#knock knock early Wep'keer

[journeyofthemoonprophet]

Moving helps. Maybe only a little, but it at least shakes your thoughts loose enough to start sorting yourself out.

Okay, think through this. You’re alone, injured, and your only source of shelter and supplies is now deep in the middle of the lake (not to mention filled with demons, so even if it wasn’t flooded and freezing over...) The wind has picked up since the crash, ice and snow stinging at your eyes and wounds. It’s only getting darker; you need to find somewhere to hunker down for the night.

Checking your clothes, your fingers brush across a few tablets, as well as the familiar shape of Pillow Talk. That’s a relief; the idea of running into demons again unarmed makes your stomach churn a bit too much to handle right now. Not that you’re really in fighting shape at the moment. Who would be, falling from the heavens at the hands of demons?

... You miss Amaterasu. You hope wherever she is in this realm of mortals, she’s doing better than you are. After all, she made this plunge not long before you did, dragging that accursed serpent with her. Hopefully the wait for the chosen one’s birth won’t be terribly long; your vision wasn’t kind enough to give you a turnaround time.

The thought of her waiting keeps you moving, enough to stumble--near literally--into the first structure in the snow. It’s... a gate. A rather large one, easily towering far above your head. The heavy wooden doors have been tightly closed, but there is a second entrance nearby. More importantly, with the way it creaks and sways on its hinges, you’re pretty sure that one’s unlocked.

It’s a slim chance that whoever lives beyond here would welcome strangers--especially with their main gate closed--but if your choices  for wandering are potential civilization and a frozen lakeshore, a slim chance is better to take than none at all.

You take a breath deep enough to make your ribs ache, and carefully push the door open enough to duck through. Last time you landed somewhere strange, you were quickly found by the Celestials, who in turn were gracious enough to take you in. You wonder, in this world of howling wind and icy storms, who will be there to meet you this time.