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 Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:01 pm
 The swamp was dark. Once you were inside, you could no longer see if it was day time or not. The swamp was unlike any other. The marshy ground would pull you under in a matter of seconds. It was the trees that would save you. The trees grew like a dense forest. Thankfully their roots created solid places to walk. The roots grew like roads with a thickness greater then that of a man's body. The deeper into the swamp the more twisted the roots were. Moss hung from the branches above casting a greenish glow through the air.
Deimos knew it had been early evening when he saw it. Something went into the swamp. Something he had never seen before, and so he began to follow it. Deimos scrambled up one of the more twisted, and saw the strange thing vanish behind another trunk. He gave a sigh and looked up, wishing to see the stars. He sat up on the root and looked back to where the thing had vanished with a frown. "Whatever you are, I'm going to find you." He vowed to himself. This would be so much easier with someone, but Deimos didn't know anyone.
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:16 pm
Through the darkness, a tiny figure could be seen moving through the thick swamp, its movements jolty and unnatural. If one were to get closer to the form, they would find a youthful Angeli, stumbling over the thick roots that formed from the trees above that blocked out the sunlight. Chou whined and whimpered to himself as he tried to stay above the swamp mud, although his back foot had already fallen victim to the filthy stuff. Thank goodness he had slipped into some bog that was thinner than some of the rest of the swamp, or he would have ben a goner....
"... How on earth did I talk myself into this?" he breathed, ears folding flat to his head. He knew how, of course, he just wanted to speal a rhetorical question out loud so he wouldn't feel so.... Lonely. The only reason he was in here was because he'd seen an odd thing float through, and was curious as to what it was.
It had been a few hours since, and he was dreadfully lost. He sighed, wondering if anyone back at home missed him... And by home, he meant one of the caverns owned by the Lunar clan. He had no doubt that that hyper girl, Sprinkles or whatever, was wondering where he was. When he was just a newborn, and she was a pup, she constantly tackled and pounced all over him... Apparently that was how she showed affection, but now that she was an adult she went out more, and didn't jump on his tail as much, which was a good thing.
Still, now he was wondering if he should have brought her. It was so creepy in here.... His ears perked as he looked up, catching a glance of that thing from before once more. It seemed to glow, so it was easy to see in the darkness. He smiled, tail swishing back and forth, before he jumped after it...
And fell into the marsh.
He let out a yelp and grabbed at a treeroot, clinging onto it for dear life, before he attempted to pull himself out.. And it almost worked, except his back half was thuroughly stuck. Shoot. "S-somebody, help!!! Please!!!" he cried, pulling harder to try and become free of the mud's grasp.
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:19 pm
Atlas ran headlong into a tree and squealed in pain, rolling in the opposite direction. When he had settled down, he sat up and rubbed his head. The strange thing he had been chasing could be seen zipping away into the swamp. He gulped. He had heard tales about this place from his parents. He contemplated and soon, curiousity won over caution and he stepped onto the root closest to him. He swivleled his ears, listening for the sound of the strange flying thing as he continued onward.
((EDIT: Dayum Socal large post (compared to what I'm used to) and omg I suck at RP compared to you guys xD -is newbie RPer-))
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:37 pm
Deimos turned his head, hearing something in the distance. Was that someone talking? Suddenly he heard a cry for help. Deimos stood up. He had been in and around the swamp since he could remember, so it was almost like home. He started to jump from root to root, trying to find the source of the cries. "Hello? Is someone here? Keep talking and I'll find you!" He called out from the highest root near him. He glanced over to where he had last seen the strange little thing, and sighed. He'd lost it. "Hello?!"
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:45 pm
Hearing a cry for help, he turned his head. He tried to remember where the cry was coming from and hopped from root to root expertly, a skill he had learned from pouncing on many of his peers. The ground certainly didn't look dangerous but he didn't dare to experiment, especially not at a time like this. He stopped when he saw a dark purple male, with blazing markings on his tail and forepaws. Standing on the root, he asked, "Was it you who cried for help?" He hoped not. The male looked perfectly fine and he had no desire to be pranked, not now when he was in the middle of chasing the flying dust particle look-alike.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:06 am
Chou's eyes widened. He'd heard voices! Was someone else in here other than him? "H-help!!! I'm over here!!!!" he cried, feeling himself slowly sinking back into the murky liquid below him. He began beating his wings, feathers flying everywhere as he frantically tried to free himself, "P-please!! I-I don't want to drown!!!" he screamed, little claws digging their way into the tree roots...
And then it danced past him, illuminating the poor little pup that was thuroughly stuck, and becoming more stuck by the second. It was so bright that it hurt the pup's eyes, so he squeezed them shut, "HELP!!!! I'M OVER HERE!!!" he screamed again. The glowing light that he had followed in danced away, and a cold feeling settled in his gut.
Or rather, over his gut. And his chest. He was sinking deeper. He began to get teary eyed, so thuroughly scared of his demise... He definetly didn't want to die this way. He wanted to live a long, peaceful life, and then pass away in his sleep! Not drow in a freaking swamp after chasing a glowing thing!
