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Helovian Ancient
Stallion :: Equine :: ::
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All giggling ceases as the dark nose touches the water, ripples cascading out across the surface to disturb the replica of the full moon lingering atop the liquid. All is silent, even the hush of the breeze seeming to die down until only Mesec's and Lucius' breaths can be heard. Until a soft beating sound drifts up from below the water. A steady thu-thump, thu-thump.

A heartbeat.

Whatever hesitation stills the pair doesn't seem to matter to the spirits that drift about like disturbed orbs of smoke, flickering even as they remain motionless. Attentively watching. Awaiting Mesec's decision.

It is not Mesec who rightly chooses, the zephyr sweeping along on whispering wings to clutch the egg within its talons. For a moment, everything seems to hold still. Then all at once, the bridge dissolves, and you feel the water closing in on you. Slipping down your throat and nose, turning everything to blackness no matter if you try to struggle or fight. The pressure of weight settling against your body squeezes and constricts, surely you were wrong, the decision incorrect, the air will only last so long - !

But you're standing on the bank.

Not a drop of water lingers on your dark black coat, but you can recall the sensation nonetheless. Had it been a trick? Had it been real? A metaphor for the weight of the bond you will be taking on, a reminder of the gravity of your choice? But the egg lies safely in Lucius' talons, and all the lights but the largest flicker out. It bobs forward cheerily, and with a last joyous, almost mischievous giggle, it disappears.



Congratulations Mesec! You have been gifted a Common Kitsune! Please post in updates when it hatches.


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Messages In This Thread
ghost lights - by Random Event - 11-08-2016, 06:06 PM
RE: ghost lights - by Mesec - 11-08-2016, 06:50 PM
RE: ghost lights - by Vesper - 11-13-2016, 11:27 PM
RE: ghost lights - by Random Event - 11-16-2016, 11:53 PM
RE: ghost lights - by Mesec - 11-19-2016, 11:12 AM
RE: ghost lights - by Random Event - 11-29-2016, 07:54 PM
RE: ghost lights - by Mesec - 11-29-2016, 09:53 PM
RE: ghost lights - by Random Event - 12-14-2016, 01:43 AM

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