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 Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:59 pm
 "What be a bunny?" Tai'jin was taken aback. She had never come across a creature that didn't know what a bunny was. "Well a rabbit be a little fluffy thing, with long back legs an' long ears an' a little wiggly nose." The troll tried to describe the bunny but wasn't quite sure she had told it right. "Hol on, Ah be gettin' an idea!" With hardly a sound, she splashed out of the water and melted into the long grasses of the bank. She was sure he had to have seen the, at the very least when they drank from the river.
Suddenly a small brown creature that matched her description dashed out of the brush. It stopped short when it saw the other soquili, freezing still until the only movement was his wiggeling nose. Almost as soon as it arrived, the small fluffy thing dashed off as if it was spooked. If explaining it's quick departure, Tai'jin came barreling through the brush with a laugh. "Did ya see him?"
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:26 pm
Icarus nodded when Tai'jin reappeared. He turned and looked after where the little creature had gone. "We don't have things like that in the water. We have things with tentacles though...and fish with big teeth."
He looked at her with wide eyes, "What other sort of creatures are there on land? Do you have any with wings? I saw a fish once with wings."
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:58 pm
"Tentacle things... and fish with big teeth. That is so odd!" Tai'jin grinned and nodded as she spoke. "Ya, we be havin' birds and bats. They be the ones who fly the most but them Malis-mum says that dragons can fly too... and of course there is also a lot of soquili who can fly." She paused for a moment before chasing a thought that had just hatched in her mind. "But don't ya have wings? They be wings right? Can ya fly with them?" She peered at the fins he had on his back that would be around the same place as wings would. "Ah be seein' a lot o' different types of wings but I've not seen any that look quite like yours."
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:49 pm
Icarus looked back at his fins, moving them slightly. "Well, I can fly, but only in the water. I can't fly above water. My father has large fins like these too....though, my mother had wings."
He blinked a moment, "Are you sure there are really dragons?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:17 pm
"Mah mum doesn't have wings... she had tusks like mine but one broke off when she be fightin' a dragon. Ah guess dragons must be real if mah Mum broke her tusk on one." The troll shrugged and mused over that for a moment before tilting her head to the side to get a good look at the large fins. "So how ya be flyin' under water? doesn't the water get in t' way? An' how about breathing?" She was curious to know if there was a way that she could maybe see the land that he spoke about with the large fish with teeth and the tenticled things. What were tenticles anyway?
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:22 am
"I fly through the water like my mother can through the air," Icarus shrugged, flexing his fin-wings. "I can swim...but it's like flying sometimes."
He smiled at her, puffing out his chest. "I can breath in the water like I can above water."
"What about you? Can you swim?" Icarus was curious if this troll could go in the water like he could. He could go on land, even if only for a short period of time. Couldn't she go in the water?
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:24 pm
“Ah dunno. Never tried swimmin’ before.” Tai’jin narrowed her eyes, gazing thoughtfully at the fins that were upon his legs and his thick fishy tail. “Ah don’t have any fins an stuff like ya do. An’ Ah don’t know any spells n’such that ah can breath under water. Ah never really paid attention when mah Mum was tryin’ t’ teach me.” She added with an embarrassed shrug. While Malis was a true shaman, even if the spirits around here did not always heed her call, Tai’jin never really found a calling for it and much preferred exploring and investigating new things. Now she was an adult and sometimes felt bad that she didn’t pay as much attention as she could have but some how she got the feeling that Malis didn’t mind as much any more Returning to the problem at hoof, the troll stared at the water before looking up at Icarus. “Ah guess ah can give it a go as long as we don’t in too deep for now.” She grinned toothily. This will be an experience.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:37 am
Icarus had been studying the mare's lack of aquatic apendages. He nodded to her, looking atthe water, "Maybe you could try wading around at first. That way if you start to drift away I can help you get back to shore....for starters."
He moved into the water, wading into his shoulders and hind quarters, "About like this...unles, you're scared."
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:19 am
Tai'jin snorted, like she was scare of anything. Rolling her eyes at the thought she immediately strode into the water to the depth he was at. Being quite tall she was still able to touch the bottom of the river bed but didn't have to go far to loose that security. "Ok, what next?" She looked expectantly at him for a follow up on her swimming lesson. "Ya just float around or ya be doin' other things as well?" She had seen fish swim around before and could see how he probably used his tail like them but for the life of her she could figure out how her tail was supposed to do the same thing.
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:22 pm
"Well, I sorta sway my legs, like I'm walking, but really slow," Icaurs showed her by moving in a slow circle around the troll. "And I use my tail to guide me. I dunno what to do about your tail though. Seems kinda...limp. Can you even move it?"
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:39 pm
"Of course ah can!" She flicked it in such a way that it smacked him on the rump as he moved around her. "Ah guess I'll just have to figure out mah own way of swimmin' then." Tai'jin ducked into the water where it was a lot deeper and attempted to strike out by herself. She wasn't very fast but she was able to stay afloat at least. Tacking a few brave steps, she left the last of the shallows and felt her body sink a little deeper in the water as she lost the support of the ground beneath her hooves. Striking out with flailing legs she attempted to turn and made a face. She felt like the was a floundering fish out of water and missed the gracefulness that she had when wandering in solid ground.
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"What be a bunny?" Tai'jin was taken aback. She had never come across a creature that didn't know what a bunny was. "Well a rabbit be a little fluffy thing, with long back legs an' long ears an' a little wiggly nose." The troll tried to describe the bunny but wasn't quite sure she had told it right. "Hol on, Ah be gettin' an idea!" With hardly a sound, she splashed out of the water and melted into the long grasses of the bank. She was sure he had to have seen the, at the very least when they drank from the river.
