[PRP] Lady of the Lake [Distant Thunder x Songs for Silence]

[Maxx D]

It was a sleepless night for the buck - a little while ago, having come to terms with the fact his search was not over, that dream would come to him again.
The swift figure, fleeing down the waters. He ran after, seeking resolution, though he had barely started to see just who it was. He ran after, always. Sometimes it started anew, the same distance that he had started in the dream that had named him. Sometimes it continued from his search, after he had grown from a colt, fought the Flood, run from the plains, and came to the swamp. Sometimes the stretch of waves was endless, as was the run. He ran after, always - but it was tiring to wake again, when he had been running all night, simply to feel like he should do the same all day. Sometimes he barely felt older, barely stronger than when he was a colt.

And so he would walk down the nearest stretch of water, willing the waves to lull him to dreamless slumber, or perhaps that he would stumble into that seafoam silhouette he sought.

He was doing the same, this sleepless night. Along a stream, the gentle, winding curve joining into a small lake a way away. He meandered up, slowly, as with the flow of the water. Perhaps, he thought, I will lay down to rest there.

It was not to be. Once his hooves had led him to the start of the lake, they stopped.

Several strides away was a seafoam silhouette by the lake, lit dimly by the moon. The lake burbled. His breath, too, stopped.

oneironym

yeeey thank you, I hope this opener is OK! Only the last 3 lines are important for the setting lol

 

[oneironym]

Carefully, she waded into deeper water, neck craning as she peered upwards at the stars overhead. The moon was not so bright as to drown out the other lights tonight, but instead wisps of drifting clouds blocked important parts of the glittering vault of the sky. Songs huffed a breath out her nose and tilted her head to one side, even though she knew the clouds were too far away to be blown by the sigh of one kin, or seen around from the ground.

Whatever her father saw in the movements of the heavens, Songs for Silence did not quite fully understand, but she tried nonetheless. Particularly on nights like tonight, when she was having trouble sleeping. Stars meant the passage of time, at the very least, and so she imagined she could kill some time this way.

After a few minutes, she found herself in water up to her shoulders, and still the clouds hid too many of the stars from her eyes. Perhaps instead, she could try to tire herself out more, and then sleep would come. With a sigh and a final glance upwards, the doe took a breath and held it, and ducked under the water to swim in a slow half-circle. When she rose above the surface again, now facing back the way she had come, however, she noticed someone on the bank, watching her, and stopped.

After watching for a long moment, Songs ventured to hum a greeting over to the stranger. If she was fortunate and the figure was friendly, maybe they could chat until sleep was ready to take her. And if she were unlucky, and the stranger was hostile ... well, the chase would serve to take the presently-unwanted abundance of energy from her limbs, at least.

Maxx D

Sorry I took so long orz Hope this is okay?

 

[Maxx D]

When the figure descended and disappeared into the water, failing to rise for a good few counts, Thunder's breath stopped anew - in horror. Startled steps brought him closer to the lakeside, and he sighed in relief as the water parted for the figure's emergence. He was, however, close enough at this point to see the figure of a kimeti doe, and the threads of her pelt seemed to reflect the moonlight, just like the ripples of the lake.

She was beautiful.

His steps had also brought him close enough to hear the sweet thrum of the doe's voice, and the sound gave confidence to his hooves, taking him to her.

"Truly a good swimmer," he said, feeling in this moment a kinship with the water that had brought him the seafoam silhouette. "I was frightened for a moment when you were underwater, I'm not ashamed to say."

oneironym

No worries, that is great to work with 8D Take the time you need!