from where you are

[PRIVATE] from where you are

Voodoo Posts: 231

Outcast atk: 7.5 | def: 10 | dam: 2.5

Stallion :: Unicorn :: 16.2 :: Eight :: Birdsong HP: 61.5 | Buff: NOVICE

Ouija :: Arctic Fox :: None Nevada

06-14-2016, 03:29 PM (This post was last modified: 06-14-2016, 03:30 PM by Voodoo.)

The ocean had always been a point of interest for you, especially in your adolescent years. You have visited these same shores many times, making your way down the entire coast a time or two before the earth softened and began to grow dark and eerie in the swamps. It could have easily taken your life, the ocean. 'Do you remember?' we whispered, dragging up images of the dark waters and heavy clouds that hid the moon and stars from the inhabitants of the Earth. You had been standing belly deep, your body simply a hollow shell, carrying only the weight of your demons. Depression had been clinging to your throat for weeks, each day it's grasp growing tighter and tighter until it hurt to breathe.

You were a sleepwalking monster.

But the little girl, the one with the pesky questions and the heart that was too big for her own good found, she found you before you could dive in any deeper. She babbled and splashed into the frigid winter water; her little body would have been washed out by one rough wave, and you were not worth her risking her life.. you never have been and never will be. You had to drive her off by pushing her little body out of the waves before they took the wrong life. The night was long and cold, spent wide awake and shivering hard enough to make your teeth rattle in your skull.

But now it was all different: you manage your depression and have learned to ignore us no matter how loud we scream. Ouija had been your saving grace, and so had becoming a father. You could only hope that Ryuu would turn out better than you have, and hopefully the hybrid mare with the red eyes raised him right. In the back of your mind you know that Ouija is more your child than Ryuu has ever been.

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The sun broke through the morning clouds, their rays already warming the white sand and waking the small, plump, brown birds in their dry grass nests. Ouija rode stretched out on your back, her right hind leg hanging over your side while her face stayed buried in your hair. She napped heavily, occasionally twitching her little black toes and flexing her small paws. Gentle breezes passed through the trails in the sand dunes just hard enough to rustle the tall shoots of ocean foliage. The path lead you up the beach, toward the Grove that you had so little knowledge of. Soon enough, it spit you out on the shore just beside a small creek that cut straight from the dunes to the calm ocean.

The white fox finally stirred, a squeaky yawn causing one ear to turn back and listen to the creature awake. "Good morning." you called back to the canine as she grumbled and stretched. Front legs reached out on either side of your withers before she nearly lost her balance, big black eyes opening to nothing but a curtain of hair and muted sunlight. Tiny claws gripped your hide unsuccessfully and she toppled off of your left side to land on her back and she flailed in the air for a split second. The impact knocked the air from her lungs, resulting in a rough "huff" noise that made you laugh.

"Are you okay?" you stopped, turning your haunches away from the child as she rolled to her feet and grumbled in her head. 'I'm fine.' The sass in her voice could have turned her nose up for her if she had allowed it. A smile danced on your matte lips and the laughter remained to soften your features. Ouija scanned the beach and a pink tongue wetted her dark lips. 'Is that-' the kit sniffed the air, big ears tipping backward as she did so. 'your friend? Aly?' the name came to her from your memories.

Curious, you looked as well, glossy eyes narrowing as if it would help you decipher whether or not the pegasus at the edge of the water was Alyssane or not. Light glinted off of the water and cast a dark shadow on the woman in the ocean. "....Possibly?" you mutter. Naturally, Ouija had already started plodding down the beach, little paws trotting happily toward who may just be a stranger. Long legs reached out in short strides, a peppy trot catching up with the fox quicker than she had expected. Upon approaching the woman, the sun did in fact reveal the emerald eyed beauty.

"Aly?" you call, raspy voice full of hope and excitement. Your long tail arched, the curls rippling and bouncing as you moved; maybe if you had a bigger build, you could have been pretty at one point, but you'll always look like a goofy teenager that couldn't catch up with their limbs fast enough. Finally your flaky feet touch the wet sand, the water washing over your toes while you stopped to examine your friend from a comfortable distance.

"Voodoo." 'Ouija.' 'Voices.'

Ooc: I promise it'll get better, I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. c:
@[Alysanne]