[Its hide was certainly not like that of a normal horse- the thick, sticky kelp only tangling her up and trapping her against it's body. A sharp white jolt through her vision as the vines brushed her arm, seizing up her muscles. Without her grip, the knife fell uselessly from her hand and clattered to the ground-
Mukuro braced, gritting her teeth. Heard Hijikata's voice from somewhere far away. Adrenaline shot through her and partially slipped her body into a Battle Trance like state. But she couldn't move, could barely struggle, let alone fight- and so instead, time only seemed to slow for her, drawing out that long, awful charge toward the water. Each passing moment between now and her inevitable death dragging to a crawl-
Then there was sharp cold.
Mukuro clamped her mouth and eyes shut as they impacted the water, instinctively holding her breath until her lungs burned. It hurt. And she could still barely move...! That weight pulled her down further, further.
She'd die again- Hijikata would feel despair or righteous justice and she'd get to face the enviable despair of her own death again- again, and again and again-
A burst of bubbles as her stamina started failing her. Water rushed into her mouth and her vision blackened- a sudden crack of lightning like a whip and an arm around her- the blurry outline of the creature sinking away as she was cut free- fragments that didn't make sense.
Until the paralysis started to wear off, she couldn't struggle in Hijikata's grip. It would be easy enough for him to drag her to shore.]
tw near drowning
Mukuro braced, gritting her teeth. Heard Hijikata's voice from somewhere far away. Adrenaline shot through her and partially slipped her body into a Battle Trance like state. But she couldn't move, could barely struggle, let alone fight- and so instead, time only seemed to slow for her, drawing out that long, awful charge toward the water. Each passing moment between now and her inevitable death dragging to a crawl-
Then there was sharp cold.
Mukuro clamped her mouth and eyes shut as they impacted the water, instinctively holding her breath until her lungs burned. It hurt. And she could still barely move...! That weight pulled her down further, further.
She'd die again- Hijikata would feel despair or righteous justice and she'd get to face the enviable despair of her own death again- again, and again and again-
A burst of bubbles as her stamina started failing her. Water rushed into her mouth and her vision blackened- a sudden crack of lightning like a whip and an arm around her- the blurry outline of the creature sinking away as she was cut free- fragments that didn't make sense.
Until the paralysis started to wear off, she couldn't struggle in Hijikata's grip. It would be easy enough for him to drag her to shore.]