Sunning on the beach [Yoko and Ruri]

[Ruriska]

Morgawr loved the ocean. The rolling of the waves, the sun, the way her body moved through the water so easily with a powerful flick of her tail. She was in charge here. When she was on land, she found herself awkward and unhappy. In the water, nothing could stop her.

She was swimming underneath the ways heading towards the show when she noticed the long body of something small playing in the surf. How curious. That certainly wasn’t a normal fish. She approached it from below and reached out, trying to grasp hold on the little creatures tail.

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[Ruriska]

Morgawr had only been curious, keeping a light grasp on the squealing creature as she tried to inspect it through the water. She was not at all expecting the sudden attack and she instantly let go of the weird long fish, pushed back through the water, nearly knocked unconscious.

It took her a long moment to recover, shaking her head and coiling protectively until she had a chance to reassess. Was that its mother?

She circled back into deeper water and then emerged at the surface, a safe distance away.

“That was rude,” she hissed.

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[Ruriska]

As much as Morgwar hated to admit it, she did have a point. Though in her defence, she hadn’t planned on hurting it. She’d just been curious and wanted to get a closer look. And if it had been a fish, maybe eat it.

Morgwar watched the other kat fuss over the smaller creature. They were very similar, even if the little sea eel had an odd face.

“By what right?” That was amusing. “I don’t need a right. The ocean is a free place.” Her head tilted, curious. “Is that your child? They’re rather odd.”

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[Ruriska]

“I see,” Morgawr said, though she didn’t really. She didn’t know what it meant to have friends.

“I am Morgawr.” She answered, letting herself float a little bit closer. “Does it speak?” She asked, curiously. “Invictus, that is.” Perhaps she too could find a little long fish version of herself to be her best friend.

That would be nice.

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[Ruriska]

Whatever the case, now that Morgawr had gotten a look at him, the little guy was quite cute. She simply nodded at the explanation. There were weird things all over Faetasia and didn’t rank very high on the oddity list when you thought about it.

At the little playful jab, Morgawr couldn’t help but laugh. Well,” she began, rolling onto her back, letting the waves hold her up. “I swim, I hunt, I sunbathe. Sometimes I hunt for pretty shells for my collection.”

It was a rather lazy and solitary life. Now and again her mothers would visit but Morgawr couldn’t say she saw much excitement.

“What about you?”

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[Ruriska]

The leap was surprisingly impressive. Morgawr found herself making a little sound of delight and nearly dived into the sea from embarrassment. Instead she just sunk lower in the waves, mouth below the water so that her smile couldn’t be so easily read and any other sounds would just come out as bubbles.

But she did have to speak eventually and she lifted herself up again, flicking her tail upwards as if considering trying her own jump. “I don’t do tricks,” she answered. “I’ve never had a reason to, I suppose.”

She looked up at the bright blue sky.

“But... it did look fun,” she conceded, almost wistfully.

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[Ruriska]

Morgwar surreptitiously placed a hand against her abdomen and tensed the muscles there. She was fairly strong. She spent a lot of time hunting fish and swimming, it wouldn’t be too hard to use them to leap up out of the water. It just felt weird to... be so flippant?

Her mother would not have approved. Giratina was serious about everything. There was no time for play or fun.

But Dratini seemed so happy about the idea. Maybe it wouldn’t hurt to indulge her just this one time, give it a go. The sky seemed like a nice place to be, if only for a moment. And it wasn’t as if Giratina was around to see.

“Alright, let me try,” Morgwar said and then dived beneath the waves.

A quick flick of her tail took her to the sandy bottom, where she turned and stared upwards. Then she pushed off, a strong pump of her tail , zooming towards the surface, up and out of the water. It was a big jump and she curled her tail up, grabbing it. It wasn’t perfect and she forgot to let go soon enough, hitting the water with a huge splash like a cannonball.

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