#arrowbear

Open terminal // @arrowbear

>> Open PARTY?    >Yes.    >No.

>> Select PARTY MEMBER:    >GROG    >KEYLETH    >PIKE    >SCANLAN    >VAX’ILDAN    >VEX’AHLIA ❤          >EXAMINE?         >EQUIP?

>>Your face is numb from the cold, your breath even occasionally clouding your glasses. The forests of WHITESTONE could be both a gorgeous wonderland out of a storybook and a barren wasteland.

>>The significance of such a HOME was never lost on you. And perhaps not lost on the one watching you either.

>>Your head bows before turning to glance over your shoulder at the familiar figure watching you.

>>Touched by the moonlight her beauty was otherworldly and easily took away the air in your lungs.

>>Do you speak?     >Yes.     >No.

>>You don’t need words when it came to VEX’AHLIA. She could somehow understand you without the use of them. A complex language of its own but she had somehow cracked that.

>>She is so clever.

>>You love that about her.

>>The RANGER steps out from the trees and approaches, knowing that you want her closer to you.

>>Do you reach out?     >Yes.     >No.

>>Your arms ever so gently pull VEX close, your face red from the COLD or her WARMTH is lost to you.

>>You’re lost in her gaze. Your mouth open but unable to speak. But you’re unsure any words you could say would cover how you felt in this moment.

>>It’s because of VEX’AHLIA that you could stand here now. You want to be better every day. And you want to be better for VEX every day. She has taught you that even you are worthy of LOVE.

>>You had settled for so long on living with only your own self-loathing. Your SINS which you scarred into your very SOUL. But she met you with just LOVE and understanding, showed you there was more to the sad compounding of one bad choice after another. There was a person there too. Maybe BROKEN but it was there.

>>There was a myriad of paths that lay in front of you. Most of them never led anywhere good. But there was one… one FUTURE you desired above all others. VEX’AHLIA had shown you it existed with her HEART.

>>Her wonderful HEART that could open doors you thought closed. And taught you the thing you needed to know so desperately.

>>Of all the things that humans do to leave behind a little proof. To leave behind something worth being remembered. The only thing that doesn’t die is LOVE.

>>Your LOVE is the only thing worth being remembered. The only thing that could possibly wipe away the stain you blackened the world with.

>>Your LOVE.

>>Kiss VEX’AHLIA?     >Show her what she means to you.     >You’re still scared.

>>You kiss VEX’AHLIA. You don’t run away.

>>She is your HEART. She is your JUDGEMENT. She is the FUTURE you have chosen.

It was almost instinct, the half-elven woman stepping in front of her dear Trinket, bow drawn back. Aimed directly for the dwarf’s head. “Back the hell up little man before my arrow finds a new home in your skull.”

Merle held up his hands but did not back away. He was not guilty of anything after all. He simply offered a wide and massive smile “Hey-ey. Easy. Ain’t nobody hurtin’ anyone,” he said softly before turning to Trinket and speaking in ‘bear’ to him.

“Hey buddy. You’re super cool. Could you take a few steps back, and show your friend that I’m not a bad guy?”

He then switched back to common.