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Post by Treble Tiderunner on Sept 1, 2009 23:31:24 GMT -6
“ ’ere missy…” Skipper appeared behind the flailing sable, supporting her with one arm as he treaded the swift current with his other three limbs. He looked around, counting the group as they popped up from the tunnel. First Tirael and Fern. Then Tam, followed closely by Brooke. The older otter’s brow furrowed in concern as he searched and failed to find River. Although otters could hold their breath a considerable amount of time, there was the concern of being knocked on the head or having their breath struck from them.
“Where’s River?” Skipp asked simultaneously with Brooke.
"Where's River?"
Tampa, the second to last up, and the one closest to the tunnel, cast around for the missing otter. “I’m going in.” She took a breath, closing her nostrils and ears as she swum with the current in search of her lost friend. On some instinct, she dove downward, searching along the murky floor more by touch than sight.
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Post by lorki on Sept 4, 2009 10:22:03 GMT -6
Soko glanced about at them, her night vision was not too bad and she could see in the dim lit cavern. As it dawned on them that river was missing her mind raced back to the part of the tunnel where she'd thought to go up but thumped her head on some rocks. If river, going as fast as otters do underwater, had done the same thing.... "Tampa wait!"But she was already gone under the water.
"I think I know where he is," she announced, before swiftly tugging away from Skipper and less gracefully ducking beneath the surface. She swam, with much more difficulty, up steam towards the spot in the tunnel where she'd hurt herself. A dark mass appeared in the murky water ahead of her, her eyes couldn't pick up much more that dark and darker shadows.
Soko let out a yell under the water, hoping Tampa or one of the others would hear her and come assist. As she reached River her paws clung into his fur but she was hardly big enough or a skilled enough swimmer to bring him to the surface.
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Post by Brooke on Sept 15, 2009 20:54:35 GMT -6
Brooke had ducked under, ready to help anyone with anything. She heard a yell from over by the tunnel and shot off in that direction. She dove down and pushed Soko towards the surface before grabbing River by the scruff of his neck. Kicking up, she pulled him with her. Her head broke the surface and she pulled him up with her. He stayed knocked out still, but judging on instinct she guessed he'd be complaining about his head within moments. "Found 'im" She said grinning ear to ear.
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Post by Tirael on Sept 17, 2009 8:15:34 GMT -6
"Found 'im."
Tirael breathed a sigh of relief and swam over to the siblings. "Is he alright?" he asked, for a moment forgetting it was his job to determine that. Treading water with his footpaws, he held River's head to examine a rather prominent bump forming there. "Well, he'll have a pretty bad headache, but there's no blood, at least. He should be fine." As long as he didn't scramble his brain when he hit it...
[[short...bleh.]]
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Post by Treble Tiderunner on Sept 25, 2009 9:27:56 GMT -6
Tampa, farther up the tunnel, saw a dark shape moving and moved downstream to where Soko tugged uneffectively at River. She motioned for the sable to surface just as Brooke arrived and shoved Soko to the surface. Tam grabbed ahold of River’s dead weight and helped Brooke get him to the surface. Going with the current, it was no time before they passed through the short length of tunnel to where Skipper and Tirael still waited. As Tir examined River, Tam looked to her uncle. He nodded downstream, and she turned back to the gathered group. “Will he wake up soon?” She asked. They couldn’t stay here forever, and for her part, the cold water was starting to numb her wounded leg.
“We can put him on that ledge.” Skipper had swum close, and now pointed to a narrow cavity in the wall, just wide enough for an otter to squeeze into.
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Post by Brooke on Oct 15, 2009 18:02:25 GMT -6
Brooke did not have any interest whatsoever in trying to drag her brother over to a ledge simply stated, "Everyone, please plug your ears. I'll have River up and at 'em in a moment." She said before yelling into the cavern. "BREAKFAST TIME! WE'RE HAVING SCONES!" She finished with a large grin as her brother woke up instantly. "Where's meh scones!" he said looking around disoriented, trying to figure out where he was. Then, everything flooded back and the prominent bump on his head began to throb. "That wasn't very nice lil missy." He glared at his sister. He shook his head once and got out of the circle of animals around him. "Well, where to mates, we've got a sword that needs finding."
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