"Downstream. Of course - we weren't to go down there! We were told!"
The exclaim is deliberately hushed, making her voice lower than its usual register - and then the girl is up and off to the right, away from the singing's apparent source, dashing along the stream.
The streambed deepens, becoming more of a river, with harsher currents. After three minutes of running (presuming Sadie) tries to follow, they come upon children.
Some are on the riverbed; those are the ones making noise, mostly screaming. The rest are in the river, painfully silent.
Some of the latter aren't even moving. And some are underwater.
"We are to be quiet," the girl warns, grabbing a nearby sturdy-looking stick - and she darts in to the river. The stick is a prop; most of the rescue work has to be done by hand, especially for those who aren't even struggling...
CW: Drowning (Not Heavily Detailed)
The exclaim is deliberately hushed, making her voice lower than its usual register - and then the girl is up and off to the right, away from the singing's apparent source, dashing along the stream.
The streambed deepens, becoming more of a river, with harsher currents. After three minutes of running (presuming Sadie) tries to follow, they come upon children.
Some are on the riverbed; those are the ones making noise, mostly screaming. The rest are in the river, painfully silent.
Some of the latter aren't even moving. And some are underwater.
"We are to be quiet," the girl warns, grabbing a nearby sturdy-looking stick - and she darts in to the river. The stick is a prop; most of the rescue work has to be done by hand, especially for those who aren't even struggling...