Arha trudged through the red sands, squinting into the sunset, the shimmer of the day's trapped heat sizzling around her. She was not dressed for this. The long cream colored gown whipped and snapped at her as she turned to glance behind her, far off into the distance where a glimmer of light reflected sharply.
She could not go back to the white dunes, that way was closed. With a slight frown, she slip-slid forward, her sandaled feet sinking into the sand, then deeper until she toppled forward and rolled down the embankment, the action careless and noisy. She could hear the way the earth shifted, rattling the dune beneath her as she struggled to her feet.
She had to run.
The sand pulled at her, licking at her thighs as if it were muck and when she looked down it was watery. She sank further and kept moving while the world shook and a roar split the air. A dark shape blotted out the dying sun and Arha looked...up.
Oct-o-pooze?
Her eyes widened as its arms twisted and curled into odd shapes, then dove straight at her, wrapping around her. Arha opened her mouth to say something.
HUNGRY!
What?
Oct-o-pooze rattled her and yelled again in a sort of weird warbling hum and then tried to bite off her head. She yelled back and the whole landscape shuddered...just as Oct-o-pooze started to melt.
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She could not go back to the white dunes, that way was closed. With a slight frown, she slip-slid forward, her sandaled feet sinking into the sand, then deeper until she toppled forward and rolled down the embankment, the action careless and noisy. She could hear the way the earth shifted, rattling the dune beneath her as she struggled to her feet.
She had to run.
The sand pulled at her, licking at her thighs as if it were muck and when she looked down it was watery. She sank further and kept moving while the world shook and a roar split the air. A dark shape blotted out the dying sun and Arha looked...up.
Oct-o-pooze?
Her eyes widened as its arms twisted and curled into odd shapes, then dove straight at her, wrapping around her. Arha opened her mouth to say something.
HUNGRY!
What?
Oct-o-pooze rattled her and yelled again in a sort of weird warbling hum and then tried to bite off her head. She yelled back and the whole landscape shuddered...just as Oct-o-pooze started to melt.