under the sea! [quest]

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under the sea! [quest]

Aryel Posts: 229

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Mare :: Pegasus :: 14.4 :: 4

FennecFyre

12-06-2012, 08:38 PM

Aryel (December)
"Wait...what the--"

Aryel had sometimes wondered if there was sentient life beneath the waves. A bounty of food and shelter existed under the ocean, why not sea horses? But that was foolish. They were land creatures, not sea creatures.

At least, she had thought that before a horse-sized shape hurtled out of the water, making a graceful arc before landing with a splash back in the water. Aryel had only seen the thing for a split second, but she had been able to take in the strange misshapen front legs, the dark coat, and the tail, a long fleshy thing much more powerful and sinuous than a typical wispy equine tail. With a scream, Aryel flailed away from it, accidentally swallowing a few drops of seawater and grimacing at the taste.

She had not just seen that.

What was that? The Redrock storytellers had not been the types to tell only comedic and adventurous tales. There were the horro stories, detailing the monsters of the world, such as the giant Roc bird, the skinless Nuckelavee, and the kelpies, the carnivorous water horses known to drag foals into mires and eat them.

But kelpies weren't real, right. Right??

She wasn't waiting around to find out. Aryel began paddling back to the land, but a panicked horse swims much slower than a calm one, and she wasn't getting anywhere fast. Besides, the creature was still there, sticking it's head out of the water, a head that looked very horse-like. "Uh...erm, hello, mister ah...kelpie...horse...creature." She stuttered in an attempt to buy time before it lunged. "I'm very, very sorry for disturbing you." Ohgodspleasedon'teatme.

"blah blah blah."

"WHAT IS THIS GYPSY MAGIC SH*T?!"

Thanks for the good times, and no hard feelings for the bad times.

Vicer and Aryel's new threads never happened.

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