Anon
11/04/2024 (Mon) 07:24
[Preview]
No.11280
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I'm getting a late start, but I guess I'm going back to see Starry Skies on his journey.
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Two more deep breaths, and he eased his neck back against the rock face. He felt the absence of magic, but it didn't hurt his time. Before he could steel himself to take another step, however, there was a shadow of something getting flung out from the edge, above him. Following the drifting magic, Breezy Blue, hanging on the edge of his rope, flew in, landing hard against both Starry's sweaty, heaving rib cage, and the hard rock face he stood on. She had a bit of a time reaching the same steps he was braced against, but once she was standing, not flying, she pulled down more of the rope, and grabbed his front right hoof. "Need to wrap this around. Lift up for a second."
Rope around his right elbow, she pulled more spare rope down, crossing over his withers to press against his front left. It took a moment to shift his weight without shifting, but now the rope went from whoever was holding it, to his elbows, alone, and a little ways further to Breezy.
Hugging him tightly, she shouted "We're ready! Pull!" and kicked hard against the stone, tearing Starry away from the only thing keeping him alive and in one piece, the Earth.
Starry only kicked a couple of times, reaching for solid purchase that could never come. It would have been two breaths before he realized he could feel magic again. Not the electrifying, painful surge, but a steady flow, a river of energy so deep he had never felt so at home as during the moment before his death.
Would have been, but he wasn't breathing yet. The rope wasn't taut, and when Starry Skies looked around to see, yes he was mid-air with nothing holding him up, the cliff now easily twenty hooves away, but the pressure on Starry's body was around his barrel, where Breezy's hooves were, as she flew upward, lifting him before even the rope was needed.
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End of his journey, indeed (?)
2200 words, and I have just started today - an hour or two ago in fact.
Eh. Can't hurt to try.
Unlike AI.