Lianellie Quinne

Raindrops on the window pane

Daily Writing Challenge
Day 5
Words: Rain/Sacrifice

Originally posted by thenighteternal

Waking up yet again in a spot that wasn’t her bed, Lian grabbed onto the neck of her mandolin and set it next to the couch in which she fell asleep on.  Her hair was a mess and a good portion of it was out of the braid so it had been plastered onto her face.  

Fixing her hair as much as she could in a couple moments of time, Lian continued to sit there and do what she could to collect herself and work out the kink in her neck.  Then, upon waking up a bit more her ears twitched as she heard the plink against the window pane.  Pushing herself to her feet and grabbing the mandolin again she stared out of the rain before her mind focused on the day it was.  Gasping out she had started to pace back and forth, focusing on all that was going wrong and continually figits with her fingers.  She could feel her heart starting to beat swiftly and as much as she wanted the rain to calm her, she had started to work herself into a panic over everything that she was going to have to do the next few days.  Then fumbling with her comm she taps out the message to her friend,  “How in the world did you do this?  I can’t stop shaking and I still have hours before I need to do anything.  I swear before it’s time to start I’m going to get sick to my stomach.  A little advice please?”

Alaris responded back near immediately and she could almost feel the calm demeanor he was in flowing through the comm,  “Just be calm, ground yourself, do something else to help focus you, and know that I am certain that you’ll do great.  I would never have put you in charge if I didn’t believe that.”

Feeling the words inside of her, the small priestess did exactly as he said, and then stared out the window to stare at the rain before starting to pluck out soft notes on her mandolin, replicating the sounds of the rain on the glass and she felt at least a little more calmed down to the point where she was able to get ready without having her heart beat out of her chest.

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