giving her a key to his prison? A pride unlike she's ever known fills her chest knowing Variks is pleased with her. Yet...      She holds the key tightly, forcing back tears. [i]He thinks this is what I want. He thinks I'm like every other guardian. Just in it for the loot. Just in it to gain for myself. But... I did this for [b]him[/b]. [/i]      "Thank you," she forces out. "It's been good. Working with you." She stares into his eyes genuinely, expecting this to be goodbye.      "And you as well, guardian... You are welcome, among my House, now."      She was welcome back, then? The two of them stare at each other for a moment in comfortable silence. She smiles lightly. "Thank you, Variks."      "No, thank [i]you[/i]," He rumbles. "Wolves fall, but another House rises." Variks straightens, slamming his staff down, looking down on her. "You are part of [i]our[/i] history now."     Shadow's heart flutters. "I'm honored." Looking down, she becomes all the more aware of her battered appearance. "I must be going now."      Variks lowers his head. "Farewell, but-" He reaches a mechanical hand out to stop her. "Beware. Skolas' wolves shall hunt you now." [i]Way to kill the mood.[/i]      Shadow smirks, wipes the blood off her lip. "Let them. I'm not scared." [spoiler]Page 24 release: whenever this drifter [redacted] dies down [/spoiler]

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