B e l o w Z e r o
just close your eyes and describe it for me
The song played softly, echoing over the waves as it caught Bel's attention, suspended her in a state of not quite awareness. Her gaze was out at sea, trying to find the one who sung so desperately for her attention, ears flicking to catch the sound only she seemed to hear. Her name barely penetrated and it wasn't until the second shout of her name that she recognized the voice. Still her awareness was not at him, instead briefly asking if he heard the sung, her steps moving her deeper into the water, closer towards the one who sung for her. Closer to the music that echoed through the waves and the ocean. Her breath was soft, quick even and her eyes watching gently and curiously. With each sweep of the waves, the song would raise in pitch, before mellowing out again as the water retreated back into the ocean's mass. As she went to move deeper a sudden movement had her halting and finally her attention focused more deeply on the black beast in front of her.
Her attention was lost from the song and instead she tilted her head in confusion at Sol's sudden arrival, snapping out of the intoxicated, distracted trance she had been under, "Sol? When did you get here . . . you're late." She paused, noticing the water lapping at her side, around his knees, the slight warmth of the water around their limbs from his flaming hooves, "Why are we in the ocean? You don't like your hooves being submer-" Her voice stopped as the song suddenly escalated in aggression and strength, almost screaming at her and her eyes went wide, staring past his shoulder, "What . . . is that . . . ." Her gaze began to get lost again, slightly glassy even as the male moved towards her, trying to direct her back to dry land. The mare stumbled, as the song lowered, soothing and determined to get her to follow it again. For a moment Bel went with his nudging until as the note hit a familiar chord, Bel suddenly moved.
It wasn't the walk or trot of before, her movement purely aquatic now as her limbs folded against her belly as she pushed off the ground, aided by the strength of her tail pushing her with more power, and as she did so, the mare FLEW, jumping over the large back of the stallion and suddenly she had dived down on the other side, her tail flipping through the water as she did so, letting her fin catch the water, angling her trajectory. She paused, briefly surfacing, her head only halfway above the water, her voice carried both on the air and on the waves, the tone mimicing the sealife more, more like a whale song, more like a dolphin's chatter, "Fear not. I will return. I must . . . it needs me to find it." And with another jump and dive taken straight from a dolphin's example, Bel was swimming into the depths, eyes peeled, dual eyes searching every which way for the song.
Now under the water, swimming through the currents, the song picked up it's pace, urging her forward with a welcoming tune, and as she flared her fin, turning sharply towards the direction she could see the ice shards in the distance. Ice? Here? Why? She moved closer, eyes wide and curious before slowing as she came across the sleeping creature. Two sets of eyes were closed, ice shards growing from it's collar and head. A long, thin tail with a fin. Sharp clawed forearms. You came. The voice was in the same tone of the song, sung over the waves, and Bel's eyes widened in shock, I had hoped you would. You're from our home, a Treader. We thought you all had died out from the virus. Why are you on this planet. Never mind . . . The creatures eyes slowly opened, turning to stare at her, I am Yukime, an Ice Carved Serpent. She mused with a gentle tone, I have searched for you, Treader of the North, creature of Home. Stay with me?
Bel opened her mouth to respond before her thoughts turned the shore. To Sol and friendship, to Coy and the Island, to the the Dusk Court and the herd and family she had found. Her expression softened as she shook her head, "My home is in both the Sea and the Land - please, won't you stay with me, Yukime. I am Below Zero, entertainer of the Dusk Court. Won't you join me?" The serpent seemed to think, before eyeing the mare, Let me see this 'land' and I will judge the worth of staying with you after. Bel nodded eagerly before motioning for the serpent to follow as she travelled back towards shore, surfacing only 10 minutes after disappearing and glancing around for Sol, even as the serpent surfaced next to her, eyes hard and guarded and eyeing the land with distaste, It's so . . . . dry. Bel glanced at the serpent and couldn't help but through her head back and laugh, the sound echoing over the waves like the dolphins crees did in the deep. "Perhaps so, Yukime; but you will learn that the land has as many secrets at the Kraken has tentacles, and is as colorful as the reef. It might be dry, but it's full of wonder, what you come see it with me?" The serpent eyed the land before allowing a single nod, and in a quick movement had wrapped around Bel's shoulders and back as the mare began to step out of the water's depths, in company rather than alone, as she had when she left. The song was silent now, the singer wrapped around her and staring around curiously.
