SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND // open, new tradition + Mass Gathering

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INTO THE SUN
(watch me disappear)

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Funny how she gets herself into situations, sometimes. With her recent departure and return, she's further driven a wedge between her and her clanmates, enough that she doesn't know who to approach in the hustle and bustle of the mass gathering. She finds herself, instead, a spot near the back of the crowd - far from the fire and far from the food, pulling the ratty deerskin pelt tighter around her shoulders. She's going back to old habits, she knows, but she isn't sure how she's supposed to get out of it if everybody has only woven themselves tighter around each other and the period of her disappearance.

Everything's exactly the same. They're all linked together, she's convinced that she can almost see it - and then there's her, lone little Versailles separate from the pack.

She doesn't have the strength, courage, or even motivation to try to insert herself into the equation, so she voluntarily stays out. It's easier, she thinks. It's easier not to try than to try and have herself be shot down. She doesn't know if she can even handle it anymore, the feeling of being pushed away; she keeps herself away, instead. At least it's her choice. At least it's something that she can control. As lonely an existence it may be, it's not too far from how she used to live her life - by herself, with no one to lean on.

VERSAILLESPALACE "VERA" AURELIUS — THE ASCENDANTS — [color=#d5c5c5][abbr=♥]TAGS[/abbr]

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