Last breath of a survivor

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[DROP] Last breath of a survivor

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Mare :: Unicorn :: 17hh :: 4 Buff: NOVICE

Sei

#39

09-18-2013, 01:38 PM

Artemis was indifferent to the arguing of the other horses. Her nest was made, and although working together was a fine idea, she was certain even such 'righteous' souls had ulterior motives. Maybe they said these things in order to get their so called 'prize'. Convince the doe that it would be no slave, for their own gain. Her eyes rolled and the large mare leaned almost casually against the nearest tree, her eyes filled with sorrow for the doe, yet indifference to the equines that continued to argue and waste everyone's time, especially the fading deer's. Time, for her, was limited. The lights were fading fast.

But it was not the light that was the concern any longer. It was the darkness that concerned her. The lights that were cast from her delicate antlers served to brighten the gloom; the tiny lights flickering like tiny flames but providing the only real light source in the area beside the moon itself. The sounds started quickly as the equines chatted, and the unicorns ears pricked. She shifted, nickering quickly as a low warning; a silent shut the hell up, everyone as she tried to hear the noise over jabbering voices. The others soon silenced.

No! Somebody screamed, rearing and lashing out at an invisible enemy. Others panicked, clambering aimlessly. One was wounded, darting in front of the horn of another. All Artemis knew was, through the blurred bodies of panicked horses, the darkness was moving.

Her first instinct was to stop and fight, but as she reared and lashed out, she realized her legs caught nothing but air; the tar like darkness seemed to avoid her movements with ease, its fluid form reaching out to envelope her legs. With a snort she managed to dance to the side, away from pawing tendrils off blackness. Her eyes found the faintly glowing orb as the darkness began to seep over the doe. She was lost, and Artemis forced herself to forget the wide eyed gaze of the mysterious deer. Her focus shifted onto her burden and she burst forward into a canter, leaping over thick gloom. As she landed, the tendrils lashed out again, gripping her legs and almost causing her to tumble. Letting out a gasp, she struggled against the bindings, bucking in an attempt to free herself from the tar.

Hopeless.

She neared the orb, finding its form glimmering faintly as tar began to envelope its form like black waves crashing in slow motion over pearly cliffs. She called out, but her words were lost in the jumble of shouts and pleads of the others. Her muscles ached as she forced her mammoth form forwards, wading as fast as she could until at last she was in reach. She leaned out, neck outstretched as she tried to grab the orb before it was banished under the cover of black, so that she might throw it toward someone less stuck. The more she moved, the more the thing sucked her down; a tangled web of ebony draping over her legs and entangling her long, strong limbs.

Just a little further...

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