the Rift


[OPEN] A rift between them

Aquila Posts: 95
Outcast atk: 5 | def: 9 | dam: 5.5
Mare :: Hybrid :: 16.2 :: 6 HP: 62 | Buff: NOVICE
Craonos :: Common Narwhal Leviathan :: Boil smitty
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The wind had whipped away and semblance of warmth and color from her coat. She was so dry, her plated skin was ashen— only the smallest semblance of dark stripes could be seen among the ridges and valleys of her hide. And she shivered, oh how she shivered. The trek across the open meadow had been arduous, windy, and frigid. Breath had stuck as icicles to the ridges around her nostrils, which were lined with displeasure in a permanent scowl. Unblinking eyes had caught the sight of trees, and she had nearly flown, so fleet were her webbed hooves over the snow, to the Grove of trees.

The pool of clear, if icy, water was a happy coincidence. Part of her was shocked that she had not scented the liquid— but most of her was too desiccated and frozen to care. So, winding between the trunks with the fluidity of a fish, webbed and cloven hooves broke through the thin and patchy ice at the pond’s edge. The effect of the liquid hitting her skin was instantaneous— vivid hues leaping back to life as it rehydrated. Though it was frigid freshwater (her body preferred salt), it was still gratifying.

A low, throaty groan of relief came from her throat, too-large eyes closing in a prolonged blink as her barbed tail twitched in pleasure. She continued, one step, two steps, up to her chest in the arctic lake. Chills still racked her body, vibrating her ridges and face-fins, but at least she was no longer withering from being parched.

It was a rare moment for the woman of the sea. A moment of respite, a break in her vigilance, a lull in her guilty fury at having her home ripped from her. Perhaps the cold had slowed down her mind, but for these fleeting minutes, she was nearly relaxed.

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@Raistlyn :D
Also, sorry this is kind of short. I forgot how hard it can be to start threads.

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