Armitage was walking towards what he assumed to be the center of the forest. He had gotten ok at finding his way around the Kawani lands. He shifted his weight as he walked through the lands. He felt like something was off but he couldn't quite put his hoof on what it was. Not being able to see definitely put him at a bit of a disadvantage. He held out hope that the healer Irina had mentioned previously would eventually be able to find a way to cure his blindness, though he would be ok if things remained the same as well. The things he could feel almost seemed like some of the animals and insects around them were.... Scared? That didn't seem right but he paused a bit before heading on again.
Suddenly he bumped into something. It was something hard but yet it gave a bit, and smelled like teas and ashes. He wrinkled his face in confusion but offered an apology all the same. "Im so sorry... I did not mean to bump into you..." he said this not fully knowing whether he had bumped into another or if he had just bumped into another tree or rock or something.
Hakuron had been walking in the forest heading back towards the Clan Lands the the far north. They were hidden among the mountains and he knew the way well. He had made quite a few trips back to his homelands at this point. He wasn't sure how his parents specifically his mom would feel when he returned home, but he knew it was something he needed to do. He sighed to himself as he walked. He was thinking to himself as he noticed it seemed to get slightly darker. There was a good bit of sky visible through the autumn trees. That's when he noticed it. It was small but he could see there was something in front of the sun. He knew he couldn't stare at it for long but... it seemed to be ever so slowly.... moving? That couldn't be right. He stopped and just watched the sky. He was trying not to stare at the sun but at the same point watch to see what was going on.
Hakuron was fascinated by the events unfolding around him. He had no idea what exactly was happening but it fascinated him. He was always intrigued by things like this. Mysterious and mystical things. If he had stayed in the Clan lands and if he had been born to any other family he may have gone down a path to become an oracle of his clan. He wondered what kind of an omen this might be. He watched as the event kept happened. Whatever it was kept moving across the sun. Slowly blocking everything out.
This was when he felt something just as large as he was bump right into him. "Ooof...." lowly came out of his mouth. He looked at the one who bumped into him and shook his head. He had seen a variety of different things in the Kawani lands but he was not sure he had seen anything like this... this soquili had... a plant... growing from his butt... he was taken aback and silent for a while as he processed what he was seeing. He watched as the plant licked at a bug flying near it. Then he heard the voice that went with it. Oh, the other was blind. That explains the bumping, though he wasn't one to talk since he also had been staring up at the sky and not where he was going.
"It's Perfectly fine! I too was not watching my surroundings... I was focusing on the sky and the... item... moving across the sun...." he figured it would be best to at least explain verbally what was going on for the blind companion he now had found.
Armitage shook his head as Seymore did as was want to do on his rump. His ears kept moving, constantly taking in the sounds of the surrounding forest. He knew he needed to keep aware now that he had bumped into someone because he did not want to do that again. He hated bumping into people but he also knew he couldn't always avoid it. He mentally berated himself as he almost missed the other starting to speak.
So the other had been watching the sky. What did he mean there was something moving in front of the sun? Was it like a cloud? Or was it something more ominous? He was slightly frustrated in himself for not being able to see what it was with his own eyes. The place he had escaped from had been one where they ran constant experiments on him. They hadn't told him much but he did remember the sky and the sun. He knew well what they used to look like. It was memories like those that kept him moving forward and thinking that maybe it wasn't hopeles that he was blind forever more.
"What kind of an object?" He asked in his confused voice. "Do you mean like a cloud?" His naivety was showing through this one statement and he regretted opening his mouth. He sighed to himself as he lifted his head in the direction the sky would be. He noted that he couldn't feel the full warmth that he usually would feel through this forest on his face. "What.... what do you think it means?" He asked following up his previous statement with something maybe slightly less naive.
Hakuron watched him for a time and then looked back to the sky. The object had moved to cover about a third of the sun at this point. It was moving slowly but they had spent some time quietly thinking and processing before the other spoke again. He seemed to be asking if it was a cloud. This made Haku laugh. He chuckled as he got his composure back. He knew the object wasn't a cloud but he wasn't quite sure what it was exactly. The old oracles had spoken of a time of darkness. Where for just a bit or just a day the sun would be blocked out and this is when flames would burn the brightest. Could this be the day they were talking about? What did the flames mean? Were they literal flames or were they figurative. Though living with the Phoenix blooded and the dragon blooded clans he figured it could go either way. He realized the other had asked what he thought it could be. He honestly wasn't sure but he knew that it shouldn't be a terrible Omen since everything else that day had been fairly normal. Haku was always able to keep his cool through most of the problematic problems he encountered. He was always the calm and collected one. Its why his father had granted him the crown prince title and not had him and his brother challenge for the title. His brother was calm but did not want the spotlight whatsoever. His brother just wanted to live in the Clan Lands and help people. He really just wanted to be left alone to do whatever he wanted and Haku was similar. He didn't want to be king yet and he didn't want to be tied down yet.
He realized he had been quiet for quite a bit as he had been watching the sky. He glanced at the other and realized his head was also facing the sky.
"I'm not sure... the old Oracles from my Clan once talked about a "Time of darkness" where something would obscure the sun and bring about darkness..." he paused glancing back up at the sky. "They said that flames would burn brighter during the darkness.... I... dont really know what they had meant by that....." he felt bad for not having all of the answers for the newcomer. "Im Hakuron by the way...."
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