((Ffffk yeah. You don't have to tell me twice. Let the city-posting begin!))
Aleks just snorted at his jumpy companions, laughing to himself as the scorpion skittered off harmlessly into the desert.
"I'm sure they don't tend to go around randomly stinging people," he pointed out, "and besides, I can run a lot faster than that little b*****d can crawl. Anyway, how long have we been walking? The city can't possibly be that fa..." He broke off as they crested the upwind slope of a particularly large dune, and the city jumped into his field of vision as suddenly as if he had opened his eyes to see it looming over him.
Holy hell, dude. I'm thirsty.
Forgetting the others in hopes of finding a public water fountain or something of the like, Aleks immediately took off down the steep slipface of the dune, precariously sliding down the loose and slippery sand at least as much distance as he ran, if not more.
Aleks just snorted at his jumpy companions, laughing to himself as the scorpion skittered off harmlessly into the desert.
"I'm sure they don't tend to go around randomly stinging people," he pointed out, "and besides, I can run a lot faster than that little b*****d can crawl. Anyway, how long have we been walking? The city can't possibly be that fa..." He broke off as they crested the upwind slope of a particularly large dune, and the city jumped into his field of vision as suddenly as if he had opened his eyes to see it looming over him.
Holy hell, dude. I'm thirsty.
Forgetting the others in hopes of finding a public water fountain or something of the like, Aleks immediately took off down the steep slipface of the dune, precariously sliding down the loose and slippery sand at least as much distance as he ran, if not more.
