[ you're afraid of falling flat / joiner ]

The ringing of the bell brought the vampiress forward, her common place feline form traded out for the pale bear form she had taken to using. Recent event had forced her to maintain it, the fear of an attack leaving her uncomfortable in her base form. She looked over the large bear standing at the gate, gaze swiftly moving to the now blood spotted bell and the bird that rested beneath it. She raised a non-existent brown, returning her gaze to the bear. "Coulda used a paw or something, you know?" she would say in a teasing tone. Recognition flashed in her eyes, a thread she struggled to follow.

She remembered a flash of light, the earth shattering below her, the smell of burning trees, the shrieks of crewmates. Memories that had been tapped down and suffocated, prevented from ruining her dreams. "I'm Diya Folie-Mikaelson," soon to be Roux, she added to herself with a gentle smile. "You seem familiar, are you from around here? What's your name?"