lullaby // joining

[rakue]

[align=center]

S L E E P W A L K E R

Thin legs carried a young girl slowly across an open tundra, pinpoint paws pressing small divots into the snow. A heavy wind pushed at her back, a gentle encouragement to press forward into the unknown expanse of land before her. The swirls of air around her could not drown the deafening white noise already occupying her thoughts, the beginnings of a scowl etched into the scrawny girl's features. The girl knew not of where she was, not of who she was; her mind ached as it struggled to piece together any piece of logic in her situation. Forest green eyes floated down from the stretch of open ivory down to her weary limbs, aching skin wrapped tightly around protruding bone. She did not know herself, her location, but the girl knew she would not last if she had to spend the night in this frozen Hell. Her jaw parted to draw in a ragged breath, the cold air sapping what remained of her strength from her bones as she came to a staggering stop. Sinewy legs gave way beneath her as the fledgeling maned wolf dropped into a sit, muscles tense at the sudden cold but without the perseverance to rise once more, she remained seated. Minutes ago, hours ago - how long had she been at this? Gods above, she wouldn't be able to stomach the truth of her own inquiry - the canine had encountered the footprints of another animal, but as she followed them they had been swept away by the winds and buried once more in the snow.

There had to be someone. Someone. She was so close, and yet so far, the distance remaining between her and any sort of shelter on this seemingly endless tundra making her nauseous. A salmon pink tongue swiped over her numbed maw, gaze turning down from her surroundings once more to trail down her gradient limbs trembling in the cold. Was this really her life? This short-lived expedition in a climate her body was not at all ready for, to sleep permanently in the same unwelcoming blanket of white she had awoken to. No, she would - she had- to stay hopeful.

/I WANTED TO GET THIS DONE before goin 2 bed pardon how purple prose-y and Not Good it is hh

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––  [i][color=#96f091]☾ ✧ [color=#96f091]☽  [b]––