Pales
Lattice wanted to be a good Sister. Her intention was to lead Needle to the shop in the maul where she had been getting the supplies to make ink and the like - other than just gathering things from the outside. The shop had everything though it had a couple of poorly mixed already made inks that they sold for obnoxious prices but other than that it was a good shop. It also sold parchments, pens, paper, and all sorts of other things but the point was - ink. Always ink.
The Engraver usually went into the shop from the outside of the maul since it had an exit and entry that lead to the outside world rather than having to traverse the entire maul but today Lattice wanted to try to get to the other entry that was within the maul - this was possibly not her best idea. Lattice was so enthralled with going somewhere with her Twin and everything else that she got lost.
Not wanting to admit to being lost Lattice intrepidly went forward and soon the pair wandered their way into a music shop. Lattice paused as she looked around at all the unfamiliar shadowy shapes both moving and stationary and then heaved a big sigh, "...Sister I have misled us...I am sorry."
The Engraver usually went into the shop from the outside of the maul since it had an exit and entry that lead to the outside world rather than having to traverse the entire maul but today Lattice wanted to try to get to the other entry that was within the maul - this was possibly not her best idea. Lattice was so enthralled with going somewhere with her Twin and everything else that she got lost.
Not wanting to admit to being lost Lattice intrepidly went forward and soon the pair wandered their way into a music shop. Lattice paused as she looked around at all the unfamiliar shadowy shapes both moving and stationary and then heaved a big sigh, "...Sister I have misled us...I am sorry."
Enoh Love
Needle had been terribly excited, though not completely because they were going to look at a stationary store! It was entirely because she was out with Lattice, though the promise of ink and parchment was an added bonus. She wasn't aware that Lattice had taken a way she wasn't familiar with, and the eventual submission confused her, but as the shop wasn't her initial goal she had no qualms about it.
"There is nothing to apologize for, this place seems very lively." Needle nodded, patting her sister's tattooed arm in reassurance before looking around. "I wonder what this shop is!" The temptation to take off her mask and explore was great, but she just couldn't bring herself to do it. Instead she reached out to touch one of the unmoving shapes, one that had a long neck, a tiny head and a large pear-hourglass shaped body. Before she could brush her fingers along the strings, something sounded from the back of the store.
It was a bell. A loud, heavy bell that echoed off of the walls and seemed to pierce right through the Engraver.
"A-aah..." She managed to squeak out, a high pitched, nervous little noise. She froze in place, her jaw clenching, and began to tremble. In this foreign place she didn't know where was safe, where she could move to to hear the noise; she wanted to flee but didn't know where to go, and that planted her firmly in place.
"There is nothing to apologize for, this place seems very lively." Needle nodded, patting her sister's tattooed arm in reassurance before looking around. "I wonder what this shop is!" The temptation to take off her mask and explore was great, but she just couldn't bring herself to do it. Instead she reached out to touch one of the unmoving shapes, one that had a long neck, a tiny head and a large pear-hourglass shaped body. Before she could brush her fingers along the strings, something sounded from the back of the store.
It was a bell. A loud, heavy bell that echoed off of the walls and seemed to pierce right through the Engraver.
"A-aah..." She managed to squeak out, a high pitched, nervous little noise. She froze in place, her jaw clenching, and began to tremble. In this foreign place she didn't know where was safe, where she could move to to hear the noise; she wanted to flee but didn't know where to go, and that planted her firmly in place.
Pales
Indeed the atmosphere was lively and even filled with various strands of music here and there though none of it honestly meshed into one cohesive song but it wasn't anything too terrible or straining on the ears. She let her sister pat her arm as she tried to make heads-or-tails of where they were before she just watched her Twin and then began to relax. As long as Needle was content then Lattice would be too. She smiled lightly as she watched, "I am not certain perhaps it--.."
Pause as the bells gave a heavy sound making her freeze in place near her sister for a long moment. Hearing her Sibling squeak she forced herself to move closer to Needle her hand reaching up to touch her Sister's face. Despite her own mind being filled with screams and panic of the past she found that her Needle was the higher priority.
"Needle? Needle. I am here. With you. It is okay." She leaned forward to press her forehead against Needle's a hand reaching to soothingly stroke her sister's dark hair despite the fact that Lattice was trembling like a leaf herself due to memories and trauma deeply ingrained within her.
Pause as the bells gave a heavy sound making her freeze in place near her sister for a long moment. Hearing her Sibling squeak she forced herself to move closer to Needle her hand reaching up to touch her Sister's face. Despite her own mind being filled with screams and panic of the past she found that her Needle was the higher priority.
"Needle? Needle. I am here. With you. It is okay." She leaned forward to press her forehead against Needle's a hand reaching to soothingly stroke her sister's dark hair despite the fact that Lattice was trembling like a leaf herself due to memories and trauma deeply ingrained within her.
