Laura- chan

You need to get as close to 50/50 as possible to win

It showed up in my Facebook feed.

I'm sure it's just seaweed tangled around your ankle

Jack squinted through the murk, wishing he’d been wearing his goggles before he went under. Which way was up? He had only half a breath, he needed to find out which way was up—his hands found a wooden pillar, slimy but solid. Jack followed it, searching for the pier—his lungs were burning already, his racing heart burning through what oxygen was left in his blood— What the fuck was that!? There weren’t sharks in this harbour, were there? Seals? How big did fish get? That shimmer over there, was that the surface? Fuck, it was too dark down here, and getting colder—Jack shivered, pushing off to swim for the shimmer—his wrist was burning— Jack blinked. The jade charm was glowing— Something grabbed his ankle. Jack yelped as he was dragged back down—

The race is 22 miles long. It is shorter than a standard human marathon. This is so that it is fair to the horses. A typical marathon is 26 miles long. A healthy distance for a horse to undertake in a single day for the purpose of travel is between 20 and 30 miles, but only if they walk at least part of the way. The years a human runner has won the race, the weather has been hot, as heat also favors human runners.

Interestingly, if the race is only ten to fifteen meters, 30 - 45 feet, a human can also win against a horse, which takes longer than a human to get up to full speed.

New chapter of my human Alastor x post-s2 demon Vox fic, go check it out here :D

https://archiveofourown.org/works/75188091/chapters/196501861

Chapter 10 of All Sharks Go To Heaven, "Take It Like A Man" is up!

I have a cover but im not finished with it yet so uuHHH I'll post it later, just pretend I had that done on time. I was on vacation last week that's my excuse uHHH

have some doodles relating to the chapter instead (may just switch to doing these tbh, as much as I love the covers I dont have time for that with work these days- im curious on people's thoughts with that)