Antaeus
dance with the waves, move with the sea
let the rhythm of the water set your soul free
Gaining passage to this new land had been surprisingly easy. Easier than he had expected [in large part due to the fact they had accepted his offer of working aboard the vessel to get to Novus with out any sort of background on his abilities or past]. Somehow, despite his shady past, and shadier start to life, he'd made it through, and now the half kelpie turn pirate was on a new island to
He hadn't been in Novus long, the boat he had traveled on having docked just the night before, where he'd been directed up to a land called Terrastella where there was a city not too far from Port. He'd booked a room for the next week, easily supplying the necessary gold, Although, does one really call it supplying, when you casually steal it from the teller, to give back for your own board? It would give him about a week to make his plan for where to begin with exploring and making his home in this world, at the very least. Today wasn't that though. Today he'd spent it at the beach - getting a feel for the underwater community.
He'd started fairly early that morning - early enough it had still been dark out when he'd dove off the cliffs of Terrastella and into the ocean below. Beneath those waves, his luminescence worked well in his favor, providing him plenty of light as his limbs kicked about, pushing him through the water (with more difficulty than he cared to admit, sometimes he cursed the fact he hadn't been gifted any sort of fins with the rest of his natural kelpie abilities). But now the day had begun to grow longer, the sun beginning to hit it's zenith. Surfacing from the water, his mane floated around on the wake as his gaze drove to the sky, where the sun was nearly on top of him. The hottest part of the day, perhaps not a bad time to emerge from the water and allow it to dry his pelt and search for some snacks - whether it be fish, or sea grasses.
Emerging from the water, he shook his pelt, as he flicked water from his the long strands of his tail. His gills had closed as soon as his head had broke the surface, hidden in the shadow of his jaw, and the casualness of him emerging from the water had only been done after he had assured there was no one around on the part of the beach he was at - that may see him mysteriously emerging from the ocean depths, Like the sea, I intend to keep my secrets shrouded in mystery and wonder. As he allowed himself to collapse into a patch of grass, he stretched out beneath the sun, his eyes closing with a subtle sigh, before those deep cyan, pupilless eyes stared out once more, a faint grin to his features as he soaked up the sun, feeling his wet mane and tail already beginning to dry in the loose, if not slightly wild waves he was familiar with when on land. Yes, so far; even in the short day and some he'd spent on Novus - he wasn't yet ready to complain. And there was still the rest of the island to explore, and the Novians to meet and greet as well!
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@Rosemary
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