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Staying still had never come easy to this little girl. Almost as soon as her feet touched the ground in the morning, she needed to be somewhere, anywhere that wasn't right here. It wasn't that she disliked her family's home. Far from it, she loved her house, and loved more being there. But sitting still was something the blue earthling struggled with. There was always something to do, something to see, friends to make! Sometimes the animals like her brothers, but more often she found herself attracted to people. So many people, and all with such interesting stories to tell! She couldn't get it all done just staying in one place, she needed to move!

And today marked a rare occasion to do just that for sunny Einsol. Today, her biggest and (maybe) bestest brother had agreed to take both twins along on his fishy boat. That meant ocean! In point of fact, one of the only ways she could reliably sit and be still was when looking at it. A relief to her parents and more responsible siblings, it had to be said. The ocean did all the moving she needed, so she could relax for a little bit. Right this moment, for example, she stood at the dock, holding her Ushiwa's hand and staring out to the horizon, where blue met blue.

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Thal was excited to go out fishing with his two youngest siblings. He couldn't wait to see what they would do when they grew up but for now he would get all the big brother quality time that he could. He loved growing up in a large family. Something was always going on, there was always an ear to lend and a shoulder to cry on. It was family at its finest.

"Okay you two, come aboard!" He waved and beckoned them forward.

He watched the two attentively as they came closer. Einsol's eyes seemed to almost glow against her dark skin and hair. She was so beautiful that he knew he would have a lot of scaring off of boys to do later.
Ushiwa looked like their father but with enough features of their mother to be quite balanced. It was so cool seeing their features in yet more faces.

He made the way for them to board.

"Where do we want to go? The rock ledge, the sea slivers or open ocean?"

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"Actually it is my first time at actual sea, we have only fished off the shore, so I haven't been anywhere either." Ushi looked sheepish. Thallassa had decided that today he would take both he and his sister out, because he had said he was finally ready. Ushi was as excited as Einsol.

"The rock ledge is closest right? Dad showed me the map yesterday after I begged him. I like maps." he grinned. "Lets go there, its sheltered."

He raised his brows at Einsol, asking her if that was what she would like as well. Always, always consult your twin. He cared about her more than anyone.

His feet pattered on the deck, he couldn't stay still and tried so hard not to fidget, failing miserably.

He wanted to stand at the prow and stick his face in the wind and smell the freedom of the sea.

That the open ocean wasn't their first choice was a disappointment, true. But they were still on a boat! And out on the water! Exploration had to wait for now. The thought squirreled itself away in her head, to be buried and uncovered at some later date. Many thought her a bit spacey, as she could drop a topic easily in favor of keeping up with the present. Thoughts set aside seldom left, though... "The shelf's okay! Gotta learn our way around the boat 'fore we can really take it anywhere." A look to each brother, and she leaned in Ushiwa's way. A small blue hand reached up to hide her mouth from their captain, and she pitched her voice lower, a whisper. "Wouldn't mind swimmin' back if we got shipwrecked, but I might get sleepy on the way. Don't think I'd float too good when I'm nappin'."

With her twin fidgeting towards the fore, she pulled him fore-ward and near to the rail of their small ship. On the way, her other hand snuck out and snatched up a set of hooks from the side. He kept all the smelly stuff up front, including the bait. While the boy-child put his face to the wind, the bright-eyed girl crouched down and got to work on one of the hooks. A small bucket just under a covering before the prow held their bait: something their papa called 'fish roe'. She didn't know where on the fish you got these, exactly, but there were tiny little nets beside them, since putting just one on the hook might be tricky. "D'you just stick one ball on the hook, or are we supposed to stick 'em to the netting or something?

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Thal came over to the twins and demonstrated how to put a dollop of roe into the little net.

"Then you wrap the netting around the roe and insert the hook in a way that keeps it all tight. It should stay on there relatively well, sometimes with good roe you don't need the net. But it is easier to keep it on the line this way."

He had lost many a bait. And many a fish, but that was all part of learning, or so his Mother told him.

"Then you dangle it down until you hit the bottom then reel in a little so that it sits a small ways off the ground. That's where the fish like it."

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Soon enough Ushi had gotten the little bag of bait properly cast out to meet its fate among the beautiful softly lolling waves which lapped the bow lazily. he sighed in contentment, there was something innately comforting about being on the water, though in a bad mood the ocean had complete control over whoever was foolish enough to challenge her during a storm.

He often used his time fishing to think about things, but now he was enoying watching his siblings work together in harmony.

"How soon until we catch something?" He was patient, but he was also quite young still and he had a tendency of getting antsy.

Tongue sticking out to one side, she fiddled with the roe-pouch and hook. Thallassa's youngest sister knew she wasn't so good at tyin' stuff as her twin, so she settled on making lots of knots instead. Surely one or two would hold for long enough, right? One questionably secure tangle of netting later, and she had something ready to cast out, by her approximation. To a more experienced eye... it wasn't too likely all the bait would spill early. They'd come 'round to the cliffs sooner than she thought, and had to check behind her when Ushi lobbed his hook out. Didn't wanna hit their big brother with it; Momma said that they had to be careful about this, and Einsol didn't know how to fix cuts or deep pokes. (Bruises just needed some ointment.)

But he stood clear, and the she-twin took her cast, watching and waiting as the fisherman said. Little blue ears did what they were meant to, and she waited her turn to speak. "So this is kinda like the snares we set for ravvits, right? Only we're the rope an' holdin' the bait?" Giving that a moment to process, she weighed the fun of catching something and bein' on the ocean against having to sit still pretty much forever 'til something bit. "It's hard to see the fish. D'you know a way to see 'em comin', Thal?"

Thallassa smiled. "Its really all about timing, if the fish are hungry it is the right time, its just that simple. I do know of a way to pass the time though.... Stories!"

"Traditions dictates that the stories can be real or made up so I will give both of you some time to think about it, while I too think of which tale I want to bring up."

Fishing was a long waiting game, but so long as their lure was far enough from the boat, noise would not matter.

"And if you don't feel like stories we could play some sort of game to your liking. This is your guy's day after all I'm just here as a guide."

He grinned and looked out to see, thinking of princesses and dragons, you know the most ancient of ancient tales.