Memento Vivere, Sixteen

[keaalu]

( Unwilling to entertain any more unwanted and unwelcome company, Blink spent much of the remainder of the journey in her cabin, asleep, emerging only briefly to eat or bathe. She saw Lunete only a few times more, briefly, in the galley, but even she seemed somewhat subdued. Whether it was out of regret for involving Kainda, or just plain loss of interest, Lunete didn’t volunteer, and Blink didn’t ask, but she was relieved to be getting some privacy. )

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(A portion of this was written waaaay back in March. The remainder is new, from NaNoWriMo)

Memento Vivere, Seventeen

[keaalu]

( Blink lost track of the precise point at which staring at a dark ceiling segued into staring at dark trees, but she did finally manage to inch her way into dreamland. Not that her dreamscape was any better than the ceiling – she stood alone in a thick, misty forest of identical trees, thigh-deep snow covering the ground. The chill penetrated deep into her unprotected skin; her limbs looked like they were carved of marble, white and waxy and stiff with cold. )

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(Two whole posts! I have a lot more written, but nowhere near postable.)