Broken Ship {Open}

[Ceto Lowtide]

Day 47 Season of Summer, Year 511 AV “Yum! Can you believe that we’ve nearly made it Q?” A startled yelp flew past her lips as her body flew through the air and her precious fruit was snapped up by an amused Orca. She came up sputtering, her hair plastered in a thick mat against her face. Shoving it away quickly she spit water at the large mammal playfully, “Alright, alright I surrender no more calling you Q!” Dunking herself underwater quickly to shove her hair back completely Ceto rolled herself onto her back, floating with ease as she stared up at the darkening sky. Currently she had a spare rope looped loosely around Equinox as she tugged the Casinor closer to the shore, a recent and quick storm had forced them farther out than the small ship could take and they had to work fast. So far they could barely see a speck of shore. Her own laughter drowned her suddenly, forcing the stinging liquid down her throat as she surfaced still laughing, it was all because she had forgotten to throw out an anchor. She was lucky she would only need minimal repairs though; a new sail, a few patches and replace some boards but other than that her little home had down well. Still smiling she patted both the large whale and her small ship. It would be an interesting trip back. Reaching up to grab at the side of her ship she heaved herself up and flopped on the deck and scrounged around the messy space for her goggles. Currently all she could find were papers, her broken sail, buckets of fish scales and barrels of rain water. “If I were goggles where would I be?” Finding them finally under a pile of rainbow fish scales she snapped them on and climbed toward the rail and for a moment it was a different boat and she was much younger, a startled gasp left her and she flipped off the boat, landing in a near perfect belly flop. “Ohhh...fishpie that seriously hurt.” Sucking in air greedily and rubbing her rapidly turning red stomach she wiggled away the pain and took a large breath. Shoving her head under the water she slowly released it, allowing her body to sink slightly until she was level with Equinox, running her hand all up the back of her friend she swam up until she looking into the large black eye. With a grin and a bubbled hello she deftly untied the rope around the Orca’s throat and pulled the rope to the surface. Panting slightly she flung it into the boat followed closely by her own body. Leaning casually on the rail her hair hanging annoyingly at the sides of her face she watched the Tavan swim away, probably for food. It was a times like this she wished she too was the same species as her dearest friend. For a moment her eyes watered and she brushed them quickly and another whooping laugh came straight from her belly, she was being much to whiny as of the late. Rubbing her left wrist idly she turned her gaze upwards once more, ‘Laviku protect me and Equinox, let us get to shore in one piece. And many thanks for allowing us to be in one piece through your daughters storm.’ Finished with her short wish and thanks she turned towards her deck and stared at the mess, it always fascinated her how quickly it got dirty but how long it took to clean, shrugging she began to tie her hair for the long process of cleaning ahead of her. As she picked up the parchment scattered around and began to kick the scales into their proper piles she became bored quickly and only managed to make the large mess into different piles, trash, keep stuff, scales, trade goods and food. Tugging loose a strand of hair she relaxed on the deck scratching at her itchy, salty skin. She would probably go to the nearest dock and invest in lotion. Leaning back she closed her eyes, still sucking on the strand of hair, “I wish it would rain again…or someone would find me.”