A Warm Welcome
05-09-2014, 07:37 PM
Archaic stood just above the highest rapid, waiting. He stood poised, gaze locked on the water gushing just feet away from where he stood safely on the bank. It would be almost certain death to fall in, to be bashed by boulder, perhaps knocked unconscious and drowned, or simply broken-limbed and unable to care for himself. He scoffed and rolled his eyes. Well, aren't you just a bundle of joy this morning? No, what he was was hungry. 'Harvest season' his right buttock, he hadn't had a good meal in weeks. He had seen fish swimming up the cascades not long ago, and figured maybe if he waited... But he'd been there for nearly an hour already. The one fish he'd seen had been going downstream and he'd been too slow. With a sigh and a dramatic turn, he whirled away from the water's edge and stalked towards the treeline instead. Who needed food anyways, right? It was completely overrated. Unnecessary, even! He was a cold blooded killer, ruthless, the needs of lesser creatures bowed before him and his- ...His stomach growled. The lanky man sat down in a huff, shoulders hunched and glaring towards the offending waters, muttering curses all the while. "Talk" "You" Think |