[private] this is it, the apocalypse

[Anomaly]

A N O M A L Y

Anomaly had slept fitfully last night, and when she’d awoken she was surrounded by a pool of withered, deceased foliage.  Again.  It had become more and more evident that this was not normal.  She knew she could go to her mother with her concerns, but she hated to bother her over a few dead plants.  Little did Anomaly know that Anaxarete knew exactly what was wrong with her - and that was the reason she’d been gestated in an egg far away from any others. It’s why she hatched alone - surrounded only by extraterrestrial creatures immune to radiation. But, of course, in Anaxarete’s eyes - there was nothing wrong with her daughter at all.  Regardless, that led the gray filly distracted as she walked along the canyon edge.  She’d about memorized the footprint of this canyon, having spent the majority of her two years learning every crevice in this land.  Every cut in the stone, every cave, every ledge - she’d memorized them all. Well. Almost. Today she noticed an overhang she’d yet to explore. It was enough to elevate her sullen mood as she stepped nearer to the edge - peering down to see distant shapes lurking below.  It was only then that she registered a strange sensation beneath her hooves, accompanied immediately afterwards by a deafening crack. She did not scream as she fell as she was utterly paralyzed by the sensation of the ground giving way.  She knew she was falling. She was weightless. Time seemed to slow… And then it caught up with her. She screamed when her mind finally registered pain. Unimaginable, overwhelming pain. Her body was broken on the canyon floor - half pinned beneath the stones that had fallen with her. The stones were spattered with eering, glowing blood that she knew to be her own. She was pinned. She was broken. She was dying. So she screamed for salvation as her blood flowed freely against the sandstone. THIS IS IT, THE APOCALYPSE

@[caledonia]
@[Beyza]