Keepin' My Cool
08-08-2016, 11:34 AM
It was unreasonably chilly for how unseasonably warm Spring had been so far. The morning was shrouded in mist, and the dew which clung to the plants around her had seeped into her fur and chilled her to the bone. Tsiry did not seem to be faring much better. When Peregrine caught wind of the familiar smell of sulphureous gasses she actually smiled. A wandering scholar had once taught her about the heat of the earth, and how it sometimes bubbled up to the surface. Sometimes in the form of volatile explosions, sometimes in the form of geysers and springs. This landscape hardly seemed fraught with imminent peril, so she hoped for one of the latter options and marked a hard line towards towards the odorous stink. She was delighted with what she found. The forest gave way to a clearing where the noxious water was too potent for life to grow. The smell was strong, almost intolerable, but not quite. She shivered in anticipation, eyeing the bubbling water in the first pool of many. Okay, that one was probably too hot, but that didn't keep her from skipping along to the second one. It steamed as well but her hovering paw allowed her to hope that it wasn't too hot. "Hey Tsiry," she began, "Why don't you dunk your head in there and tell me if it's warm enough?" The lemur did not think that was worth a response, opting to pinch her ear instead. Peregrine quickly dipped in a paw and, finding the the water to be rather pleasant, quickly shrugged off Tsiry and her satchel and waded in. "Tsiry" |
