Chapter 9: Arc 1, - 9: Crabby Situation
'Is this it?' The waves crashing into the rocks, her thoughts almost in slow motion. 'Can't even survive in a fictional world...' Her head spun to face what lied beneath her, ready to accept anyth-
"THUMP!"
"HUAGH!" Jotou spat out. her torso fell onto one of the wooden beams that held the dock up; all the wind was blown out of her lungs. She hung off of it—hands and legs limp whilst she wailed.
The cracking only continued, the wood splintering, from above? Wincing with blurry vision, she peered to the beam she was hanging on; it was completely intact. 'If that's not cracking...'
"CRASH!!!" No longer holding the weight of the dark creature's form, the red eyes and too many legs of the velatos passed by Jotou's sight.
The bug-like chattering of the creature only went down, further and further, not quick enough to catch onto any of the beams before—"CRACK! SPLOOSH!"—the velatos hit the rocks and took a dive.
Jotou stared down and inhaled. 'Huh. Look at that. I guess I can survive.' Chunks of wood splashed after the velatos, leaving a gaping hole for the stars to peer down.
"Jotou!?" Hotaru spotted the yellow thing hanging on by its stomach. Her spiked ears folded and her shoulders relaxed. Hotaru leaned forward and reached a hand down, "Nice work, come on," she exhaled.
Jotou grunted, twisting and turning her body onto the beam—enduring it for now. That blow to her ribs and stomach were going to suck in the morning.