by Gene » Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:40 pm
Sazarinka stared after Dajuan. She corrected herself: Day. She decided to keep an eye on him. He wouldn't be a terrible ally in a fight. Not a bad one to keep a tab on either - he was a good oppurtunity for socializing. She mentally kicked herself. She was having that odd need to talk with someone that was becoming increasingly common today. And as she sat watching Day, she noticed a dog on a large hill behind him. And that dog was familiar.
A burning urge erupted into flame inside of her and she leapt to her feet, already starting to run. Her paws hardly touched the ground as she sped across the sand. The dog saw her and, in panic, he took off in a sprint. He wound his way in and out of streets and alleys, Sazarinka always in pursuit. Lukyan led the way into an old apartment building. Up the stairs he went, higher and higher. When they were on the third floor, he turned abruptly into one of the rooms. He sped onto the balcony, poised to race down the fire escape. He never did because he had fallen through the floor. He fell to the next balcony one story below, only to find that the flooring there was cracking as well. He took a quick jump to avoid it, but only his front paws caught hold of solid ground. Below him was a two-story fall onto asphalt. He whined and scratched and kicked in an attempt to save himself, but to no avail.
Sazarinka's good side, which was becoming more prominent every minute, took hold of her body once more. As if in a daze, she raced down the stairs until she came to stand in front of him. "Please...please help, Sazi!" No one had called her that in over a year, and she took a step back in surprise. Then she remembered fully who he was and she growled at him. She came up to him.
Sazarinka nipped at his paws until he was forced to let go and he plummeted to the earth. Guilt submerged her and she lay down trying to avoid the dizziness. And she fell asleep, right there, in the middle of Akandian territory.