Green drops to her knees on the damp floorboards, hands braced hard against the planks. The storm’s last psychic pressure still hammers through her like a white flare, but the room itself is calm now, the grate whispering with clean water below.
Orange rushes in close and lowers himself beside her, one broad hand steady at her shoulder. He does not crowd her, just anchors there, solid and warm in the hush.
Green the Colossus
The pain is coming from the land itself.
Orange
Easy. I’ve got you. Just breathe with me.
Blue stays a few steps away by the frame, still and watchful. Purple’s silhouette lingers near the garden edge, her attention turned outward, giving Green the space to fall apart and come back together.
Orange
You don’t have to stand yet. Take the time you need.
“Tears flow from my eyes as i hold a hand to my heart and lean against Orange, telling him hiw the earth has never cried like this before and that it may be too much to take”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +3)
Green leans into Orange’s shoulder, one hand pressed hard over her heart. Tears track down her face, and the words come out thin but steady, carrying the ache in the room with them. Orange stays with her, listening as if every syllable matters.
Green the Colossus
The earth has never cried like this before. It may be too much to bear.
Orange
Then let it be too much for both of us for a minute.
At that, Orange shifts closer and braces her weight without squeezing, giving her a firmer place to rest. The garden beds stay quiet behind them, but the floor’s faint vibration answers her words like a buried pulse.
Orange
You are not taking all of this alone. Tell me what it feels like, and I’ll hold the edge of it with you.
Green’s palm on her chest steadies as Orange’s support finds her center. A loose scrap of rusted metal near the drain mouth skitters once on the boards, then lies still, the drain’s odd tremor settling under the quiet.
Purple
If she can name the pain, I can work around it. If not, we wait.
“This agony may be the death of me. So if I am to die, i want to die just like this. In your arms, Orange.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +1)
Green lets the ache pass through her without pulling away, still tucked against Orange’s support. The trembling in the floor is faint now, like the oasis is breathing under tired stone.
Green the Colossus
This pain may kill me. If I die, I want it to be like this, in your arms, Orange.
Orange
Then stay here a moment longer. I have you.
Orange tightens her brace just enough to be certain, not enough to trap. Green’s hand eases off her chest, and the rusted scrap by the drain gives one tiny shiver before settling again.
Purple
She is still here, still answering the earth instead of going under. Good. Let the moment hold.
Purple
Keep breathing with her. If the ground speaks, I want to know whether it softens or sharpens.
The greenhouse stays quiet around them, patched light washing over the beds while Orange keeps her shoulder under Green’s weight. Purple watches from the edge, waiting for Green’s next word or silence.
“I ask Orange to hold me closer”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled -1)
Green the Colossus
Hold me closer, Orange.
Orange answers at once, drawing Green in with both arms and settling her more firmly against his chest. The greenhouse floor gives a faint pulse under them, but his hold stays steady.
Orange
Like this?
Purple
Good. Let the ground pass through you instead of into you.
Green the Colossus
The tremor feels smaller when her weight is fully supported.
Green’s breathing evens out. Near the drain, the little rusted scrap twitches once with the floor’s pulse, then lies still again.
Orange
Tell me if it helps, or if I need to shift.
Purple keeps watch from the edge of the beds, quiet now, while Orange waits for Green’s answer and holds her without tightening.
✓ Quest Accepted
Ground the earth connection