Breaking homes and hearts

[PRIVATE] Breaking homes and hearts

Areli Posts: 82

Absent Abyss atk: 6.0 | def: 10 | dam: 4.5

Mare :: Pegasus :: 15.3 hh :: 3 (Birdsong) HP: 65.5 | Buff: NOVICE

Bee :: Grey Wolf :: None Shady

05-01-2015, 06:23 PM (This post was last modified: 05-09-2015, 11:28 AM by Areli.)

ARELI

You quiver in anticipation as Ilios approaches, doing your best not to move a muscle. When he veers right, you accidentally sigh aloud in relief, which makes you squeal all the louder as you realize what you’ve done. With the grace of a rampaging bull, you throw yourself out of the willow and crash into the next, sides heaving. Whew. That was close.

Settled beneath your new tree, you notice something you’d forgotten before, and you bite your lip anxiously at the way your coat glows softly amongst the deep green shadows of the grove. You’re about as easy to spot as a firefly on a summer night—easier, in fact, because you can’t turn it off. Wings hug your sides in an attempt at camouflage, but it’s an uncomfortable way to wait. Agitated and impatient, you glance around. That’s when you spot the muddy banks of the lagoon, in all of their squishy, stagnant glory. Sure, they might stink a bit, but they’ll hide you well. Keeping your steps light as can be, you slip towards the bank.

You’re lucky; the tree’s branches just brush the surface of the water, shielding both you and the bank from view. You need all the help you can get, given that you’re not the most quiet of creatures and the footing here is slippery. The mud is slick, presumably from an autumn mist, making you frown in concentration as you wobble your way towards the muck. Almost…th--!

It’s predictable really, what happens next: your hooves slide in the clay, and you overcompensate. But the sudden movement does you in, sending you tumbling into the pond with a loud splash and an even louder scream.

So much for subtlety.