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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:04 am
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Making her way nimbly across a particularly messy patch of bog, Cricket hummed to herself, enjoying the feel of her hooves as the thick mud clung stubbornly to them with each step she took, each movement accompanied by a loud squelch as the mud was finally forced to relinquish its hold.
Almost disappointed when her hooves finally met more solid ground, Cricket's green-and-white pelt was already splattered liberally with mud. Shifting her weight from foot to foot, she shook herself, dislodging some of the larger globs of mud before moving on--she was hungry, and thirsty, and recalled that there was a good-sized pool of water (clean enough to drink from) not much farther ahead.
Her memory had indeed served her well, she noted with satisfaction, wading in so that she was in water that came up to her ankles before lowering her head to drink, gulping the cool water down greedily. It still tasted of algae, and swamp--but unlike many of the pools one might encounter, it wasn't cloudy with mud.
Raising her head, she looked out over the still--okay, it wasn't very still--what on earth was that, barely above the water-line? Looking more closely, she realized it was a kimeti. "Isn't it a little chilly to be swimming?" Her voice, cheerful and loud (as it usually was), carried well across the water. She enjoyed swimming as much as the next kimeti, but she couldn't help but wonder why he'd swum so far out-not only was there the risk of fatigue, but there were predators who would see a kimeti so far from shore as an easy target.
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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:30 am
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:30 am
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Eyes widening slightly, Cricket watched, mouth dropping open lightly in surprise as the other kimeti disappeared beneath the surface for a moment, before reappearing, said reappearance followed by an unintelligible sound. It didn't take a rocket scientist (which was a good thing, as she wasn't one) to see that the other was not doing too well, at that point.
Cricket hesitated a moment--it was cold, and the water was even colder...additionally, the other kimeti was quite far away...
Shaking her head, not one to concentrate overly much on logic, Cricket waded in further, powerful legs propelling her forward steadily, even as she grimaced at the bitingly cold water, ignoring the nervousness that tugged at her at being out so deep as to be where she couldn't see the bottom. Hopefully, the one she was swimming out to lend aid to wasn't in such a state as to do anything foolish, like drown both of them by panicking.
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:40 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:26 am
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:10 am
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:08 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:04 am
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:03 am
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:19 am
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