Willow's Chromatober (Hosted by an angst queen Ranger :3)

October 5, 2023 | Flower

Day 5, Flower

I thought today would be a perfect day for CJ lore! So this will be fun and you will get to meet a CJ I haven't mention much of rather than to close friends of mine!

This takes place in RQ Code (My Code Jumper AU that ties with RQ Lore)

This is during the Rainbow Kingdom Arch!
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Sabre

I went from stand to stand looking around for what I needed. With all of these stands of shops I feel like it should be easier to be find a shop full of flowers, specifically red roses.

I glanced at each shop I passed through the busy streets of the downtown shopping walkway. Jewelry, rocks, wood, food, herbs... flowers! Perfect! I went up to the stand to see all the types of flowers they were selling... Lilies,.. violets... roses! Perfect!

"Flower Orange how is it going?" I smile to them recognizing who they are. He smiles back at me.

"Doing well! What can I get for you Sabre? Lily of the valley again?" He asks knowing the few times I have come here I have gotten the Lily of the valley flower. I shook my head.

"Actually I was wondering if I could get a Rose?" I ask him. He looks at me a little confused, but doesn't ask why.

"Will it be a planted, bouquet, or single?" He asks me.

"Single please. How much is it?" I look through my bag and take out some iron coins.

"Four iron coins." Flower smiles a bit as I hand him the iron coins and take a single rose. I made sure to be careful of the thorns.

"Sabre?" A voice asked from behind me. I looked to see Light Steve.

"Light! I didn't expect to see you here." I smile and wave to him.

"I didn't expect to see you here either. Who is the rose for?" Light asks me.

"Huh? Why can't this be for myself?" I asked him. Light sighs.

"Here, Roses are a sign of love and you give them to someone if you are interested in them, and they are supposed to give you a Violet flower back if they also want to be with you." Light explains.

"Oh... uh... That's cool but no it's for something different." I started to walk away from the stand and mutter a quick thank you to Flower Orange Steve. Light just looks at me suspiciously. I went into my house and sigh.

Kind of hard to explain to a Steve a new Code Jumper tradition when they think I am player. Once in my house I opened a portal. Something I have learned I can do as of late thanks to her help... To think she caused this mess but has helped me more than anyone else has. I step through and find myself in a dark forest.

A path of stone was laid on the ground and I followed the is path and the trees around me became more familiar. I see a bright light up ahead and took a deep breathe. This place... it hurts to be here and yet. It's too important for me to ignore.

I soon get past a few more trees and meet with a somber sight. A clearing in the trees where millions of candles were laid that burned with an infinite light. In each candles wax is a name and age. The candles burn but the wax never fully disappears. I follows this large field of candles. Each a soul of one of my kind that was killed in the massacre. Each remember by one soul, I have tried to learn these names... but I never meet any of these souls. She has.

I soon see her.

A tall women stands over six feet tall. Her skin was a dark color with patches of white along it. Her hair was black and curly but any other features of her were hidden by the black wedding style dress she wore and the black veil over her eyes. She was in a constant state of mourning and made sure she wouldn't stop until ever soul wed remember. She was burying a withered rose into the ground and craved a name and age into the candle. I look at her in silence and let her finish by lighting the candle.

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"Cathrine." I call out her name simply. She looks at me and bows in respect.

"Leader. Have you come to visit again?" She asks me in a monotone voice.

"Of course... and I heard you were low on roses." I offer her the Red Rose I just got. She takes it letting the thorns prick into her hand and the blood spill down.

"I just ran out, I thank you for the flower." She nods to me.

"How many souls do you have left?" I ask her.

"104." She looks at the rose. I knew she was thinking of the next soul.

"That's good! It means you are almost done right?"

"Yes." She starts walking along the path she made, her heels clicking on the ground she walked on. I followed her.

"I... I still can't believe you are doing this. It's so many people and so much time..." I tell her.

"The withering of a rose is enough time to grieve for each soul I killed... no matter how long it takes it's something I must do... I don't think I can repay them any other way." She reminds me. She spend her time remembering the person she chooses until the rose she hold dies. Once it does she makes there grave and wishes them well.

"I know, but still... it's already so much and you have been doing this for so long... it's amazing."

"It's the first step of letting out kind grow again isn't it? To truly let the souls from before rest."

"So the new souls can grow and improve on what we have forgotten." I finish her sentence and she nods. We followed the path until it ended at her small house she kept hidden and close to the graveyard. She looked at the rose closely in her hand.

"Well, I must go back to work leader. Thank you for visiting me." She opens the door to her house.

"Of course Cathrine... it's the most I could do for everything you have taught me..." I smile to her. I hope she was smiling back.

"If you have any other questions of want to train in our abilities tell me... how many of my pups have you found?" She asks as she steps into her house.

"I found another five and removed there fangs. They were jsut puppies though. They are at my house right now. You should come over tonight so you can grab them." I tell her. Another reason for her to visit, even if her visits are at three in the morning.

"Alright, we still have five wolves to find left, then we will be safe from the blood in there fangs." She remarked.

"Of course Cathrine. See you tonight?" I ask and bow to her. She bows back to me.

"I'll see you tonight Leader." She closes the door and I go back through the path, once far enough away I opened a portal back to my home. I need to translate more of those books before she comes and visits tonight... I can't wait to see her again.
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