landlocked school of fish
koi sibs under the red moon
10-01-2024, 09:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-01-2024, 09:43 AM by Katsurō. Edited 1 time in total.)
The quakes had begun while the troop of Tojo-kai yearlings were in hot pursuit of the biggest buck he'd ever seen. By the time they'd realized it was the earth itself trembling and not the great waves of the defrosting ocean slamming against the shores, they were more than halfway across the land bridge to Boreas. Kat, normally the last to speak up, screamed himself hoarse to continue on to Boreas. The other continent was much closer now... if they turned back, who knew what fate awaited them. His sides were heaving with exertion and his fur dried stiff with sweat. They had hunkered down for a few hours, getting their bearings, disoriented in the strange new red light that suffused the land. Katsurō wasn't sure he had it in him to lead anyone anywhere, but luckily, he was spared. A steady stream of traffic became apparent, creatures of all shapes and sizes drawn to some location in the West. The tide had come in for the strait and the land bridge was once again mostly covered by water. Without many other options, he chose the path of least resistance: follow the crowd. Foreboding stone spires stretched towards the sky, taller than any tree he'd ever seen. Kat thought of the shining ring of runestones in Auster and searched for some thread of familiarity but found none. Beneath the red light, his hackles slowly rose. He shivered despite the blazing summer heat. Kat spun around to see if any of his siblings had followed. "I... I'm not sure what to make of this." |
10-01-2024, 09:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-01-2024, 09:53 AM by Seiko. Edited 1 time in total.)
If it were up to Seiko, they would probably stay tucked inside Tojo-Kai's bamboo maze for the rest of time- but that wasn't feasible. They couldn't grow stronger like that, couldn't gain the skills they needed to be as strong as they needed to. It wasn't like they hated seeing the world beyond their home, they just knew home was superior, and vastly so. They'd gladly agreed to join their siblings in a hunt, especially one that proved to be such a challenge. They'd never hunted something quite so large, so it was no surprise just how far they'd tracked it. Seiko had crossed this sandbar once before, though they hadn't expected to make the journey again so soon. What happened next though was even more surprising. The world begin to tremble and shake in a way that terrified even the normally-unshakable Seiko. Together the group ran, hard and fast, abandoning their hunt entirely. Food could come later. Being so far from home when the unthinkable happened was enough for Seiko to lose their appetite completely. Surely their siblings all felt the same. They hunkered down for the rest of the night, only getting bits of restless sleep, stirring immediately when dawn broke. The sky was blood-red, unlike anything they'd ever experienced. It was threatening, foreboding in a way that Seiko didn't quite know how to comprehend. The land they navigated too was just as ominous. They'd never seen anything like it before. Those tall stone spikes reached higher than even the trees in the dragon's blood grove near their home, something that Seiko fixated on for a long while. Tilting their head toward Katsurō, they breathed in a slow breath, feeling the humid summer air tangle in their throat. "I'm not sure either," Seiko admitted, feeling strange admitting any trepidation out loud. "This place- something about it doesn't feel right. Have any of you seen this place before?" Most of the yearlings kept close to home, but Seiko didn't keep tabs on where they went. Maybe one of them had been here before. |
Note: Seiko is biologically female, but they identify as nonbinary (they/them pronouns).
Their companion - a female tabby cat with antlers, named Herajika - is often hanging around.
Their companion - a female tabby cat with antlers, named Herajika - is often hanging around.
10-02-2024, 08:22 PM
Kina couldn't sleep that night as tremors rolled through the land. Something was wrong. She gathered her things, calling to her companions before slipping out into the maze. She sat there for awhile, gazing up at the sky, searching for signs of volcanic activity or anything else that might indicate what was happening. Instead she was greeted by a strange red light cresting over the horizon.
Usually obedient it was not like her to leave without notifying anyone but she knew a couple of her siblings had been out hunting and she felt like she needed to find them immediately. Luckily her egret caught sight of the group and she was able to catch up with them as they arrived at a very strange looking location with large stone spires reaching out of the ground like they were piercing the sky.
She padded over to Kaizen as he mentioned the long night. "He hasn't said much of it to me, but it sounded bad. Do you think the sun will rise all the way? I don't like that it seems so… red." Kina stepped toward one of the spikes, noting how it looked old and weathered. She hadn't been in Boreas enough to know if these spires were always here but she knew Jynn had been all over both continents and had never mentioned anything like this in her stories. That was uncharacteristic to leave out something this fantastical. Her eyes narrowed. "Has anyone been here before? Were these always here or did they… did they grow out of the ground and cause all that shaking?" She peered down at the base of the nearest spire, trying to get a feel for its structure.
Hinata
Atotsugi
Advanced Fighter (60)
Beginner Intellectual (0)
age
1 Year
1 Year
gender
Female
Female
gems
93
93
player
Dragon Mod
Dragon Mod
10-04-2024, 07:36 PM