Late Evening, 18th of Fall 516
It was not dark yet, Syna still hung low in the sky casting the world in a soft purple and orange light. Taurina enjoyed watching the sun set more than she enjoyed watching it rise. Leth would be lighting the sky soon and her ethereal body would return to her once more till the night ended. While Taurina was slowly getting used to the two forms of herself, she still preferred the Eth to the Drykas and likely always would. The former form was strong, beautiful, and graced by her god while the later form was damaged and broken. It was the form of a life that Taurina struggled to connect with and find again. Whoever she had been as this person was lost to her. Only scars, windmarks, and scattered memories remained.
Taurina laid on the grass, resting back on her elbows as she gazed at the sunset. It truly was beautiful. Syna surely did know how to make an exit. Never was she the exact same. The patterns of her light was always cast differently and it was unique in each of the places she had been while traveling. No two sunsets were ever the same. Taurina never did pay enough attention to know if that was the same for the sunrise. It likely was, but she was always preoccupied with the shift and her moments of getting reacquainted with that body to pay attention. She always knew the Drykas form was coming, but she likely would never stop having those short moments of hoping she was not going to change.
The last moments of the sunset were always the most beautiful. Slowly the pink, purple, and orange lights would fade from the clouds and then everything would be grey for a time before darkness fully fell and Leth’s light was what colored the sky. The shift took place in a matter of ticks, the brilliant Ethaefal left in the place the small Drykas had once been.
Taurina twisted her neck back and forth, stretched out her body and became readjusted. Fingers flexed, bare feet bent down and then up before toes spread. Leg and arm muscles were tested out and fingers were stroked through long, crimson hair. It was common practice for the Eth to retest out her body each night after the shift as if she was checking to see if anything had changed. It never had. This body was always healthy and strong, sustained by Leth alone during the dark hours of the night. Taurina spent her night hours outside mostly, if she could, as it was a way to get close to him.
A smile broke out across Taurina’s face before she fully laid on the grass with a relieved sigh. Crimson locks pooled around her head and intermixed with the vibrant blades of grass. Her golden horns were on the same level as the back of her head, resting against the flat plain land. It was a position Taurina enjoyed during the early hours of Leth’s reign. She could see him rightly this way, bask in his light here. The idea that this early in the night others were awake and might see her did not bother her. Most knew by now and those who did not would find out soon enough. To hide went against the promise she made to herself when entering Endrykas so she refused to do it.
Taurina offered the truth about her race to anyone who asked now. Even if they did not know about her kind and did not understand it, she tried her best to explain. It could be convoluted and she understood that. She was patient because she truly did love her Ethaefal form more than her Drykas form and to the people it frequently did not matter to them. The Drykas had held the attitude that as long as she was useful, it did not matter what she was. A peace of mind was brought to her when she realized that. It had been one of the first things Injal had said after hiring her and since then she has tried to be useful to them in both forms.