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Nehanda dashed along behind Osu, catching up to him quickly. "I'm gonna beat you and Peblo!" she yelled. As they really weren't that far from the end of the land bridge, it didn't take long at all to reach the island and, consequentially, the strange gryphons. One was a mostly white animal with amazing blue-green wings, while the other was boldly black and white, with a touch of red on his head.

Upon approaching, Nehanda slowed down just as quickly as she had taken off. "Hi there," she addressed the gryphons politely. "I'm Nehanda. I live over there." She pointed off toward Cetalu. "Uh, are your peoples around?" Obviously, it was easier to get names and all that important stuff from people who could talk human talk, she reasoned.

Foenix grinned as the children eagerly took off along the strip of sand. "Well, this picnic sure is taking an exciting turn!" she laughed.

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Doris, at first, was a little too stunned by the sight of the Aerandir children to speak. One of them, now holding another gryphon, a white and black one with long ears, was creamy in color, with short, white hair and white wings very low on her back. Another was a bright orange-ish red, with white and black wings and hair. The third was brown and white with creamy hair and black-tipped wings of the same cream color.

She took a second to sort that all out in her mind. Why, these are Aerandir children! Just look at them. They're adorable!

"Why, hello, there." She said in her gentle-voiced, friendly way. "Who might you be?"

Upon realising that these children were also running at him, Tayte had lost heart and high-tailed it back to Doris, where he was now hiding behind her legs, clacking his beak nervously.

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Foenix nodded toward the older woman in response to her greeting. "I'm Foenixfyre, and this is Nehanda." She patted the girl gently on the back, being careful not to upset Oleo from his precarious perch. "We'd all intended to have a picnic on the beach, when we discovered the land bridge that joins ours two islands." Turning her head, she looked back over the stretch of land.

"It wasn't there before, so it came as quite a surprise to us!" She then smiled at Air and repeated her introduction.

"Hi, 'Leo!" Nehadna now properly greeted her new-found friend with her usual cheer. "It's nice ta meet'cha. You fit pretty good on my head! I never had a Ar'ndir on my head before!" she giggled again, even as she tried to get a better look at the other gryphon with the gorgeous wings. What was his name?

Well, Foenix kept telling her that introductions were really important, so she stuck her hand out toward the old woman. "I's Handa, and I live with Feenix!"

Doris smiled at the young Aerandir who called himself Osu. Then her gaze moved to a young man - so many young people! - walking leisurely towards them. She nodded as he introduced himself. Ieyasu. Long white hair. Perhaps early twenties. That should be easy to remember.

Air Song turned out to be from Ar'Idil, like Doris and Tayte. Her bunny-like gryphon was called O'leo. Air was young and appeared Hispanic, with semi-curly brown hair.

The brown and cream Aerandir child introduced herself next, or was rather introduced by her guardian, a somewhat short woman who appeared to be the same age as Air. Then she was introduced to the jar named Zanzibar, which was probably a gryphon-to-be.

She siled warmly at Fae and held out her hand. "Doris Meriweather. I arrived on Ar'Idil only recently." Tayte clacked his beak again. "And that is Tayte, about a week old, today." Making the best of this introduction, Tayte spread his gorgeous wings all the way and made a trilling, cooing sound. "He's an ermine and Blue Bird of Paradise Gryphon."

She nodded at Foenixfyre, long, auburn hair and blue eyes, appeared somewhere in her early twenties, and smiled at young Nehanda. Her eyes widened in surprise as she heard about the land-bridge "suddenly appearing". "Oh my, how fascinating!"

People. And Wyv would've walked right past them, if not for Makai's sudden squeal of delight. The little wisp zoomed in an erratic orbit around his drum, which was wedged securely in Wyvern's backpack. The top flap was pinned back, allowing easy access. Makai might be intangible, but his guardian was not and she would pound out a note or two to the wisp's eternal delight.

"Eiiieee! Eeee!" Makai waved his hands towards the group on the Land Bridge. There were people there and he wanted to go see. He floated in front of Wyvern's face, pointing enthusiastically until she got the message.

Shifting her fishing poles from one shoulder to the other, she turned in the direction indicated, with an inquisitive grunt. "Gee, Blu," she commented idly. "I think you wanna go thatta way." Makai only pointed more, adding little pleading noises in his attempt to veer offcourse and Wyv laughed. "Sure, let's go."

Makai crowed in joyful triumph. Victory was his! Maybe there was someone he knew over there? Either way, there'd be people to watch. He enjoyed watching people and listening to their voices. fishing was boring after a while. People never were.

Wyvern approached, slowing as she got nearer. They all looked to be chatting amicably. She didn't want to intrude, and settled a distance away, Makai fluttering about her head.