Today was the day. Melodia stood upon the bone spire that rose high near Bronze Lake. The air crackled with lightning and the rain had made her a mess, but she didn't care. She was thankful for the raindrops that washed away and masked her tears, the storm covering her quiet sobs. She stood at the tip of the curved spire and looked out at the landscape lit brightly on occasion by the flash of lightning, marveling at its beauty and hating herself all at the same time.
Faces flashed before her in her mind. People let down, others who'd left her, others who seemingly ignored or forgot about her.
The first step is the hardest....it gets easier afterward. Her own inner voice spoke softly.
Her right foot slid forward and she closed her eyes. Her lips mouthed the words but no sound came, "I'm sorry." The thunderclap hid the scuffle sound as her foot slipped off the tip and suddenly her body was falling, the feeling slower than she imagined it would be. And she remembered so much all at once.
The loneliness. Her marriages. Her infidelity. The counseling job. She'd been a Yellowjacket. And she'd been a pirate. A damn good one. She had-
It's time mommy.
Her eyes flashed open as she heard the child miqo'te speak and just as suddenly her world went dark as her body slammed to the ground.
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 Two Moons After....
"Oy! 'Nother round here. Same's b'fore." The woman with the long black hair and clad in a black leather jacket and boots tossed some coin onto the bar and slid her empty mug to the barkeep, who took it with a nod and moved to refill it. The woman sighed and looked at her wrist with a puzzled expression before she slipped it off. Her eyes looked at it curiously as though it were foreign to her. On the inside it had an engraving which she squinted to see, and read it slowly.
"Your name is Melodia. You are a pirate. Try not to forget."
She said the words softly and felt her eyes going wide. "Melodia...me name's Melodia." The mug of refilled ale was set before her and the barkeep chuckled. "Aye you told me that earlier." He walked back to the other end shaking his head and she looked at the bracelet, slowly placing it back on, her stomach feeling heavy as she didn't remember telling him that at all. Her lips mouthed the words, but no sound came.
"Melodia. Pirate....Melodia."
Faces flashed before her in her mind. People let down, others who'd left her, others who seemingly ignored or forgot about her.
The first step is the hardest....it gets easier afterward. Her own inner voice spoke softly.
Her right foot slid forward and she closed her eyes. Her lips mouthed the words but no sound came, "I'm sorry." The thunderclap hid the scuffle sound as her foot slipped off the tip and suddenly her body was falling, the feeling slower than she imagined it would be. And she remembered so much all at once.
The loneliness. Her marriages. Her infidelity. The counseling job. She'd been a Yellowjacket. And she'd been a pirate. A damn good one. She had-
It's time mommy.
Her eyes flashed open as she heard the child miqo'te speak and just as suddenly her world went dark as her body slammed to the ground.
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 Two Moons After....
"Oy! 'Nother round here. Same's b'fore." The woman with the long black hair and clad in a black leather jacket and boots tossed some coin onto the bar and slid her empty mug to the barkeep, who took it with a nod and moved to refill it. The woman sighed and looked at her wrist with a puzzled expression before she slipped it off. Her eyes looked at it curiously as though it were foreign to her. On the inside it had an engraving which she squinted to see, and read it slowly.
"Your name is Melodia. You are a pirate. Try not to forget."
She said the words softly and felt her eyes going wide. "Melodia...me name's Melodia." The mug of refilled ale was set before her and the barkeep chuckled. "Aye you told me that earlier." He walked back to the other end shaking his head and she looked at the bracelet, slowly placing it back on, her stomach feeling heavy as she didn't remember telling him that at all. Her lips mouthed the words, but no sound came.
"Melodia. Pirate....Melodia."
