"Speech."Her little break done, Kallista was ready to try again. There was no way she would win, which was annoying, but she was still going to finish this damn course.
Standing on legs that seemed stronger than before, though still a little shaky, she quickly ran over to the boulder before tapping it with the stone. It took her a few tries, and she nearly completely ran into it, but she finally managed it. Taking a few deep breaths, as she was very tired, she prepared to finish this course.
"Speech."With the last stretch of the course before her, Kallista was prepared to finish it.
Her hind legs bunched under her and she shot off, tiredness seemingly forgotten as she thought of the ending of this course. Of Todd there, watching her. Cheering for her. She hardly noticed Rift, skirting around him before continuing. She dodged around the crater, briefly wondering what it was doing there.
And then, finally, she got to the finish line. Almost as soon as she crossed it, she flopped to the ground, heaving. Her lungs ached and she felt so exhausted. But she was done. And sure, she hadn't won. She hadn't really been expecting to. But just the thought of having done something like this was enough. And Todd being there to watch her? Nothing could be better.
The Fossa moaned, shaking his head as he attempted to gather his wits about him. Caves, that had hurt. His eye closed, and he stretched out, feeling his... well, his everything, ache. The stones he had crashed into dug into his flesh, and he twisted, trying to find a position where they didn't press harshly against his spine. An attempt was made to get to his feet, but the rocks shifted beneath him, sending him crashing back down in a heap.
Despite her best efforts to
stay quiet, Jayberry couldn't help a pained moan. Her eyes watered, and she wheezed, feeling something in her chest give, and rattle. Oh, oh
Caves that hurt.
Was this how she was going to die? Not with a snarl and a roar, in battle, but with a whimper, flung by some invisible opponent? Before she could even see her beloved Brother finish his race?
The world spun around her, and for a moment she could smell Blueberry, father. As though he had come to give her comfort as he had when she had been hurt by the bird. But the feeling lasted only for a moment, a soft feeling stroking over her fur, and it was gone.
She blinked her eyes open - when had they been closed? - and stared blankly at the white wolf in front of her, taking a moment to understand what she had said.
"Awake, unfortunately." she wheezed, tasting blood in too great an amount to be just from biting her tongue. Yup, something inside her was definitely broken. Or severed - was that possible? She was a fan of shattering and crunching, personally, so she wasn't too sure. And she wasn't that big of a fool, so she offered her name,
"Jay, 'm Jay."
@Kera