Do A Doubletake
11-19-2017, 01:52 PM
A triumphant grin quickly overtook the scowl on his face as his young cousin careened in the carcass. Maybe he should have felt guilty about tripping up a child, but he didn't. Nope, nothing but satisfaction. Payback was his! It served the little goober right.
My, she was a little dramatic, wasn't she? He snorted a laugh. "Relax, kid, I think we're squar-OW!" he yelped as a sharp pain raced up his leg. He'd been too busy gloating over his victory to devote enough attention to Ashiel. If he had, he'd have heard the boy's warning. Unbeknownst to the titan, the ruckus hadn't gone unnoticed by the inhabitants of the beach. As he'd stood and watched his little cousin's antics, out of the sand and carcasses had crept a horde of mutant crabs.
With an angry kick he shook the crab off his leg and then turned to make sure he'd flung it far enough away that it wouldn't be a problem. What he saw wiped the smirk off his face. The critters creeping towards them were crabs, sure, but like the fish they appeared to have been cursed by the gods. The one he'd flung off lay a few feet away on its back flailing four giant claws at the sky. Everywhere he looked crabs were creeping out from under logs and carcasses, or rising from the sand like tiny wraiths. "Ashiel, Asharya..." he said lowly, "How about we go back the way we came..."
My, she was a little dramatic, wasn't she? He snorted a laugh. "Relax, kid, I think we're squar-OW!" he yelped as a sharp pain raced up his leg. He'd been too busy gloating over his victory to devote enough attention to Ashiel. If he had, he'd have heard the boy's warning. Unbeknownst to the titan, the ruckus hadn't gone unnoticed by the inhabitants of the beach. As he'd stood and watched his little cousin's antics, out of the sand and carcasses had crept a horde of mutant crabs.
With an angry kick he shook the crab off his leg and then turned to make sure he'd flung it far enough away that it wouldn't be a problem. What he saw wiped the smirk off his face. The critters creeping towards them were crabs, sure, but like the fish they appeared to have been cursed by the gods. The one he'd flung off lay a few feet away on its back flailing four giant claws at the sky. Everywhere he looked crabs were creeping out from under logs and carcasses, or rising from the sand like tiny wraiths. "Ashiel, Asharya..." he said lowly, "How about we go back the way we came..."
Current time: 11-25-2024, 04:57 PM
Powered By MyBB, © 2002-2024 MyBB Group.
