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**Maxilocks** · 07-16-2009, 04:11 PM

Plan A = Huge!Fail.

So she wasn't closing her eyes. Good. Really good. Without a word, Shel opened the car-door at his side and, getting out of the oh-so-awesome black THING that was toterly Mrs. Ambrose's idea, walked over to its other side. Once this was done, he held the door open for Sarah and ....

- And placed one hand over her eyes, before she could so much as take a peek at her surroundings. Plan B = So far, so good => Awesomeness! Eyes closed, now? Brilliant! With his own free hand, Shel gently took one of her hands, leading her out of the car.

Since she couldn't see and all, you know.

"If you try to peek, I'm going to be sad, mmkay?" he told Sarah, pretty cheerfully. Hopefully, she wouldn't try to look, now. [She did care about him getting sad, didn't she? --- Hopefully.] "I'll be sad AND not show you the pink octopus that glows orange." Tee hee. You know what?

This.

Was.

Going.

To.

Be.

SUCHFUN!

It was evening, but visitors around the place were few, for reasons unknown but quite appreciated by Shel. From the entrance, he went down the dusty trail he had seen only once, before - and fallen in love with, too - reaching, as he had known he would, steep barriers of sandstone that rose like walls of pale, rose red. The narrow cleft, the entrance....

- The route he loved to dream of.

Sand seemed to float, beneath his shoes. Shel inhaled deeply, taking in the scent he had last breathed so, so long ago, as the walls continued rising -- scores - no, hundreds - of metres that proceeded upwards. But the path had narrowed.... Shel had expected it to narrow: It was just the way things were, had been made, here.

There was no light where they were, not any longer: the towering walls shut out the last of the evening glow, their presence strangely looming. Heavy. Sandy. Twist, turn; turn, twist; turn.

--- Light.

Beautiful pillars, pillars that supported a portico nearby. And the cleft. The cleft that let in the light, the beautiful, glowing red-sandstone-like light that charmed - no, enchanted, so very enchanted - him beyond all reason. The light trickled in and, as it did so, trickled in, too, the first glimpse of the ancient "rose-red city half as old as time."

Petra.

"You can look, now," Shel said quietly, removing his hand from Sarah's eyes. The light trickled in, pale rose-red to the very core and, for a moment, he felt as if the whole world was silent.

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Maxilocks Urdu Mod SS Featured Author Türk Bilgini Runespoor Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: {in a leap of faith} Posts: 31,745 Hogwarts RPG Name: Sarani Glass Graduated x12 Ministry RPG Name: Sion {Logan} Jetza Department of Mysteries	♥ Mrs. Itachi Uchiha™ & MAJNOO! : Bleach & Kyo & Natsume ♥ [ Maxh!Jesh ] Plan A = Huge!Fail. So she wasn't closing her eyes. Good. Really good. Without a word, Shel opened the car-door at his side and, getting out of the oh-so-awesome black THING that was toterly Mrs. Ambrose's idea, walked over to its other side. Once this was done, he held the door open for Sarah and .... - And placed one hand over her eyes, before she could so much as take a peek at her surroundings. Plan B = So far, so good => Awesomeness! Eyes closed, now? Brilliant! With his own free hand, Shel gently took one of her hands, leading her out of the car. Since she couldn't see and all, you know. "If you try to peek, I'm going to be sad, mmkay?" he told Sarah, pretty cheerfully. Hopefully, she wouldn't try to look, now. [She did care about him getting sad, didn't she? --- Hopefully.] "I'll be sad AND not show you the pink octopus that glows orange." Tee hee. You know what? This. Was. Going. To. Be. SUCHFUN! It was evening, but visitors around the place were few, for reasons unknown but quite appreciated by Shel. From the entrance, he went down the dusty trail he had seen only once, before - and fallen in love with, too - reaching, as he had known he would, steep barriers of sandstone that rose like walls of pale, rose red. The narrow cleft, the entrance.... - The route he loved to dream of. Sand seemed to float, beneath his shoes. Shel inhaled deeply, taking in the scent he had last breathed so, so long ago, as the walls continued rising -- scores - no, hundreds - of metres that proceeded upwards. But the path had narrowed.... Shel had expected it to narrow: It was just the way things were, had been made, here. There was no light where they were, not any longer: the towering walls shut out the last of the evening glow, their presence strangely looming. Heavy. Sandy. Twist, turn; turn, twist; turn. --- Light. Beautiful pillars, pillars that supported a portico nearby. And the cleft. The cleft that let in the light, the beautiful, glowing red-sandstone-like light that charmed - no, enchanted, so very enchanted - him beyond all reason. The light trickled in and, as it did so, trickled in, too, the first glimpse of the ancient "rose-red city half as old as time." Petra. "You can look, now," Shel said quietly, removing his hand from Sarah's eyes. The light trickled in, pale rose-red to the very core and, for a moment, he felt as if the whole world was silent. __________________ ♥ *s a r a n i g l a s s* There's a s h e w o l f in disguise Comingoutcomingoutcomingout Last edited by Maxilocks; 07-16-2009 at 04:17 PM.