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Return
May 31, 2008 18:04:02 GMT -5
Post by Padrina Star Riversong on May 31, 2008 18:04:02 GMT -5
*Padrina had not returned for a long time. Many seasons had passed, and as she had gotten older Clan of The Rapids sunk deeper into her memories. However, finding life away from it exceedingly dull, she decided to come back. But things were not as she had left them. Everyone was gone. The whole place was deserted. As she strolled about Clan of The Rapids, all she could hear was echoes of past adventures, and the heavy weight of silence pounding in her ears and heart. The marketplace was barren, goods moldering and signs creaking in the chill wind. The strawberries she and Tsarmina had planted were choked by a thicket of thistles and blackberry vines. The stream where they had fished had dried up, and the canoe rotted. Upon visiting the kitchens, many memories came flooding back. Winning the baking contest, sneaking around in the Pancake Masquerade, all were good times. As she slowly walks around the deserted spreads of land, a bitter breeze picks up. Dry leaves rustle on the ground. Not much lives on. She slowly draws her sabre, and carves a message in the bark of an aspen. She signs it with her symbol, and turns her back on Clan of The Rapids as she walks away, for a final time. Only her message remains: "Goodbye to the place I knew so well. I shan't ever see it again. For the wind may blow, and the weeds can grow, but the memories still live on...*
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