"That's insane."
Auaen snorted. "Says you," he replied, before crossing the gap with a running leap. His feet skidded across the cracked concrete rooftops of the ruins as he landed, barely managing to avoid tripping over a thick vine that had decided his path was a good place to stop and take a rest, maybe settle down and have a nap. Really, not ideal for the vine or the Hunter. Someone could get hurt, didn't the vine know that?
In any case, Auaen had made it to the other side mostly intact and only slightly jarred. He grinned cheekily to his Ghost, Tiril, who simply sighed and flew across the gap between the two buildings.
"I'm starting to regret letting you do parkour here," he said quietly. Auaen simply shrugged, before setting off towards a rather large tree growing through the rooftop of the building he stood on. He climbed, wedging his feet between indentations in the bark and, after a while, nooks and crannies between branches. His cloak caught every once in a while, but it was quickly solved with a quick tug.
He frowned slightly at a small rip at the hem that had resulted from a careless tug, making a mental note to ask Eldewhin (politely) to fix it for him. She normally helped him out with such things, but a lack of sassy remarks over his supposed clumsiness had yet to occur. Ghedwin was the clumsy one in the field. Not Auaen.
He nearly forgot to breathe when his head poked out of the top of the leafy branches, one foot wedged between two branches and the other dangling midair. He gripped two other branches with both his hands, but didn't bother to find a more comfortable position. The view was breathtaking; Venus never failed to amaze him. The sun set over the horizon, bathing the Ishtar Cliffs in a beautiful orange hue to contrast the leafy green. His hands itched to pick up his brushes, to capture that silent moment in the tree.
A quiet click drew his attention to Tiril, who floated beside his hooded head silently. He smiled to himself—Tiril knew of his quiet hobbies, ones that Auaen would have died of embarrassment over if Ghedwin ever found out. Tiril nudged his shoulder after a moment, before answering his unasked question.
"I took a photo for you because I figured you'd want to keep it," he said quietly. Everything Tiril said was quiet, unless absolute need presented itself. "And you should get back to camp soon, it's getting late." Not that Auaen minded his Ghost's quiet nature—if anything, he appreciated it. Tiril understood him, a trait only Cayde and maybe Petra had in common. And he rarely saw the other two, despite being Cayde's second-in-command. He had been...busy, of late.
Auaen nodded slowly to Tiril before scanning the ground below him for a route back down to camp. Eldewhin and Ghedwin would be waiting, and Tiril was probably right. The Vex and Fallen grew more active at night, a shared trait no one really understood. It didn't matter, anyways—the knowledge was there to be used, not to be understood.
After deciding on his path, Tiril phased in and he climbed back down the tree with a small amount of reluctance and maybe a few curses as his cloak ripped again. He gave up and jumped down once he was within ten feet of the rooftop, rolling smoothly over his shoulder as he hit the bottom. He stood with the momentum of the roll and continued running down towards the Cliffs. His Fireteam would be waiting there, and he didn't want to cause any problems, anyways.
Well, not any more than he already had. He didn't go looking for trouble, okay? People just found him to be...disagreeable. Enough to get in a scuffle over. Really, some people needed to learn some manners.
"Like you'd have any to teach them," Tiril said dryly. Auaen chortled quietly. He did have a point.
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okay so yeah
im doing this destcember thing
decided last minute to do it sooo
yeah, ill be posting short chapters like this (hopefully) every day
ill also be posting on my instagram for the drawings/paintings ill be doing alongside it because lets face it, december is kinda stressful and these two things are pretty calming
and if i don't update one day, ill just put it up the next day if its finished
meaning, this might not be complete come january
(holy frick its almost 2019 aaaaaaaaaaa–)