[seasonal event] the story i heard

RexannA but darling, in the end, you've got to be your own hero. There was a part of her that was incredibly surprised at the politeness with which Wessex spoke – her mind recalling the woman that had crashed the meeting and had yelled at them during Ludo’s Festival. A woman of steel, fire, and blades. And yet she was being kind enough. Her head turned to the Luxere as she tossed one toward them with a quiet chuckle. “They like to run from me.” She hummed to the woman before she looked back to Wessex as she responded to her comment about how the Ascended woman looked great despite death and rebirth. She gave Rex a half smile that the woman returned with a nod. “I’m with you there.” She added, her voice honey dipped in reference to the barrier. Though Rexanna wasn’t Ascended, and there wasn’t much the girl could do aside from throw fireworks at it and hope for the best. At least it was something, and she’d certainly be there with the rest of them come the next season to try and break out of it. But she was intrigued about the beast within the Spire, only having too much anxiety to actually go and see the obsidian monument up close. “Your name?” Wessex asked her, direct and to the point, and Rexanna’s half smile switched into a full grin. “Rexanna.” She offered, making note of the woman’s fangs as she looked her up and down – a wolfish grin forming on the Ascended’s face. She also made a note of the pointed attention she had given her with a hint of suggestion. Then, she wondered if Wessex was a natural and if that was why she had been so upset during the festival – and if so, perhaps she knew of the gods within this barrier too. But she didn’t dare explain her curse to the other woman – instead, she let her sapphire gaze linger back a brief moment. “Have you always been Ascended?” She asked with a curious hum to her voice and tilt of her head. She hadn’t met too many others – there was Lucas and Archebold and as far as Rex could gather, they had always been that way. It was an interesting thought, though, wondering how Ascended were born. because everybody's so busy trying to save themselves.

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