What Happened?

JP with Lorem and Omni

Gonyaul welcomed the tight embrace, the constriction filled his cup of belonging and made it even more real. Voah would feel him physically relax into her arms, as if the weight of stress brought on by the last several days was washed away.

If the past had taught him anything, especially this most immediate year, change was inevitable and a considerable amount of time out of there control. He knew she couldn’t promise that she would always be there and actually deliver, just as much as he couldn’t fulfill that promise himself. He understood what she meant though, and that is what mattered. He knew that come what may, her commitment to him was steadfast. His commitment to her was steadfast.

As they gave each other room to breathe and calmly face one another he inquired on behalf of his curiosity and concern.

“What happened?” The question simultaneously implying where did you go.

It was an uncomfortable question. One that Voah didn't know how to simply answer. The event that had transpired was unfathomable, but she tried her best to explain and began as if recalling a dream.

"As I stood by the river... after the sun came up in the east... I thought I was taken by a vision... a towering figure approached me... strapping, rugged, powerfully built. His body riddled with scars... I was compelled to kneel at his presence... and I knew innately that it was my Lord... Vastad... He was as tangible as you and I... enveloped in flesh and blood... He bade me follow Him as He surveyed the expanse of the land... how could I decline?"

She lowered her head in shame. "He spoke of the coming of the Pillars to Arcadia... I was ready to reswear my oath to the Inquisition but... I learned the tenet was true, that magik must be destroyed... and Vastad recounted my failure as His champion... declared that I had chosen my path..."

Voah went silent then, shaking her head. How do you tell someone, especially the one you love, that you have doomed them and their entire race?