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01-17-2016, 01:15 AM
A dream begins this way: Moon. Water. Dirt. In the dream, the sky floats black on the water and the moon floats sharp in them both, a chipped sickle blade discarded by some ancient, wayward god. In the dream, he is a boy on matchstick legs and he runs as if speed can save him from the voices rising like jackal cries in the night. It always shatters into nothing, and he wakes. Now, Caneo isn't dreaming. He is standing in full daylight as he stares across the sky. His hooves make ripples in it if he moves. Of course, Caneo doesn't move much. He entered the salt flats knowing everything about how to move in the world and how perception works, but then he got lost and the directions switched he started to wonder how gravity worked when you forgot how it was supposed to work. So now he's stuck. He's stuck, and bad memories crawl across the black parts of his mind with measured strides. They take the shapes of wolves and their teeth are like the moon, white, like the sand - white. He stares into the horizon, which has disappeared. And he wonders briefly if he will die here, if that's the worst thing that might happen or if trying - moving - might be worse. After all, he falls into the sky (or the ground?) and is lost forever, is that worse? If he forgets how to walk upright for the rest of his life...? Caneo lowers his long face to stare at the gaunt, imploring creature reflected in the water round his fetlocks. With a snort, he shatters it, and his tail twitches. And maybe this is a dream. He supposes he will wait for night, if nothing else happens. This was a waste of time, anyway, since the place is insane and his head hurts and his feet are wet. Looking at the puddles makes a strange, sharp place inside him and he thinks he smells blood sometimes on the wind (hears jackals crying) and he wonders what insanity made anyone decide he should be on patrol. Another sigh. "There's nothing here." Except him. |
Table and Picture by Nicole (Niki)
ooc| patrol fellows @Rhoa & @Asavvi & @Evahna are welcome, also anyone else! Annnnd this post is really weird. idk
* violence & magic use always permitted *
Do not tag Caneo unless you are starting a new thread you would like me to see! Thank you!
