This is one of the older scenes I wrote, and it's been included into Chapter I: The Hatching. However, I still decided to upload it as its own thing. It might be better read withing context, though?? It's just here in case you wanna see, and I don't remember how much I changed it into the current draft of Chapter I :3
Sesõlam was playing in her room with her doll, a small bird. She didn’t want to leave her room ~ she sensed something was happening, something important, something scary.
She was flying her doll around in her room, jumping on her bed, when the High Priestress, Maecẽ́sát, came in. Maecẽ́sát was a bit scary, and she usually told Sesõlam to do something when she came in.. Sesõlam sighed.
“Young lady, why aren’t you dressed properly?? Have you forgotten who’s visiting us today??”
Sesõlam looked at herself. She was still wearing her night clothes. “Sorry!!” She quickly started undressing.
“Do that when I’m away. Put on your formal clothes, and come to the entrance of the temple once you’re ready.”
Maecẽ́sát walked away, and Sesõlam started talking to her toy: “she’s so annoying, isn’t she??”
She started dressing up, and walked down the long stairs, to the entrance of the tower. There were two people already there: Maecẽ́sát and Poiãtas. Poiãtas was nice, and she wasn’t as old as Maecẽ́sát. She looked a bit sad, though. Sesõlam grabbed her hand. Poiãtas looked down, and smiled. She sat down to be on the same eye-level as Sesõlam.
“Do you know who’s coming today??”
“Yes!! Oesala is!!”
“Mhmm, the Great Spirit Oesala!! So we have to look our very best and wait for her here, shouldn’t we?? Because she’s very important.”
“Right, I know that!!”
Poiãtas laughed. “Of course you do. Now we just have to wait for a bit.. She should be here early today??”
Not much after, an eqquā rode down the road.
Sesõlam and Poiãtas were still holding hands, and Poiãtas’ grip suddenly thightend. Sesõlam saw the bird, Oesala, flying up, and she landed on Poiãtas’ head. Then, the woman on the eqquā started talking:
“Hello!! Poiãtas, you’re looking gorgeous~ It’s nice to be back.”
The grown-ups talked for a bit, as they all went inside. They all sat down, and Sesõlam got some juice, as the rest got some wine. Sesõlam was just playing with her fingers a bit. Then, suddenly:
“Sesõlam, respond when Oesala talks to you.”
Maecẽ́sát sounded angry.
“Sorry, Oesala!! What did you say??”
The person on who Oesala sat giggled a bit. “I asked if you would like me to sit on your head for a bit??”
“Oh.. that’s alright.”
She stood up to grab Oesala.
“You can just sit down, I’ll fly over!!”
And so the bird did, flew over and sat down on Sesõlam’s head. It felt.. nice. Warm. She felt safe, like she could do anything with this spirit on her head.
“So, Sesõlam, have they explained what a vessel is, yet??”
“Yes!! I know that!!”
“Well, I was thinking, I might pick you as my vessel after Poiãtas, when you’re grown up, if you’d like that??”
Did that mean she’d always sit on her head like this??
“I’d like that!!” Her face beamed.
“Aww, you’re adorable~”
Oesala sat there for a bit longer, and then she was told she could go back to her room.
She looked around a bit. She was feeling happy, she picked her toy bird, and went to her window to look out from the tower. She could see so much~ She put the bird on top of her head, and kept staring out of the window.