Kohl knew he had reached the destination first. Not many creatures could drink themselves into a drunken stupor one day and still carry themselves out of bed early the next. Gobalee didn't seem that kind of creature.
Kohl sat down next to the Amaronda river, maneuvering his muscular back into the bark of a sturdy oak tree.
"Albino?" Shot a voice from beneath the river's bank. "I thought you weren't going to show."
Surprised, Kohl stood up and peered over the bank.
"Are you ready?" Mocked his competitor.
Kohl chuckled, "I'm ready Gobalee."
"I haven't found any good rocks...maybe we should go somewhere else."
Kohl gazed across the landscape. The area contained some trees and a herd of cattle in a meadow to his north, but no rocks large enough for their purpose. Kohl's mind worked double time looking for an ounce of inspiration.
"We can still do some throwing, c'mon," Kohl motioned his rival to follow him as he tore a branch from a nearby tree, "Get behind those cows and chase them this way."
Curiosity overwhelmed Gobalee and he raced to the far side of the meadow.
"Move it you git!"
Gobalee hissed in displeasure at the slur, but his curiosity overrode his hatred and he began herding the cattle toward Kohl. As the cattle approached, Kohl bludgeoned some of them with his make-shift club.
"That'll do," Kohl announced after knocking a tenth cow senseless, "watch this."
Kohl reached down, grasped one of the heifer's legs, and in a fluid motion spun and shot-putted the innocent animal into Kajarna's atmosphere. Woosh the air reeled as Kohl's sacrilegious sacrifice flew on its course. The cow landed some sixty yards away and slid for another ten.
"You're beat Gobalee," Kohl challenged.
Gobalee smirked and pushed an unconscious cow to where his adversary stood. After a few seconds, Gobalee had wedged his lever-like legs beneath his unknowing victim. Woosh, the assailant's legs released and catapulted the heifer into the morning sky. That cow landed some sixty-five yards away and slid for another fifteen.
"Care to try again," mocked Gobalee.
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So what do these guys look like? (Beyond Kohl being paler than Gobalee) Why the "creature" references in the first paragraph? Multi species here? Why does Gobalee use his legs while Kohl seems to have used hands and arms? How many legs does Gobalee have?
Where is the rest???
I like it, obviously or I wouldn't have questions, I am sure this is NOT all you have written . . . am I looking at one page installments? Daily? Weekly? Whenever-ly?
oh yes, heifer's legs, assailant's legs*
* unless Gobalee is a multiple entity and then it would be assailants' legs ;-}
Updated as suggested; I do have more written, but I am going to post installments in lengths such as this first passage as I don't want to have huge breaks between updates. I plan on posting at least weekly; though I'm sure that as the story starts to get going, I will be able to provide longer sections.
Dan can throw a cow much farther than that. He is the best at the game. (Raving rabbids for Wii)
Weekly is good, were the thumb choices there before? I didn't see them . . .
Thumbs were added recently
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