December

After the Asteroid-Closed

@RumikoOhara 2016 needs to end. I thought Carrie was going to survive it.

After the Asteroid-Closed

@Wick Yeah! If you want a quick explanation as to why I was gone, it was because my mom's kidneys had serious issues that took a couple surgeries to fix, but she's all better now. While she was down I had to take care of extra tasks and my siblings, who had some kind of flu like virus. But everyone's better now! Except for Carrie Fisher...

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@Duoya What the hell

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@December

Just so I know the basic jest of your post is that you were mesmerized by the fish, then swam downstream following the fish, then you go up realizing that you were at a beach, you then looked around avoiding predators by climbing a high tree, once it was day you then found your way back by following the same stream and you collapsed in the cave.

Did I miss anything?

@Jangel13

Nope that's about it. I mean I guess you can add some experience with swimming, hiding, or climbing, but Skubli didn't fight anything. He's not exactly able to do that alone at this point.

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- Skubli -

@Jangel13

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Skubli sat, staring mesmerized at the fish as they swam through the river. Their brilliant iridescent sheen gave a wonderful, haunting effect as they twisted their bodies in odd patterns to propel themselves forward through the water.

Despite his initial reservations of spending any more time outside of the cave, something drew Skubli to them. As they slowly drifted away, the goblin runt submerged his body into the stream and slowly creeped along the bottom of the riverbed, blending in with the muddy, rocky surface beneath the school of fish. He slowly stalked beneath them, his previous concerns merely a shade of a memory in the back of his mind.

His lungs screamed in pain, however the desire to continue to observe the fish was far too powerful for the small, simple minded goblin to resist. Seconds faded into minutes, and it felt as if minutes faded into hours as he followed them, all the while without air to breathe.

The school weaved themselves in and out of each other, swimming in dazzling group patters that displayed the wonderful light of their scales. Soft yellows faded into burnt oranges into crimson reds and vibrant violets. Their shining beauty ensnared the goblin, making him forget himself, thinking only of the brilliance of their light...

Pain shot through his torso as his body overrode his commands to hold his breath as his lungs sucked in a deep breath of murky water. The tiny runt thrashed, overcome by the pain, and searched for anything to orient himself towards the surface.

The shining fish were nowhere to be found, and muddled darkness surrounded him. A faint white light shone to his right, beckoning him towards it. Unaware of which way the surface was, Skubli flailed in the direction of the glow. Fire burned within his lungs, fueled by the cold waters suppressing him.

His head broke the surface and air flooded into his half flooded lungs, inducing a coughing fit that brought fresh pain but also relief. After a few minutes, the small creature was able to reorient himself as to his surroundings.

He tread water roughly fifty feet off of the shore in a lake, with murky waters reflecting the shining moon above. Trees dotted the shoreline, offering haunting shadows and twisted branches. His limbs slowly gave out as he attempted to stay afloat; swimming was something he wasn't particularly able to do, and the exhaustion made it that much more difficult.

Skubli began making his way back towards shore, terrified of the thought of a creature lurking beneath the waters, waiting for him to tire out. Within a couple minutes, the goblin had reached the shore and dragged himself up upon the beach, resting on the cool sand.

The water behind him lapped quietly against the shore, reminding Skubli that he had to keep moving to find shelter for the night. He warily entered the forest, his small frame shivering in the cold night air.

He walked for hours, searching for shelter, unable to find a safe place to rest. Multiple night creatures followed him throughout the night, searching for an easy meal, however Skubli slipped away from each predator, sneaking through the surrounding underbrush to avoid being slain. Eventually, a massive tree presented itself with minimal low hanging branches. Skubli dug his claws into the bark and ascended, quickly scaling the plant and finding a comfortable perch around forty feet off of the ground. Skubli wrapped himself in his mantle and curled into a tiny ball, letting his exhaustion overtake him as the sun peeked over the horizon.

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The sun was high in the sky when Skubli awoke. His limbs ached and his innards grumbled, desiring of food. The tiny goblin slowly descended from his perch and scrambled along the ground, quickly making his way towards the sound of running water. Whether it was mere luck or some higher power smiling down upon him, he recognized it as the stream that he and his siblings had been hunting near. He followed its path downstream, back towards the lake. He had walked a great distance the previous night and had most likely passed the spot where they had slain the horned rabbit.

After almost an hour of quick scampering, he reached the spot where the dazzling fish had first been discovered. Across the river laid the corpse of the horned rabbit, picked clean of anything desirable by Stegs and the second goblin who's name Skubli couldn't recall.

The water was pleasantly cool on Skubli's skin as he swam across, moving past the corpse and to the cave as soon as possible. He knew the way back fairly well, despite having only traveled this path once.

Soon the cave came into view, with a couple of goblins near the entrance. Skubli slowly crawled back inside, sitting in the entrance and letting his persistent exhaustion overtake him.

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@Jangel13 Ah, okay! Thanks for the update! I'll have a post up today within the next couple hours.
@El Noche Thank you so much! Saves a lot of time.

My post will probably just be a quick summation of Skubli's day alone and his trials, and then his returning to the cave.

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@Jangel13 Thank you so much for understanding. My mom used to spend like half her time in the hospital when I younger but she hasn't had a surgery in a few years so it was kinda shocking to have it happen again but it wasn't something I didn't know how to handle.

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Additionally, could anyone just give me a quick paragraph summary of what has happened? I just wanna get a quick post in to cement Skubli's existence and don't want you guys to have to wait while I read the posts.

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@Jangel13 That's reasonable. My mom's kidneys started having issues, so much so that she had to be hospitalized and she had multiple surgeries. They thought her kidneys were failing but it turns out she just had some kind of growth in her kidney pipe that connects it to the bladder thing (To be honest most of the medical talk went over my head). The gist of it is that they thought she needed a transplant, turns out it was just some kind of minor tumor, and they did a few surgeries to fix it, but it still took a pretty heavy toll on our family because I had to tend to my siblings who got the flu at the time in the middle of finals week. And then Christmas hit, but everyone is better now and I'm on break. I can get back to a regular posting schedule. Again, I'm so sorry for just disappearing.

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@Jangel13 Yeah, man, so much crap happened and is still happening. I probably won't be all that active for a few more days, so I will understand if you want to remove Skubli. So sorry for the inconveniences, life sucks sometimes.