Failed Leap
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:56 pm
She certainly had gathered enough momentum to clear the muddy stretch in one leap, and win the dare.
One thing she wasn't counting on was for the turf at the edge of the mud to squish, bounce, and roll under her feet as she wound up to jump. Losing most of her momentum, but not enough to abort, her bounding leap was reduced to an awkward little hop, well into the muddy circle, but well short of the opposite side.
Another thing she wasn't counting on was for the mud to actually be a deep, woman-swallowing bog, thick and grippy.
You could almost reach her fingers at first, but the unstable tussocks ringing the quicksand hinder your footing, and soon her steady descent takes her out of whatever reach more stable ground might have afforded you. Could it be, that the moment she might have been rescued from sinking to her doom has already slipped through your fingers?
One thing she wasn't counting on was for the turf at the edge of the mud to squish, bounce, and roll under her feet as she wound up to jump. Losing most of her momentum, but not enough to abort, her bounding leap was reduced to an awkward little hop, well into the muddy circle, but well short of the opposite side.
Another thing she wasn't counting on was for the mud to actually be a deep, woman-swallowing bog, thick and grippy.
You could almost reach her fingers at first, but the unstable tussocks ringing the quicksand hinder your footing, and soon her steady descent takes her out of whatever reach more stable ground might have afforded you. Could it be, that the moment she might have been rescued from sinking to her doom has already slipped through your fingers?
