It had been days since Kreool had hatched into the world, and the little tyke had had his fun. Today he woke on the water's edge with an ill feeling in his stomach. He spent a good portion of the quiet time just floating, waiting and willing for it to go away. It only got worse. Ugh, why do I feel so gross? The little blue submerged himself, drifting with the even pushes from the falls. He stared into the water drearily, unamused and frankly, grumpy.

Movement in the water nearby drew his sulking attention. A cave fish! He'd seen these before, and had asked Arrh about them. The whale had told him about how the little ones sometimes couldn't speak like they could- and that those ones were for eating. Kreool had been confused about the concept, no instincts driving him to hunt before. In Polaris, the low thrumming of the Spire's magickal influence had kept him sated. Now, the sight of the greasy little scum-sucker flitting about in the depths made his stomach clench.

He wanted that fish.

He wanted to feel its scales between his teeth.

Predatory instincts flooded his normally wistful mind. The little blue changed in an instant, suddenly swimming with his body, arms flexing to guide him as he slid silently through the water. He slipped into the murky shadows below and seemed to disappear...

...only to reappear too soon below the fish. It startled and flicked its tail, darting out of reach as Kreool shot towards it. The youth's jaws snapped up just more water and he made a new sound in his frustration. A deep, warbling rumble. With bared teeth, Kreool spun back around and headed for the surface for air. His head poked out of the water with a gasp, then sputtering, he threw a clawed fin into the air and then slapped the water. The clap echoed alongside a shout of feral frustration. This wasn't a good day for the little leviathan.

Around, down, over, through. That's what Eeya did as he swam through different bubble rings he created. He also did this through schools of fish that he saw. It was all great fun and all of it made him giggle with joy! His high-pitched clicking echoed far and wide through the underwater tunnels. That is until he felt the familiar tug of needing to get air. So, he swam upwards and left the fish and the bubbles for the call of Pisces cave. Unlike normal he didn't breach, no one was around so why bother, instead he simply stuck his blowhole out of the water and blasted out a stream of water before sucking in a breath and diving again.

That was when he heard the slap and saw the blue body of one of the newest members of his pod. Or... he liked to think of them as his pod, it made him happy when he thought he had others to depend on. The young one didn't seem to happy, he looked downright upset. Why was that? No one should be upset! It was so wonderful in the caves! He just had to tell the Little Blue so!

With a few clicks Eeya shot off in the direction of the creature and came abreast of him, one eye poking upwards to watch him with a smile. {What is wrong, *Ki'Kreool? There should be no sad. Cave is good, cave is happy. There is much good fish!} He whistled cheerfully.

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tagged: @Kreool
ooc: *Little Blue
muse: 5/10

"Talking"
{Talking in sea critter speech}
Thinking

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Eeya appeared with kind squeals and clicks, and a loving pet name, but Kreool snorted and snapped his gaze away.

"No good fish! Bad fish! Fish swim from Kreool!" He retorted grouchily, side-glancing at Eeya with a childish scowl in his eyes. "Kreool want fish for Kreool, but fish bad. Can't catch fish." He snapped his jaws in the water to empathize his point- he was hungry, but he didn't know how to explain that, or even what it meant.

It would later turn out that Leviathans such as Kreool only ate once in a while. They ate rarely, but they ate in large quantities when they did eat. He would be no exception to this rule- much like a snake, it would only take one good feed for him to get back to normal for another week or two. As it was, he looked rather dull in color, tired, snout wrinkled in his frustration.

"I want it, Eeya!"

@Eeya

He could see that the little one seemed to be upset. Upset was something that he wasn't often familiar with, his life was was pretty much smooth swimming since the time that he was born and onwards. Perhaps it was just that he was a dolphin and naturally exciteable but he liked to think it was due to his philosophy... Don't be mad! Just forget the mad and think of happy things! It always did him well.

{Fish tricky! Ki'Kreool just gotta be trickier! Must swim much fast! You catch them!} He whistled encouragingly. The dolphin slid back underwater. {Come, come, Ki'Kreool, follow Eeya closely! He show how to catch much fast fish!} He swam downwards under the water and focused on his magick. A ball of glowing light appeared beside him, illuminating the underwater tunnels as he lead the young creature.

Up ahead of him he could just make out a school of silverlings. {See? Silver fish, much tasty! You try to catch! Go go, must be fast must be tricky like fish!} He sang to the other. Hopefully this would go well and they'd have a good lesson and good food.

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tagged: @Kreool
ooc: *Little Blue
muse: 5/10

"Talking"
{Talking in sea critter speech}
Thinking

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Kreool regarded Eeya hesitantly as the dolphin ecnouraged the boy. Pearly, alien eyes locked and stuck, following Eeya as he dove under again. A second later, he inhaled deep and submerged alongside the sleeker, gray friend. A clean rim of light shot across Eeya's back, only a moment, where that blue crystaline casing sat atop his dorsal fin, and a second later, a bright, shining light illuminated the depths of Pisces Lagoon. Briefly, Kreool's eyes lit up with some excitement. What a nifty trick!

"You made light! Eeya, that was so cool!" He mused, gills flaring in a display as he swam closer and placed a flat paw on the dolphin's back, beside the gem. "Your blue did a thing! A fun light thing!" But, with a grin, Kreool looked towards the ball of light and saw the fish, his stomach twisted painfully, and he backed off again with a flick of his tail.

"...silver fish." He rumbled, then instinct seemed to take over again. His demeanor shifted and silently, he flicked lower into the depths below- where the light dimmed and his coloration seemed to blend him into the dark blues of the water...

...and moments later, he shot upwards again, a vertical bee-line into the small school. This time, when the fish scattered, the little blue was ready. Jaws gaped wide, snapping side to side. Something hit, and when it did, Kreool twisted into a spin- not unlike a crocodile's death roll. As the bubbles cleared, he emerged victorious, a fat fish trapped between his teeth, his head still shaking it occasionally, front claws reached up to grasp it and a moment later, he'd devoured it whole. It was as if he'd forgotten Eeya was there, the whole scene almost barbaric- this little creature wasn't prey. He was, in fact, an apex species- and that meant, deep inside, he was a born killer.

At least, of all things fishy and edible, anyway.

@Eeya

Eeya gave a hearty --and squeaky-- laugh when Kreool seemed so excited about his light. {Yes yes! Eeya can do much things with light!} To demonstrate more he set himself aglow but since he already had the orb illuminating the fish his glow spell wasn't as powerful as it normally was. Not that this bothered Eeya! He was simply happy that he could show off this spell to Kreool! There was something about showing off that made him especially happy. The blue comment confused him though? {Eeya's blue?} The dolphin had honestly never seen his own reflection. He had no idea what he looked like or about the blue sapphire that made up part of his back and dorsal fin.

While the little blue hunted he pondered about the blue on his back. However, there was only so long that he could think about things that he couldn't see and his attention turned back to the little blue. His head twisted this way and that. Fascinated by the little blue's hunting... It was frightening in some way. It tapped into something in the back of his mind. Perhaps it was some deepset instincts that knew that the little blue was an apex predator and that he was not. Still, the dolphin tried not to let it get to him. He forced happy thoughts into his mind and effectively smothered those instincts. {Ki'Kreool much good hunter! You catch much fish!} The dolphin praised the leviathian as he swam up and began to go in circles around the blue creature.

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tagged: @Kreool
ooc: ---
muse: 5/10

"Talking"
{Talking in sea critter speech}
Thinking

table and code © chelsea of ORIGIN