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October 03, 2014, 08:24 PM
wrapping this up and double posting to post a conclusion, java if you dont want caiaphas to see it happen let me know and i will gladly erase. mild PP here!!
They played the game of cold shoulder for the rest of the afternoon, with Caiaphas darting through damp and shadow and Atlas following beleaguered and almost reluctantly behind.
Across the span of the afternoon they discovered old bones from a wolf camp and the skull of a fox -- half sunk and swallowed by the riffling sand. The abandoned and half caved entrance of a wolf den. Bleached and splintered prey bones littered across the dark shoal.
When they had explored to Caiaphas' content they elected to swing back to the shore -- Caiaphas sullen, Atlas silent.
She dove into the water without a second pause despite the high tide that swarmed around them. She swam and her legs ached and pounded and she glanced back occasionally to see Atlas not far behind.
They were nearly half-way when a wave parted them from each other's company and with a look of horror Caiaphas watched as Atlas rose and fell and disappeared in the frothy swarm -- when she opened her mouth to call him the water cast over her and all that was heard was a gurgle -- she paused and started to swim towards where she had last seen him but he was gone and she knew her stamina was slowly exhausting. She tried to call again a few times and paddled hopelessly along the rising waves -- no answer returned and she continued even as the breaks carried her closer to shore. When her feet hit sand she pulled herself forward and galloped back and forth down the beach in a rabid pace, calling and calling and horrified her reluctant friend had been ripped from her.
The sight of seals tricked her a few times and hopeful she had dashed out into the water to meet them only to realize they were not Atlas at all. Each time met with an irate and cheerless snarl. This behavior continued until dusk and at last Caiaphas' energy was spent and she forlornly walked back towards the sound with her head held low and her spirits dejected -- she had to tell Aktaie and Psamathe and stand trial before them for endangering the lives of one of their most faithful consorts.
Across the span of the afternoon they discovered old bones from a wolf camp and the skull of a fox -- half sunk and swallowed by the riffling sand. The abandoned and half caved entrance of a wolf den. Bleached and splintered prey bones littered across the dark shoal.
When they had explored to Caiaphas' content they elected to swing back to the shore -- Caiaphas sullen, Atlas silent.
She dove into the water without a second pause despite the high tide that swarmed around them. She swam and her legs ached and pounded and she glanced back occasionally to see Atlas not far behind.
They were nearly half-way when a wave parted them from each other's company and with a look of horror Caiaphas watched as Atlas rose and fell and disappeared in the frothy swarm -- when she opened her mouth to call him the water cast over her and all that was heard was a gurgle -- she paused and started to swim towards where she had last seen him but he was gone and she knew her stamina was slowly exhausting. She tried to call again a few times and paddled hopelessly along the rising waves -- no answer returned and she continued even as the breaks carried her closer to shore. When her feet hit sand she pulled herself forward and galloped back and forth down the beach in a rabid pace, calling and calling and horrified her reluctant friend had been ripped from her.
The sight of seals tricked her a few times and hopeful she had dashed out into the water to meet them only to realize they were not Atlas at all. Each time met with an irate and cheerless snarl. This behavior continued until dusk and at last Caiaphas' energy was spent and she forlornly walked back towards the sound with her head held low and her spirits dejected -- she had to tell Aktaie and Psamathe and stand trial before them for endangering the lives of one of their most faithful consorts.
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before those hands pulled me from the earth - by Caiaphas - September 11, 2014, 07:41 PM
RE: before those hands pulled me from the earth - by RIP Atlas - September 12, 2014, 10:35 PM
RE: before those hands pulled me from the earth - by Caiaphas - September 14, 2014, 07:21 PM
RE: before those hands pulled me from the earth - by RIP Atlas - September 17, 2014, 11:20 PM
RE: before those hands pulled me from the earth - by Caiaphas - September 18, 2014, 07:15 PM
RE: before those hands pulled me from the earth - by RIP Atlas - September 18, 2014, 09:10 PM
RE: before those hands pulled me from the earth - by Caiaphas - September 20, 2014, 02:08 PM
RE: before those hands pulled me from the earth - by RIP Atlas - September 21, 2014, 02:27 PM
RE: before those hands pulled me from the earth - by Caiaphas - September 24, 2014, 08:22 PM
RE: before those hands pulled me from the earth - by Caiaphas - October 03, 2014, 08:24 PM