Breaking the Mold
06-29-2013, 07:37 PM
Tallis watched as the she-wolf maneuvered her way through the spikes of rock around the edge of the pool and back toward him. She had caught his attention again, but her gaze was focused on the spikes coming down from the ceiling of the cave. He blinked a couple of times at her suggestion and turned his amber eyes back to the rock formations. His head tipped to the side as he considered it, his brows knitting together. It would be interesting to leave their mark on this cave so that the next creatures to find this place would see it. But how would he do it? Now determined to figure out a way to break one of the spikes above them, he padded over to the very edge of the still water till his paws were causing ripples in the water so that he was directly under one of the spikes. He sat back on his haunches again and reached up first with one paw and then both, till he was actually sitting up reaching toward the ceiling. He was still several inches from his goal, however, so he shifted his position a bit so he was on a more stable bit of ground and tried again. This time he carefully stood on his hind legs, just barely reaching his goal. Now he was standing with the cold water around his hind paws and his front paws resting on the spike of rock. He blinked with surprise, he didn't actually think he would be able to reach it and wasn't sure what to do now that he had. He pushed on it with his paws, hopping on his back paws a little trying to getting a better balance so he could push harder. They were surprisingly hard. He shoved on the spike several times before he finally felt it start to give way under his strong paws. He smirked triumphantly and gave it several more good shoves. Suddenly all at once it gave way, leaving him in mid shove. He gave a loud yelp and went tumbling into the water with the spike of rock. The water splashed around him and he quickly shot back to the surface with a harsh gasp. Panting from the shock of the cold water, he paused long enough to dip his head back under the water to fish out his prize of a piece of the rock spike, carrying it back Sperare on the shore of the pool. He sat it in front of her and shook as much of the cold water off as he could. Tallis grinned proudly and chuckled, despite the fact that he was drenched in water and shivering. "Speech." |