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Date Posted: 18:14:21 10/02/03 Thu
Author: Jiciri
Subject: ===

A tattered white form slipped gracelessly through the trees on the riverbanks, balance obviously askew and badly enough that the Korat could not manage a steady lope. Half-healed wounds and massive scars plagued what was once an attractive female, ugly lumps of greyish scar tissue obscuring her nose and replacing her ears; she was deaf and unable to do more than breathe shallowly through her nose. Tongue lolling from a disfigured muzzle, Jiciri's blackened green eyes finally locked upon the beautiful sight of yet-hidden water reflecting sunlight onto the trees and leaves nearby. As hard as it had been to locate water by sight alone, she had done it.

Pale greyish fur was darkened immediately as Wureshi's daughter plunged recklessly into the icy river, streams of fresh blood mingling with flakes of dried. She stayed submerged as long as she could, rolling to wash the filth and gore from her patchy, uneven pelt, before she surged upwards and gasped for breath. Shaking her head vigorously was a foolish move for one whose inner ear -and thus her balance- had been ruined recently, and Jiciri spent the next few minutes trying to reach the surface again, kicking wildly with no sense of direction, the current tugging at her muscular frame. But finally she does surface, paddling immediately to the shore and climbing out, even more bedraggled and pitiful in appearance than before -- but now she's clean.

A crooked grin bared broken fangs as the white dipped her head and drank her fill of the ice-cold water, muscles twitching minutely as instinct tried to move nonexistant ears. As she stood again, liquid cascading from darkened grey fur, she looked around, using the one sense that remained to her. No one was within her vision, but then, it was a thickly-forested area and she could easily be ambushed. The thought birthed a rough growl which the warrior immediately stifled; though she couldn't hear it, others might.

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--- -- Ezythas, 15:43:57 10/21/03 Tue
- === -- Jiciri, 21:24:32 10/21/03 Tue
  - --- -- Ezythas, 23:19:11 11/04/03 Tue
    - === -- Jiciri, 13:44:07 11/08/03 Sat
      - ... -- Ezythas, 22:32:15 11/09/03 Sun
        === -- Jiciri, 22:55:36 12/09/03 Tue
        --- -- Ezythas, 17:36:27 12/11/03 Thu
        === -- Jiciri, 18:16:20 12/12/03 Fri
        ~~~ -- Ezythas, 01:07:35 12/20/03 Sat
        === -- Jiciri, 09:35:34 01/11/04 Sun