Crabs?! Giant crabs?! That definitely sounded like a creature from his worst nightmares, ranking right up there with ponies and Bambi.
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August 15, 2019, 11:10 PM
Driftwood's sandy-furred paws stuttered in the water as the specter of a young doe suddenly came speeding into view, leaping and pirouetting and then starting to flail as her hooves hit the softer sands of the beach. For a long moment, Drift forgot how to breathe, his wide eyes riveted to the deer's form. As he froze up, his paws came to a halt too, with the rather predictable result that he began to sink.
The literal splash of cold water to his face, lapping up over his snout and tickling his eyes and ears with the spray of the next small wave, brought him a little more to his senses. Spluttering and choking, Driftwood flailed about a fair bit himself before managing a clumsy dogpaddled lurch a bit further away from the shore. As he bobbled there hacking and coughing and trying to clear his watering eyes for a moment, it did cross his mind that he'd've sworn he saw a dark wolfshadow there as well for just a brief instant...
Driftwood pushes himself awkwardly another leg-length away from the beachhead while craning his neck in that direction. His pipes aren't quite clear and still inclined to cough and hack, but at least he can sorta breathe again now and see much better through his eyes even if they still sting a little. For one heart-pounding instant he thinks this shadowy wolf figure is in truth a monster formed of strange, blood-limned shadows, but then the errant breeze carries the other's scent to him and he realizes it's deer's blood, intermixing with the strange red hue the sunrise limns the other's fur with. More concerningly, he doesn't see the deer anywhere however, and Driftwood paddles and shoves himself another half-leg's-length further out as he casts doubtful wild looks all around before realizing that the limp form between the bloody shadow's forepaws is the deer. And that none of her friends seem to have showed up to exact their revenge, thankfully. Driftwood coughs and tries to clear his throat before croaking across the fitful suntouched waves:
The literal splash of cold water to his face, lapping up over his snout and tickling his eyes and ears with the spray of the next small wave, brought him a little more to his senses. Spluttering and choking, Driftwood flailed about a fair bit himself before managing a clumsy dogpaddled lurch a bit further away from the shore. As he bobbled there hacking and coughing and trying to clear his watering eyes for a moment, it did cross his mind that he'd've sworn he saw a dark wolfshadow there as well for just a brief instant...
Driftwood pushes himself awkwardly another leg-length away from the beachhead while craning his neck in that direction. His pipes aren't quite clear and still inclined to cough and hack, but at least he can sorta breathe again now and see much better through his eyes even if they still sting a little. For one heart-pounding instant he thinks this shadowy wolf figure is in truth a monster formed of strange, blood-limned shadows, but then the errant breeze carries the other's scent to him and he realizes it's deer's blood, intermixing with the strange red hue the sunrise limns the other's fur with. More concerningly, he doesn't see the deer anywhere however, and Driftwood paddles and shoves himself another half-leg's-length further out as he casts doubtful wild looks all around before realizing that the limp form between the bloody shadow's forepaws is the deer. And that none of her friends seem to have showed up to exact their revenge, thankfully. Driftwood coughs and tries to clear his throat before croaking across the fitful suntouched waves:
Are you sure it's completely dead?
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Danger, Will Robinson - by Driftwood - July 07, 2019, 10:35 AM
RE: Danger, Will Robinson - by Ulysses - July 29, 2019, 02:16 AM
RE: Danger, Will Robinson - by Driftwood - August 15, 2019, 11:10 PM
RE: Danger, Will Robinson - by Ulysses - August 25, 2019, 12:56 PM