Heir to the throne

~•Chapter 5•~

High above the town of Dirtmouth where wind screams with a deafening ring is the Howling cliffs, deep within these cliffs sits a room where a sacred butterfly flutters as it was worshipped for the healing blood that it oozed. A religion of it was born around it as the blood had given bugs more life to spare until their untimely passing, one such follower was a bug named lampy. She had lost her left eye in a fight to protect herself from predators outside of the hollownest, the blood had gifted her vision but her gift was soon seen as a sign of blessing. As her right eye turned blue a butterfly made from the blood sprouted from the left having. The days afterwards she was referred to as lampy, Madden of lifeblood and worshipped her as a queen of sorts. This religion surrounding the lifeblood had sadly died out with their leader Joni, but legend say that one still lives to tell the tale of it. A shining beacon of wisdom for Joni's knowledge still lives up on the cliffs.

As the window bellows through the cliffs edges causing a cry to ring out ignored by  one person having built his hut up there but he wasn't our focus, venturing deep underneath him passing platforms surrounded by bright blue butterflies as they fluttered around the pit until it reached a room's entrance. A stone table sits inside this room supporting a small body as it rests on top of it, antennae softly curling at the middle as it lead to a bow then the head having a blank stare with the ceiling, her arm's folded across chest as the Capparace went down until it was above her thighs having the knees bent up.

This body was Joni, gospel and first follower of lifeblood, as this was her final resting place. Close by the table kneeled another bug but she was significantly taller in size. Her mask was Symmetrical as it four horns on top with one set being bigger and tusks pointing to the sides, her body was hidden under ribbons of cloth that started dark before fading halfway into a bright sky blue. The bugs eyes we're closed except the left as it was covered by a butterfly. This was Lampy, Madden of lifeblood, bidding goodbye to her gospel one last time with her spear strappebaco her back whispering a pray until she stood.

Exiting Joni's repose she jumps from platform to platform, not disturbing the butterflies, until she reached the top where all that remains is a hall ahead of her. Turning her head to look back one last time before walking away from the place of her blessing.

Falling into King's pass she goes forward going through the passage until the fluttering of wings draws her attention, behind her as the door ahead lays opened she finds a lifeblood pod in a cave hanging to the ceiling. Jumping to it she lifts a hand up to the pod she feels the lifeseed inside swim to her hand as she feels them welcome her before the butterfly on her mask began to flutter "Seek the heir, join him to our ways." A whisper echoed around her as she listened to them speak until her hand fell.

She steps away with resolution set on her heart before nodding, jumping away she pulls a small jar from her cloak holding lifeblood within it "You'll join our ranks soon heir of hollownest, so says the lifeblood." She says to herself before venturing forward into the door ahead of her.

~•Dirtmouth•~

As she simply sits on the stool behind the counter looking bored iselda had started a game of solitaire keeping herself busy. As she played papers were scattered around her each having been crumbled up, ink spilled onto it, or having words marked out. Iselda had used it as a means of a break from failing at making a love letter for y/n, she could quite capture the love she caught off him after so many attempts. Her romantic days had possibly flown after years of spending them with cornifer, her game was soon interrupted by the store bell ringing making her look up.