06-11-2024, 10:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-11-2024, 10:54 PM by XANTI. Edited 1 time in total.)
the hardest thing to me is facing the fear i live
no one can help me now, it’s under my heart!
Whenever Knox returned from the trip down to the sacrificial lava pools, it’d find the lazy cheetah sunbathing on the beach. From a distance, xe looked like xe was meditating—or taking a nap—amongst the garbage. Lying on its side, the cheetah’s rear paws and scorpion tail rested on the shore where the waves occasionally brushed its toes.
However, on closer inspection, while Xanti did have its eyes closed, xe wasn’t napping or meditating.
Next to xem was a steadily growing pile of wet garbage. Every two minutes, a teleportation pop! and broken plastic dropped into the pile. The waves off the ocean were serene, unchanged, and there wasn’t any indication where on the reefs Xanti was plucking this garbage from. But, clearly, xe had found an efficient way to get at an unreachable source of disgustingness.
Pop! A crushed-up bottle of dishwasher detergent.
Xanti opened xyr eyes and blinked. A paw lifted off the sand to shade xyr face and take off the glare.
“Hey, Knox.” Xanti managed to say her name completely before a yawn overcame xem. Golden eyes squinted shut, maw stretched wide. Then xyr jaw snapped shut and xe blinked to look up at the maned lioness. “Heard you got beach cleanup duty. Figured I might as well help ya out. Don’t think I’ve had a chance to talk to the fellow it/its pronouns queer on the Big Island.”
“Don’t mind me. I can focus regardless of my surroundings. Focusing through conversation is good practice.” Xe flashed a grin.
However, on closer inspection, while Xanti did have its eyes closed, xe wasn’t napping or meditating.
Next to xem was a steadily growing pile of wet garbage. Every two minutes, a teleportation pop! and broken plastic dropped into the pile. The waves off the ocean were serene, unchanged, and there wasn’t any indication where on the reefs Xanti was plucking this garbage from. But, clearly, xe had found an efficient way to get at an unreachable source of disgustingness.
Pop! A crushed-up bottle of dishwasher detergent.
Xanti opened xyr eyes and blinked. A paw lifted off the sand to shade xyr face and take off the glare.
“Hey, Knox.” Xanti managed to say her name completely before a yawn overcame xem. Golden eyes squinted shut, maw stretched wide. Then xyr jaw snapped shut and xe blinked to look up at the maned lioness. “Heard you got beach cleanup duty. Figured I might as well help ya out. Don’t think I’ve had a chance to talk to the fellow it/its pronouns queer on the Big Island.”
“Don’t mind me. I can focus regardless of my surroundings. Focusing through conversation is good practice.” Xe flashed a grin.
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— i wanted to hate / i wanted to die / i wanted to see you sacrificed / i had to deal with the fear you gave me / but you fucker never tried to help me / i was jealous and i was scared / nobody ever replaced my pain / to say i’m not evil, to tell I’m not bad / too late, i’m lost in human nature / leave me be / set me free / leave me be / set me free / the hardest thing to me is facing the fear i live / no one can help me now, it’s under my heart / i’ll come to know the living, my demons are inside / i’ll bring them all to light / ———— emerged from the dark I come to life!