[ The instant your hand touches the lantern, the small flame blooms into a something huge and bright like an unfolding star, light flooding the Haven as well as your mind.
In that moment, the world disappears into that flash of light and it feels like the satisfaction of a full stomach when you have once known hunger, and having enough to make sure the plates of your loved ones are full as well;
it feels like a soft, warm bed when you've once known exhaustion, and knowing your loved ones are safely asleep and having good dreams;
it feels like sun on your face on a crisp, spring day, like the color of new leaves and a budding feeling of potential, like the humanitarian solidarity behind the words "my heart is with you";
it feels a little bit like love.
Your eyes adjust to the light and the Haven resolves back into place, right where you left it. The newly brightened lantern illuminates an even greater radius than before.]
Re: Haven
In that moment, the world disappears into that flash of light and it feels like the satisfaction of a full stomach when you have once known hunger, and having enough to make sure the plates of your loved ones are full as well;
it feels like a soft, warm bed when you've once known exhaustion, and knowing your loved ones are safely asleep and having good dreams;
it feels like sun on your face on a crisp, spring day, like the color of new leaves and a budding feeling of potential, like the humanitarian solidarity behind the words "my heart is with you";
it feels a little bit like love.
Your eyes adjust to the light and the Haven resolves back into place, right where you left it. The newly brightened lantern illuminates an even greater radius than before.]