We are all familiar with a runner’s high: The endorphins produced in response to the stress and suffocation of exerted muscles. They could make you feel light as a feather as you pounded against the ground and gave you pleasure even as your neurons screamed for rest.
But for a Pokémon built to sprint, there was more to it than that. It was the release of energy that sat accumulating in your very veins; building inside you like a pressure you never noticed until it was so great, you’d almost explode! It tingled in the tips of your toes and demanded release. And when it was released it was at once a relief and an exhilarating rush!
But for a Pokémon sitting dead center in the food chain, it was even more than that! For the body would sense the stress and the fear of falling and it would dump a massive adrenaline surge into your bloodstream to push you ever faster, ever further, to escape that predator or catch that prey. It was a rush of ecstasy borne straight from the need to survive!
Linoone were all three. They were the rushing Pokémon; Predator and Prey. The ultimate runner’s build! For a Linoone, a good long sprint is an expression of life itself.
- Except from Shadow of Eclipse, by Barley
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A commission for the very sweet Barley, whose characters have always been so vibrant and wonderful - so when they came to me for the idea of Sugar the Emolga drifting their Linoone, Cinnamon, I loooved it <3
Sugar cannot control his electricity, and has wires plugged in to his cheeks, while Cinnamon has been blind since he was young - so they rely on each other, forming a strong friendship - and running pair - that no-one can beat!
Y'should read Barley's stories! Their characters really are wonderful and have lived in my mind since I read about 'em. You'll enjoy them, I'm sure! Check out one of his best, Shadow of Eclipse, here! https://www.furaffinity.net/view/38631141/
