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ValhaHazred — Drifting in the Sub Ocean
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Published: 2019-12-06 07:25:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 1811; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 0
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There is a space beneath the spaces that can be found under the gaps in the geometry of the world. Take care to have a way back or you might end up falling forever through a featureless sky.---------------------------------------------------------------
This is heavily inspired by falling out of the level of a videogame and a recent episode of Loading Ready Runs' Watch+Play in particular.
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I wonder what kind of strange free fall biopheres have evolved in this endless void from the bacteria and remains of the unfortubate souls who fell there...
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Kurtis didn't know how long he'd been falling but it felt like days. His sole water bottle had run out ages ago and he was so parched he was fairly sure he was starting to succumb to dehydration. It didn't help that there was so little to hold his attention, just endless peach sky and occasional misty clouds. The clouds weren't even enough to help his thirst they just slightly dampened his tracksuit when he plunged through them.
Suddenly some specks appeared in the direction he was plunging. Desperate for some kind of stimulation he did his best to steer towards them. He came down among a flock of spinning pinwheel like plants that drifted and fluttered in a seemingly controlled manner. He tried to snag one but it spun out of his reach with a flick of its leaves. The flock started to crowd him, seemingly studying him with small black flowers that glittered like insectoid eyes. They toyed with him, drifting into reach but always pulling away if he attempted a grab. This carried on for what was probably hours before a few of the pinwheel plants seemed to panic, a flashing of periwinkle petals appearing to signal the flock to scatter.
What had they seen that he hadn't? He studied the pink expanse beneath him and could just make out a faint twinkle before something like cobwebs struck his face. He tried to brush it away but something pulled his arm back. It almost felt like fighting against a mass of elastic bands. He thrashed against the grip but whatever held him simply flexed along with his panicked flailing. He was too exhausted to keep it up for long. He blacked out.
He awoke to a stinging sensation. Now with the calmness of resignation he could see what held him. A network of thin white threads, beaded with a clear sticky fluid was spread out as far as he could make out. He was caught in a vast drifting organic net! Everywhere his exposed skin touched the strands felt like it was burning and looked red and raw. The fluid must be like the glue of the sundew plant! It was eating him alive!
He gave another token struggle but if anything the thin strands bound him even tighter.
Kurtis closed his eyes, relaxed into the carnivorous web and just let himself go.
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Damn... Although at that point, death was probably a release ;___;
Did you write this yourself on the spot?
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Don't fall in. It's not a great time.
I did!
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OMG that was awesome, Do you write horror fiction?
Also, what do you see the plants and the web as having evolved from?
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Thanks! I dabble with writing every now and then but I'm a lot less confident at it than I am with drawing.
The wirlygigs would have evolved from some super early flowering plant. The web is a colonial fungus that have evolved to capture prey in their mycelium.
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