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Apr. 13th, 2009 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
venusadept_2It couldn't be natural.
There was no way a storm that appeared from a nearly-empty sky in less than a minute could be natural.
This, however, wasn't the first thing on Felix's mind that evening.
He'd been on the pier behind his house watching the first stars come out when it began. The heavy rain, combined with the wind-whipped river, had made the footing treacherous enough that, instead of getting back inside, Felix had slipped and been swept downstream. He hadn't gone more than a few yards before he managed to grab onto a branch that was sticking out of the water, and how long he could hold on and how long the branch would stay stuck were much more pressing matters than the origin of the storm.
It seemed like hours, but was probably more like a minute, before his family - and Isaac's parents, what were they doing here? - came out to find him. Jenna was the first to spot him, and shouted, "Oh, no! Felix!"
"Just hold on!" called Kyle. "We'll get you out of there!"
Felix could vaguely hear some discussion on the pier, but he didn't listen very hard, since a particularly big wave made him lose his grip and go under the water for a moment.
Dora and Jenna left, while his parents and Kyle just dithered - apparently none of them could concentrate enough for any useful Psynergy. Felix hoped they had gone to get someone who could.
And indeed, after a few minutes Jenna reappeared on the path from the plaza, along with Isaac, Garet, and one of the older villagers, whom Felix didn't recognize immediately. They crossed the bridge and were almost close enough to help when there came a series of crashing noises.
Someone shouted, "The boulder!"
And indeed, there it was, the Mount Aleph boulder, bounding down the hill, breaking trees and walls as it came. Everyone except Felix - who was rather immobilized - scattered, trying to get out of its path, but it bounced directly onto the pier, where Felix's parents and Kyle were still standing. The wave caught Felix, and then he was somewhere else...
There was no way a storm that appeared from a nearly-empty sky in less than a minute could be natural.
This, however, wasn't the first thing on Felix's mind that evening.
He'd been on the pier behind his house watching the first stars come out when it began. The heavy rain, combined with the wind-whipped river, had made the footing treacherous enough that, instead of getting back inside, Felix had slipped and been swept downstream. He hadn't gone more than a few yards before he managed to grab onto a branch that was sticking out of the water, and how long he could hold on and how long the branch would stay stuck were much more pressing matters than the origin of the storm.
It seemed like hours, but was probably more like a minute, before his family - and Isaac's parents, what were they doing here? - came out to find him. Jenna was the first to spot him, and shouted, "Oh, no! Felix!"
"Just hold on!" called Kyle. "We'll get you out of there!"
Felix could vaguely hear some discussion on the pier, but he didn't listen very hard, since a particularly big wave made him lose his grip and go under the water for a moment.
Dora and Jenna left, while his parents and Kyle just dithered - apparently none of them could concentrate enough for any useful Psynergy. Felix hoped they had gone to get someone who could.
And indeed, after a few minutes Jenna reappeared on the path from the plaza, along with Isaac, Garet, and one of the older villagers, whom Felix didn't recognize immediately. They crossed the bridge and were almost close enough to help when there came a series of crashing noises.
Someone shouted, "The boulder!"
And indeed, there it was, the Mount Aleph boulder, bounding down the hill, breaking trees and walls as it came. Everyone except Felix - who was rather immobilized - scattered, trying to get out of its path, but it bounced directly onto the pier, where Felix's parents and Kyle were still standing. The wave caught Felix, and then he was somewhere else...