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 Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:45 pm
 Zuriel stared out into the depths of the ocean. He had grazed, eating more than what he needed actually. He had wandered about his normal places, had done his normal everyday events. Even his not so normal everyday events. And all in all he was bored. Now that he had done a few exciting things, meeting those odd four-legged creatures that lived on the land and other such things, he was discontent to just sit around. He turned, and out of the corner of his eye caught sight of something. He turned towards it, he couldn't quite make it out but it wasn't water. His interest piqued he swam towards the faint blotch of color, it was time for a new adventure.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:18 pm
‘Jeli very rarely came up out of the deeper, colder parts of the ocean. A long while ago her people had started to appear more and more and since then she had felt a stronger desire to get out and mix with others. Couldn’t live in a box forever could she? The ocean was so beautiful, there was no desire in her to be one of the odd four-legs on land, but at the same time not having friends didn’t really make anything fun. The yellow-orange spotted mare tossed a piece of hair that had floated into her vision back and pushed forward as hard as she could. Someone was up ahead, another mer from the profile… gender… either a normal male or an incredibly large mare. Hopefully the first one.. As the latter sounded a bit scary. A quiet neigh, almost eerie with a luminous quality to it was her entrance before floated into his vision.
“H-hello there.”
A bold entrance at least on her scale.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:35 pm
Her kind was rare enough, and seeing others were chance encounters. So when she saw the unmistakable silhouettes of two mersoquili, Opal's interest was piqued. She hung back, decided to access the situation before making her appearnece so that she might better gauge how she might act. Were these stallions? Mares? Or perhaps a pair. If they were both mares, it probably wouldn't even be worth her while, and she might just as well go ahead and keep moving on. But otherwise, things could potentially be intereseting....
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:19 pm
Zuriel looked up to see a pretty mer floating in front of him. By the tone of its voice she was female...he thought. She seemed to be a bit shy, but he was becoming more and more outgoing as time went on, surely he could make her feel welcome in these waters.
"Hello there Miss, its a pleasant day today isn't it." He smiled at her, not really moving so as to hopefully not make her uncomfortable. "What brings you to these waters?" he asked curiously. With so few mers about it was rare that he ran into any along his usual "haunts"
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:48 pm
It was rather obvious from the get-go that she wasn't very good around other peopand it was even more of a shock when the stallion came up to her and was friendly. Having met only one other being under the sea, An'Jeli felt just a bit out of sorts with all the goings on. "Oh... Well... hellow there." A rocky start, but at least she was doing better than last time. If memory served she had simply stared at the other, too dumbfounded to form a coherant sentance around someone new. Tossing a few strands of white hair that had fallen into her face back, she cleared her throat in order to start off again.
What good was there in seeming unfriendly and uninterested?
Little did she know that another Mer was not far away... A female at that and one that didn't care for other mares even a little bit. Had An'Jeli had half a clue she'dve lit out as if a flame had made it underwater and fanned itself up under her fin. "It... It is quite pleasant out today... I guess what really brought me here was the fact that it's just too nice a day to waste it where I usually choose to live. Deep, bitterly cold water.... or sunshine and a talk with someone new. Even a drooling idiot would know which to prefer. "And for yourself? What do you do out and about here? Isn't it kind of shallow water?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:33 pm
Opal ventured closer, ears pricked to the conversation that was begining between the two unfamiliar mersoquili. Judging on the words she could hear, it was an introduction. So this was no blissfully happy couple, or even old friends. Just a random happenstance that happened to bring three rare mersoquili to the same stretch of sea. Perhaps there were currents leading here, or they knew about the tender sea-weed that Opal had first glimpsed.
She approached slowly, a deliberately shy smile on her face as her light green hair drifted around her face. She looked one way, and then the other, and then up at the male with soulful eyes.
"Par... pardon me." She murmured lowly as she came within hearing range. "I do hope I'm not intruding on some private time between the two of you." She flashed only a ghost of a smile - and a nervous one at that. Hopefully, that would immediately drop a wall between the two of them by suggesting that they were a couple when they had obviously just met.
"I just... well... I'm afraid to say that I don't quite know where I am." She pouted, blowing some of her bangs away from her face. The damsel in distress card.
