Aug 08 2018, 12:51 PM
The chrysalis was close to the waterfall, buried into a spot only a few inches away from the roaring, rushing water. The clash of the fall may have been distracting from the much smaller, less noticeable noise, a soft thud coming from within the blue chrysalis. The creature inside had grown cramped, too big for the chrysalis in the time that had passed. It was time for this creature to emerge, regardless of if the chrysalis seemed stronger than the gembound living inside of it.
With the next struggle, the chrysalis fell away, the entire front cracking and crumbling, leaving just the empty shell of the back. With nothing to hold the gembound inside, they flopped out ungracefully with what was left of the membrane inside of the gem. For a moment, the gembound, a cheetah, lay there, breath heaving and almost unresponsive, eyes closed tight. And then, they moved, their breath not so ragged as they opened their eyes, squinting against the bright light. One limb at a time pushed upwards, bringing the creature to a standing position. They were wobbly, unstable, but they were standing. The roar of the waterfall was the first thing they heard, and their gaze went to it, with some sort of curiosity at the large thing that was only a few inches away.
With the next struggle, the chrysalis fell away, the entire front cracking and crumbling, leaving just the empty shell of the back. With nothing to hold the gembound inside, they flopped out ungracefully with what was left of the membrane inside of the gem. For a moment, the gembound, a cheetah, lay there, breath heaving and almost unresponsive, eyes closed tight. And then, they moved, their breath not so ragged as they opened their eyes, squinting against the bright light. One limb at a time pushed upwards, bringing the creature to a standing position. They were wobbly, unstable, but they were standing. The roar of the waterfall was the first thing they heard, and their gaze went to it, with some sort of curiosity at the large thing that was only a few inches away.