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#anyways a flash fic written for bnha myths zine
adoranoodle · 3 years
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Pretty Women
Quiet, o’ waters, she needs to be very, very quiet.
She hides in the shadows of the false reef, a bizarre construction of smooth driftwood that smells of iron and barnacles. Her prey--gangly, floundering creatures, all delicate meat and warm blood--crane over the edges of their fake home, clueless to their nearing demise. Himiko’s played with them all through the night, sinuous flashes of her tail and pretty songs calling from the deep. None of these silly things recognize her as the predator that terrorized their ancestors before them, foolishly forgetting their elders’ warnings entirely.
It’d be insulting if this game weren’t so much fun.
But now the sky begins to lighten to clear turquoise and coral pink and her game must come to an end, lest she lose entirely. As warm gold arcs through the mists pooled above the water, Himiko laughs and teases her tail along the surface, her silly, stupid prey leaning to its doom with a jubilated shout.
A pump of her tail and she arcs over the shimmering watershine to snatch her prey with a flash of her nails and a snap of her teeth. Her prey’s companions cry in dismay, too slow to stop her before she plunges back into the waters and drags her trophy home. The others will rush home, carrying tales of her might and fear for her waters, but more fools will come and Himiko will get to play again.
She’s just a story after all, flitting through their minds in murmurs and whispers and all too soon, 
forgotten.
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