Why is it so dark? - Printable Version

Aki was never truly tired. Even if he was but a forming critter inside of a chrysalis, he was always moving, jerking to noises and scrabbling at his cocoon. His stiff leg folded underneath him in an uncomfortable manner. The leg was quite a bother. It was an unfortunate place for the thing to latch on, really. Aki would live a much better life if he was not held back by the Citrine. He would have probably had an easier time crawling out of his chrysalis if he could move properly, too.

Aki was always wet. Then again, he was in a sort of egg, so of course there would be.. Fluid. No one has ever seen a dry egg before, have they? Not naturally, he hoped. Aki could see out of the thin orange shell, and could see his drab gray expression. He always looked tired— It wasn’t very fun making eye contact with himself all day. The world outside of the chrysalis wasn’t very fun either. In fact, it was just pitch black. It worried Aki sometimes- When he got out of his chrysalis, would he simply exist in the void? That did not sound very fun. Aki wanted to explore. He did not like the confines of the cocoon.

Aki’s forepaws rested steadily on the smooth, glass-like surface. His orange eyes reflected back at him— The most colorful thing he had seen besides his own chrysalis. He flexed his toes against the glass, tilting his body forwards and digging his claws into the surface. A spiderweb of cracks formed between his paws, and his body lurched forwards as it cracked with a large, shattering sound. Aki stood on all fours, legs in a small pool of fluid, still inside the chrysalis, and front paws in.. more liquid, murky and dirty, unlike the liquid that was in his egg-thing.

Smoky, thin wisps of humid air curled around Aki’s body as he sucked in his first few breaths of fresh- and wet- air. His legs shook with the unfamiliar weight of his own body. A low whimper escaped his throat as he looked around. It was still very dark, too dark. He could not see anything- Except now, it was due to both the darkness and the pale fog that he could not— for some reason— see when he was inside of his chrysalis. Aki’s jaw was tense and his eyebrows furrowed as he turned slowly in a circle, his body tilted at an awkward angle to keep his stiff leg above the water. He could not see anything. He wanted to see.

Aki willed himself to be able to see. He tried to focus on the faraway shadows and dancing shapes that he could both see and not see. He squeezed them shut, counting ever so slowly to 3. As he opened them, his breathing picked up speed with fear. The darkness around him was still there, everything shrouded and wet. His face tightened further as he looked around, stilling and setting his sore, unmoving leg into the water.

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