*~Aisling Dubhthach~*
Location: Unknown.
Aisling had jumped…the fall wasn’t as far as it looked…but she would not emerge from the water. She didn’t make it into the water! But Rowan would hear her cursing in Gaelic, and upon looking towards where such profanity came from would reveal that she had been caught up by some masked man. The smell of sulfur was ever stronger now, mingling with the smell of a feline, perhaps akin to what the leocorn might be familiar with; however it was hard to tell with the robes and head gear that hid most of his features…most of them, except for those gleaming red eyes.
Would the gypsy girl continuously be the damsel in distress to the poor mystical beast who couldn’t stand her to begin with?! Judging by the swift kick she gave to her capture’s groin…probably not so much. She was soon dropped from the cave where the beast had hidden himself…and splashed deep within the swampy water. The wasps, distracted by the sounds of her cursing…flew into the cave and chased away the robed beast…the sound of his roaring disappearing the deeper he went.
Aisling’s instinct now was to run. Pulling herself out of the water, she practically bolted forward…tugging the stray leaf that was stuck on Rowan’s horn as a way of getting his attention. She didn’t know who that was that had caught her, or what that was the happened to brush up against her leg while she was swimming to the water’s surface…but she wasn’t going to stick around to find out. Rowan himself would find that his tail would soon be the bait of a rather large fish with crocodile like jaws if he didn’t start moving.
Their path would lead them to a twisted forest, thick with Spanish moss and tangled vines…and large roots that threatened to slow their pace if they weren’t careful. The gypsy girl didn’t seem hindered by this at all…in fact, with the way she darted here and there, leaping over the roots and swinging from the vines…one would think she was at home…? Either way, at the rate they were going, whoever or whatever it was she thought was chasing them would surely get lost.
Actually…after a while, Rowan would soon find Aisling climbing up a tree to make sure they themselves weren’t lost…