Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5494158-20161011182751/@comment-5494158-20170128083933

"I suppose, but..." Beryl paused for a moment while looking over their surroundings. Though she agreed that they should take shelter, and that the abandoned house was the best choice for now, she still seemed hesitant to proceed without her friend. There were still no signs of Shula at this point, which only caused the young Faunus to grow more worried with each passing moment. At this point, she was hoping that her friend had perhaps found a safe place of her own; maybe even within the house itself. As Beryl pondered on this however, a slight sensation seemed to overcome her: a feeling that something was very off...a feeling of sudden warmth, which currently seemed to be creeping up her back...

"Hm...?" Beryl froze up for a split second on sensing this, now slowly looking over her shoulder, only to be met with the fierce glow of a fire that had suddenly engulfed part of her scarf. "A-AAAHHH!!" Shouting in surprise, she immediately removed the scarf and did everything she could to stop the flames from spreading. Unfortunately, all of her attempts to dissolve it were unsuccessful. Growing increasingly frantic as her scarf burned, she resorted to one last option: Now running over to the pond Shula had spotted earlier, she quickly submerged her scarf in the water. Under normal circumstances this would have worked...though upon touching the water, the flames only seemed to burst out more violently, rather than immediately fizzling.

"W-What?! NO!!" Beryl cried out in confusion and pure dismay at the situation, as she now could only watch as her scarf was fully engulfed by the fire. It only took a few moments for the process of it being turned into ash, but from Beryl's point of view, it felt like an eternity. Reaching out feebly for the remains of her scarf, her hand and head slowly lowered as the last few ashes blew away in the wind. Audible sobbing could be heard from the young Faunus at this point, as she slowly began to tear up, the wolf-like ears on top of her head also folding back in the process.

"W-Why...? Why did...?" Beryl muttered under her breath as she burried her face in her hands, unable to control her crying at this point, "S-Sis...I'm sorry...I couldn't...I couldn't keep it safe..."