05-31-2017, 09:30 AM
Here, the river was deep and quiet. Much of this river was festering rapids, but there were a few places where they water flowed lazily. This is where Levi had spent his morning. Neck deep in the cool water.
Despite the encroaching summer heat his body is chilled, but he is enjoying the new sensation. It had taken a long time for the chilly waters to strip his outer layers of hide and muscle of their warmth, but despite his bulk the ever-moving waters had slowly and steadily swept away the warmth his body created, on the outside at least.
She was quieter today. The fire in his rib cage. Maybe the swirl of the water around his legs and chest, over his back, clawing up his crested neck, quieted her. Whatever the reason, her absence had given him time to think. His new acquaintances (The certainly could not be called friends) filtered through his mind. The injured boy who could manipulate water, and seemed to be made of similar fabric as Levi. Iset, the slim big mouth girl who at least was brave even if she was a brat. Kolera, who was only a child but had the unique power to pull the life from living plants. And the pretty blue woman, who he had chased away with his fire before he knew anything about her.
He sinks lower in the water. Only his ivory nostrils, the bridge of his nose and his eyes above the surface, almost reptilian.
He wanted to bring them all together. Not to talk, no he hated small talk. To act... to do something. Levi wasn’t going to lurk in the forest and river for the rest of eternity. Together they formed a small force, would they come together? He would have to return to the forest. Not much time had passes between each of his initial encounter, it was likely they still were in the area.
A snap of a branch, a flash of color? His mismatched eyes dart to the grassland above the riverbank, then to the stand of old trees farther up. He will have to continue his plotting later. The dark stallion does not rise from the water. Someone was out there.
Levi
so scream you, out from behind the bitter ache.
@[Rapture]