05-17-2021, 05:25 PM
She hadn't meant to disappoint him, but she had. She wasn't sure how, though. That was the problem with a family that could read each other so supernaturally well. There were few secrets, but emotions were the opposite of rationale. They didn't need a good reason to be, they just were.
The pixie-ish girl moved to bump her face on his shoulder, an apology for not understanding, but her movement was cut short. She was watching Wit's copper brown face, not the earth. "Wha-" she began, only to bite the words off short. A wet growl answered her unspoken question.
Her head snapped to find the source, gaze landing on the broken earth first. Funny, how that's what she focused on. It was easier to process than the disturbing creature emerging from it. Clots of black dirt stuck to scraggly fur, light caught on ropes of saliva dripping from oversized canines. All in all, it was an ugly beast, and Saturnelle was equal parts horrified and intrigued.
That ratio swung sharply in horror's favor as the monster scuttled forward. "Oh no, oh no, oh no," she groaned, stumbling as her brother's shoulder collided with her's. It was a sharp burst of pain, but enough to break the spell of fear holding her in place. One spindly clawed leg struck the earth where her body had so recently been standing. One spider wolf was one thing, but they were rarely alone.
She was now quite a bit aways from that point. Her twiggy legs were pumping full speed through the trees, adrenaline fueled. Sunlit patches of forest floor scattered beneath her staccato hoof-falls, and a sound like wind chimes in a gale echoed each step. Through the trunks, she caught flashes of her brother's coat, the florescent green comet's tail that streaked behind herself.
She didn't stop running until the trees thinned to scrubland, and her lungs felt ready to collapse.
@[Wit]
The pixie-ish girl moved to bump her face on his shoulder, an apology for not understanding, but her movement was cut short. She was watching Wit's copper brown face, not the earth. "Wha-" she began, only to bite the words off short. A wet growl answered her unspoken question.
Her head snapped to find the source, gaze landing on the broken earth first. Funny, how that's what she focused on. It was easier to process than the disturbing creature emerging from it. Clots of black dirt stuck to scraggly fur, light caught on ropes of saliva dripping from oversized canines. All in all, it was an ugly beast, and Saturnelle was equal parts horrified and intrigued.
That ratio swung sharply in horror's favor as the monster scuttled forward. "Oh no, oh no, oh no," she groaned, stumbling as her brother's shoulder collided with her's. It was a sharp burst of pain, but enough to break the spell of fear holding her in place. One spindly clawed leg struck the earth where her body had so recently been standing. One spider wolf was one thing, but they were rarely alone.
She was now quite a bit aways from that point. Her twiggy legs were pumping full speed through the trees, adrenaline fueled. Sunlit patches of forest floor scattered beneath her staccato hoof-falls, and a sound like wind chimes in a gale echoed each step. Through the trunks, she caught flashes of her brother's coat, the florescent green comet's tail that streaked behind herself.
She didn't stop running until the trees thinned to scrubland, and her lungs felt ready to collapse.
@[Wit]