Why did he have to be so curious and outgoing for noce in his life? Look where it got him! In a swamp. And swamps weren't fun. Not at all.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:07 pm
Deimos's sunset tail swayed a moment and he looked at the kit that was near him. "It was not I." He said before hearing the cry again. "Time for a rescue mission." He wasn't going to ask the other boy to come along. It was only the right thing to do to help the one in need, and Deimos felt the blue one would come along.
Deimos jumped over to another tree, practically bouncing off the roots as he followed the cry. Then he saw it. A glowing light. It was different then the one that had lead him this deep in the forest. He stared at it a moment before the panicked yelp brought back his focus. "Hang on!" He glanced around, looking all around. A moss covered branch- looking sickly and flexible caught his eye. "I have an idea!" He turned and started to scramble up the tree as best he could. How he wished he had wings right now. That would make it so much easier to nab the branch. "HEY! You still with me?" He called back to the other he had met.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:53 pm
Atlas twitched his ears curiously. It wasn't him? Before he could ask any more, the cry came again and the other male bounded off. Unsure of what to do, he clambered after him. The other seemed to be faster then him so he sped up, not wanting to be out done. He was too busy racing after the male to notice the strange light but the cry brought him back to his senses. He tried to keep up, not to prove he was better, but to help now. He saw the other in a tree up ahead and yelled back, "Yep!" before he leapt onto the side of the tree, flapping his wings furiously to jump farther. Using his small claws, he helped himself upward as soon as his paws touched the rough bark, and went next to the purple male, panting.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:03 pm
"Show off." Deimos said with a forced smile as the boy latched onto the tree beside him. "Do you see that branch up there? The one that's drooping with all the moss? Help me reach it. We'll bend it down for him." Deimos nodded his head to the other boy who was desperately clinging to the roots. "It's right over his head, if we can get it down far enough..." Deimos had caught his breath after the sprint among the roots and awkwardly tried to inch his way up the tree to get to the branch.
It sure did look flimsy.
Front paws... back paws. Front paws... Deimos said to himself as he went higher ever so slowly. "Almost there..."
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:13 pm
"Hurry! I can't hold on much longer...!" he cried. He was so happy that he was being saved, but still panicking about the fact that his shoulders were gone. He pulled harder, flapping his wings as wildly as he could as he tried to pull himself back out a bit while his heros pulled off a branch for him to grab. The root had huge claw indents in it now, from the pup's tiny but desperate claws.
He was panting from all the work as his wings went limp, and he began sinking once more. "Why me..?!?" he whined, ears completely flat to his head. Under the mud he felt almost numb, unable to mve. He really didn't like this at all.....
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:20 pm
He laughed quietly. If the male had said he was a show-off, then he must have really been impressive. Turning his head, he looked up at the brach the other male was talking about and said, "Alright." since he didn't have any ideas of his own. Only when the male had motioned with his head did Atlas notice the other Kitsune who was submerged in the strange swamp-mud. Finally understanding how desperate the situation was, he followed after the purple male, sadly realizing that he had not yet learned to fly.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:25 pm
Finally Deimos reached the branch. His back legs scooting up as close as e could get them to his front legs before he carefully reached the branch. When he stood on it fully, it drooped a little. "Heeeey... this could work! Hurry up wingy!" he said to the blue one, and slowly, practically on his belly, began walking towards the thing end of the semi- limp branch. "If we can get... enough weight on it... to reach him..." He paused a little to get better footing. "Maybe when he grabs it and we get off, the branch will lift him out!"
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:35 pm
Atlas puffed in annoyance when the other one called him 'wingy'. He had an awesomer name than that. Of course, he wasn't sure if 'awesomer' was a word, but still... he shook his head to clear his thoughts. No need to get distracted at a time like this. He inched his way forward on the branch, nervous. Could it really work? "Well, if you really think so..." he said doubtfully, looking at the root under them. What if it was too thin to hold them? The farther he went, the steeper the brach, and he had to grip it tightly so he wouldn't slide down and knowck the other over. "Get ready to grab!" he called to the poor Kitsune below.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:43 pm
Oh, Chuo was definetly ready alright. He shifted his paws further up the rot, managing to pull himself out a little more as he craned his neck so the branch would be easier to grab, "I-I'm ready!" he cried back, whole body trembling as he stretched out. Oh,come on come on come on.... He let out a squeal of happiness as the branch flicked over hisnose, and he gently took it inbetween his teeth.
" Got it..." he managed out through clamped teeth, lips curled back slightly to make it easier to hold the branch. But.. What if this didn't work? What if he ended up sinking and drowning? Oh, he definitely didn't want that..... "'Et go..."
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:50 pm
(Forgive the slight control grab please.)
"Ok now jump off!" Deimos said to the boy behind him. He felt the branch shake and start to raise up a little when he had. "Hang on tight." Deimos slowly brought one paw off the branch, then another, then his back legs came off and the branch strained under the sucking of the mud on the poor kit, but looked like it was working! Deimos watched as h could see some of the mud-covered chest raise up. "Come on..." he crossed his fingers- figuratively speaking.
The two boys on the roots had to help ease the other out of the muck, and by the time they had him free, they were all grimy and covered in the slimy mud and panting. The light they had all seen had long been forgotten.
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