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Freedom. It was a word Joanna had almost erased from her vocabulary. It had been a long time since she had used that word- or rather, thought of it. For the past 2 years or so of her life, she had been in captivity, only accompanying her master when he needed her for his hunting expeditions. Then, one day, he decided to flee the country, taking Joanna with him on a gigantic, floating monster of some kind. Of course- things didn’t turn out very well after that. The female monitor lizard wasn’t sure what happened. One moment, everything was normal- then the giant metal monster started shaking, a large booming noise coming from deep within it. After that, it was pure chaos, humans running everywhere, shouting and scrambling to escape. Her master was nowhere to be found- so, it seemed Joanna was on her own. The dusty red collar with her silver name tag still hanging around her neck, the monitor lizard had no choice but to follow the humans, who eventually lead her to the upper deck. There, she managed to slip into one of the wooden life boats, hiding under a tarp where the humans couldn’t find her.
When Joanna finally awoke, she was still underneath the tarp, except, they were no longer moving. What happened? Sticking her head out, eyes shut briefly in response to the sudden burst of sunlight, a hiss escaping her jaws. Once she had adjusted to the sunlight and her eyes had focused, Joanna was delighted to find that she was surrounded by sand- and water as well, but she didn’t care about that. As long as it was warm, sandy, and there were no humans here, she was fine with being stuck here- and this place seemed to meet all of those criteria so far. So, without any hesitation, she would ungracefully climb out of the hunk of wood and collapse onto the beach, eyes scanning her surroundings. Now that she was finally alone, there was only one thing left to do. Gazing down at the old collar around her neck, memories of her master flashed in her head, bringing a snarl to the monitor lizard’s muzzle. No- he wasn’t her master anymore. She had no master. Joanna was free. With that, she would use her sharpened claws to rip the collar from her neck, tossing it into the sand before leaping at it once more to rip it apart with her teeth. It took less than a minute for the collar to be completely destroyed, bits of red fabric surrounding Joanna. The only thing still intact was her name tag, which she promptly smushed into the sand.
Yes, she was truly free now.
/wow i didnt expect this to get so long but uhh yeh the last paragraph is the only important part- the rest is backstory
THERE’s a lot of inconsistancies but i’m so tired, i couldn’t be arsed to go back and fix them oof so,,,sorry abt that
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When Joanna finally awoke, she was still underneath the tarp, except, they were no longer moving. What happened? Sticking her head out, eyes shut briefly in response to the sudden burst of sunlight, a hiss escaping her jaws. Once she had adjusted to the sunlight and her eyes had focused, Joanna was delighted to find that she was surrounded by sand- and water as well, but she didn’t care about that. As long as it was warm, sandy, and there were no humans here, she was fine with being stuck here- and this place seemed to meet all of those criteria so far. So, without any hesitation, she would ungracefully climb out of the hunk of wood and collapse onto the beach, eyes scanning her surroundings. Now that she was finally alone, there was only one thing left to do. Gazing down at the old collar around her neck, memories of her master flashed in her head, bringing a snarl to the monitor lizard’s muzzle. No- he wasn’t her master anymore. She had no master. Joanna was free. With that, she would use her sharpened claws to rip the collar from her neck, tossing it into the sand before leaping at it once more to rip it apart with her teeth. It took less than a minute for the collar to be completely destroyed, bits of red fabric surrounding Joanna. The only thing still intact was her name tag, which she promptly smushed into the sand.
Yes, she was truly free now.
/wow i didnt expect this to get so long but uhh yeh the last paragraph is the only important part- the rest is backstory
THERE’s a lot of inconsistancies but i’m so tired, i couldn’t be arsed to go back and fix them oof so,,,sorry abt that
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