#i slept terribly last night

[blackjackkent]

It still amuses me that because I have both Halsin and Minthara in camp, Halsin just gets stuck out on the ground somewhere and doesn't have a tent anymore.

Anyway, Rakha takes a little while in camp with Wyll to settle down after the Shadowfell/sheep adventure. It takes her a bit, because she really is just feeling terrible from a lot of different things at this point and it's all kind of stacking up; in this case she also feels pretty humiliated, both by the embarrassingly juvenile transformation and her own response to it.

Luckily none of her party really pushes the issue - Minthara definitely found the whole thing amusing but is smart enough not to make a show of it, and Lae'zel I think also found it funny but was more concerned about Rakha's well-being. Wyll would have found it funny if it was anyone other than Rakha, but as it is, he just sits with her and holds her hand and lets her lean on him steadily.

After a while she does speak a bit. The first thing she says is that if Volo finds out from any of them what happened and starts making a song about it, that she won't be responsible for what she does after that. :P

Eventually, though, she goes to check in with Halsin about the curse situation.

"Thaniel is resting," he says, "but it's no easy slumber. I discovered what's wrong with him. The shadows rended him in two when they bore him away to the Shadowfell. Half of his essence remained here amidst the curse. What stayed behind would have been the strongest part of him, but after all these years left in darkness, corruption must have taken hold."

Rakha listens quietly to this. She feels like she is waiting for the handing down of a verdict. Life or death. Will the curse be cleansed or will it remain, burning on her skin, forever?

"Can it be undone?" she prompts sharply.

"Perhaps," Halsin says, which is a much less certain answer than she would have liked. "If we can find Thaniel's lost half and make him whole again. Only...the missing half may not come willingly. The curse will have sunk its tendrils deep, twisting Thaniel's essence into something... else."

It's not really much to go on. But Rakha squints thoughtfully, tying these words to another moment out in the shadows - the strange boy laced in green luminescence. "I met a sort of shadow child before," she says slowly. "A little boy named Oliver. Around Thaniel's age."

Halsin's eyes widen. "And you saw this boy yourself?" At once he is energized again, hope back in his expression. "That can't be a coincidence, but we need to be sure..." He hesitates, draws his head back slightly. "And I truly mean *we*, if you wish," he adds, with an odd caution that she can't quite account for. "Every moment counts, and I've asked much of you already without being at your side."

Rakha grunts wearily. She had really hoped that this might finally be a day ending in good news - that they would strike a blow against the terrible broken magic in this wasteland. But why should things start being simple now? At least there is a possible next step to follow - if she can manage to find Oliver again out there in the dark.

"All right," she says with a slight shrug. "Leave it to me."

[smol-bean-of-the-smols]

i am so full of food. i hope to sleep really well tonight

[afreauxheaux]

I read a Batman comic before bed last night and then I kept dreaming about fighting villains in my hometown like it was Gotham. Do not recommend!

[tj-crochets]

Throwback to the first quilt I made for myself! Now, years later and having made a lot more quilts, there are some things I’d change but I still love it

[nattikay]

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[felis-insomnis]

I very much enjoy booping, but tumblr is running like ass today and I'm already low on spoons so I'm not returning boops as well as I'd like :(

[nobodybetterlookatme]

Maybe you're more attracted to him now because of the kink. You saw him sick, and he saw you sick. Those wires might have crossed somewhere!

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[smallblueandloud]

i've been staying up until 2 or 3 for most of this week (not on PURPOSE but it has been happening) and man i am going to regret this later

[rewritingcanon]

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[displayheartcode]

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[f1owermoon]

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[starlene]

worried that I will enjoy the upcoming Swedish Roxette musical more than a normal amount

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having a physical form sucks so bad literally every action (and inaction) has consequences & ramifications

[transgaysex]

i got hit with like. nauseating anxiety a couple hours ago and i dont know how to make it stop

[sourcedecay]

Awake but I don’t wanna get out of bed I’ve just been visualizing a glass of water for the past twenty minutes