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 Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:39 am
Pterois swam around in the Lake, diving as far as she dared, before swimming back up to the surface, floating just below the surface, trailing ripples with her hand. She stayed there a while, watching the bubbles from her mouth float up and burst then blinked as a shadow fell onto the water. Someone had to be up there!
She knew it wasnt the construct as he was further over, and she burst her head out of the water quickly, staring up at the boy as her watery vision cleared.
'Hey there..' she said, treading water to prevent herself from drifting away.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:47 am
Kyler toppled backwards and fell over onto his face in surprise as someone jumped out of the water. He coughed his candy out and blinked his eyes, getting himsels up off the dirt and grass and looking at the thing that made an appearance.
Kyler blinked as it spoke, and noticed it was a girl, he blushed and brushed his clothes down and looked her over curiously. He hadn't seen this one yet, maybe she was new.
" Um.. hi"
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The Poison Arrow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:52 am
'Oh good,' Pterois smiled as she pulled herself from the water and sat on the lakeside. She tugged on her soggy top, dripping water all over, and re-arranged her skirt, pulling it so that it wasnt stuck so much to her legs.
'There are other people around here. I was worried that I was the only one!' she chuckled, her head spines raising a little.
'So, what's your name? I'm Pterois.' she held her hand out to the boy.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:57 am
Kyler looked down at his candy, it was all sticky and covered in dirt. He knew eating dirt wasn't really a good thing, so he reached into his pocket for another one. Watching the girl as she came out, he shifted to give her room, partly not wanting to be wet, and partly unsure of her.
Sucking on another candy, he looked at the hand offered to him and reached out with one of his spindly back legs and put it in her hand quietly. He never really touched something else alive before, it felt strange and good.
" Kyler"
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The Poison Arrow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:03 am
Pterois was curious as to what the thing that the boy popped into his mouth was but didnt want to ask outright. Besides any questions were quelled by the strange sensation of shaking 'hands' with one of his legs. Not that she could talk really; she was after all striped, covered in spines and had webbed extremeties.
'It's nice to meet you Kyler.' she shook the leg, and then let it go. She sat cross-legged now, giving him an encouraging smile.
'...so why do you have the extra legs?' she asked, after a moment of silence. It being the first time she had met anyone since awakening in her room, she wasnt about to let slip an opportunity to talk to someone else for once.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:14 am
Kyler flicked his spidery limb a little, just to get the water off and curled it back against his side. He'd never seen anything quite like her and often found himself staring at her while sucking on his candy. Pterois seemed happy to see him, and Kyler didn't know why, he wasn't exactly interesting as far as he knew.
With Pterois' question, he lifted up his arms and looked at his back legs. He was surprised he was the only one with them.
" Um... I don't know.. I just have them. They help for climbing real nice"
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The Poison Arrow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:22 am
'Well I imagine they would be helpful,' Pterois nodded, looking at the legs.
'So you like climbing huh? I'm not really into that myself. I prefer the open water and the freedom of being suspended in the gentle blue.' she spread a hand, looking thoughtfully at the webbing between the fingers.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:27 am
Kyler nodded and leaned closer to look at the weird stuff between her fingers. He looked at his own fingers and spread them out, finding not such thing between his own. Kyler chewed his candy a little and looked out at the water. nodding absentmindedly to the question about climbing. He wondered about the way she popped out of the water like she did.
" You go in the water?.. how do you do that?"
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The Poison Arrow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:35 am
'Uh well I swim..' Pterois stood, stretching a little, and looked at him.
'It's difficult to explain. I just kind of propel myself through the water with my feet and hands, and steer with my head. My tail keeps me balanced.' she wiggled it, then jumped forwards back into the water, her hands together as she dived in. Turning under the waves, she emerged again, spraying water onto the lakeside with a giggle.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:45 am
Kyler blinked as he watched Pterois stand up and jump back into the water with a splash. He scrambled back from the water trying not to get wet, but found the show quite cool. Standing up, he inched over to the water and looked down at the girl in it. Crouching down, he tapped at the water with one of his back legs.
" So, you like to swim?"
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The Poison Arrow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:49 am
Pterois nodded, sliding her hands back and forth in the water, feeling the push against the webbing.
'I like the water, and I have to go in it every so often as well.' the lionfish girl pulled herself out once more, turning to sit, and squeezing water from her skirt.
'My skin feels all funny if too many days go past without going in the water. It feels all tight.' she wriggled, sitting in a way to spare sitting on her tail.
'Do you know what this place is?' Pterois asked suddenly.
'I'm still confused about alot of things.'
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:07 am
Kyler watched as Pterois made her way out of the water again and he decided to sit with her once more. He began umbling around in his pocket as he talked with the strange girl.
" The dark one told me he called this place um... Toxicity.. I think..He said this is my home, and um, others as well."
Kyler found a white candy ball with red stripes on it, he liked those kinds of candy. Holding it out slowly, Kyler offered the treat to Pterois.
" I found these, they good to suck on"
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The Poison Arrow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:13 am
'Yeah I mean I know the place name, but why here? Are you the only one of your kind? I mean we can't be the same right because you look like you do,' she took the proferred candy with a smile.
'And I look a little like this sweet.' she chuckled.
'Thanks..' she unwrapped it and stuck it in her mouth, talking around it.
'It's just..I have no memory of anything before I woke up that day in my room.' she frowned.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:21 am
Kyler brushed his hair back a little, blinking with multiple eyes as he smiled a little seeing how the candy did look like Pterois. He sucked on his own some more, rolling his tongue around.
" I think I'm kinda the only one that looks like me, but I think we are all the same um.. thing.."
Kyler rubbed the back of his head, trying to think of how to explin it better. He'd been living here far more than any other had before, he should know some more.
" It was different here before, when I woke up, there was just a tower, and the dark one made this place with his stone men, so we could live in it"
Kyler motioned to the construct, to point out what he meant by stone man.
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:43 am
Pterois wriggled her little nose at the strange taste in her mouth. The candy was pretty strong, in scent and taste.
'All the same thing?' she managed, tucking the candy to one side again.
'Before? Were you the first one to 'arrive' here?'
That couldnt have been nice. Pterois had felt lonely at first, but she knew there had to be others out there due to the sheer amount of buildings around this place, so she knew that there were others, but she just hadnt met them yet. She smiled warmly at Kyler, squirrelling away the thought that he was really quite sweet, and she was pleased to have met him.
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