Duck Lake 不運 [P3]

this is perfect!! thanks for starting (:

 

he knows that they are supposed to stay at the stones -- but he is out gathering. @Valette knows that he's in the surrounding territories searching for medicinal herbs, and since @Indra is off on her hunting trip he didn't need to tell his mother. he worries for her, the earth is unforgiving. he wishes he could've gone with her, but he knows that he must take care of his family here... mama would be so angry with him if he abandoned them, especially in this treacherous time but... but oh!! marten just wishes he could've stuck by her side. what if something happened? what if something terrible happened?? 

these were the thoughts that burned through his pale skull as he walked, his brow furrowed. in his jaws were those yellow flowers that he'd learned to be good for fighting infection, along with a thick ball of moss. he was hoping to find some more spider webs, because he was pretty sure the amount of falling and wobbling everyone was doing was surely going to bring around some scratches... but it seemed the tremors must've shaken them all down. or maybe he just didn't know where to look -- he was still learning, after all. 

by the time he had reached the lake, marten was ready to turn back -- he had promised that he wouldn't go far. he spotted a wolf a little distance away, noting the fiery reds of his fur. he reminds him of indra, vaguely, and marten wonders if he would've had red fur too... had he been indra's true son. he doesn't get a great look at the stranger beyond that, and almost turns to leave when a distant rumbling catches him off guard. no!! not again -- not now, he was too far from the pack -- too far from the stones, what if someone got hurt?? 

knowing better than to start running, marten flattens himself to the ground, the stranger in his line of sight. when the shaking hits them, marten is stable and flat -- nothing is above them threatening to fall... ah, but the redhead in the distance lurches forwards, and marten watches as his ankle rolls and he falls into the shore of the lake. he's reminded of vespera's fall into the water in east hollow, and marten can't stop himself from beginning to army crawl towards the lake, holding down whatever sense of panic he may have... 

he gets close quickly, he wasn't that far off to begin with, and over the sound of the tremor marten yells, are you okay!!? crouch low!! it's easier to keep upright!! and he waits for the stranger to get up.