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Vi liked spooky things. They kept the other whales away, the ones that didn't understand him. The ones who feared him without even getting to know what he was like. Ever since a child, Vifunguo had been all alone, and everyone seemed to be afraid of him. Once he had grown, he decided to encourage that natural fear. He enjoyed seeing other flee in terror from him, while he laughed in the face of the creepy and unnatural.

While normally he lurked near the drop off, today he had drifted off out of boredom, ending up near a sunken ship, which had caught his attention. It was intriguing, he was considering trying to 'haunt' the place.

"Such fun to be had, but not a soul to see it. Pity." Vi mused to himself as he drew closer, "Best not to linger where there's nothing productive to do." He waved his fin, as if shrugging, "Oh who am I kidding? I'm never productive."

Vi glanced at Athari for a moment, but did a double-take as some of her scars caught his eye. He was suddenly quite interested in who she was. "My name is Vifunguo, Vi for short." He kept the usual malice out of his voice. He normally just did that to scare others, but she didn't seem frightened in the least.

He swam a little closer, eyeing her scars with interest. "If I may be so bold, how did you acquire such trophies?" He asked, nearly grimacing as he saw the condition of her fins and dorsal fin. He kept it inside himself though, determined not to show weakness. "Great battles, perhaps?"

Vi smiled, "You must be strong." He had no scars, because few were brave enough to fight him. He was glad though, while he had a high pain tolerance, he didn't want scars betraying his identity as a being of flesh rather than bone.

Vi swelled with pride and grinned, "Thank you." He was rarely complimented, and had little experience responding to them, but he did love to be told how powerful he was. He had no idea who MaachioMachwa was, however. "May I ask who it is you speak of?"

Vi looked puzzled, "Are you trying to frighten me? Because I assure you it's not working." He lied. For the first time in as long as he could remember, fear had stabbed at his heart. Sure, pain in life he could deal with, for it was temporary, but hell? Forever? That did not sound pleasant.

"I have to respect the power of the gods, however." He said simply, "I will join you on the path to salvation. What must I do, great messenger?" This much was true, he did want salvation, but in the back of his mind was the trickle of a frightening thought... Stealing the power of the gods for his own.

Perfect, just perfect. A title and a position of power, what could be better? "It would be an honor to serve Maachio'Machwa in that way." He said proudly. While he would much rather fill young minds with the idea of tormenting others and inducing fear to gain respect, being in charge of anything made him all giddy. Perhaps he could even pull some of them with the most potential into his plans for using the god's power for his own... But that was still a long way off. He'd have to bide his time carefully, and be sure not to let anyone find out about it.

"Is there anything I ought to do until the young minds enter the world?" He inquired, feeling that life would be quite boring until his new pupils came around.

"Naturally." He said with a nod, "I'll get started then, shall I?" He asked, turning slightly as if to leave to search for others. "That is, unless there is still more you wish me to know? I would not be ignorant if I can help it."

"Oh?" Vi followed curiously, watching carefully and taking in the location so that he would not forget this tunnel. He carefully swam through after Athari, his jaw dropping slightly as he saw the size of the ring.

"It is such an honor to be given the location of a place so secret." He smiled, imagining living here and teaching young minds in the ways of combat and faith, as if the instructor of a secret school. "Thank you, Athari. I will reveal the location to no one." He bowed his head respectfully, though it pained him to do it. He hated admitting others were superior to himself, but this one truly did have everything worked out. He respected that.

"Of course. How near-sighted of me." Of course these gods were the ones he should be thanking the most. "The gods are kind, but they do not forget to be stern with us. They are the most wonderful and powerful creators we could hope for."

"Ah, of course." A mischievous smile crossing his face for a moment. The reason there were no calves was because there were no females. But once that happened... He would be quite willing to help the process along a little.