Not long now

Temple of the Wandering Cloister Gardens

Time passed by slowly as the three Penintents spent some time together. Although none of the knew, it was part of the tradition of the Pilgrimage of Bones for those that emerge from rhe desert to meet one the night before the Trial was supposed to start.

Islana could tell that Silina had similar thoughts to her own, that maybe the Trial meant that the three of them would have to fight one another, while Madaya was quite happy to just sit under the starts and moon enjoying the company of the two older girls.

Islana and Silina exchanged pleasantries up to a point but they knew that once they left this garden they would be back to being rivals for the honour of being the new vessel Sister Locust.

For one second Islana wondered something she had not considered before. What would me at to be the host to a spirit that was at least two thousand years old? How would her own personality survive among hundreds of other previous incarcerations.

Later in the evening as Silina looked at the dissapearing waning moon, servants returned to collect the three and return them to their quarters.

"It will start tomorrow..." Silina said before turning away and leave the garden.