Ultima
07-14-2017, 10:47 PM
They were far away from that place where they had first emerged into the world now. Far away from home. His mom did not like him saying so, but in the privacy of his own mind, Van still kept thinking of the Portal forest that way. It was the place they always returned to, where his father was most often seen, the place he was most familiar with, and thus it would do as 'home'. At least until he found something better.
This place held a lot of promise so far. Van noticed that there was a lot more space when trees did not close in above his head all the time. The horizon stretched on forever it seemed, and a strong wind drove drifting rain and salt spray from the sea firmly into his skin with such intensity that it hurt. Van didn't mind. He was accustomed to pain. It had been a constant companion from the moment he was born, and he had learned to set it aside for the most part. The pain did not prevent him from exploring the virgin new world around him, and he had only marginal difficulties in keeping up with Alvah.
Actually, for the most part he tended to be the one who took charge and led the way into things. Like now. His pale counterpart was either more cautious or a bit more intelligent; he preferred to hang back by their mother to make sure something was safe first, something Van definitely did not have the patience for. The ocean drew him in, its vast expanse and shifting colors bewitching him from the moment they crested the dunes and found the coast spread out before them.
Serious of expression but with a wild excitement burning in the vibrant eyes, he busied himself for a long while with the rolling waves, barely acknowledging neither his twin nor their mother. She did not spoil them with constant attention - it took him a good while to realize that she had withdrawn further up the beach, almost level with a large formation of glistening rocks and crystals.
But when Alvah spoke, the ram-horned colt looked up from his close examination of a blue creature with giant pinching claws and leveled his steady gaze at the stranger. He let his brother do the talking; Alvah was better with words than he was, and it saved him the bother of having to think up something nice to say.
@Akeli
This place held a lot of promise so far. Van noticed that there was a lot more space when trees did not close in above his head all the time. The horizon stretched on forever it seemed, and a strong wind drove drifting rain and salt spray from the sea firmly into his skin with such intensity that it hurt. Van didn't mind. He was accustomed to pain. It had been a constant companion from the moment he was born, and he had learned to set it aside for the most part. The pain did not prevent him from exploring the virgin new world around him, and he had only marginal difficulties in keeping up with Alvah.
Actually, for the most part he tended to be the one who took charge and led the way into things. Like now. His pale counterpart was either more cautious or a bit more intelligent; he preferred to hang back by their mother to make sure something was safe first, something Van definitely did not have the patience for. The ocean drew him in, its vast expanse and shifting colors bewitching him from the moment they crested the dunes and found the coast spread out before them.
Serious of expression but with a wild excitement burning in the vibrant eyes, he busied himself for a long while with the rolling waves, barely acknowledging neither his twin nor their mother. She did not spoil them with constant attention - it took him a good while to realize that she had withdrawn further up the beach, almost level with a large formation of glistening rocks and crystals.
But when Alvah spoke, the ram-horned colt looked up from his close examination of a blue creature with giant pinching claws and leveled his steady gaze at the stranger. He let his brother do the talking; Alvah was better with words than he was, and it saved him the bother of having to think up something nice to say.
@Akeli
