Pitfall

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Viridian
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Pitfall

Postby Viridian » Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:34 pm

Lucia could not have imagined that her walk along the beach would land her in this mess. The recent rains had caused some of the embankments around the beach to become unstable. Despite carefully avoiding the more dangerous cliff edges, Lucia found her path back blocked. Part of it had collapsed, leading to a drop to a sandy pit below. The better part of her senses told her to go back to find another way, but that would add another hour to her walk. The narrow remains of the path looked fine, albeit requiring a bit of a balancing act. Walking across gingerly, she realised too late that the path was brittle and fragile, and at one point she nearly slipped as the ground crumbled beneath her foot. With the path collapsed behind her, she had no choice but to press forward, treading lightly over the perilous path. She risked a glance down at the pit in case she had to react to another collapse.

She breathed a sigh of relief as she was within a foot of the other side. Then, without warning, she stepped onto a loose ledge. Her foot plunged right through, causing her to lose balance. She let out a desperate cry before she fell over, rolling down the steep embankment, bringing down half the ledge with her. A second or two later, she hit the bottom of the pit, landing her on her side before rolling over onto her back to avoid the pileup of sand and dirt coming down around her. She cursed at her luck, but was thankful that she wasn't hurt.

But..something felt odd. Her landing was soft...a bit too soft. The sand was like a cushion, absorbing her fall, almost holding onto her. The dampness was uncomfortable, but not unexpected given the rain. What she didn't know was the underground current that was causing water to seep through the sand, now disturbed by her impact and movement...

Lucia got up and found herself covered in wet sand. Looking up, she braced herself to climb back up the fallen embankment. It was no good - each attempt simply brought more of it down. Her third attempt was close - she managed to scale halfway up, but again she lost her foothold and rolled back down for another soft landing.

This time, there was no getting back up.

Lucia rolled onto the stomach, paying no attention to the damp, grabbing sand she had been rolling into for the past few minutes. Then the sand sagged, and swallowed her arm. Caught by surprise, she tried pushing off with her other arm, which also plunged into the soft, gritty sand. The ground lurched like a giant waterbed . She dug her knees and feet into the sand to get free, but her legs were also trapped. Squirming desperately, she looked in disgust as the sand cupped her breasts, oozing around them with an uncomfortable intimacy.

Though it would take time for Lucia to realise the extent of her predicament, she would eventually understand that she hadn't just fallen into a sandpit. Surrounded on all sides by steep, crumbling walls, Lucia was in the middle of a pit...of quicksand.
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