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Early afternoon. An observer sitting on the western beach of Cetalu might have seen a small dot on the horizon, approaching from the atoll-contained sea between the islands.

The dot on the horizon slowly grew into a large canoe with an outrigger and a small sail, heading towards the island. As it came nearer, a figure was visible - the broad-shouldered, winged silhouette of Rahujo, paddling swiftly towards the shore.

As she neared the beach, she shipped her paddle and stood up, shielding her eyes with one hand against the high sun. Balancing sure-footedly on the narrow wooden canoe, her wings spread slightly for stability, she allowed the canoe to run itself aground on the sandy beach before jumping ashore and dragging it up past the high-tide mark.

Once the canoe was securely beached, Rahujo made her way around to the rear of the craft, where a sturdy chest was lashed to two of the logs which bound the outrigger to the main body of the canoe. The ropes were dry, the sea between the islands having been calm as usual, so they untied easily, allowing Rahujo to drag the chest off the canoe and onto the beach with a soft thud.

She looked contemplatively at the chest for a moment, then bent down and grabbed it with both hands. After a pause, she jerked upwards, hefting the chest onto her knee with a grunt of effort. Another jerk and it was on her shoulder, with one arm wrapped around it for stability.

Straining slightly under the weight, and with her feet sliding on the soft sand, Rahujo trudged up the beach. It was hard going when she was on the sand, but once she reached a more rocky area she was fine. Being half-bison certainly had its advantages, such as being able to lift a few hundred pounds of assorted raw metal ingots and other supplies without too much effort.

Wiggling the chest into a more comfortable position, she straightened up and began walking towards her forge.

Yakobi ran about her house chasing after her new little Aerandir, Taranis. "Taranis come on!" she called out as before she triped over a box landing on her face. "Owww...." she mumnbled pushing herself up into a sitting postion. "We're going to go outside now. Get some fresh air and maybe meet some new people." The girl gently rubbed her head and stood up seeing her newly merged Aerandir pad up towards her chirping. "Good so we can go now?" she asked him getting a 'cheep' in reply.

The girl bent down picking up the small yet somewhat weighty gryphon. She quickly walked over to the front door opening it up and steping outside. "This should be fun." she smiled. Her little charge was outside for the very first time. Kicking up some dust she walked down the dirt path to her house. "Where should we go Taranis?" she asked as she continued along the path, their house becoming smaller and smaller in the distance.

A call for her name stopped Keilin in her tracks, lost in thought before. She spinned her head around - looking for the source of that vaguely familiar voice. Who was that?

Chata's head perked up immediately. A new voice! He ran three feet of Keilin; realizing there was nothing in front of them, he swiftly made a U-turn, now five feet behind Keilin, facing away from her. He spotted Fae and a distinct blue thing beside her. Chata cocked his head, a puzzled expression covering his face. He gave a curious squawk. What was that?

Keilin caught sight of Fae, waving back to her, finally. She hesitated, expecting a gryphon to be somewhere around. She took a step forwards; then two, and on until she reached Fae. Her head kept moving, trying to look for something familiar... Pueblo. She scratched her head and noticed something wispy and blue close to Fae, though she didn't give it a second look or thought.

"Where's... Pueblo?" she asked. Keilin was looking down on the grassy ground until a sudden movement to her side caught her attention yet again.

She smiled as Yakobi approached, looking at her through the corners of her eyes, thinking that Yakobi was by herself, the jar that she remembered from before nowhere in sight; she had still been occupied trying to find where the little owl-wolf gryphon was present at.

There was an eager smile under Fae's lips as everyone closed in, but as soon as they were all around, the first thing she noticed was how Pueblo hide behind her. "Shh, it's okay. You remember Keilin and Yakobi, right?" She wishpered before any of them noticed.

But then the second thing...or rather things she noticed were two new gryphons. "Oh!" She exclaimed as the polarbear/penguin ran up and practically circle the nervous Pueblo. Her green eyes flashed up to Yakobi, the direction where the gryphon came from. "Is that...Taranis?" She grinned slightly.

Then, with teh flash of restless green, she saw Chata...or she assumed to be Chata, in Keilin's arms. Why hadn't she'd notice him before? "Wow! Chata, too? Congrats you guys! When did they emerge?" She asked, eyeing the energetic gryphons.

