Cautionary Tale

Colibri Haki · 07-04-2012, 10:33 PM

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Date: Forward dated July 7th, 2012

Setting: Grand Lake

Time: Dusk

Guidelines: This meeting is not mandatory but it's important from an IC standpoint. So if you want to get your character more involved with Vinatta, here's your chance. After the initial posting order is set, we'll grant everyone a 72 hour period to reply before skipping your turn. Andara Desta is allowed to attend, seeing as her character has been staying in VN for quite some time now.

Who posts next? Round 2. We keep the same posting order. If you want to participate and your character isn't present as of yet, feel free to jump in whenever.

Questions? PM Jess (click HURR!)

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The sun was setting by the time Colibri stirred.

She was curled at the lake shore, laying on the bare ground hugging her knees to her chest. She had been there all afternoon, silently watching the sun's reflection over the shimmering lake surface. She did not want to move. It hurt. But she knew the oncoming night could bring more danger, and she had to get home, even if it meant facing the shameful reality of what had happened... and letting her packmates know. They had to know it was unsafe outside of their borders, lest one of them suffer the same fate she had. Her tears had dried, and she was too weary to cry again in front of them.

Suppressing a small whimper, she uncurled her body, wincing as the wound on her chest reopened. Her shoulder was encrusted with blood from where the cruel claws had scored into her, branding her. No one had ever taught Coli how to read, so she did not know what the letter meant, but it was easy to assume it had marked her as some sort of conquest. There were other cuts on her frail body where his claws had dug into her, as well as a myriad of bruises swollen beneath her fur, but she did her best to ignore them. She rose unsteadily to her feet, feeling a dizzying throb from the back of her skull. She hoped fervently that it was not a concussion, but she had been thrown to the ground so roughly, she could not be sure... Coli shuddered, hugging her arms tightly around her sides. She felt awful, battered all over. She had been lucky to have been left here so close to home, because she was in no shape to travel. She was also lucky that her assailant had not decided to kill her.

She waded into the lake, biting her lip as the cold water seeped into her fur. She had to get rid of his scent, the cloying musk that betrayed what he had done to her. She scrubbed at her arms and legs, wading deeper and deeper into the water until it reached her chest. It was frantic, the need to reject his presence, remove everything of him from her. She yelped as the water splashed on her open wound, rinsing away the dried blood from the inflamed area. Finally she limped back to the shore, wringing the dripping water from her mane. Being wet was better than reeking of copulation, and she could just tell them he threw her in the lake or something. She shivered at the memory of his soulless black eyes staring at her, and bared her teeth, snarling helplessly at the scene she was leaving behind. She would not be crossing the borders again for a long time, not until she could be sure he was not returning.

With faltering steps, a rather damp Colibri followed the lake shore back across the borders of Vinátta. She had been so close the entire time, and she was still not safe; it was her duty to warn others, and not hide the truth of what had happened. At least the gist of it, the full truth would be hers alone to bear. She reached the base of a looming pine tree, leaning heavily against it for support as she tipped her head back to howl. Her voice was feeble at first, but gained a little strength as she cried out for her sister Lilin. She needed her family.

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