SO WE CAN SWIM FOREVER — joining

[Soleil]

the first two that came into view were both golden like the sand below her. they were about what she expected for land creatures, although the wings on the brighter one were somewhat out of the ordinary. he tongue, blue and forked, flicked curiously out her mouth as she observed them. hearing them speak was so strange, completely different to the communication that she was used to. in the ocean she only ever spoke with telekinesis or long, wordless songs. her jaws parted, closed, and parted again. "eh- hrm." her face scrunched up in thought. learning to speak on the fly wasn't going to be as easy as she had first hoped. for now she'd have to settle with her old ways; hopefully it wouldn't be too jarring for the poor air breathers. after all, she had heard that they possessed similar abilities.

'sorry, i am not used to the land,' she responded to deldrach. although she was only addressing the first land-dweller, she broadcasted her speech for all of those close enough to hear her naturally. 'i am okay now.' her eyes closed in a full-faced smile. goldenluxury's question caused that to fall away however, eyes reopening in a light kind of shock. 'it is that obvious, just by looking?' she asked, echoing voice laced with disappointment. she'd been hoping to mesh more effortlessly with the other mammals. apparently that wouldn't be the case. she shifted a little, using her fully formed back paws to stand. it was a shaky process, the unfamiliarity of the action blatantly obvious. 'i did come from the ocean,' she said as she moved. 'i am not often called a fish though. leviathan, behemoth, dinosaur, those are more common!' she slipped a little, but regained her footing quickly with a faint pout. this method of moving seemed awfully inefficient, the land-born did it so much more smoothly. her elegance was unmatched in the water, but on land she was just another blundering fool.

finally, she was greeted by a shape much different to the others. alas, she had seen this one, soaring above the waves. the sky did parallel her own world in many ways, but it was one that she had no desire to join. still, she found herself curious about the beast, and those giant wings that sat where her own extra limbs did. 'greetings,' she chimed. 'you are all the typhoon, yes? you let outsiders join you?' — my secret friend, i'll take you to the river