and i'm stuck in some kind of cave

Rating: Mature | Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply | Fandoms: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Video Game)

Categories: F/F | For: MachineryField | WC: 100 | Dated: 2023-01-24 | the lamb | Read on AO3

Relationships: Melia Ancient | Melia Antiqua/Niyah | Nia

Characters: Melia Ancient | Melia Antiqua, Niyah | Nia

Additional: Drabble, Inspired by Music, Source: Genesis, Source: Peter Gabriel

It's dark in here.

Cramped.

Cold.

No ether. Intentionally so, of course, but...

"Oh, Nia..."

"I'm...fine. D-don't worry about me."

Nia's twitching left eye betrays her, however. The ambient memories filtering into Melia's mind show just why.

"It's a shame I'm not the one wanting for ether," she says sadly. "You could give it to me, but I..."

The barking hiss of laughter is just as deranged as the twitch. "Your understanding of Blades is a little tweaked, Melia. I can't do shit, here."

Neither can a half-Entia. Telethia rage threatens to burst out, and destroy this wretched cage.