Closed (Fox Starseer) A New Arrival, An Old Friend

[Ariann]

70th Summer, 513AV (18th Bell)

The waves lapped up against the pier, pulling Ariann along as she swam. She'd had swam for nearly ten hours since she awoke, the sun now high in the sky. The smell of salt was in the air, obviously, but it didn't affect Ariann. She surfaced a mile outside of the city to pause and watch for a moment before speeding off under the surface of the water once more. From the shore, she looked like a dolphin, leaping out of the water on occasion to glance outwards before plummeting back down under the water. The closer she got to the shore, the less she leaped from the water.

She finally came to a rest a dozen meters out from the piers in a bed of coral that was just down enough for her to blend in with the water, but not down enough that she'd be unable to see out of the water. Ess'er mei, sereth holan! Zeltiva, goni messa! Ariann said loudly, the Char words coming fluidly and melodic from her lips, the sounds carrying to the edge of the pier and sounding like a haunting string of a melody to anyone who did not speak Char. Mei tessa Ricky uso!

TranslationAriann says "My, it's been so long! Zeltiva, at last!" on the first line of Char and "I must find Ricky soon!" on the second. The literal translation of the second line is actually "My find Ricky now!".

Slowly and surely, she approached the pier, hoping that she'd spot anyone before they noticed her blue form moving beneath the water. She really didn't want to become fish food today.

[Fox Starseer]

Fox was walking through along the docks, looking out at the sea. "This sea is so different to the Sea of Grass, part of me wishes my family didn't stick to the inland routes as much so we could follow the coast" he said to himself. He looked around, a couple of ships where just off shore, even from where he stodd, Fox admired how large they looked. "You could almost fit my entire pavilion in there, supplies and all" he observed, looking at the largest of the two ships. He sat on the edge of one of the piers and looked out over the water.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw something blue move under the surface. "Strange" he said, tilting his head. He shrugged and looked around at the water, and the ships, and the birds. The breeze was cool, even though every day he had been here had been almost unbearably hot, due to a heatwave. He looked out towards the horizon, the sea and sky where almost the same colour, they seemed to become one, except where the odd cloud or ship could be seen. He took his shoes off and dangled his feet into the water, the waves lapping at his toes. It kind of reminded him of the days by the one of the lakes or rivers back home in the Sea of Grass. Memories of home, and his twin.

[Ariann]

Ariann peered out from the water as the toes entered the water. She remained under long enough to identify that the things in the water were toes. Her eyes widened and immediately she shoved off from the bed of coral and reached out, her webbed fingers grasping onto the man's ankles as she surfaced, using his feet as balancing points as she lifted herself out of the water. Her head came level with the man's stomach, barely over his groin and a foot out. She glazed up at him for an instant, then opened her mouth to reveal her teeth, which were jagged and sharp like a shark's. "Avu!" She said in Char, which sounds like a choking sound.

She smiled at him, a total stranger, and didn't appear to think about boundaries at all. At least she was cute. She had cherubic eyes that were twice the size of any humans and almost perceptually round. Her skin was a soft aqua blue and glinted with water that seemed to remain on her skin even after she lifted out of the water. Her lips were a darker shade of blue and her hair was made of seven fins that looked like they were split from a single fin that arched out of the back of her skull. She smiled and waited for the man's reply, her eyes blinking a few times as she awaited.

[Fox Starseer]

Fox jumped slightly as his feet were grabbed and, almost straight away, he was looking down at this strange, yet oddly pretty creature before him. "H-hello?" he said. How odd...what is this creature...it seems human...and friendly too, that's a plus he thought. Well friendly was an assumtion, but as it didn't seem to be sinking it's teeth into him, it seems the assumtion was true. "Who...what...are you?" he asked, not sure which question to ask first. He reached out and touched her skin, it felt rubbery, but smooth. Like nothing he had ever felt before.

[Ariann]

"Ariannaliese Evisrel!" She barked, her smile growing, yet oddly her teeth remained hidden beneath her dark blue lips. "I'm a Charoda and you are a human, yes yes!" She said, letting out a giggle. Her eyes squinted shut as she smiled again, but re-opened when she realized that she was still hanging on his feet. "You are a very helpful human, you are." She nodded, smiling again, "For without your feet, I would not be able to do this." She was obviously talking about using his feet as a way to get up close and personal, which she did just then.

She leaned forward, pushing herself closer to him with wide eyes that seemed to want to engulf the man in their vastness. She got so close that her nose was an inch from his own and her eyes were as big as lightbulbs. "You're cute." She said with a smile.

[Fox Starseer]

"It's nice to meet you, Ariannaliese, I'm Fox" Fox said. He looked into her eyes and couldn't help but return the smile, now that his momentary bit of fright had warn off. "I have heard about the Charoda, but I thought they lived way off shore, off in the deep ocean" he said. He put his hands on her arms, but didn't move back when she was almost nose to nose with him. "Do you want to sit up here with me? You might be more comfortable" he added.

[Ariann]

She blinked. Sit with him? That was a great Idea! She nodded and simply let herself fall back into the water, sinking all the way to the bottom. She waited for a moment before launching herself back out of the water and with clumsy precision, she flopped onto Fox, using him as a landing pad like she had done to Ximal. Her entire body now laid on him and he would realize she was entirely naked. She rolled off him and then sat next to him, smiling. She let out a soft giggle and turned to him, waiting for him to recover. "Hello, Fox. Social stigmas require me to give you a hug!" She says with a smile, leaning over and wrapping her arms around him. She smiled and nuzzled into the nook of his neck, letting out a soft purring sound. Oddly enough, her skin was rather warm for a fish's and it was slick as well.

[Fox Starseer]

While a bit surprised at her apparent lack of clothes, he didn't mind, he was used to it, having bathed with his cousins back home at the lakes and rivers. When she gave him a hug he wrapped his arms around her too, rubbing her back slightly, almost absent-mindedly. He even gave her a small kiss on the cheek. "You're quite pretty, Ariannaliese" he said, softly. "So what brings you to the city?" he asked.

[Ariann]

"Ricky." She said with a smile, pulling back and letting him give her the kiss on the cheek, which caused her cheeks to redden. "Ricky is the one I come to see before I leave for Syliras!" She announced with a smile, nodding to him. She beamed at the compliment, rubbing her arm with her webbed fingers. She had a single dorsal fin that extended from her ankles and her wrists, which were used for swimming in the water. She blinked and leaned over and returned the kiss, but placed her kiss on his forehead. "The kiss makes happiness." She explained with a smile as she sat back. "I am curious as to what brings you to this place. Could you tell me?"

[Fox Starseer]

Fox smiled at the kiss. "Yes, the kiss does bring happiness" he said. "I came here because my sister was taken from me by people who wanted to sell her to other people who would make her do...whatever they wanted her to do. I heard what city she might be in, and I found this city is the closest, so I decided to come here and be closer to where my twin sister is" he said, sadness came into his voice as he explained, but then he looked into Ariann's eyes and started to smile again. "So, what sort of things do you like to do?" he asked.