"Bel"
Yukime
@Sol Bestiam
Notes:: Shall we call this one done and continue it in the one with Pol and her xP
Her attention was lost from the song and instead she tilted her head in confusion at Sol's sudden arrival, snapping out of the intoxicated, distracted trance she had been under, "Sol? When did you get here . . . you're late." She paused, noticing the water lapping at her side, around his knees, the slight warmth of the water around their limbs from his flaming hooves, "Why are we in the ocean? You don't like your hooves being submer-" Her voice stopped as the song suddenly escalated in aggression and strength, almost screaming at her and her eyes went wide, staring past his shoulder, "What . . . is that . . . ." Her gaze began to get lost again, slightly glassy even as the male moved towards her, trying to direct her back to dry land. The mare stumbled, as the song lowered, soothing and determined to get her to follow it again. For a moment Bel went with his nudging until as the note hit a familiar chord, Bel suddenly moved.
It wasn't the walk or trot of before, her movement purely aquatic now as her limbs folded against her belly as she pushed off the ground, aided by the strength of her tail pushing her with more power, and as she did so, the mare FLEW, jumping over the large back of the stallion and suddenly she had dived down on the other side, her tail flipping through the water as she did so, letting her fin catch the water, angling her trajectory. She paused, briefly surfacing, her head only halfway above the water, her voice carried both on the air and on the waves, the tone mimicing the sealife more, more like a whale song, more like a dolphin's chatter, "Fear not. I will return. I must . . . it needs me to find it." And with another jump and dive taken straight from a dolphin's example, Bel was swimming into the depths, eyes peeled, dual eyes searching every which way for the song.
Now under the water, swimming through the currents, the song picked up it's pace, urging her forward with a welcoming tune, and as she flared her fin, turning sharply towards the direction she could see the ice shards in the distance. Ice? Here? Why? She moved closer, eyes wide and curious before slowing as she came across the sleeping creature. Two sets of eyes were closed, ice shards growing from it's collar and head. A long, thin tail with a fin. Sharp clawed forearms. You came. The voice was in the same tone of the song, sung over the waves, and Bel's eyes widened in shock, I had hoped you would. You're from our home, a Treader. We thought you all had died out from the virus. Why are you on this planet. Never mind . . . The creatures eyes slowly opened, turning to stare at her, I am Yukime, an Ice Carved Serpent. She mused with a gentle tone, I have searched for you, Treader of the North, creature of Home. Stay with me?
Bel opened her mouth to respond before her thoughts turned the shore. To Sol and friendship, to Coy and the Island, to the the Dusk Court and the herd and family she had found. Her expression softened as she shook her head, "My home is in both the Sea and the Land - please, won't you stay with me, Yukime. I am Below Zero, entertainer of the Dusk Court. Won't you join me?" The serpent seemed to think, before eyeing the mare, Let me see this 'land' and I will judge the worth of staying with you after. Bel nodded eagerly before motioning for the serpent to follow as she travelled back towards shore, surfacing only 10 minutes after disappearing and glancing around for Sol, even as the serpent surfaced next to her, eyes hard and guarded and eyeing the land with distaste, It's so . . . . dry. Bel glanced at the serpent and couldn't help but through her head back and laugh, the sound echoing over the waves like the dolphins crees did in the deep. "Perhaps so, Yukime; but you will learn that the land has as many secrets at the Kraken has tentacles, and is as colorful as the reef. It might be dry, but it's full of wonder, what you come see it with me?" The serpent eyed the land before allowing a single nod, and in a quick movement had wrapped around Bel's shoulders and back as the mare began to step out of the water's depths, in company rather than alone, as she had when she left. The song was silent now, the singer wrapped around her and staring around curiously.
"Bel"
Yukime
@Sol Bestiam
Notes:: Shall we call this one done and continue it in the one with Pol and her xP
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