Horsing around
Ryan is gone.
You sit pondering by the basin for a while before it really sinks in. Even though you didn't want to be with him forever as a centaur, you were quite taken with the guy and wouldn't mind meeting him again some time. Maybe in some other form you wouldn't mind sharing forever...
Whoa girl! Or boy, or whatever you used to be. This isn't about eternal commitment, it's about playing a game, getting prizes and hopefully going home one day.
Home... you try to think of your old home, your family and friends, but it's all a blur. Of course that could just be because you were distracted by thinking about Ryan...
Come to think of it, you haven't seen any other centaurs around. Were you and Ryan the only ones in this forest? Then you are the only one now - does that mean you win the round or something? You wish you had read the rules better, but at the time you were too impatient to do more than skim them. And there is no one around to ask...
Then it really sinks in. You Are Alone. Without a guide. Ryan told you lots of small things to make life easier, but the only really important thing he told you (well, apart from his declaration of love) was about this water.
And that there were two other places like this.
He never told you what these places were, or how they worked. Sure, they could be other places with magic water, but then again they could be something entirely different. Fruit to eat. Grass to roll in. Flowers to smell. The way Ryan phrased it, anything you haven't done before could cause you to trap yourself by accident.
You gaze thoughtfully at the water. It looks innocent enough, and you wonder idly how much a centaur of your size would have to drink for it to work. You notice a couple of metal cups standing to the side. One cup? Two?
You feel thirsty.
You wonder what the water tastes like.
Overcome by curiosity, you carefully dip a fingertip in the water and let a drop fall on your tongue.
It tastes like water.
Apart from making you slightly less thirsty, the water does not seem to have any other effect in such small quantities.
But then...
Written by Won-Tolla on 01 June 2007