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The mighty equine leads you down a path that you can hardly see, so lost are you in the sparkling, celestial-like glory of the world around you, but his brawny aqua form is easy to keep your gaze on, so you feel secure enough. You glance at your feet, then above you, looking for floor or ceiling, but only find yourself lost in the shining habitat, surrounding you, at your fingertips, yet spreading for miles beyond. Clear waterfalls splash and surge nearby, a water source that always seems to be nearby. Likewise, crystal fruits and plants of every shape and size thrive all around you, the tantalizing scent of them beckoning you to try their flavor. "Who carved these?" you ask conversationally. The equine glances back at you, snorting condescendingly. "They are not carved," he answers, giving you a wink, "They grow here, and are quite edible." You smile, enchanted. You quickly compose yourself, however, forcing caution into your steps. You're finding your suspicions more and more difficult to keep your sights on, however, thrown in the midst of such breathtaking beauty. "What were you going to show me?" you ask, your voice breaking. The equine glances at you thoughtfully then, without warning, swipes at you with one long leg, easily knocking your feet out from under you and, hoisting you with his tail, throws you forward. Apparently, forward is off a cliff edge. You instantly feel the urge to panic, believing you've been betrayed, but not soon after you see the equine leaping after you, mighty hooves forward, in a heavy dive down. And down. And down. Then, as abruptly as it started, the fall is over, and your feet hit something inconceivably soft, breaking your leap as you roll to the ground. You move to push yourself from the smooth surface against your form, expecting your hand to sink into the soft substance, but find it no longer giving and easily regain your feet. You turn to stare at the equine that so uncerimoniously tossed you from the cliff, but only receive a curt flick of the tail and a turned back in response. Gritting your teeth once again (for you're finding it seems to help relieve that unnerving mixture of terror and intrigue in this place), you gather your wits and follow. Not long after, the two of you turn a sharp corner and, just around the bend, enter a small but bright enclosure holding most of the random things that you noted on your journey thus far. In one corner of the room flows a sparkling waterfall that dumps into a clear, beautiful pool. On either side of the water source, hundreds of shining fruits of every color imaginable blossom and glitter, drawing you towards them. Or would, had not your eyes been roaming busily across the rest of the glorious room, resting on a collection of stairs and platforms on the opposite corner, some of them obviously made for sleeping on. More attractive than all of these, however, is the lovely creature in the center of the room, laying calmly next to several smooth eggs. |
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