September 16, 2013, 01:10 AM
OOC: BTW, if someone wants to make this into a stinkbug or bombardier or something for the lulz, you should absolutely feel free to do so. :P I do not intend for this thread to be ttly srs bzns.
The skies above were just beginning to darken, the near-cloudless expanse of bright, even blue pulling back as evening encroached, deepening its cloak to midnight for the late summer’s night. The lowering sun stretched shadows long and threw into stark relief every bump, every rut, and every imperfection in the texture of the strange landscape. Galahad dragged his weary feet along another few steps and then paused to examine the rough gray bark of a nearby tree. It looked just a little strange, and smelled stranger, this silent guardian of the forest; like the rest of the environment here, on its own it wasn’t that different from the lands where he’d grown up, but taken as a whole the gestalt was just “off” enough to his senses to be unsettling. Rarely had he missed his family more acutely, if only for the familiarity of them, but the young pup refused to admit this even to himself. He sniffed warily at the tree and then sketched a curving path around the obstacle for himself, giving the weirdness of the thicker forest a wide berth. His perturbation showed itself in the small furrow in his black brow and the too-serious expression his face wore, unusual in one so young. His apprehensive mien intensified, then relaxed somewhat, as he spied a strange beetle crawling its way up a long strand of grass just ahead. First he paused with one large ebony paw lifted uncertainly, and then he crept cautiously forward, golden eyes wide and intent as they fixated unblinkingly on the small insect. He stopped just short of the beetle, crouching down a bit and staring in fascination as the insect carelessly resettled its wings and scrubbed its feet clean. “Never seen one like that before,” he muttered, commenting aloud to himself as he was often prone to do. He half-reached out a paw to poke the thing in curiosity as it sat there, then drew back again, reconsidering. Should he?
The skies above were just beginning to darken, the near-cloudless expanse of bright, even blue pulling back as evening encroached, deepening its cloak to midnight for the late summer’s night. The lowering sun stretched shadows long and threw into stark relief every bump, every rut, and every imperfection in the texture of the strange landscape. Galahad dragged his weary feet along another few steps and then paused to examine the rough gray bark of a nearby tree. It looked just a little strange, and smelled stranger, this silent guardian of the forest; like the rest of the environment here, on its own it wasn’t that different from the lands where he’d grown up, but taken as a whole the gestalt was just “off” enough to his senses to be unsettling. Rarely had he missed his family more acutely, if only for the familiarity of them, but the young pup refused to admit this even to himself. He sniffed warily at the tree and then sketched a curving path around the obstacle for himself, giving the weirdness of the thicker forest a wide berth. His perturbation showed itself in the small furrow in his black brow and the too-serious expression his face wore, unusual in one so young. His apprehensive mien intensified, then relaxed somewhat, as he spied a strange beetle crawling its way up a long strand of grass just ahead. First he paused with one large ebony paw lifted uncertainly, and then he crept cautiously forward, golden eyes wide and intent as they fixated unblinkingly on the small insect. He stopped just short of the beetle, crouching down a bit and staring in fascination as the insect carelessly resettled its wings and scrubbed its feet clean. “Never seen one like that before,” he muttered, commenting aloud to himself as he was often prone to do. He half-reached out a paw to poke the thing in curiosity as it sat there, then drew back again, reconsidering. Should he?
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The Unicorn Lived in a Lilac Wood, and she lived all alone - by Galahad the Younger - September 16, 2013, 01:10 AM
RE: The Unicorn Lived in a Lilac Wood, and she lived all alone - by Gramps - September 16, 2013, 04:48 PM
RE: The Unicorn Lived in a Lilac Wood, and she lived all alone - by Galahad the Younger - September 18, 2013, 03:14 AM
RE: The Unicorn Lived in a Lilac Wood, and she lived all alone - by Gramps - September 18, 2013, 04:15 PM