STEER CLEAR OF THE SUN | OBSERVATORY EVACUATION

✯ — Used to Calum's earsplitting shrieks, the marten was not overly overtaken by the sound of sirens.  Rather, for a split second, she sat there confused.  The suddenness of it surprised her, and she was the not quite sure what the cause of all the commotion was.  Far worse, she realized all too soon she was by herself in the planetarium.

"Calum?" Her still recovering vocal cords stung, but she raised her voice just a little higher, torn ears flattened against her skull. "Cal?" Hadn't the hawk been right beside her before the sirens gone off?  Or had she been dosing and he left? Wearily, she shook her head, her teeth catching on the inside of her cheek.

Hesitantly, she skittered outside the room, entering the Observatory in time to watch clanmates zip.  The blaring lights hurt her good eye, but she stood where she was and scanned the room.  "C-Cal?" The marten squinted, brow furrowing, in the smoke's direction.  Please just already be outside you stupid bird...

She couldn't hear an answering call.  She did, unfortunately, feel something more pressing on her soul.  Kriff.  "Shine?!" Her mind said she'd last seen him in the cleric's hide, but no, he wouldn't be there amidst this.  He should be outside, just like Calum but neither were making smart choices today were they?

Neither was she.

As smoke began filling her lungs, she coughed roughly and followed the hallway, ignoring the protest in her lungs.  "C-Cal!? Sh-shine?" Finally, the bird shrieked, but she couldn't make out Shine in the smoke yet.  Stairs.  Lessa was small enough it was not so bad, but her breath still came in wheezes, eyes burning.  Calum was trapped on the first step, too distressed to fly.  She'd never wondered if he was afraid of fire before.  "G-go Calum, th-that way," she sputtered, pointing a paw back towards where she came before dashing down the rest of the steps.

Besides Shininglight, she could finally see the fire itself.  Closer.  The smoke heavier.  It made her remember someone that still brought sharp pangs through her heart.  Always so angry, always burning, the last she'd seen her alive, before... Lessa grit her teeth, then without anymore hesitation slipped in front of Shine, and aimed to push her friend back up the stairs with her head, while blocking the sight of the flames.  She didn't know what was going on in his mind, but she could feel it.  "W-we have to go."

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