Jan 11 2017, 06:56 PM
Aura had, many cycles ago, fallen asleep, and had never woken up. Some time after his fight with a lion, he’d exhausted himself, and soon after that, the Cave had gone silent. So he, being a completely instinctual creature, had simply… hibernated, it seemed. And after he’d been asleep for some time, his blue topaz chrysalis had wrapped around his body, to protect it as he lay in his coma-like state. The amniotic fluid was absorbed through his skin and kept him alive, but now it was time to wake up again. And maybe do more than he had before. He was tired of spending a lifetime not reacting to others. Still, he was rather… shy. Or maybe he just thought other Gembounds were thick in the head. Even so, he knew now that there was more to life than studying long-dead things.
So when he had gained enough strength, he cast his vibration spell, in an attempt to weaken the structural integrity of his chrysalis, since it was hard for him to break it open with his fins. He could do it, but doing it this was just made it easier. The spell, however, was weak, and barely did the job. Still, it was enough. And soon enough, he burst into room, the sound of a shattering gemstone splitting the air. He looked around with weak eyes (his sense of sight was never the best) and even he realized that it was dark in here. Funny… He didn’t remember it being so dark before. Wasn’t Polaris a bright room? Where had the lights gone?
Well, it didn’t matter, really. Aura’s natural bioluminescence left a beautiful neon-aqua blue and sea-green glow around his body, mostly on his underside, as he floated closer to the river. He was starving, and needed to eat constantly in order to stay in the air. The energy he got from eating was transferred into helium, which allowed him to float and fly around and move in general. If he ever ran out, he’d be as dead as a beached whale, unable to move, and therefore, he would starve to death. Or, most likely, he would dehydrate long before he starved. In order to prevent that, he ate almost 24/7. And when he wasn’t eating, he was sleeping.
He glided smoothly above the Crystal River, attracting fish to his glowing underside, making whale-song and deep, rumbling groans like the bowels of a moving ship, until he plunged forcefully downward, his maw opened wide, sucking water and fish into his gullet with joy.
Words: 432 @Ash
So when he had gained enough strength, he cast his vibration spell, in an attempt to weaken the structural integrity of his chrysalis, since it was hard for him to break it open with his fins. He could do it, but doing it this was just made it easier. The spell, however, was weak, and barely did the job. Still, it was enough. And soon enough, he burst into room, the sound of a shattering gemstone splitting the air. He looked around with weak eyes (his sense of sight was never the best) and even he realized that it was dark in here. Funny… He didn’t remember it being so dark before. Wasn’t Polaris a bright room? Where had the lights gone?
Well, it didn’t matter, really. Aura’s natural bioluminescence left a beautiful neon-aqua blue and sea-green glow around his body, mostly on his underside, as he floated closer to the river. He was starving, and needed to eat constantly in order to stay in the air. The energy he got from eating was transferred into helium, which allowed him to float and fly around and move in general. If he ever ran out, he’d be as dead as a beached whale, unable to move, and therefore, he would starve to death. Or, most likely, he would dehydrate long before he starved. In order to prevent that, he ate almost 24/7. And when he wasn’t eating, he was sleeping.
He glided smoothly above the Crystal River, attracting fish to his glowing underside, making whale-song and deep, rumbling groans like the bowels of a moving ship, until he plunged forcefully downward, his maw opened wide, sucking water and fish into his gullet with joy.
Words: 432 @Ash