Pueblo's eyes widened and gasped a little bit. Who were those new Aerandir? After getting past the jitteryness, she reconized the two girls when she was younger. A gryphon. They didn't seem as big now, especially when she was floating at eye level now. Reaching out for her paint brush nervously, her hand fell through Fae's once again before she pulled it back and smiled dourly.

"Oh, yes! I nearly forgot- guys, this is Pueblo. She's...a wisp now since two days ago. I actually have alist of items that I need to colect too during the week..." she somewhat frowned, but looked happy about Pueblo anyway.

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"Taranis just emerged today." the girl smiled as she watched as he stood still as Keilin petted him. "Yeah he is quite cuddly. I'm surprised that he's staying so still, hasn't stood still since he emerged." she laughed slightly. She looked over to Fae and Pueblo "Pueblo is beautiful." she spoke in awe of the Aerandir. "So does that mean that she'll be turning into a humanish in a sense soon?" she questioned, tilting her head ever so slightly to the side. She was about to ask about the items when Keilin beat her to it. "Could we help in anyway?" she asked Fae. In we she was refering to herself and Taranis of course. She looked over to Chata "Chata's really cute. What bird is he mixed with again?" she asked.

Taranis stood very still as the girl stroked him. He felt someone overwhelmed about all those around him. He wasn't used to this...Not yet anyways. "Peep!" he cried out, his blood red eyes glancing at both Chata and Pueblo. His let out another peep as he stared at Pueblo. How was she floting above the ground like that? His little stubby tail wiggling back and forth, causing his bulky body to move as well. "Peep peep peep!" he called out, bounding up and down.

Chata moved his head from side to side, listening to the people around him talk. His gaze lingered on the floating form of Pueblo above him, and he carefully stepped out of Keilin's arms, setting himself directly below Pueblo's wispy form. His head turned upwards while his wings ruffled, tail swishing behind him. He then suddenly hopped up, wings folded along his sides. Paws extended and reached at Pueblo's floating form, but to Chata's surprise, he missed! But he could have sworn that he made contact with Pueblo! Chata sighed in dismay and circled below Pueblo, and then walked up to Taranis. He poked his head into the moving Taranis's fuzzy polar bear body, curious about the other Aerandir-gryphon.

Keilin giggled at the peeps Taranis emitted, eyes still focused on him. "Thanks, he's mixed with a quetzal," she replied. "Quite an amazing bird, with its long, emerald feathers..." she continued, trailing off. "Though, a penguin... that'd be an interesting avian combination for an Aerandir, wouldn't it be?"

She bent down a little on her knees, a little tired from standing for so long. She scratched her head and hummed as Fae recited her list, pondering if she had any of the items she mentioned.

"I know I have some small flowers in a vase that my husband brought along when he came over - I guess those could work for that flower you need," she said contemplatively. "As for the metal things, I've never seen a plain one before, but... hey, we'll do our best to help you, right? I'm sure a thick ribbon wouldn't be so hard to find, either," she continued, partly looking at Yakobi and her Taranis with Chata's head poking in his fur.

Pueblo's eyes widened as the elder gryphon, Chata, try to pounce her but fell through. She quickly knelt by his side and gave him an apologetic smile, moving her hands around as they passed through one another. "Heeaa" she murmured, showing him how she couldn't touch anything. But it was no fun being depressed! Flying back up to Fae's hand to make sure her paint brush was still there,she smiled, then flew back down to Chata and Taranis. There, she circled around them a few times until she realized what speed she could pick up. Ohh, too fast! Then without even thinking, she flew right through them, giving them warm little chills and grinned. Ohhh.

Fae watched the Aerandir all begin to play. At least now Pueblo was getting used to her new temporary form. "That'd be wonderful, Keilin," she replied about the flowers. "All I need is a little one." She pondered what type they could be, but she wouldn't ask to avoid being picky.

They continued talking and watching the Aerandir play before she caught note of Anakiro heading their way. He was strangley silent, but then again, he was pretty young compared to everyone in their female group. "Hey, Anakiro," she said cheerfuly and waved for him. "How're- ohh." She suddenly saw a little mouse-bird nestled in his neck. It was pretty obvious to see. "Is that...Tsukai?! It seems everyone's jars have broken now." New Aerandir were always so interesting to see. Aly always ame up with the most curious combinations, but they always worked out. She eyed the little ren-rat with a distant smile- at least now Pueblo wouldn't try and hunt him.