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[queenofkur]

[ After being given a quest, Ereshkigal had decided to go ahead and do it on her own. It was very clear the quest was designed to be dangerous and she'd wanted to ensure none would get caught in her own personal feud with Morganna... Which had been a fatal mistake. ]

Greetings. I am in dire need of assistance and would be very grateful should any of you still listen to me.

[ It is a blessing nobody can hear her whine through text. ]

I am in the Forest of the Felled and I am lost. I came here after Morganna gave me a quest, but I believe my words angered her and she led me into a trap. It appears she placed upon me a curse that makes it impossible for me to find my way. I have been here for over twenty-four now and my strengths are waning as a result of dehydration and hunger.

Should you be afraid of facing Morganna's wrath for assisting me, I understand. I shall face my own death with dignity if so. I only ask someone come after the kettle in my possession to finish this quest and establish a land of the dead after I am gone. I will endeavor to write instructions on how to manage such a place with what time I have left.

[ Not overly dramatic at all, nope. ]

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[queenofkur]

[ She keeps the light shining bright (so much so it's actually hurting her eyes, but she's not about to make life harder on her savior)! ]

Be careful please. There is no saying whether Morganna will decide to punish those who assisted me.

[itsmypower]

[No one who's known his father would find a goddess scary. He truly thinks this.]

I guess I don't care about that sort of thing...

[He'll face the gods if he has to. His sensei's much more frightening!]

If I'm afraid of something like that, I don't deserve to be a knight yet. [And besides that...!] No one's scarier than sensei here; so I can't just run away from things. I know he'd back us up any day, but you're being brave too, you know.

[And, once he's through totem's smoke, he's freely sprinting, running, skating himself on his own endless ice-path—threading through trees next. He coasts on magic, now. Switches to voice a moment.]

Good thing you've got strong magic. I think Kasha's a little ahead of me.

[And soon enough, the girl might spy his tiny, flaming fiery-tailed Hell-kitten well before steps arrive. Rolling from the treeline.]

He won't burn, though. I'm almost there.

[queenofkur]

It has nothing to do with deserving to be a knight.

In all likelihood, she could kill all of us on a whim if she so desired. It is about survival. Undignified as this behavior is from a god, her authority on this island is supreme.

[ She just doesn't want more people to suffer because of her mistakes. Just as she finishes typing up this reply and sends it though- She receives the voice message. Oopsies.

Okay, exceptionally she's going to make an effort and switch to voice too. Hard as it is. Introvert woes. ]

I-I see him I think!

[ Ereshkigal immediately tries to go to the hell-kitten and take it in her arms. It's cute to her, okay. And she doesn't seem bothered by it being in flames. ]

[itsmypower]

[He doesn't argue, (to save her strength—not because they've agreed on things), though he is persisting. A knight should never, ever leave someone. Not for fear, and not for threat of death either. Though what a terrible, awful thing to face. Her being left here, abandoned—leaving him sick-feeling. A flood of ice reaches first, and he's slipped from dense forest, thoroughly frost-covered. He smiles up, weakly.]

Sorry, but there's no way we could leave you alone out here.

[They'll sort it all out.]

Are you injured at all?

[Glancing at Kasha here. She could keep the thing, honestly.]