A Random Event has Occurred!
The fire rages on, caring little for who or what got into its way. All within its path it burns, engulfing trees whole and sending them crashing down to earth in a shower of sparks and embers. The air churns thick with smoke, shadows and light dancing side by side in the flames. The forest creatures are long gone, fled from their impending doom, and the lost equines are alone.
What remains of a tree crashes down in front of @pyxis, blocking his path - but as he turns away, he might see the squirrel dropping from the trees.
It lands nimbly a few feet away, seemingly unperturbed by the flames that seem so eager to engulf it. He cocks his head, looking upon the kirin curiously, clacking his teeth together in a noisy chatter. One moment of hesitation is all he takes - and then he bounds brazenly right up to the foal, clambering up his legs and seating himself upon Pyxis’ back. He’s there for but a second before he leaps back down, running a couple strides away - and then he stops. The squirrel turns over his shoulder back at the foal, lifting one paw in a strange, sweeping motion as if to say, ‘Follow me!’ Could this be the help Pyxis was looking for?
Meanwhile, the flames seem to engulf @Pavetta alive. They rise up all around her, flaring, reaching, seeking to take hold of her legs, her mane, her body, to pull her down and swallow her whole. That is until she bounds away from them nimbly as the stag she follows, denying their hold upon her flesh. At the bottom of the ridge she falls from, the world seems strangely calm - fire rages high above her head, but it has not yet touched the ground she now treads.
That is, until, the first squirrel appears. He’s as surprised to see Pavetta as she probably is to see him - and when Pavetta stumbles to her feet, he lets out a squeak of surprise -
- and fire ignites a ridge upon his back.
He leaps away into the forest, leaving a trail of fire in his wake. The dry underbrush roars into flames in an instant, wildfire spreading in the blink of an eye, and the squirrel is gone.
Pavetta is alone again.
Both @Pyxis and @Pavetta have been greeted by squirrels left in the forest! Both have been awarded 250 signos for encountering a Random Event - this has already been applied to your accounts.
Happy writing! -sid
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