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Raolvar 1
So far so good. It was definitely still a novelty to him to be this far our from land but as it was he wasn't feeling sick so that made a big difference. The wide expanse of blue was a far cry from his usual surroundings of a sea of green leaves or needles but it made up for it with flying fish and dolphins, the occassional wild snaptrotter scything its way through Matori's crystal clear waters. When he wasn't staring out at the ocean he was watching Kechi work. Sailing as it turned out was more complex than he had ever thought. Add to that the ability to navigate without the best landmarks was something else entirely.
He helped as directed and tried his best to just stay on board where he belonged.
He had brought Xerius along, he never went anywhere without him. The radaku ranged back and forth looking over the rail, while Undine slept and Riptide spent his time sunning and fishing off deck respectively, he was always able to catch up with the ship. It must be fun down there. He himself looked over the rail to watch the snapper glide and snap at schools of fish as they tried to hide under the ship.

R2
He took the spyglass from her reverently. It was exciting and very sailory to look through the thing and see so far away. He scrunched up his face, teeth slightly bared, closing one eye to get the best look possible. Each island was unique all had their own weird shape to them. The one closest to them was round with what looked like a sandy bay on one side. The middle island was long and narrow, like someone had drawn a line on the sea using a land paint brush. This looked the most attractive and interesting to him for some reason. He checked out the final island which was large and rocky and looked rather uncomfortable to him.
"I say we head to the narrow one and see what we can find, it looks easily traversable and there appears to be a creek outlet heading for the sea from inland." Fresh water was always a good thing to consider as the sea itself was a form of fresh water desert as odd a concept as that was to think about. He wondered how sea life that couldn't walk coped with the hearty saltiness. He had taken a drop of water and touched it too his tongue and that was his salt intake for a day at least, yeck.

R3
Raolvar set the anchor as he had been instructed and it landed with a satisfying plop in the water aft deck. They were in the sheltered water of the harbor now. Kechiri had brought them in with expert skill, though she had been amused at how he had to cling to the rail as they turned. Cheeky woman that she was. He grinned. He liked a little fire apparently.
It brought a whole new meaning to swept of ones' feet after all. There was more than one way to bone a fish.
They lowered a ladder but both of them chose to dive off the side of the ship into the water. They were greeted by a thriving variety of sealife that often congregated around islands for the added shelter that they provided.
Zanteer swam about foraging and the odd snaptrotter or two forged ahead.
Their beasts dropped, one after another into the water after them.
The janarim was less than pleased but he could swim that far at least. It took forever for armor plating to dry out and salt made him itch.

R4
There had been plenty of wildlife on the island. Many scampering Zanteer, one of which had taken the time to tease them. He definitely did not want one of those they looked like more trouble than they were worth. He crossed his eyes at the thought of it stealing food or his slippers. He loved his hide slippers. He had spent hours making them and hours rubbing the leather until they were heavenly soft. No a snaptrotter would make much more sense to him. He already had one furry mammal he didn't need another one but a water type critter with nonshedding scales was just what the beast charmer ordered. Except he wasn't one and neither was she. But he did well enough with Xerius and she had two critters already so that put them beyond no experience, though Xerius and Undine had been bought she had tamed Riptide herself. She had told him the story on the way over. And that was the exact species he was after so he thought they would probably be okay. There had been quite a few nests scattered about near the water. The domed mounds hard to miss with the angry Mama's attending. He felt confident they would be okay.
"You don't want to set up camp first?" He supposed they had the ship if nothing else, they could just as well sleep there their first night.

R5
Asking no further he raced after her into the water. She was fast but he was faster, just as their feet hit the water, he caught her and swung her into a devastating kiss that had both of their eyes clouding over with passion.
"Mmm spearfishing." He mumbled as he nibbled his way down her neck. "What say I already caught my fish hmm?"
He was highly distracted and they had eaten well before making it to the island, plus there were food stores aboard, what was the harm in a little extracurricular activity before they used up all their pent up energy swimming.
He ran his hands lovingly up her back. She was back to her regular muscular shape as opposed to the wraith he had found her as in the bush. He was happy she was doing better. If anything she was more beautiful than ever.
Before they got too far, she pushed at his shoulder and he stopped, confused.
"Mmm?" He asked not as articulate as he could be. "Are you okay love?"

R6
His heart skipped more than a few beats and he may have stopped breathing for a moment. He answered her the best way possible by picking her up and kissing her there on that shore. He was so happy he could not express it with words. Yet. After a while he was again in charge of his vocabulary.
"Well, lets get right on that shall we?" There would be no snorkelling for the next little bit.
He felt like an entirely new being. "You have made me so happy Kechiri, I can't even express myself properly. I love you and I can't wait to have kids with you. I do agree that perhaps your current job isn't the best at the moment but when the children are born they will have all of their Mothers' attention."
They lounged for a bit on the beach..."enjoying" each others company.
After they lay and watched the clouds scud across the sky and he felt a gladness in his heart that he had never had before. A fullness that had been missing since he lost his original family. Now he would have a new one, all of their own.
On that note he rolled over to her and they started all over again.

R7
He saw her land the fish and then almost swallowed sea water when the nahii arrived. Well that was odd, he had never seen nor heard of the like before. (He did not have Kahi friends like she did. Plus she tended to make it her business to learn everything about the sea for obvious reasons.)
They both headed toward shore, as the nahii was definitely after her catch. Upon reaching the sand he promptly asked. "Any idea what that was and what is it doing here? I've never heard of anything like it before."
He was stumped and curious and really hoping that she would have the answer.
He took her fish off the spear and dispatched it, walking back out with the guts to feed their new 'friend'. The eel had been kind enough not to eat his woman therefore it could have the left overs that they would not be making use of over the fire. It did not take long for the shape to approach hesitantly and he smiled as it ate the fish bits. "Kechi, its back! And its oddly pretty!"