ERIS
Consciousness returned slowly, dragged back by noise I couldn't quite identify and sunlight that felt far too bright even through closed eyelids.
For a confused handful of seconds, I couldn't remember where I was or why every muscle in my body ached like I'd been training for combat.
There was only the overwhelming sense that I'd slept far longer than intended and that something was happening outside my door that required immediate attention.
Then memory returned... the feast, the forest, Soren... oh gods everything that happened... and I was suddenly wide awake and mortified and desperately hoping yesterday had been some kind of fever dream.
The commotion outside my chambers suggested otherwise.
Multiple voices, the sound of furniture being moved, footsteps that suggested far more people than should ever have business near my private rooms.
