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 Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:35 pm
 Nessie was alone again. It was something you'd think she'd be use to by now. But the pain of being alone again, always hit harder each time. That's what companionship did for you. It made you unfit to be alone again, and let's face it...Nessie was going to be alone for a long time. She went back over the events in her mind. The fight with that kelpie that had ended in blood and eerie eyes looking at them in the darkness. She remembered the visits from "friends" that had stopped coming to see her. In the end, it ended up being that she was alone. Did that make her a monster? Why should she fight the impulses anymore? They were so dizzying and strong, almost crazed. Impulses that were kind, then terrifyingly scary. She had battled them to keep them even and had tried to make herself companionable to others. But in the end, it didn't really matter it seemed. No one came to see her, no one cared how she acted...No one at all. It left a bitter taste in her mouth, as she swam through the water. She knew that Hannibal was itching to talk to her. "I'll never leave you, Nessie." His voice was silky, and morbidly sweet. "We can always be miserable together. You've always been good for that." She fought the compulsion to bite him, to hit him with her tail...to swim far away where he could never find her...But in the end, it was no good. He always came back. Her misery was like a magnet to him, it drew him to her no matter how far the distance.
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:09 am
 It had been some time since L'ing had visited the murky depths of his favorite swimming hole. He slowly made his way through the twisting trees, his finned tail carefully swaying behind him. It was a swampy sort of hole, much unlike the clear water of the beaches to the south. He prefered the darker water, the fewer amount of soquili that visited here. He enjoyed his solitude. Step by step he entered into the water, the ripples jetting out from his body as he went further. Soon, it was up to his back and he just relaxed, letting his body move with the water, his legs kicking from time to time.. his long floating gracefully behind him.
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:06 am
As Nessie floated about in her dismal mood, she felt a shifting in the water around her. Something was stirring it...her mind snapped back to the present. It was never good to be lost in thoughts if someone was near.
Swimming her way to the surface, she peered out in the inky night. Long hair, a skull...a mask. But not on a face, so not a skinwalker. Dark eyes, but laid back...Not seeming to be paying attention much to anything. She watched, trying to assess whether her visitor would stay friendly.
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:43 am
He floated along, his tails moving back and forth to push him along as closed his eyes, breathing deeply. The sent of the swampy water would turn most off, but for him, it was the smell of home.
His ears flickered at the ever so slight sound of water being disrupted near by. He stopped, his eyes opened, looking around. It was a dark night he couldn't find the cause of the ripples coming in his direction.
"I know you are there, even if I can not see you..." his ears were at alert, his eyes searching.
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:20 pm
Her head broke above the surface, as she watched him. Her body was ready, tensed for whatever would come. "Why...are you here?" Her voice was hoarse, unused to talking. She was not often visited, except by a choice few.
She had never seen him here before, this area wasn't exactly frequented often. Did he come to fight her, did he stumble in or what? For once, she wished it was not for fighting or terror, that maybe this visitor would be calm.
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:51 pm
He shifted, his eyes finding the cause of the ripples. She was at a distance, but he could tell by the voice that she was female. His body relaxed once he realized it was just another soquili, he continued to float along as if he had no care in the world.
"I've come for a swim in this lovely marsh." he stopped, his voice slightly dry, but not ugly, he just wasn't the social sort. "I hope I haven't intruded?"
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:56 pm
She rose more out of the water, approaching with caution. Her interest was piqued. "You're fine. Just...I don't get many visitors, you surprised me." She shifted, a bit uncomfortable.
"When I do, I come off...a bit gruff. But it's been so long..." She let her voice hang. It was the truth, it had been so long since she talked to someone that she'd almost forgotten how.
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:34 am
"I didn't mean to startled. I didn't realize anyone else was here," he stopped and lifted his head, studying the mare.
She had the finned headpieces that he had heard about, she would be the first mer he had met if she was indeed mer. "Tell me lass, are you of the mer sort?" the water was murky making it hard for him to see at any depth beneath them.
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:44 am
She flicked her tail above the water, "Yes, I am." He was intrigued not fearful of her, it was refreshing. And his voice, he had said something her father had always called her as a child, "lass". She had been his lass until he left...
The words brought back a flood of memories, but she pushed them back gently to a corner of her mind. "I'm Nessie. They call me the Loch Ness Monster, who are you?"
She approached him, intrigued by his apparent calmness and interest.
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:11 pm
"I've not met one of your kind before, I must say it's a pleasure." he bobbed his head, unable to lower it in a proper bow.
"Nessie is quite understandable, But a monster?" he looked at her. Sure, she was different in appearance, but she was a mer after all. "You look like no monster to me."
He went back to floating, his finned tail slowly moving back and forth in the water. "L'inglesou. Most just call me L'ing as its easier." he flashed her a dry smile, it was as friendly as he could make it. "You've a lovely place here."
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:46 pm
"Others...do not like what is different." She shrugged her shoulders, but gave him a small smile. "Thank you." She could feel a soft colour coming to her face, she wasn't sure why...she'd never experienced that.
She watched as he flicked his tail back and forth. "Thank you, I love it here. It's so...nice. Not many visitors...sometimes it's nice, and sometimes it's not."
His hair glinted in the moonlight, and she was intrigued. She'd never had hair, and it had always felt lacking as a female..
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:32 am
"I prefer the solitude of the swamp. I find that the less soquili that find it enjoyable, the more peace there is to be found."
L'ing wasn't much of one for socializing. His skills in the area came from associating with his family mainly. He didn't really have a need for friends outside of their small circle.
"It's not so different, just not as... pretty... as some would say. Most wouldn't dare dingy up their coats for a good swim." he almost laughed, almost.
"Nessie, might I intrude your space and ask to take a closer look at your tail?" He was curious at how different her body was from his own. He had heard that mers had no hind legs, and a tail made much more powerful for swimming than his.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:29 pm
Nessie could feel her heart race, but not in the way she had felt it before. She wasn't afraid, she was at ease. She was...calm. She was....warm, and--happy? Was this what it felt like to be accepted, no avoidance, no being careful not to look. He was genuinely interested, not just because she was a novelty, but because she was a mer. For once she felt the same.
"The water is best like this," she began. "Who cares about getting dirty?" For a moment, she considered what to say. She felt a little...shy? "I don't mind. I want to see your hair, closer. It's so lovely," she blurted it out.
She slowed her swimming movements, so that he could see her easier.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:07 pm
That, he did laugh at. "Well thank you. I can give my mother and sister credit for the updo. I think... I think it's unique." he bobbed his head.
He treaded in place in the water, waiting for her to come close enough for him to look. She was an amazing creature. "Simply amazing," he gently motioned towards her back fin, "What use is that for?" he wasn't sure if they were for changing direction or stopping, but they were quite interesting.
"Aye, I agree. I'd much prefer a little murky water. Easier to hide in," he gave her an almost foalish look.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:29 pm
She laughed loudly this time, happily. It carried on the night air, as he spoke about his hair. "But it is lovely, I wish I had such..." And the sting of realizing she didn't wasn't as painful as he uttered "amazing".
Nessie could feel the soft blush on her face again, so strange and dizzying an effect. She was close to him now, she could see his hair, how neat and silky it was...how the loose tendrils blew lightly in the air. It was mesmerizing.
Her heart thudded differently again, something she didn't understand yet. "Oh, I use it propelling and fighting. Sometimes a little with directions. Maybe there's more to use it for, by my parents...they weren't there to teach me."
She flicked her tail, letting water gush up and then rain down on them. "Much easier to attack from if need be, and much easier to catch fish in. They can't see you coming."
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