Welcome to Gaia! ::

Alec smirked as he remembered her grand entrance but chose not to bring it up. No use reminding her of her bad situation any more than what was already on her mind. "Alrigh' suit yeself." He chuckled, giving a short wave before stooping down to gather his shirt again. "See ye! Tay' care."

Glancing back over his shoulder once more, he continued on back to his duplex by following the river.

New Rp- @ the Lake


Emelyn had been so long in the water, floating and relaxing on the clear lake's surface- that her canine companion had taken to the shade, and slipped into a dreamless sleep. Every few minutes, the hedgehog-girl would turn one arm in the water, propelling her body into a lazy circle so that she might watch Reuben, assuring herself of his safety. But otherwise- it was a lazy day, and an easy one.

"And when the moonshines, over the cowshed... I'll be waiting at the k-k-kitchen door..." Emelyn sang to herself, letting the notes drift out over the still water as did her body. She let herself drift nearer to the shore, her eyes closed to the soft sun.

Were he awake, Reuben would have bounded out of his shady spot and licked the boy all over. However, the canine'd had a very long, very exhausting day, and was still curled into a ball in the cool grey stripe cast out by the tree's form. It was Emelyn, instead, who was alerted to the presence of someone new- simply by the sudden insertion of a new smell on the air, drifting over the water with the currents.

She let her legs sink into the water and swirled her arms until she was facing the shore- expecting to see one of her many islander friends, and so, a smile waited upon her lips. What she saw, though, nearly sank her.

The boy couldn't be more than 11 years old.

"Oh," Em said, the word escaping her in an exhale of surprise. Please let him be the son of one of the staffmembers... "Hello there."

"Hi Cody," Em said, treading water. She was only about ten feet away from shore- just close enough to talk to him comfortably- but also, far enough away that she wouldn't startle him. "My name's Emelyn, but everyone calls me Em. ...I didn't mean to surprise you. I know I must look a little strange to you, right?"

"Oh. Well, that's easy." Emelyn was somewhat calmed by the fact that the boy knew that she was partially animalistic. It was looking more likely that he was the son of one of the labworkers. "Hedgehog. If I came out of the water, you'd be able to see my spines a little better. But see?" She spun one arm to propell herself into a slow circle, revealing those spines that came from her neck and head.

"No, actually, they protect me." Emelyn said, the last words she said before breaking tread and swimming the last few feet to shore. It was obvious the boy wasn't afraid of her, and it was awkward to hold a conversation when one of the parties was nearly 75% under water.

Emelyn stepped up onto the shore gingerly, her clawed toenails automatically attempting to grasp the rocks as she climbed up onto the land. She sat beside Cody on his left side, so that the roughly hewn knife she'd tucked into the side of her bikini wouldn't show to the boy.

"I can put up the spines and keep other things away from me, if I wanted to. ...They only hurt if someone tries to rip them out. It's like your fingernails- you can cut them, and they don't hurt, but if you get too far down when you cut, or you try to rip them out, they hurt."