Cartouche
October 03, 2015, 05:23 PM
Wide-set paws struggled through the deeply saturated soil. A kick of haunch sent the brown ruffian forward, hopping from a sinking patch of vegetation to the nearest hillock just across the damp abyss. Short, blunt claws raked the earth, no concern for the patches of overturned mud left in wake, oblivious to fact most didn't ravage the land they traveled across. Wide ears floated to and fro across broad skull, catching whispers of birds and the hiss of water against shore. Just a little further...
The slopes gave way, at last, to... nothing. Intense stare drifted across the dense population of rocks to spot neither obvious food or fortune. It wasn't until a wave spat upon the rocky beach that a shower of mist enveloped the skyline and replenished the copious tidepools below that attention deserted the thrill of a chase to something more subdued.
A sharp inhale of leathery nostrils swallowed the sea air in abundance and paws set gait anew. Though neither overly agile or overly obtuse, the male dog was capable of maneuvering the sharp dips and shifts of algae encrusted stone. Once again, blithe sway of limbs gave little care or concern for damaging the wildlife.
The slopes gave way, at last, to... nothing. Intense stare drifted across the dense population of rocks to spot neither obvious food or fortune. It wasn't until a wave spat upon the rocky beach that a shower of mist enveloped the skyline and replenished the copious tidepools below that attention deserted the thrill of a chase to something more subdued.
A sharp inhale of leathery nostrils swallowed the sea air in abundance and paws set gait anew. Though neither overly agile or overly obtuse, the male dog was capable of maneuvering the sharp dips and shifts of algae encrusted stone. Once again, blithe sway of limbs gave little care or concern for damaging the wildlife.