Flash Flood!

Crux · Updated 04/30/23:

((I believe Sea plans to help him!))

The booming warning of his father jolted Crux awake, it took a moment longer for his words to process. And when they did a jolt of fear went through Crux, the roar of the water already drowning out the other noises, the starts of calls for help. His den, his clinic was one of the ones closest to the surface being just off the general area cut out of the mountainside, so he was tromping through water up to his ankles before he even got into the bigger chamber of his clinic. Luckily no one was there now except for Riya. Who was hurriedly stuffing herbs into jars and wrapping them in the largest piece of leather they had so it could be carried. They really needed to get a bag... Of course he'd think about that now. But the water was rushing in fast, faster than Crux had expected, already it was up to his chest and once again he felt that fear go through him. He could swim technically but he wasn't good at it and a strong current was more likely to wash him away than anything else, he simply didn't have the flexibility he needed in his cuffed leg to be effective. They needed to leave before it was too late. "Riya are you able to swim with-" He started, panic rising in his voice as he looked over at his companion to see she had already taken up their thrown together bindle of herbs. The cat looked unsettled but otherwise she didn't seem nearly as worried as he felt. They had to head out! The water was rushing in so fast, he'd barely gotten confirmation Riya planned to carry their supplies before he was being lifted from his paws, scrambling to keep his toes on the ground. They had to go. But the water was rushing to fill the empty space and it was much too strong for him. Riya had started to paddle away, powerful strokes taking her much closer to the exit and safety than his, stopping to turn around when she heard him grunt in frustration.

"Go!" He yelled, Riya shaking her head, her mouth still full with their supplies. "We need to get those to the training den. I'll be fine here for now, there's still air and once it slows down I can swim for the exit." He sounded much more confident than he felt. Riya looked conflicted but as her window of easy escape continued to dwindle she finally gave a nod, a look that said she'd be coming back for him and swam away. Crux watched and the moment he couldn't see her anymore tipped his head back to call for help, aware that the time in which he could do that would be limited before he risked inhaling the dark murky water, he simply had to hope someone would hear him before then, that someone could do anything about hearing him before then.
"Speech" "Riya"

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