#oh! also the sharks are important pay attention to the sharks whenever they're brought up uwu

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Day 15 - 30 Line challenge

posting now in case i don't write more before i head into work. this is a new location and I've been mulling over how to describe it, and this is what I have so far

A naturally-hewn archway opened out into a deep bowl-like valley, the dark crags of the stone nearly obliterated by the blanket of coral covering the walls. Rose-shaped corals, bright pink and fanning out wider than the span of my arms, pale yellow bushes with gently swaying tendrils, clusters of spikes cover in a lilac or deep red crust, pillowy mounds of soft blue that were covered with a labyrinthine design. Fish roamed freely, crustaceans skittered over surfaces or into the crevices between, sea caterpillars sat perched on the edges of some of the flatter coral, and five-pointed creatures I had only seen dried up on the shores of Psari crawled around like spiders.  “I had forgotten how much it reminded me of the Gava,” Solera said, drawing my attention away from the slow progression of the pinkish-orange five-pointed creature that had caught my eye. “The shape of it, you know?”  “That, or the court inside Katania.”  Her expression fell when I looked over at her. Memories of atrocities she had seen there must have been flashing behind her eyes, too. Of crushed hands and wrenched-out tongues and burning corpses.  I propelled myself forward a little so I could look up to where the bowl extended past our heads. All thoughts of Katania were dispelled by the sight of a herd of sharks circling just above where the rock wall ended.

#30 line challenge #wip: seafoam #excerpt: Seafoam #mc: thala galanis #sc: solera aurado #this location is sorta inspired by the Colosseum? sorta? #i don't remember if i've brought it up on here yet but it's what's referred to as the training grounds #aka the place where Thala will go to build up stamina and muscle and learn to use weapons with other mermaids which will then #be used against sailors #she's in a weak mental state rn and that has carried over into her physical state as well because she's not taking care of herself #so doing this; learning to fight and having a safe; healthy way to expend the negative emotions that have been eating away at her for mont #*months; she'll slowly start to heal #so this is just the beginning of the end :))) #also the Gava is a theatre in Aspyra and it gets mentioned a few times but never in something I've posted i think #they also went there once together but not for a show or anything just because they were in a goofy silly mood at the thought of being able #to spend the day together #so once again showing the differences in their current mental states with what the training grounds reminded them of lol #oh! also the sharks are important pay attention to the sharks whenever they're brought up uwu