DIVE DEEP ⚘ Tanglewood Visit

and they saw trouble in my eyes
"speech." . 'thoughts' . attack

well, he hadn't expected to hear that none of his predecessors had ever thought to expand their territory, let alone go south. truly, he couldn't blame them for it. who would have ever thought that there would be anything aside from endless ocean to the south, when they didn't even have the boats to make the trip? an irritated sigh left the tom as he made his way along the under-water railway tracks, pausing to watch the fish shimmer and gleam in the waters below, gray eyes tracking their movement as his stomach growled. shaking his head, he lifted his head to gaze around and exhaled, scrunching up his nose at the damages that he could see all around himself, his heart squeezing in his chest. was everywhere just as savagely hit as tanglewood was? he hoped that the other group had made it out alright, even if they were perhaps exploring an area that sounded like it belonged to tanglewood. how far did their borders extend onto the waters?

shaking his head with a derisive snort, the tom would come to a stop before the gates and the bell that would summon the members of the typhoon. standing there, he would glance up at the skies and let out a weary breath. he had taken a small patrol with him, of those who had wished to go with him to the typhoon to ask about boats. he wanted these boats to in honesty, go south and find this island the typhoon spoke of, but he'd noticed after the storm, that in their exploration, they'd discovered more wetlands, more open swamp in their regions that they hadn't been able to access before. but he wasn't going to reveal that he wanted them to go south, that was an unspoken thing. reaching up, he would ring the bell with all his might.

they were quick to recognize the devil in me.
aesior opheles of tanglewood. -- luminary.

credit @/teef