TAGS ✦ ✧ ✦ — Valeria had never been to the beach before. She had seen the rainforest, the desert, the mountains, any possible landform, but the ocean had been a mystery for a while. Her intense goldenrod gaze mixed with the frothing blue, and the sea foam gurgled within her eyes. On the wind, the scent of sea salt fluttered, and as she opened her mouth, the smell settled upon her tongue and gave her a taste of the sea. From the Town of Litore behind her, voice fluttered upon the breeze and lapped against her ears like the tides of the water. The methodical sound of waves against the wet sand soothed her and mystified her into a stupor that calmed much of the noise in her head. Briefly, she wondered what would have happened if she and her mother could have experienced this ephemeral moment together. The sand almost seemed to smile and nod at her as she dropped her leather bag to the soft, plush grains.
The ocean licked at her paw. Feeling the fur on her paw dampen, Valeria glanced down, her expression stony. As the water pooled around her creamy white paws, the blackened tabby cat her gaze out to the distant horizon. The thoughts bounced around in her head for a few moments, the sinking sun calling to her. The wind began to pick up until it whipped around her, pushing her forward and forward, until the calm waters had reached her chest. Red had begun to bleed over the sea until the blue had become purple, so that the yellow of her gaze was lost in its darkened depths. The forest whispered from behind her, rumors and secrets passed from leaf to leaf. A cacophony of sound erupted in her mind and bled into the world around her, infecting everything she had once loved about the picturesque scene.
The noise stopped. The water calmed. The wind stilled. She stepped back and the sea receded back to its home and stared at her. Nearing her bag, she flipped open the sundried leather and batted out a clear, obscure bottle. From its bottle, she lapped out a dark substance and licked her lips.