Thunderstorm

[An Immortal Among Stars Masterlist]

Alternate prompt for Day 4 (Captivity Whump) of @whumpawoman's Whump Girl Summer event.

contents: lady whump, immortal whumpee, past captivity, death, starvation, isolation.

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Karita woke up to new sounds.

Well, maybe not entirely new. She knew this sound, but she hadn't heard it in ages. Maybe it was a sound from an era long passed, like many. It was always startling to realize that some sounds and smells and flavors had disappeared completely after being present in her life for years, but… this sound was different. She could swear she used to hear it constantly, no matter the decade.

Abandoned

[An Immortal Among Stars Masterlist]

Day 3 (Team Whump) of @whumpawoman's Whump Girl Summer event.

contents: lady whump, immortal whumpee, betrayal, drugging, strapped to a table, implied lab whump, death.

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Pain was always an effective wake-up call.

Karita's eyes snapped open and she gasped, not yet conscious enough to process what was happening and scream. The brief pain instantly passed anyway, and she was left confused, her mind shrouded in fog, her breathing uneven.

"Take it slow, dear. We have nothing but time." The voice was vaguely familiar and its tone was warm, but it filled Karita's heart with fear. Still groggy, she tried to move, only to discover that she couldn't, that there was something keeping her limbs pinned to whatever she was lying on. Restraints. She was strapped down, but why? She had been with the others, sitting on the ground with her knees pulled up to her chest, leaning her head on Brin's shoulder. They were relaxing, drinking mulled white wine, and hers tasted a bit strange, but she didn't dare bring it up. It was still alright, it was warm, and she didn't really care about anything else.

And then she must have fallen asleep.

She finally managed to focus her swimmy gaze on the person standing next to her, and her blood ran cold.

Stargazing

[An Immortal Among Stars Masterlist]

A new story for the Whump Girl Summer event hosted by @whumpawoman, Day 1: Environmental Whump. I probably won't be able to fill too many of the prompts because of a lack of time, but I still wanted to share at least this short piece, even though it's mostly introspection.

contents: lady whump, immortal whumpee, imagined death.

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Centuries too late, people gathered to see a dying star.

The explosion had wiped out some nearby planets, but that was back when most of the universe was out of reach. Several diviners attempted to establish a link to the area, and found that among the debris that was left behind there was nothing hinting at previous life, or even at the planets being able to sustain it at all. No guilt was involved in enjoying the spectacle, and everyone treated it as such.

There were vendors, music, laughter, mouth-watering smell of food permeating the air; those were contained in a smaller area, while the rest, a huge open field, was left for the crowd to gather, to stand or to sit down, and watch the clear night sky.

"Incredible, isn't it?" Daria's eyes reflected the stars. "It happened so long ago, long before any of us were born, and we only get to see it now."

Karita nodded. She realized that the arm she'd wrapped around her partner had tensed up, and she forced herself to relax her grip, not wanting it to become painful. Her gaze stayed fixed on the burst of light.

"It's weird," she said, "that there's a whole festival around it. It feels wrong."