We Are But Dust And Shadow

My plan was to take a bus half way but it doesn’t run at the time I need it to (it doesn’t go the full way I wish).

|| Wandering Wraith ||

Deep, deep down, beneath the steppes and shores of Gale-Cove, lie ancient catacombs carved out by the claws of the most diligent Gaolers, housing evils archaic and creatures shade-touched. Unseen since a bygone era, long before The Great Thawing, this sepulcher of corruption has stood strong against its’ prisoners, even as its new wardens take their posts beneath the merchants’ hub.

And yet, despite it all, when the great stone doors were rolled open for the first time in centuries, what greeted the new keepers was a strange shrine of eleven idols…

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STEEL IDOL

The surface of this statuette has fragile ice crystals slowly forming across it. It radiates a frigid aura, that seems to bypass your skin and settle into your bones. As you look into it’s eyes, you feel the ghost of an arctic breeze, and hear the whispers of splintering glaciers, strange claws scraping across ice…

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PLATINUM IDOL

This effigy seems to be generating chunks of amethyst, sizable gems falling off as new ones grow underneath. Yet, every time you collect one, it vanishes into thin air the moment you look away, and each stone lost makes you covet them all the more. You could almost swear the statue looks amused…

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LEADEN IDOL

At first glance, this statuette appears to house a green and glowing liquid; upon closer inspection, however, you realize it is a heavy gas. It swirls lazily at the bottom of its vessel, occasionally twisting in on itself like a vaporous knot. Looking into the eyes of this effigy gives you the sudden impulse to shatter the thing and free it…

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COBALT IDOL

This sparkling idol glimmers like the Sea under the midday sun, and feels wet to the touch, even though your claws come back dry. It smells of tide pools and abyssal saltwater, and you can feel the thrum of subnautical titans’ songs deep within your chest when you stare into its eyes too long, crooning of things that once were and that which is yet to come…

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SOIL IDOL

This statuette is made from rich, compressed soil, polished to a mirror sheen. Moss and clover grows across it with wild abandon, despite the fact that it is hard as a rock, sprouting and withering away and sprouting again before you. It’s eyes… you get the distinct feeling that, as you observe it, it’s watching you as well…

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OBSIDIAN IDOL

The body of this idol absorbs almost all light that hits it–it looks like a dragon-shaped hole stamped out of reality under all but the brightest light. Flashes of brilliance force their way free from the cracks across its surface. The eyes are hard to look at, shining with a burning intensity that makes not your eyes, but your very soul ache with a sense of poignant loss…

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COPPER IDOL

Excited sparks crackle across this effigy, its circuitry pulsing with raw power. The air around it feels greasy with charge, compounding energy anticipating release. The glistering eyes are almost threatening in their leer… you get a writhing feeling in your gut, a certainty that you should be doing something else right now…

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GOLDEN IDOL

The space around this idol shimmers and dances with pure heat, yet in its’ presence you somehow remain unburnt. The elegant filigree and delicate, lustrous gems set within are too fine to be the work of even a masters’ tempered touch. Making eye contact with it sends your soul brimming with ambition, an all-encompassing desire to create…

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METALLIC IDOL

This statuette is made of… something. It feels like unyielding yet living flesh when you touch it, but that can’t be, can it? Just a glimpse within the depths of its eyes sets your thoughts racing with revelations too big for your mind, too expansive for one mere consciousness, forgotten as fast as they come…

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SILVER IDOL

This effigy is shiny and clean, yet you keep catching whiffs of something utterly repulsive coming off it. The runes carved into it throb and pulse with a sickly red glow. You swear the thing stares at you with vile intent, yet you feel an inexplicable desire, a longing to hold it close, even as your belly churns with nausea…

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STONE IDOL

This forgotten idol is coated in a thick layer of dust. As you stand in its presence, you feel a soothing sense of nostalgia, long-lost memories of better days resurfacing. Only… as you search it’s faceted eyes, you’re not entirely certain that all these memories are yours…

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Braids for Gaoler dragons, new Fiona additions, and changes to the holidays are in the latest update to Flight Rising! 

i’m glad you like her! she’s one of my faves too :D  first i just wanna show her off again but big and HD ‘cause, hey, beautiful!

now, about her!

she’s a gen1 and was a MAJOR steal. 200g despite being being 1-off and greyscale!

Jouki is her girlfriend, and they’re both trans lesbians ^_^

they’re both music nerds! specifically electronic music, like synth, vaporwave, and EDM. Shinse particularly likes synth (her namesake) and EDM with Lots Of Bass.

neon? she lives and breathes that, can’t get enough

(she also loves beach aesthetics, but shh, don’t tell anyone)

also she definitely has those green glow in the dark star stickers in above her bed

she throws parties in their shared club! (which i’ve yet to name...) she hosts some days a week, Jouki hosts some others, and there’s 1-2 they host together!

she’s got a short-cropped mane and her wing feathers aren’t very long (kinda like an albatross?). her accent is a mix of tattoos and various dye jobs courtesy of Schiksal, a good friend of hers. :D

This is Sedge, Sedge is Queen of the Bayou thanks to an arranged marriage to her husband Bayou.