#senza

Senza was doing a Red shard, burning darkness as usual, when they were struck by a wayward shard in the back. Normally they would have just gotten back up, but this was different, the pain didn’t just go away. The shard stuck, without their knowledge, and they decided flee from the shard to recover. Over the following days the pain never faded, it dug deeper and nestled in their hearth. They notice that their flame is becoming weak, and beginning to flicker, they are easier to put out, they are exhausted, flying is difficult, and their body feels chilled and heavy. They start seeking help from the elders, one by one, but they start feeling more and more helpless as none of the elders seem to know how to help, and the journey to the next elder gets harder and harder. By the time they get to an elder who has some kind of inclination of what could be happening (the Vault elder probably) they are very weak, and the only advice they have is to go to Eden, and heal their body in the light of Megabird in orbit. However they find they can’t pass through the gate, they’ve grown too weak to even make an opening in the gate, though they try very desperately to get in, before giving up and deciding to try recollecting their lost lights and make it into Eden to go to orbit. However they find they can’t hold on to the light for very long, certainly not long enough to go to Eden. They start desperately trying to find way to slow their fading, spending time in sanctuary, sleeping in the clouds, resting near bundles of candles, but it’s never enough. They are scared and confused, but worse than those was a new feeling growing within them. They’re hungry. Their memories become hazy, they start forgetting things, their wings are barely held together, their hair is falling away, and their mask is crumbling. Dark plants have taken root and are sprouting over their body. They feel like they are starving. No matter how many lights they collect and recollect it is never enough. Nothing is enough. She feels cold and hollow, and so hungry to feel the warmth of their hearth again. She even tries putting a regular candle flame into her hearth, but to no avail. Senza desperately wants her light to return, more than anything in world. she frequently prays to Megabird to cure her, every time she tries collecting a light, any time she rests to collect her energy. she hates that her body is changing. she's becoming thinner, starting to growing sharp talons, darkness leaks off of her akin to the krill. her hunger grows. she frequently tears away the dark flowers sprouting in the cracks of her skin, but they always grow back. she's terrified she'll become unfixable.. become some mindless starving thing .. like the krill... Other Skykids are afraid of catching Senza’s illness, not knowing that it can’t be caught, naturally many would not dare to get close enough to risk infection, and those who do get near to them start having their light drained simply by being near her