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:06 pm
He was glad to see that she was becoming more engaged in the conversation. "Well actually I come through these parts occassionally, and sometimes I go to the surface to look at...and sometimes even talk to the strange four-leggers that live up there...they are really quite unique, and rather smart too." It was nice to talk to one of his own kind though, immediately there was a basic connection that he just didn't have with land dwellers.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw something moved and he turned a bit to look. As it came into clearer view he decided that it had to be female, he just seemed to know. As she spook he felt himself having to focus on her completely because her voice was so low. Not that he minded, the poor lady appeared to be distressed and it was his duty to help others if he knew how. And then she kept talking. Private time? What does she mean by private time? I just met this girl so why would something be private He was a tad puzzled but he merely tried to keep up with the conversation.
"Oh don't fret Miss, we weren't having any sort of private discussion, in fact we just met. And I can help you around these waters, I know them well enough. By the way ladies, my name is Zuriel." He smiled, trying to include both back into things.
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:28 am
Oh good lord. ‘Jeli had met only a few others in her life and now to have a conversation with more than one person in the same day? She took a deep breathe, feeling the water soothing her as only the ocean ever could. All right, no need to be stupid about this… others weren’t likely to attack her and if they were it would have been done by now. Wasn’t Aquan, her sea otter, always telling her the exact same thing. She gave a slight smile to the other mer-mare and drew herself up straighter without realizing it.
A couple? Not likely as nice as Zuriel was, she had just met him. Perhaps he would find her incredibly irritating soon or vice versa? All well, innocent enough mistake… but a bit odd in her book for that to have been assumed. Maybe the other was normal and ‘Jeli’s way of thinking was backwards. Yeah… she’d vote on that one. Shaking her hair out, letting pale white-yellow strands float back, styling themselves however they pleased, making a halo around her head of ever changing yellow to gold to white as the sun shifted. She looked the innocent that she was. “I am An’Jeli… Most just prefer to call me ‘Jeli”
What most? She didn’t anybody. Lalala, not listening.
They had introduced themselves without having a second thought, now it would be her turn. She was curious about other Mer-mares, as this was her first meeting. Were they shy like her? Right now it was seeming like it. Heck, she was feeling quite bold in comparison right now.
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:59 am
Opal smiled demurely under her thick bangs that floated around her face. Well, this stallion was certainly not the brightest, and full of all kinds of good intentions. He even seemed to completely miss Opal's innuendo. That was perfect. Good intentions along with dim wits tended to spell gullible.
"Zuriel." She spoke quietly, letting a small smile cross her lips as she spoke it. "That would be quite noble of you. I'm afraid that I don't know much about these waters. I would love for a strong, handsome stallion like yourself show me around."
Her eyes flicked to An'Jeli, and she hoped that her bangs hid the shadow of annoyance that crossed her eyes. She never got along with other mares well. They just got in the way. Especially a real innocent like that one seemed to be. Males liked that: pretty little things that didn't seem to realize how pretty they were. It was something that Opal had practiced at mimicking many a time because it worked.
"Jelly then." She smiled contritely. "Like the stinging creatures?" She gave a light chortle.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:44 am
"Ah you're right! It is similar to jellies!" He smiled, well this would be fun. He had never been with more than one of his own kind at a time before. So he struggled to connect both conversations to not make either of them feel excluded.
"Well then Miss, I'm sure I could take you to anywhere around here that you need to go. At least if its something half-way well known. And you 'Jeli? Do you need to go anywhere?"
He sincerly wished to help both of these nice young ladies. It was a sad world indeed when one could not afford to help another in need. Especially those who didn't quite know what they were doing. The irony was lost on him completely that the one probably missing the most in the conversation was himself.
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:41 pm
Oh like she hadn’t heard that particular joke a million times in her life… Heh.
‘Jeli tossed a few chunks of white hair back out of her face and gave a shy smile to both of them. It was on the tip of her tongue to get sarcastic at the mare, but how would she have known that ‘Jeli had not only heard that before but it also annoyed her to death. Besides, no jellyfish had ever stung her.. They just had to have their space and some respect.
Perhaps she was more like those little creatures than she realized.
Oivey. Amber eyes fighting the urge to roll, the golden spotted mare put a sincere smile on her face and relaxed more. “I’m sure I might be able to help a bit too.. Although I only know my way around deeper and quieter parts of the ocean.”
Zuriel was nice, she could tell that without guessing.. Although Opal seemed to be just a bit off. No, that wasn’t very nice. Chiding herself slightly she swished her tail, preening a bit as the sun hit her cheek. Felt so lovely out today, and she was probably just jealous that Opal really was lovely. Yes.. ‘Jeli was just being uncharitable. “Where do you want to see? Well, I suppose the word I’m really looking for is -what- you want to see, Miss Opal?”
