AISHA
she grabbed a razor for me
and she did it, just like that
and she did it, just like that
Before was a good way to put it, before Caido, BC if you will. Outlander to Outlander, no clarification was required, and as Deimos asked the question Aisha purred, imagining for a moment that this was the jungle below the falls, the sprawling rain forest beneath the plateau city. No magic, but we had shiftless like me. Leopards, tigers, deer, all sorts of birds and reptiles. The jungle was full of predators like us, the plains were for the farms, terracing, the prey animals.
A jungle like this back on Earth would've had huge snakes, I bet there are some up in the trees, she added, gazing up into the canopy above. Here in the Oerwoud, sentient vines replaced the boas and pythons, she wondered if those vines were vicious constrictors as well, or just pests. They finished up their fill of the birds, satisfied their hunger and discarded the remains for nature to deal with. And then they set out, Aisha took the silence as agreement, slipping into the stream alongside the hound.
Playful notions ensued here and there, but mostly the leopard was alert, watching and waiting for something new and exciting to sprout before them. Eventually it did, slight chirping up ahead around a turn in the stream, the sound of feet pressing through the current. It sounded like a bird, more of the fowl maybe, landed to chance their luck on the ground once more. She glanced to Deimos, sure he too had picked up on the presence before them, and certain that he would enjoy another investigation.
She melted once more into the thick vegetation surrounding the bank, at home in this habitat, maneuvering through the undergrowth quietly. When she reached the creature making the noise she paused, hidden and out of sight, to watch the bird. It was a colorful thing, but most jungle beasts are. Something about it though seems different, more dangerous. Another bird, she relays, tail flicking ever so slightly behind her.
A jungle like this back on Earth would've had huge snakes, I bet there are some up in the trees, she added, gazing up into the canopy above. Here in the Oerwoud, sentient vines replaced the boas and pythons, she wondered if those vines were vicious constrictors as well, or just pests. They finished up their fill of the birds, satisfied their hunger and discarded the remains for nature to deal with. And then they set out, Aisha took the silence as agreement, slipping into the stream alongside the hound.
Playful notions ensued here and there, but mostly the leopard was alert, watching and waiting for something new and exciting to sprout before them. Eventually it did, slight chirping up ahead around a turn in the stream, the sound of feet pressing through the current. It sounded like a bird, more of the fowl maybe, landed to chance their luck on the ground once more. She glanced to Deimos, sure he too had picked up on the presence before them, and certain that he would enjoy another investigation.
She melted once more into the thick vegetation surrounding the bank, at home in this habitat, maneuvering through the undergrowth quietly. When she reached the creature making the noise she paused, hidden and out of sight, to watch the bird. It was a colorful thing, but most jungle beasts are. Something about it though seems different, more dangerous. Another bird, she relays, tail flicking ever so slightly behind her.
when she want something
she don't wanna pay for it
she don't wanna pay for it
