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UNICORNS :: Swimming the Coast, Round TWO (fixed)

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The cherry stallion stained dark by the sea, keeps his legs churning in desperate circles against the acrid currents. They slosh and slap at his face as if he were a boulder that crept too close to the angry coast, except he was not quite as strong as a boulder. He swallowed and gulped down mouthfuls of water, and he felt crawling shock sink into his legs. He hadn't realized he'd moved at all. But the stallion was indeed whizzing down the Throat's curved shore. He had no memory of anyone else there but him. The other unicorns, the herdlands they represented, none of it mattered now, it was just a struggle to keep your heads above ravenous waves.

The first thing he noticed was that the temperature was warmer. At first thought, Validino mistook himself overheating. But as his teal eyes absorbed the narrowing river he pushed himself into the line of swimmers and he finally noticed his opponents. They were ahead of him and both of them were bay and he knew them to the World's Edge.

He quickly and cautiously found himself under the landbridge and the world just then felt ridiculously small. Bodies twisted and fought the water with some hope of pushing themselves ahead, but Validino was primarily focused on breathing and the steadiness of his leg thrusts. The awkward mixture of the current and sullen leg thrusts somehow saw him blasting out of the dim cavern and raging into the bright lights. He waved his horn slightly, and threw his weight into his shoulders that were beginning to burn. The army of swimmers continued westward.


Validino
through the storm we reach the shore


Messages In This Thread
RE: UNICORNS :: Swimming the Coast, Round TWO (fixed) - by Monster - 09-19-2012, 03:33 PM
RE: UNICORNS :: Swimming the Coast, Round TWO (fixed) - by Cineviam - 09-20-2012, 06:03 PM
RE: UNICORNS :: Swimming the Coast, Round TWO (fixed) - by Aurelius - 09-22-2012, 03:34 PM
RE: UNICORNS :: Swimming the Coast, Round TWO (fixed) - by Validino - 09-23-2012, 06:51 AM

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