Sep 21 2015, 05:09 PM
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Tal'at had escaped the cursed kitten and her awful, terrible luck. He had escaped the screaming voices that protected the hollow gem... But he still didn't have any feathers. He wanted to get some, to help make his own nest, but it was looking more and more like he would have to rely entirely on Eve's skills to get his home put together. He still didn't have a place to put the nest, but he was thinking in the same tree as Eve-- so long as that demonic whatever it was didn't mind his presence.
For now, the bat was flying blind, through the trees, his magic failing him in his panic. He had managed to avoid the branches so far, and was confident he was going to escape any monsters tailing him--
Out of no where, something (mostly likely a tree branch) reached out and snatched him from the sky, tossing him down a bunch of branches. It wasn't the first time, of course, but he hated it every time it happened. The only thing worse was running face first into a tree trunk-- his gem and skull was lucky to have survived childhood.
Splash. The fruit bat plummeted, not for the first time that day, into a wetter part of the bog-- but it was a bit deeper than he expected. He tried to flail to the surface, but by the time he managed it, he had attracted the attention of a very curious set of eyes.
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Sep 21 2015, 05:15 PM
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Thankfully, the thing that was in the water with him did not eat bats. In fact, she preferred fish. Perfectly packaged meat in scales-- fur just did not suit her. She did, however, want to be alone, and so she made a great fussing hiss as his wing clipped her in the face.
Surfacing, the bat found he was face to face with none other than a Water Walker-- a type of blue-green spider that lived in the murky, reedy waters of Cetus. He knew nothing about her-- and instantly assumed she might have been a greater gembound, rather than a lesser.
She was not.
She plunged back down, having gills, and tried to shake him off.
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Sep 21 2015, 05:18 PM
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Tal'at did not have gills and did not want to drown, but even his clicks were so muffled and unintelligible under the water that it made the whole situation incredibly difficult. The spider thrashed about-- while she lived in the water, her body was not made for swimming, only for lurking and striking-- or walking upon the water.
To his credit, the bat held on quite tightly. He reached out with his sense, trying to understand her, trying to figure out why she was trying to drown them both. She clearly wasn't a fish-- he knew, distantly, what fish felt like. Something like Noodle Dad-- and she was almost fuzzy.
His magic reached out, and he felt immediately felt his own stone-- life, animalistic, fauna. He knew it. Reaching through the water to her was a bit more difficult, the water was thick, and it was difficult to understand the feeling he got through it... But... Even though he couldn't understand what the sensation was, his magic did. It was something it could connect to, something it could pour itself into.
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Sep 21 2015, 05:23 PM
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So, while Tal'at tried not to drown and the spider tried to wiggle free, his magic went to work. Trying to reach out to the creature, like he wanted, to instruct her with what he needed. Help. He didn't want to die, he didn't want to drown, and he didn't understand why she couldn't just take him back up to the surface.
He reached out. His magic brushed hers. And immediately, his mind swarmed hers.
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Sep 21 2015, 05:42 PM
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Tal'at didn't want to bother the poor spider-- but he was overwhelmed by all of the new senses, new feelings, the noise. He felt a bit sick, frankly, on top of this hissing, screeching spider, but for a long moment they just sort of floated on the surface. She was waiting for him to let go, knowing she couldn't just drown him off. Somehow, that didn't soothe his worries.
Tal'at spread his leathery wings, shaking off what water he could, and stumbled off of the spider and into the air. The spider made another horrible noise and disappeared under the water-- he could feel the wetness slurp up over her body.
The bat flew headfirst into a tree.
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Sep 21 2015, 05:46 PM
Sep 21 2015, 05:51 PM
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He was almost getting used to the jarring sensation of knocking his skull around via orbface to tree. The bat plopped down on to a root and was never happier to have solid ground--
...are you okay?
Eve's voice hit his ears and he found himself straining to locate her.
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Sep 21 2015, 05:56 PM
Sep 21 2015, 06:03 PM
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Tal'at was flooded with the sensation that a bird was trying to eat him. He tried to ignore it, but it did put him a bit on edge. The spider was somehow more paranoid than he was.
Still, he tried to encourage the spider about Eve. She was nice. She was a friend. Safe. Protective. Had a warm, safe nest to sleep in. The spider had no cares about a nest, preferring to hide in the depths of the bog (a fragment of a sensation that made Tal'at all the more uncomfortable) but she did slowly become less afraid of the crow and the bat. They hadn't moved to attack her and the bat was calming down so, so too would she.
The fuzzy water walker inched a bit closer, peering at them.
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Sep 21 2015, 06:15 PM
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