Counting Bodies Like Sheep

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A playthrough of (the old version of) Ikla's Plague, because I realised that some rules may seem a little vague. 

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They had washed up on this strange shore, alone and shivering, fur reddened with fever and malady. From the other side of the sandy bank, a strange, black-furred nicheling raises his head and stares at the couple- he does not speak, but a sense of dread builds in their gut. What does this one know that they do not? 

Senses dulled, they turn and flee into the open water by the side of the sand bank; fearful. Afraid. 

 

Their fear is all but forgotten, even as the two breed- there was dread bubbling in the nearby water, and blood is scented in the air. Something was coming, something was here to slaughter them. 

 

Another Sick One emerges, drawn out by the sense pulling her away from the... centre. She whimpers and sobs, curling herself into the water-bodied male. Nobody has names here. They die.

 

The plague claims it's first victims. Yellow-Double-Claw watches her mother choke upon her own blood and mucus, eyes burning and blistering. She feels something amused beside her. 

 

But amid the Sick Ones, a strange, long-horned one emerges. She speaks of not being sick, of being untied from life.

They do not see her green eyes, glittering away in the grasses. 

[georgie]

On ‎5‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 7:48 AM, angelheart said:

Ikla's Plague, because I realised that some rules may seem a little vague

I haven't read anything past this but,

why must it rhyme

[flower]

Your really good at writing really good descriptions of  horrible things!

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8 minutes ago, heyitsgeorgie said:

I haven't read anything past this but,

why must it rhyme

Because all the best things rhyme

5 minutes ago, FlowerMask said:

Your really good at writing really good descriptions of  horrible things!

Thank you :')