01-09-2020, 12:13 AM
[align=center][div style="text-align:justify;width:55%;font-family:verdana;"]Once, Ahab was the name of a king. In another life, Ahab was a fisherman.
Now, with a name that is shared alongside no other, he is only lost.
In the literal sense, he's never too far from the stars to seek out true north, nor shy of running water that'll lead him to high ground or shoreline. The land speaks in hidden ways and he is fluent in their tongue. He appears to wander; it's easy to look lost, stepping through foreign grounds with no trail before him, but he knows what he wants. He knows where he wants to be. It's the part of him that can still ask why that cannot find its way.
This land is not built for a creature such as he. The railroad track is narrow, and his paws straddle either bar of iron with room to spare. The island is but a hill on the horizon, pale shores reaching out like open arms - he gauges a few miles at the least, holding up a claw and comparing it to the horizon line. The view is pleasant, at least, providing respite from the exhaustion of the trek. There's a ship bobbing on the sea, masts jutting out like spines, and a few sailboats bob slothfully with the winter waves. Not too strong - the weather's rather tropical, here - but enough to make the colorful specks drift along the sea at a productive pace.
A few lingering seagulls scatter as he lumbers by. His claws cleave deep tracks into the pebbled ground around the rails, but he seems unbothered by the journey. (The bird droppings underfoot seem to pose no threat to his easygoing mood, either.) It's a few long minutes before he reaches an outpost: a single bell hangs from a pole, a few vines are cleared to make way for a path. With curious, dark eyes, another seagull cranes its neck to look at the unfamiliar beast stepping out of the sand and onto the jungle ground.
Ahab rings the bell. There's no reason why he shouldn't. If it's a trap, he can work his way out of whatever unwelcome guest's anger is wrought upon him - and if not, he is being handed an ample opportunity to be selfish and seek out something better than wandering along train tracks for hours. The bear shoulders his satchel a little, hoisting it higher onto his back. There's nothing in there he could defend himself with. He doesn't need it. Instead, he's tucked a few gull feathers in there, as well as a broken sand dollar he'd nearly crushed underfoot on his way up the beach. It was pretty, so he took it. He'll apologize for the minor theft later.
...Ask and you shall receive, he'd once heard, and he asks by calling out to no one for an answer that will never come.
Now, with a name that is shared alongside no other, he is only lost.
In the literal sense, he's never too far from the stars to seek out true north, nor shy of running water that'll lead him to high ground or shoreline. The land speaks in hidden ways and he is fluent in their tongue. He appears to wander; it's easy to look lost, stepping through foreign grounds with no trail before him, but he knows what he wants. He knows where he wants to be. It's the part of him that can still ask why that cannot find its way.
This land is not built for a creature such as he. The railroad track is narrow, and his paws straddle either bar of iron with room to spare. The island is but a hill on the horizon, pale shores reaching out like open arms - he gauges a few miles at the least, holding up a claw and comparing it to the horizon line. The view is pleasant, at least, providing respite from the exhaustion of the trek. There's a ship bobbing on the sea, masts jutting out like spines, and a few sailboats bob slothfully with the winter waves. Not too strong - the weather's rather tropical, here - but enough to make the colorful specks drift along the sea at a productive pace.
A few lingering seagulls scatter as he lumbers by. His claws cleave deep tracks into the pebbled ground around the rails, but he seems unbothered by the journey. (The bird droppings underfoot seem to pose no threat to his easygoing mood, either.) It's a few long minutes before he reaches an outpost: a single bell hangs from a pole, a few vines are cleared to make way for a path. With curious, dark eyes, another seagull cranes its neck to look at the unfamiliar beast stepping out of the sand and onto the jungle ground.
Ahab rings the bell. There's no reason why he shouldn't. If it's a trap, he can work his way out of whatever unwelcome guest's anger is wrought upon him - and if not, he is being handed an ample opportunity to be selfish and seek out something better than wandering along train tracks for hours. The bear shoulders his satchel a little, hoisting it higher onto his back. There's nothing in there he could defend himself with. He doesn't need it. Instead, he's tucked a few gull feathers in there, as well as a broken sand dollar he'd nearly crushed underfoot on his way up the beach. It was pretty, so he took it. He'll apologize for the minor theft later.
...Ask and you shall receive, he'd once heard, and he asks by calling out to no one for an answer that will never come.
[align=center][div style="text-align:right;width:59%;font-family:verdana;"][font=verdana][size=11pt][color=transparent][url=https://beastsofbeyond.com/index.php?topic=13462.0][color=black][b][i]LET HIM WHO THINKS HE KNOWS NO FEAR
LOOK WELL UPON MY FACE
LOOK WELL UPON MY FACE