((For clarity just adding this last post here for Crux and Triss but they are relatively safe and can be left where they are, they're gonna have their own thread to follow this up to avoid clogging this one.))
Their movement was agonizingly slow. Or maybe it just felt that way to Crux because he was hyper aware of how much faster they needed to be moving. There was in fact a time limit here. He should have by all rights been able to quickly pull the smaller girl through the water, his much longer limbs should have been advantage. But then if that were the case Triss wouldn't even be here would she? She'd have known he was a capable swimmer and not risked her own safety like this. Should haves were useless here. Instead he tried to keep himself moving as well as he could, making sure he wasn't tugging too hard on the rope so as not to cause Triss herself to lose control. His mind was on getting them out and would have stayed that way if not for the feeling of sudden bubbles brushing past his fur. He spun, searching for Cryptis' much smaller form in the dark waters. There! A final trail of much smaller bubbles rising from a shape in the muck. Oh fuck.
He fished for her, hooking his unwound foreleg around her little shape and pulled her into him, fearful she might come untied from the rope and become lost in the waters. Okay so now he had what? Maybe two good limbs to try and swim with? Not like he had much choice. Luckily for the both of them there was a tug on the rope and he felt it go taunt. Someone was pulling them up! He tried his best to swim with the motion but he'd already been holding his breath for longer than even Cryptis had and his lungs were on fire and the edges of his vision were getting dark. Crux made a choice then, wrapping both of his front limbs around Cryptis' form. If he was gonna black out he'd didn't want to find he'd let her float away! He could feel they were moving through the water, a stronger, sharper pull the last thing he felt before he blacked out.
Luckily they had been rescued and while Crux's own brother had tended to him Riya had turned her attention to Cryptis. Unbeknownst to either of them they were safe. Soggy but safe.
"Triss" & "Crux"
Updated 04/30/23: Still on
indefinite scarcity, please do not remind me of threads I am behind on right now.
Crux has a 6 inch long burn scar on his throat, most of his art does not reflect this.
