Title Reaching for the Stars
Author landofthekwt
Rating PG
Word Count 269
Warning none
Summary Alia paints a star for her mother
Atonement Atonement What did she have to atone for. So she disrupted Amatersu's speech at Izumo when she was a baby. So she nearly killed Amatersu's pet. That was all in the past.
She could hardly be blamed for the character she was drawn from. It was only a character in a book after all. Even though the memories were ingrained in her, that person was not her and thouse memories were not hers.
But her grandmother had assented to keep the peace. And her mother had sighed and given in the crazies kamis An that was how she ended up here panting stars on the firmament of heaven
They were not even real stars It was actually a money making scam perpetrated by the kami to make up for declining monies contributed at shrines All completely legal All tax deductible to the faithful
As soon as she painted one on the ceiling, it disappeared All her hard work gone up in smoke. Normally.,names would appear on the star as soon as she finished them. She assumed that the name or number as it were meant something.
The sim wemt down signalling the end of the end. Alia was exhausted She noticed that one star that shepainted was still in the sky The name "Kagome" was emblazoned on it. Alia looked around and put the star in her pocket Wouldn't Mom be surprised?
When she got home and reached for the star she found that it was gone. She had nothing to give her Mom. The star that had her name on it had disappeared.