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Akira remained at the water’s side for a multitude of moments, having taken only two pictures of the wildlife there. One was a dragonfly, another of a few tadpoles that happened to swim nearby. Up close… they didn’t look nearly as adorable as she’d thought they would. But they were interesting to watch. One fluttered to near the water’s surface and immediately dashed downward, followed by its evident siblings. A peaceful scene… The wind blew for a moment, a rather gustily one at that. It was then that the tadpoles immediately swam away, as highest a speed as their miniscule forms could achieve. To follow were a number of butterflies and other colorful life forms, flying past as the gust passed by. Their multiple colors illuminated by the sun gave an incandescent display of life that was almost entire foreign to Akira. But then other animals began to follow. The fish nearby were beginning to swim in the same direction as the tadpoles and even a few squirrels could be heard scurrying. Akira looked behind her to see a number of them headed in the exact same direction.
“Well that’s rather odd.” She thought, standing on the rock to get a better view. There was a sudden disquiet about the forest, yet nothing felt wrong to the girl. “An animal’s instinct is better than my own and even I feel something odd about the world today. I’m an unlucky girl though, so maybe… Perhaps a small bit of rain is coming? I’d best head back to the camp.” She turned and began walking up the small rocks, a greater distance from the riverbank than she’d been before. It was then that she heard a distant noise. It contained enough base that it sounded as though it should be louder, but perhaps because it was at a greater distance, it wasn’t as loud as it could have been would Akira have been nearby. “Huh… and they say that when a tree falls, if you can’t see it, it doesn’t make a sound. The greatest of scientists come up with the greatest philosophical anomalies my ass!” The sound suddenly repeated itself. An ominous silence soon found its way over to Akira as she looked in the direction of the noise in question. Without warning, there was a loud sound as though something of moderate size was crashing through the foliage of the forest not even a great distance away. The sound of an incredible splash diverted Akira’s attention away from returning to camp, and soon toward whatever could’ve made the noise. She stared deeply at that area of the river, from a distance. Having caught the event late, all Akira saw was water rise high into the air, thus explaining the splashing sound. However, its source was unknown to her. “W-what the--…” Akira’s attention was entirely caught, though she remained in place, half hugging the tree near which she stood after being able to grasp it. Partially behind the trunk of said tree, she awaiting for the now disrupted waters to subside that something, whatever was thrown with that much force that it made that big of a fountain of water… would soon emerge.
“Well that’s rather odd.” She thought, standing on the rock to get a better view. There was a sudden disquiet about the forest, yet nothing felt wrong to the girl. “An animal’s instinct is better than my own and even I feel something odd about the world today. I’m an unlucky girl though, so maybe… Perhaps a small bit of rain is coming? I’d best head back to the camp.” She turned and began walking up the small rocks, a greater distance from the riverbank than she’d been before. It was then that she heard a distant noise. It contained enough base that it sounded as though it should be louder, but perhaps because it was at a greater distance, it wasn’t as loud as it could have been would Akira have been nearby. “Huh… and they say that when a tree falls, if you can’t see it, it doesn’t make a sound. The greatest of scientists come up with the greatest philosophical anomalies my ass!” The sound suddenly repeated itself. An ominous silence soon found its way over to Akira as she looked in the direction of the noise in question. Without warning, there was a loud sound as though something of moderate size was crashing through the foliage of the forest not even a great distance away. The sound of an incredible splash diverted Akira’s attention away from returning to camp, and soon toward whatever could’ve made the noise. She stared deeply at that area of the river, from a distance. Having caught the event late, all Akira saw was water rise high into the air, thus explaining the splashing sound. However, its source was unknown to her. “W-what the--…” Akira’s attention was entirely caught, though she remained in place, half hugging the tree near which she stood after being able to grasp it. Partially behind the trunk of said tree, she awaiting for the now disrupted waters to subside that something, whatever was thrown with that much force that it made that big of a fountain of water… would soon emerge.
