New character, not a new player. Dated sometime this last week.
She stumbled through the forest huffing a puffing. Still trying to get wayward particles of whatever was floating around in Sun Mote Copse out of her nose and mouth. It clung to her coat and wasn't easily shaken off. At first, it was fun, like a mystical hung or clingy pup, but now it was becoming a nuisance. She heard the sound of rushing water in the distance and thought that perhaps she could wash it off.
The sun had set just a few hours ago and she had to follow her ears to get to the water as her eyes and nose were agitated. Once her paws felt the cool waves created by the falls creeping onto the shore she dove in. Rushing into the water until she was deep enough to emerge her head and still touch the bottom.
Then a silence. A rumble of the falls. The echoey slow sounds that everyone knew if they had ever truly listed to water. Despite the pressure and resistance, she shook herself from side to side trying to free her pelt of its unwanted guests. Then she slowly rose up, up on her hind legs as she let her upper half float up. She let only her head escape from the water's grasp as she took a breath. Calmly she stayed there, like a happy croc taking in the sights of her first-ever moonbow.
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