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:32 am
Opal gave a delighted chuckle as Zuriel picked on on her 'joke' at An'jeli's expense. This might prove to be interesting after all. Especially at the spotted mare's tolerence. It had to bother her. Right? Opal certainly hoped that it did.
"Well..." She breathed. Where would be a good place to have them take her? it seemed that at least the mare was insistent at accompanying them. Perhaps she could find somewhere that would ultimately make her feel uncomfortable. And she couldn't just chase her off without losing the stallion.
"I have come from some deeper waters." Opal continued after hearing of Jelly's familiarity. "Unfortunately, it is hard to find good reliable sources of food so deep where the sunlight barely touches the water." She looked over An'jeli with a bit of a furrow to her brow. "Although I suppose with your pale skin that it might be hard for you to stay too long in sunny waters." She gave a deliberately concerned press to her mouth. Honestly, An'jeli's light coloration and striking spots made her a beautiful mare. Much more lovely that Opal would have liked. But she seemed nervous, insecure and shy. She had already guessed that she didn't know how lovely she was, but perhaps she was open to further driving at her insecurities. She just had to do it carefully - hit her anxieties without outright insulting, and try to have it go over the simple stallion's head.
"Can you show me somewhere that a lady can find a bite to eat?" She batted her eyelashes at Zuriel.
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:17 pm
He was lucky. She actually wanted to go to a place that he knew how to find. It had been ages since he'd gotten lost going to there, maybe it was just because it was a place to get food though.
"Actually I do know a good place that's not too far from here. There are some absolutely delicious sea grass, and there's a small kelp forest not too far away that would provide a bit of shade if you can't stay in the sunny water for too long" he added for 'Jeli. "Its a rather peaceful place so maybe we can continue our conversation there."
This would work out nicely, they could all stay together and work on getting to know one another. Relief washed over him, he hadn't wanted to leave one of his new friends out so soon. He swam a little ways away. "Please just follow me, its right this way."
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:30 pm
An’Jeli kept her ears pricked forward keenly, pretending as if the barb had rolled off her back and into the ocean without a second thought. Again, it was probably her just being a bit on the mean side towards the lovely Opal. Why were mares always so catty towards one another?
Finding out where the other mare wanted to go was of quite a bit of interest to herself, as ‘Jeli so rarely went anywhere. A kelpi had told her that made her into a freak, and yet her familiar only complained ever so often. Even then his complaints were because she never had any juicy stories for him to get to listen to. As if anything interesting ever happened to her. Ha.
Weird, the idea of Opal spending all of her time away from attention made one of her eyebrows shoot upwards in question. ‘Jeli simply could not imagine what it would be like for a mare like that to not want to be around people. Also, there was food to be found in deeper water, just not quite as pleasant or crisp as shallow water food. Bah, she needed to stop being so cruel to what could turn out to be a friend. Normally she looked at people with a mix of fear and hope at friendship. This mare made her look with dislike and distrust. Not a combo that she was all that fond of. Breathing deeply, her hair bubbling up dramatically as she pushed out bubbles ‘Jeli focused again. A tell-tale rumbling of her stomach started and ‘Jeli flit closer towards Zuriel, tapping her tail on his, arching her neck and giggling brightly. “Well then! What’re we waiting for.. Might as well get there with good timing.”
Even though she wasn’t sure of their direction, the mare flit forward, neck still arched playfully. Hopefully he’d be game for some higher speeds!
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:34 am
"Oh that's wonderful!" Opal beamed at Zuriel. "How lucky I was to have found a stallion that knows his way around." What a pity, apparently, that this was also supposedly an ideal spot for the other mare as well. Not that Opal actually believed that she was physically sensitive to the light, she just hoped that it might be a further discouragement for Jeli to keep her distance. Perhaps if she did not often go to the surface, she might even think that Opal was telling the truth.
"But it sounds quite lovely, Zuriel. A peaceful meadow of sea-grass hidden near the shade of a wide kelp forest." It did sound nice, quite possibly romantic. And Opal was hungry.
She nodded demurely to Zuriel. "Lead the way, my guide." she gave a bit of a stress on 'my', and avoided looking at 'Jeli at all.
Unlike An'Jeli, however, she kept an even pace with Zuriel, keeping her tail strokes small, and carrying herself daintilly, moving almost shyly, but making sure that her eyes were at the same level as his, so if he were to risk a glance over at her, she would catch his eyes with her own purplish-green ones.
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