Post by Adder Emrys IV on Jul 29, 2005 14:01:29 GMT
The moon was nowhere to be seen tonight as Adder made her way down the sloping hillside to the graveyard. She opened the hanging cast iron fence and entered among the stone markers. Her dress was long and velvet. It was a deep hunter green with half-velvet- half-black-chiffon flowing sleeves starting at the elbows and reaching to her knees. The top was corsetted with a black ribbon.
As she moved the hem of the skirt licked at her ankles and her bare feet. She walked to a tomb in the middle of the graveyard and sat on the steps that led up to it's doors. The night was silent and dark. Yet Adder could see almost perfectly. She had always had a gift with darkness. It was probably from her family's history of cat relatives. She never bothered to ask about that.
She pulled the lyre she had been carrying into her lap and began plucking away gently at the strings. It played a soft melody she'd learned as a child from her older sister, Kelora. She smiled ever so slightly as the melody harmonized with the rustle of the leaves in a gentle breeze.
As she moved the hem of the skirt licked at her ankles and her bare feet. She walked to a tomb in the middle of the graveyard and sat on the steps that led up to it's doors. The night was silent and dark. Yet Adder could see almost perfectly. She had always had a gift with darkness. It was probably from her family's history of cat relatives. She never bothered to ask about that.
She pulled the lyre she had been carrying into her lap and began plucking away gently at the strings. It played a soft melody she'd learned as a child from her older sister, Kelora. She smiled ever so slightly as the melody harmonized with the rustle of the leaves in a gentle breeze.
