Crayfish are bugs, right?
Zoey!
12-24-2021, 11:03 PM
Like Hazel, Zoey’s parents had left her - though in the russet-furred child’s situation, it was something she had been forced to witness. Her parents didn’t up and leave her, which should’ve been somewhat of a blessing. However, the child had found both her mother and father curled up in some tucked-away den in the corner of a vast mountain, their sunken bodies overgrown with the luminescent fungi that once covered the world. The child had not realized they were gone until then, just sick. Still, like Hzel, she did what she was told, though in a slightly different context. See the world, Zoey. Fill your head with knowledge as endless as the stars. Her mother’s hoarse, ooze-thickened words never left the girl’s mind. Even as she crossed towards the creek from the obsidian beaches she had frequented before that. Really, despite all the tragedy she had endured, she had the widest smile and the sweetest sparkle in her goggle-covered eyes. She’d live each day to its best, and not wallow in the anxiety that was sure to swell from being apart from her parents at such a young age.
Upon reaching the banks, the gil wagged her tail at the sight of the plants that lined its shores, and the little crayfish that hopped up here and there from the shallow waters. "Woah! I gotta examine these!" The child chirped, a cheerful giggle emanating from her lips as she cupped her forepaws to catch one. Though she was hungry, she’d want to see how this strange clawed creature worked before eating it. One finally sprang into her paws, and after a few moments of struggling to keep it in her grasp, she finally let it go..sort of. She tossed it in the air and caught it by its tail, awkwardly fumbling with it in her teeth and managing to crunch into its exterior shell before it could latch onto her face. Awkwardly managing to consume the creature she had just ‘examined’, the child then noticed the splashing of the water nearby. Curious, the girl wandered over to the source of the sound only to find another similarly-aged child catching the funny things. They were certainly fun! And this girl seemed nice enough..maybe she also lost her parents as she did.
"Hi there!" She squeaked, standing just so she was within the other child’s visual range. She lifted a paw and waved it in greeting, her white-tipped tail wagging obnoxiously fast. "I’m Zoey! Are you exploring alone like me? Maybe we can explore together!" She could do with a play date, after all. She’d only encountered a grown up or two at this point, and needless to say, they could be a bit, well, boring!
Upon reaching the banks, the gil wagged her tail at the sight of the plants that lined its shores, and the little crayfish that hopped up here and there from the shallow waters. "Woah! I gotta examine these!" The child chirped, a cheerful giggle emanating from her lips as she cupped her forepaws to catch one. Though she was hungry, she’d want to see how this strange clawed creature worked before eating it. One finally sprang into her paws, and after a few moments of struggling to keep it in her grasp, she finally let it go..sort of. She tossed it in the air and caught it by its tail, awkwardly fumbling with it in her teeth and managing to crunch into its exterior shell before it could latch onto her face. Awkwardly managing to consume the creature she had just ‘examined’, the child then noticed the splashing of the water nearby. Curious, the girl wandered over to the source of the sound only to find another similarly-aged child catching the funny things. They were certainly fun! And this girl seemed nice enough..maybe she also lost her parents as she did.
"Hi there!" She squeaked, standing just so she was within the other child’s visual range. She lifted a paw and waved it in greeting, her white-tipped tail wagging obnoxiously fast. "I’m Zoey! Are you exploring alone like me? Maybe we can explore together!" She could do with a play date, after all. She’d only encountered a grown up or two at this point, and needless to say, they could be a bit, well, boring!