04-08-2021, 09:57 PM
Fen’s been here a month now, keeping to herself in the darkness, getting to know the land beneath her feet. Her favorite sleeping spot in a shallow cave on one of the beaches. The tide never reaches it, and sometimes she even burns a small fire to keep warm (fire obtained by help from passersby). She sleeps intermittently, between exploring and hiding, on a fluffy pile of palm fronds and plucked grass, even some feathers, topped with soft lichen.
The light wakes her up, the warmth washing over her like warm milk slowly wrapping her. She flutters her bright aqua eyes, blinded, she assumes she is dreaming. But the burn in her slowly adjusting eyes says otherwise – the sun! She clambers to her feet, looking around, blinking rapidly. Birds begin to cheer and sing, large macaws swooping down and sounding off in celebration. The wind blows through, clean salty sea air, everything comes back to life.
Once her eyes adjust, she cannot believe what she sees. Her heart alight – it’s even better than she imagined! It’s been ages since she’s felt genuine joy, perhaps not even since her childhood in the Meadow, but now she can feel it. Her body glows along with the beaming sun and she cannot hold herself back from racing down the onyx and beach, tail up, legs reaching in a strong gallop. Her stride violently chews the soft sand, flinging it in her wake, gauging huge scars into it only for the surf to wash it away like invisible ink.
anyone, and @[Gale] SHE'S HEEEERE ?
♥