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 Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:00 am
It was hard to do anything else besides kick as fast as she could and paddle at the same time, so when Merope finally surfaced again she was out of breath. "Sorta......I'm...kinda...doing it" She panted, then let her feet touch the bottom and stood up to give herself a rest. It was hard work trying to move through the liquid.
"H...how about you, Merope?" She asked hesitantly. She didn't want to dishearten the leviathan, and was unsure how she could help him improve his technique since she was barely able to stay afloat herself.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:39 am
"Hey, you're making more progress than me!" Merope said cheerfully. At her question, he shrugged and jerked a thumb over his shoulder. "These things keep getting in the way," he began ruefully, "I tried to flap them up and down like I've seen some students do when flying. It didn't work -- I sank right away. I even tried wiggling them like this," Merope twitched his large fins, frowning at the amount of water he splashed.
That... wasn't how it went. "Hang on," he said before he dropped down, crouching underwater. He then tried wiggling his fins again. Merope began to move forward, bit by bit until he tipped over, his hands saving him from landing face-first against the pool floor.
"See?" Merope asked as he surfaced again, sighing. "I might need to ask Leader for some help in this."
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:18 am
So his fins were getting int he way again? Astra looked at them thoughtfully, finding it odd that something that they would sooner hamper Merope then to aid them. She then watched him try to use them to swim, instead almost smacking his head into the pool wall.
"Ah...y-yeah, we could do that" Astra said to merope. "Perhaps we can stop for today, and go find..leader for help?" Even though she had no idea who 'leader was' She was beginning to get tired, and her skin was getting all wrinkly too. Even so, she still wanted to help him out....somehow
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:08 am
Merope shook his head. "Leader is... home." His voice took on a child-like, confused twinge to it. "I don't know where else to call it, but Leader is back home, far from here." He grinned, offering a shrug as his voice returned to its normal good nature. "But we can always try again later! At least we made some progress."
He waded over to the side of the pool and hefted himself up and out, creating a fair sized puddle next to the poolside. "We can try again next week, maybe? I'll look at my minipets and see if there's any that are strong enough swimmers that we can hold onto next time."
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:58 pm
The way Merope was acting about this 'leader' thing, made Astra insanely curious. But she didn't ask him further, as it seemed like a important subject to him. But for it to be called leader, she was beginning to think of something like merope, only really, really...REALLY big. Her eyes went wide at the thought of such a creature, then she shook her head free and began to listen to him again.
"Yeah, at least we can...sorta swim now?" She said, smiling. "Thankyou for your help Merope!" She then made her way to the edge of the pool, crawling out. Her puddle wasn't no where as big as the leviathans, but she soon started fiddling with her wings to make sure they were alright and not damaged in any way. "And that would be great! I'll try and find some good minipets as well"
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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 1:12 am
The more he thought about it, Merope realized guiltily that it had been a long, long while since he had last written home. Was Leader worried? Mad? Did Leader even care?
He quelled his feelings, stuffing them down as he offered Astra a smile. “Yeah, at least we figured out what works and what doesn’t work,” he replied with a laugh. “I’ll see you next time, then.” He waved to her as he retrieved his clothes and towel, disappearing into the boil’s lockerroom.
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