Wizard's House

[wizardseason]

"Hey"

The Wizard greets the evil-allured knights the same way every night, with the same word, while casually sitting on the steps of the porch outside of her little home. The building looks handmade, like it was built by people who cared about the place they were going to live. Surrounding it on all sides are fields as far as the eye can see. Vegetables of all kinds, with fruit trees and bushes placed throughout the landscape. Closer to the home are bigger trees, willows and others, providing shade from the strange three suns above. Wherever this is, it isn't the world that the knights know.

Plunged into the ground a mere few feet away from the steps leading up to the home is a handwritten sign that states the following:

Knight Rules:
- Tell others if you want
- You can't reveal others
- The world ends this year

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[tropicalstorm]

“Good to know,” she murmurs. She’s a little surprised at the Wizard’s reassurance? But she’s starting to think that a lot of things she once thought about the Wizard might not be quite right.

“There’s another thing I’d like,” she says, impulsively. “I’d like you to get some rest.”

[wizardseason]

"I can't." Her answer comes without hesitation, but not emotional as she says it. Just like someone correcting a fact, something that should be known.

"Unless he's dead." She clarifies.

[tropicalstorm]

"And if he's dead, then the world ends," Haizea says, a slight question at the end of that statement. She's pretty sure, but who fuckin' knows.

She seems uncomfortable. The Wizard isn't anything like she had thought before all this, and she's angry at herself for feeling literally any sympathy towards her.

"Maybe we can figure out a way for us to both get what we want," she mumbles, not really thinking this is possible.

[wizardseason]

"Exactly." She answers. If he's dead, the world ends, and then she can rest. It's that simple.

"I hope you find a way." She offers, emotionless. If Haizea and the other knights could find a solution that'd be particularly incredible, honestly. It'd been too long and she'd tried so many things.

Maybe this year would be different.