Her body automatically wilted into Azriel's wing as they stood outside the inn. Iris's smirk was a slash of white as she admitted, "I have no idea where to go from here." Content to be lazy, the elf gently rested her head against her angel. Human missing, Iris. Pay attention to the important stuff, she berated herself.
Azriel smiled, but gently pushed Iris away. "Come on. We've a lost girl to find," she looked around and turned right, the way which seemed to have more trees. Any starting point was better than none, she supposed.
A sigh left the Yrnan's pouted lips. "We do, indeed," she said, resigning herself to the fact. Her hair draped over her angel's wing as she contemplated. "Trees? You think that's where we should start?"
Azriel shrugged. "She climbed a tree time before last," she stated. "And it's at least a starting point."
She shook her head softly at the ridiculousness of their logic, fighting off a gentle smile. "She climbed a tree last time. That only proves how impulsive she was. For all we know, she's in flatland this time." Her thought process was laced with exhaustion and a hint of hopelessness.
Azriel squinted. "No, there's always a pattern. Even if I'm wrong, it's better to pretend to be right than to panic and run around like wild things."
Iris snorted ungracefully, a grin climbing up her face. "Alright!" she said with renewed energy. "Let's find this missing human. Let's hope she's not dead. Let's not die."
Azriel laughed lightly. "No one's going to die, calm yourself," she said, amused.
"Who knows?" Iris shifted her weight from one foot to the other. "One may already be dead," she joked, dark humor twining itself into the elf's thoughts like second nature. She headed toward the forest, an unnatural bounce in her step.
Azriel threw Iris a look. "Could you at least make an effort to be slightly less morbid?" She sighed.
"Anything for you, Azriel," Iris replied smoothly, adding a wink for no particular reason. Her eyes trained on the green canopy expanding forward. "Now, do we just… scan the trees?"
"Well, yes, that's the general idea. You check the ground and I'll check on the branches," she suggested, floating up to look in one of the trees.
Bella tossed and turned in her sleep as visions of her father and betrayal danced around her head.
Iris cast a slightly betrayed glance at Azriel's wings as they propelled her angel into the sky. She grumbled to herself as the elf marched into the forest, on foot. "Arabella, Arabella?" she called, voice eerily echoing against the trees.
yeet, I’m under a tREEEEE
(yeet, this ain't dying)
(oh true true i need to plan some stuff to keep this interesting)
(oh and @EllieGrace-is-angsty was that your actual response lmao)
(I know)
( :} )
They couldn’t afford to comb through the forest tree by tree. “Arabella!” Iris yelled, as the minimal amount of patience she possessed ran out.
(By the road!)
Azriel floated around, looking through the trees, before she caught a flash of something that was most definitely not a squirrel. She immediately fell to the ground and took the girl's wrist. "Got you," she stated with a smile.
Arabella didn’t wake up but she screamed, “Don’t hurt me Father! I didn’t mean to! I’m sorry!” Her face contorted with fear and emotions.
Azriel rolled her eyes and lifted Arabella off the ground. "Yes, yes, I am well aware that your life was a horror story," she muttered. "Iris! I've found her!" She called.
Arabella flinched but didn’t say a word. She slept because she was tired. (And so am I)
(Then go to sleep, dumbass! Ack sorry my mother side is coming out XD)
(No! My rebellious teenage side is coming out)
(If you're not going to sleep then don't whine about being tired)
(But i AM tied! Imma conflicted human being! These choices shouldn’t be placed on the shoulders of a little girl who is terrified of her upcoming muscle surgery!)