At the densest section of the forest, there is a brief clearing where a steady flow of water streams down the slippery stone staircase. The water here is cool and refreshing. Staircase Falls has been rumoured to be the place where reality is met by magic; where peaceful spirits dwell. They are rumoured to have healing powers that are used to help the desperately hurt, though no one has experienced this, except for, perhaps, Kaive.
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Posted on July 17, 2012 at 04:07:30 PM by L E O
My day wasn’t going as planned… of course- it never does… but today seemed like the Gods wished to throw obstacles in my way wherever I went. My pillars have grown longer and my paws more slender and less gangly… I still own up to my baby fur-though, and it is hardly double-layered just yet… but it’s as soft as a baby’s rear end, so I suppose it’s not that much of a bad thing after all. Father is back in spring Grounds again… and he and mum had just reunited- it’s a wonderful thing- seeing those two together again… NEMO’s head seems to have been cleared of it’s fog that it used to harbor… he knows me now- and I often catch him pulling secretive glances at me. If I do catch him in this act, I’ll stand up straighter and do everything he does. Eat like he does- walk like he does, hips swaying seductively from side to side, I’ve begun to even move like he does. Because he’s half-blind, he is more observant than a normal fully sighted wolf would be… so I guess I’ve begun to pick up on vibrations in the ground… yes, you could say I’ve been watching dad… I hope I gain his approval sometime soon… maybe when I age another month… I’ll be a teen by then, won’t I? If I even live that long- no. I have to… I have to protect her. I wish to see my mum again soon, as well… I don’t know if she’s okay or not… Valerio stood up for me when I met another girl with a strange and long name…. reed, the boy who had poked a jesting finger at me was snapped at by my sibling… I still try to hide the smile on my face as I remember this… but it’s impossible. What he did, I can’t recall… but honestly, I was more determined to make sure the younger girl with the strange name was taken care of… she was so skinny… and had gone after a mouse, which I had quickly snagged up after she missed it with clumsy paws… I turn my dial to the side, wondering if I should be heading home now… after all, I want to talk to mum… but there’s something else that catches my emerald and topaz optics. A feeling of surreal behavior hit me and I stopped, my pillars frozen in that spot on the tundra, so tightly pulled were the muscles that I’m sure if anyone tried to knock me over, I would break right off of the columns. Was that… no- it couldn’t be. But as my head found itself and finally got back into its rocker, I realized that it was indeed… siren. Just then, my legs had a will of their own, and extreme anger melted the ice that had once encased the pistons beneath my bodice. No words found their way into the awaiting atmosphere- instead, the splash of refreshing cold water beat down into my pads like a deadweight… reaching down (totally ignoring the frigid liquid), I wrapped my jowls around her nape and pulled her up, breaking the surface myself with her light-as-a-feather mass in my care. Her instincts would surely kick in soon… and then I would be a bloodied mess, but this was the girl I had promised to protect… the one I was destined to watch over and follow every command. My paws dig into the rocks, cutting up my pillars as my incisors dig into her fluff, trying to find the skin underneath… If she has hurt me, I will keep going, dragging and pulling her up onto the shoreline… this girl is my world- I barely know her, but I know that she’s the one I should be living to die for. Not in a romantic way- at least not yet (hell I don’t even understand that becoming one’s protector often assumes the position that you are bound to the one you’re protecting by a strong bond… often a marital one). I don’t know if it ever will be… but I can’t let her die right now. I drop her slowly, lowering her head softly to the shoreline as I look around for something to give to her. There’s not enough time to go and stalk a rat or something small enough for me to catch. I can get fish, but that takes patience, and that’s something I’m definitely not up for… she needs something now… I lower my apex to her maw, making sure that she’s still breathing, then I sprint off into the wooded area around the clearing, searching desperately for any kind of edible and non-toxic berry that I can find. What did mum give me when I was hungry but was getting weaned?! I can’t recall… all I know is the bitter yet somehow sweet taste… it was red, soft, and a little fluffy… Praise the Gods… a bush to my right held such berries, and I licked one up, testing it on myself to make sure that it wasn’t a type that was going to cause an upset stomach, or even cause death… When I did not fall over dead, I grabbed as much as I could on a single branch and loped back, breaking off the small berries one at a time with careful jaws and gentle pads that were still gushing blood from the sharp rocks along the shoreline… next came the hard part. If siren was still flailing… I wouldn’t be able to get these in her mouth… Puffing up my chest, I readied myself for her and pounced, putting all my weight on her shoulder bones to keep her down as I forced my maw into her own, dropping the berries into her tiny deprived maw, then opening my mouth and wrapping my jug around hers to close it in case she decided they didn’t taste good and tried to spit them back out. eat it… eat…. Please eat… I prayed to Tor for her kind hand… and I prayed to Fenris to keep my strength up so that I didn’t lose her because of her instincts.. word count: 1035 ooc: sort of powerplayed…  |
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