ENTER : THE DELUGE, LANGUID AND IMPOSSIBLY BLASÉ. the clearing, once empty, now filled. moonlight-blanketed poppies, and untamed, wild grasses barely swish around the new and abrupt presence. they wave softly in the slight breeze here, seemingly welcoming the return of the king. in the faint white light, he allows himself a deserved stretch, arching his back with a slow roll of his shoulders— the day had been long, but good. productive. meaningful. there weren’t many days like this, and he knew well enough to appreciate it while it lasted.
long before the hunter arrives, its coming is spoke of. in the murmur of the trees, in the crunch of dead leaves, and in the familiar smell in the air. as it breaches into the clearing, ( as elegantly as one could considering its situation ) the great waters twist and turn to face it. if it were gifted with a mouth, it’d breach into the softest of smiles. the very air around it grows lax, the ever-tenseness of its presence drawing into an easy posture.
❛ were it left to my limbs alone, i’d never make it on time, ❜ he remarks honestly, a hint of amusement in his soft tone. ❛ … i’ve only been here a moment. you needn’t worry. ❜
if the hunter had the gift of sight, it’d see the monolith extend an arm invitingly——— for that place beside him or an embrace is not quite known, for his arm lowers just as it joins him there. however selfish it may be, he is glad in that moment that it stared blindly ahead, for his gaze had not once left it since it arrived. focused quite intently on that sea of blue. on the curve of its shoulders. on the curl of its fingers. on the— oh, everything.
a contented clicking rises in his chest. ❛ did the day treat you well, my dear blue ? ❜
the way the air grows more comfortable around them makes the hunter’s great form ease considerably: muscles that were tense from the hunt & journey release their tension, the constant vigilance it keeps with its whole form loosens into lackadaisical afterthought that melts into the back of its mind as it approaches closer. you are safe weary hunter --- rest, rest with your companion.
it makes a wispy sound at its company’s honesty, a soft sound filled with amusement and warmth. a sound so kind for a predator like it that it could only be reserved for the wondrous flood.
❛ it has been long, ❜ long without you, it feels the words weigh heavy on its mind. the day is not kind to a creature like it, wherein the night aids in its hunt like a benevolent god --- the day goes out of its way to make it harder ... the eyeless does not dare complain about these hardships though, for if it did not have them it would grow dull and indolent. ❛ though i am here with you now, so all is fine, ❜
blissfully ( almost hilariously! ) unaware that it is mimicking an action the other had just made, it extends its own arm forth in a purposeful, sedate manner so as to not accidentally bump or hit the flood in a rude manner ... and allows it to hang there as an invitation. it’s unknown if it wants to hold hands or if it wants the other to come in so it may hold it close --- but the hunter doesn’t mind what interpretation the elder god makes so long as it may touch it kindly. ❛ did the day treat you kindly? i kept you close in my thoughts. ❜