A Drop in the Ocean

*Raisa* · 02-24-2014, 09:00 PM

Raisa was about done with this godsbedamned heat. Every day was the same, and she was weeks away from up and moving north. If it persisted for much longer their water, prey, and sanity would certainly wither away. As it was the woman had fled the garden to lounge in the shade of the lakes edge. Even here the plants seemed to be worn thin and drooping, brown despite the saturation in the soil. Raisa refused to pant, refused the give the sun it's satisfaction. Instead she sat amongst the underbrush, mostly disguised within the mottled shadows cast down from above, glaring at the water's surface. What she wouldn't give for a good, torrential summer downpour. Instead she sighed and flopped over onto her side, glaring at the flight path of a mosquito that, honestly, seemed as worn out as she. It buzzed this way and that, as if drunk by the heat, and the sooty queen found herself rolling her eyes. "Even the bugs are done with this bullshit..." She grumbled to herself, allowing her eyes to drift closed, thinking perhaps a nap would ease her woes.

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