November 06, 2018, 12:12 AM
The days were getting colder now. Phoebe decided rather quickly that she was not a fan of this at all after the first great gale of icy wind sent shivers down along her spine. The weather was definitely more tolerable during the daylight though, so long as the slivers of sunlight peered through. She stuck to those sunbeam patches as best she could as she roamed, albeit on a task. Her mother had sent her out—more than likely to keep all her kids cooped up and driving her crazy—to bring back the leaves of a particular plant. The name had already slipped her memory for the time being, but she knew which one to go and find.
The trick was, finding it. So late in the season, the chances of her actually stumbling across it growing so wildly as it had been earlier had slimmed considerably. But there were still a few places she had been informed to check and none of them too terribly far off from the den. Of course she had to do a little bit of wandering off too... what was an adventure without it? There was little hesitation in making the decision to go out and in no matter of time the sight of the plateau's prize lake was creeping up into view.
Phoebe hadn't forgotten about the last trip they had made here though. Eljay having to pluck her siblings from the water, not to mention just how freezing that water had been—perhaps she had really not have been out there. The thought did cross her mind but her feet seemed to have a mind of her own and besides, the plant she was after did grow there.
Sidling up along the slope to the water's edge, she honed her focus, hoping to spy a wilting leafy green in among the fading reeds. What she instead found early into her search was a dark figure all but snaking along. For a split second she thought it to be one of her own siblings, or perhaps even a cousin, but instead it had to be That One. Tywyll, or whatever his name was. Though a little fuzzy too in her recollection, she remembered the negativity of their first and last encounter.
Even with him coming her way, she swiftly turned on her heel to go the opposite way.
Nope nope nope nope—abort this mission right now.
The trick was, finding it. So late in the season, the chances of her actually stumbling across it growing so wildly as it had been earlier had slimmed considerably. But there were still a few places she had been informed to check and none of them too terribly far off from the den. Of course she had to do a little bit of wandering off too... what was an adventure without it? There was little hesitation in making the decision to go out and in no matter of time the sight of the plateau's prize lake was creeping up into view.
Phoebe hadn't forgotten about the last trip they had made here though. Eljay having to pluck her siblings from the water, not to mention just how freezing that water had been—perhaps she had really not have been out there. The thought did cross her mind but her feet seemed to have a mind of her own and besides, the plant she was after did grow there.
Sidling up along the slope to the water's edge, she honed her focus, hoping to spy a wilting leafy green in among the fading reeds. What she instead found early into her search was a dark figure all but snaking along. For a split second she thought it to be one of her own siblings, or perhaps even a cousin, but instead it had to be That One. Tywyll, or whatever his name was. Though a little fuzzy too in her recollection, she remembered the negativity of their first and last encounter.
Even with him coming her way, she swiftly turned on her heel to go the opposite way.
Nope nope nope nope—abort this mission right now.
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RE: giblets - by Phoebe - November 06, 2018, 12:12 AM
RE: giblets - by Tye - November 07, 2018, 08:48 PM
RE: giblets - by Phoebe - November 18, 2018, 02:09 AM
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