sunsets and icy jets

*Silverback* · 07-31-2013, 11:29 AM

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The stage was set with intricate pillars and carvings and loops of ice - creating towers that reached up out of the frozen lake. A firey sunset lit whole scene with a rainbow of colors. Every shade of autumn fire was reflected in the curves and crystals. The ice scuplters cast long shadows upon the surface where four giant paws padded. The tips of the snow leopard's fur were stained yellow, and she seemed to glow in the light- and then vanish into the shadows as her journey carried her along the banks of the seemingly endless lake. As the sun went down and the dusk took over, it darkened enough to see the glowing water-creatures - like under water fireflies - chasing at her steps as she walked around.

Another place of lonely beauty found. Silverback halted. It seemed like it was lot in life. She could've been a spiritual embodiment of the land itself. Forever living and breathing and traveling... forever lost in snowy solitude. The only conversations she'd managed to have lately were with creatures of the dog clan. Beggars can't be choosers, she just hoped she wasn't starting to smell like one of them.

Sooner or later she would need to find a place to spend the night. Sheglanced up at one of the self standing cliff faces of frozen water. Perhaps up there? A ripple was sent through the thick feline form as she crouched back. Her kind was able to take impossible horizontal leaps of up to fifty feet! And when it came to vertical climbs, lucky watchers swore it to be sorcery. Perhaps in the morning she'd play hopscotch along the tops of the ice scupltures. It was simple enough for her.

But before she could make her jump, she paused, scenting something new in the air.

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