The Desert at Night ~ by SaralynArati

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continued on - httpswww.dolldivine.com/Disney/SaralynArati-3067926 - near the beginning of this gallery, right before the summary doll. Thanks for your patience!

4 years ago

SaralynArati

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It was late evening when they came to a more northern section of the Dead Sea. And there the trail simply ended. The camels had been turned loose to fend for themselves in the harsh terrain, the smell of litella had vanished, and when Marea and Draensil took a leap of faith and risked scrying for Vedika's etheric signature, it was no where to be found either... not beyond that point. A fanciful person could imagine that the hypersaline waters had absorbed them whole, preserved forever in brine.

4 years ago

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They were more or less in the middle of Palestine, having skirted Bethlehem to the south, but now headed northeast, more towards Jericho. Marea's team met almost no one, by choice, but they did need to stop and get water, and for that, it was much better to arrive clearly visible from a distance and in broad daylight, so that the women and children, who were all they ever found at the wells, could apprise their men of any potential threats far in advance. It was both a sad and a tense place.

4 years ago

SaralynArati

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During the long desert nights, which she spent on watch between Mark and Elora, Karako had a lot of time to think about it. She finally reached the conclusion that whatever happened after this mission, she would accept, although some outcomes would make her happier than others, obviously. In the mean time, she would concentrate on sniffing out camels and litella, and sometimes a faint whiff of serpent... although there were plenty of snakes in the region to account for the scent on their own.

4 years ago

SaralynArati

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And Karako was fond of Robin. She wasn't quite certain how attached to the half-Alfyn man she was, but the Kitsune had gone out of her way to explain to the Bubble Magician the sleep cycles of different fox Faes. Was that tantamount to saying, "I'd like to be awake with you," if not exactly its opposite? And Robin seemed very willing to be awake with her, to spend time with Karako in general, and to keep her from being alone in specific... because it was unsafe, or because she might be lonely?

4 years ago