56th day of Fall, 512AV Ok, so Xalet was right. Though Xuphim wouldn't take the time to vocally recognize the truth behind Xalet's assumption based upon eyewitness testimony that Riverfall was something altogether exotic and unlike the life they lived in Syliras, the light soul was totally correct. The wonder was huddled with other feelings as well, some of them not so foreign. After over two decades of living amongst a mass of Humans, being surrounded by Akalaks felt somehow discomforting. These were Xuphim's own people, and yet seeing so many was just unsettling. While he and Xalet would never be a Human, growing up amongst them imprinted the common scenery of an endless sprawl of Humanity. Of course he couldn't get away from Humanity entirely, even if he wanted to. "Throw us, throw us!" a group of small children, some little more than half the size of Xuphim called out. The Waterpark seemed to be a fairly happening place, and while Syliras had the hot springs, there was certainly nothing as large or elaborate as this. To take full advantage of the energy of youth, these children had chosen the burly built Xuphim as a Human catapult to give them that extra adrenaline releaseing rush in getting down to the lower pools. "No, I'm not throwing anyone. Get away, you bunch of bothers." the towering Akalak grunted, his wet hair reaching down to barely touch the tops of his broad shoulders. "Oh Priskil Xalet...ohhhh Priskil I'm gonna kill some kids. I'm gonna do it Xalet, and Priskil is gonna be PISSEDkil." he attempted to release from mental frustrations by talking them over with his 'voice of reason', whom had seemed to be comically absent from the entire conversation. "C'mon throw us!" they continued. Were all children this determined? Was this some kind of initiation for the new Akalak in town? "Fine you little brats, you want it, you've got it!" bending down the Akalak yanked the first young male out of the water. With a backward sway he tossed the boy straight down one of the slides, to which the sounds of excited screams and laughter filled the air. "Yeaaaah! Me next!" a few chanted, and Xuphim did his civic duty in sending each one down a different slide to their watery fate. Best to keep them separated, this way at least they would need to find each other before finding Xuphim. Like meaty sacks of potatoes the trained Syliras tossed chucked them, causing the power packed in his musculature to aid in their propulsion down the smoothed slides. Once the final child was gone from his view, the big man was left rubbing some of the ache from his biceps. "Man, what a messed up way to get exercise around here. I'm not getting caught up in that crap again." he muttered, pulling himself out from the pool as he sought a seperate set of stairs to ascend before slipping his own body down one of the steep slides into a more private pool. He had stowed away his equipment, a pair of beaten half trousers were all that remained on his body. |