ORIGIN - Growing into Me

Tempest was getting bigger. Over her first cycle it seemed that all she did was ate, hauled herself ashore, and later re-entered only to eat some more. Her heavy bulk, whilst it was simply clumsiness that had toppled her in the beginning, was growing. Now it was her sheer weight rendered her slow and awkward. At a little over two feet long, she was a big baby now. Yet... Was eating and resting really all there was to do in life? There was more food in these waters than she knew what to do with and it was stupid and easy to catch. so she simply ate, rested, and ate some more.

And now here she was, resting on the hard stony ground again, with malachite spires towering over her back. Letting her energy regain, as swimming with this stone weighing you down was no mean feat. But she'd never questioned it. Why?

...She didn't know.

But she was beginning to consider things more. Her shell was itching, and not for the right reasons. She felt she ought to get out there and be more than just... This. But what else was there to be? The to-be giant knew nothing else.

As she lay there lost in consideration, her breaths rumbled softly in the back of her throat.

@Farran

Farran walked slowly, her head swinging around as she looked at all there was to see. She could faintly hear a waterfall somewhere in the distance. She continued walking until she saw someone in the distance. She slowly walked over and looked at them. They looked rather weird to her, but then again, she hadn't really seen very many others.

She sat there for a moment before deciding to say something. "..Hi." Well...It was better than nothing, she supposed. She watched them for a moment before looking around some more. This place was still unfamiliar to her. She had only been here a little bit, having hatched in Eridanus. She liked it so far, though. Even though it was wet.

@Tempest

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Tempest slowly raised her head as she caught movement out of the corner of her eye. Slowly, she moved her neck, and turned so that she was facing them. Slowly but surely, she stretched out her flippers and struggled to turn, her enormous weight causing a rasp as her belly scraped against the ground. Her head being so low, the other creature towered over her, and so she eyed them slightly warily. Despite her face being low though, great malachite tubes towered above them like a pristine coral city.

"hello," she rumbled deeply, blinking slowly. She'd not spoken properly to many others before, and thus this experience brought a tiny sliver of... something... into her great heart. Maybe it was excitement. Perhaps pride. Perhaps a mixture of both. She didn't know. "I am Tempest. I am the guard of these waters." that was what she said, in the end. Being the only one here, it wasn't wrong. This was what she thought in her mind, when she rested ashore, unable to swim anymore for exhaustion. I guard these waters. These waters are mine to rule. I am their protector. I am their warrior.

She felt alone here, and knew no better than to see herself as ruler.

@Farran

Farran blinked. Guard of these waters? "What are you guarding them from?" she asked, her head slightly tilted. She looked around and realized nobody else was nearby. It was just the two of them. "There's nobody else here. Is there any point in guarding them?" She didn't even think about herself. She was someone who was here, someone that Tempest could potentially have to guard these waters from. She didn't have any intention to do anything to the waters, though. What could she even do?

"I am Farran. The guard of nothing."

@Tempest

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Tempest grunted quietly, shifting her weight once more. At the stranger's question, she couldn't help but stop to think. In her long time alone, she seemed to have assigned herself this role, and yet had nothing to hold it up. She huffed, air snorting out of her nostrils, and pulled herself inches towards the black and white creature facing her. "I'm guarding them from... Those who would break the order." she rumbled, a rasp in her throat. "I guard souls like you who come here, to me. As long as you are here, you are beneath my wings."

The already-large turtle blinked, slowly, her large eyes focused on the other creature. Her rounded beak was parted ever so slightly revealing the thousands of tiny pointed fangs beyond. And shallow breaths rasped past them, only to fade away into the mist. "Farran. Welcome, Farran."

@Farran