We're Not In Kansas Anymore
05-24-2016, 12:03 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-25-2016, 08:49 PM by Esarosa.)
She was tired of getting wet, but luckily the season wasn't too terribly cold, and there were some areas of the west where it never seemed to rain. The desert was a good place to dry off and warm your bones, even in the winter. But it was time to explore some more, visit a place she'd never been before, and her paws brought her to this rather soggy place. And it seemed someone else was here, by the large paw prints left in the muck. What a curious place, although the footing was a little tricky. She had to be careful not to misplace a paw and dunk herself into the wetlands - she'd already learned the hard way that what looked like solid ground was not always so. It wasn't long before her underbelly was speckled in mud. A thick cloud of fog was rolling up off of the water, shrouding the lands as she stopped to watch the meandering mist. She wondered what sort of prey was to be found here - if there was anything good, she'd probably have to get soaked in order to catch it. Normally she wouldn't mind, but she wasn't up for it at the moment. She just wanted to check the place out, keep as dry as possible in the process, and then be on her way. Spotting something peculiar in the water, she squinted as she looked through the gray haze. In the still water, a bumpy log seemed to slowly sail along. Just another peculiar sight in this marshy land. As she watched the log floating on, she wondered where it had come from - it didn't seem there were many large trees here. And as it drifted closer to solid ground, it looked less and less like a log, and more like it could be an animal. Some weird, aquatic, leathery-skinned creature... frowning, Esa tried to look closer. Did it have eyes? It was definitely way too big to be a frog. Suddenly feeling a little unnerved, the ebony-coated woman slowly backed away from the water's edge, planting her paws on the marshy ground. She was glad she had backed away when the creature suddenly lunged, its massive jaws snapping and revealing horrible, jagged teeth. With a startled yelp, she sprang backwards, and watched as the massive, water-bound reptile surged forward. Her paws slipped in a mucky dip in the marshy ground, and she went splashing into the low pool. The alligator seemed to have lost sight of her for just a moment, but it lifted and tilted its head and her emerald eyes met the golden reptilian eyes, seeing its slit pupils. She flailed in the water and got to her paws, taking off as it began to waddle and slither toward her - she was grateful that it didn't appear as fast on land as in water but she wasn't taking any chances. How long would it follow her as she stumbled over the slippery, uneven ground? Were there more of the beasts lying wait? Fear rippled through her as she hoped to find someone else, and find a way out of this place - there was no way she was turning back and going the way she'd come. |
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