Again the waters rushed forth and everyone tumbled through the waves. Diot held on to the best of his abilities, luckily thought Ghanyarah was getting the hang of it. But those on his back still would need to stay alert. Diot could only compress himself against the lizard's back; attempting to stay out of the way should any water come up and over the komodo. Though with luck on his side, Diot's new approach to stay aboard paid off! Managing to happily stay seated upon their ride's back!

Looking ahead Diot couldn't wait to see what was in store for this group of gembounds! With Ghanyarah set on heading forward; it would take little time to find out!

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(omg I thought I had posted Sabor in this awhile ago,whoopsie...also Sabor and Tolani are 2 cycles old RN so still fairly young)

Sabor had been leading Tolani around for awhile. He wanted to explore all of Eridanus after all! Tolani at this point was more than happy to follow him! That was until they discovered that Eridanus wasn't the only room in their vast world. You could imagine their surprise when they unveiled such a thing! So, faster than it took for him to devour a rabbit he had them leave their foliage lush home and step out into Origin! Ready to explore all of the unknown! Of course with Tolani in tow, keeping an eye on her should she get lost along the way.

Finally they had approached something interesting, following the sounds of rushing water as well as other gembounds of course. Making his way into the frozen tunnel he glanced around; keeping Tolani behind him all the while. There wasn't anyone here, at least not at the entrance of the unusually wet tunnel. Glancing back he observed a rather nerve stricken bear. "Come on, it seems saf-"

Words cut off by the sound of rushing water, Sabor's golden eyes widened in fear. This isn't at all what he had planned for this tunnel! Charging forward in an attempt to keep both Tolani and himself safe he braced successfully against the torrent. Managing to dig his claws into the frozen surface below, pushing his body against the water until finally it stopped.

@Tolani

Kerberos' howl for help drew Arkrael's attention away and she had made to move towards him, but as it seemed the three headed beast had managed to get back up on his paws once again. She gave a sigh of relief before turning an amused grin towards Ghanyarah as he got a bit grumpy for others asking if he was okay. They were all going to continue on. As it seemed, the water had yet to be done rushing through and Arkrael braced herself when the bigger wave of water surged through. This one seemed to jar her easily from her paws, but Rae managed to steady herself and fight against the wave. She did not fall from her paws. With a shake of her fur, sending water in all directions, the she-wolf continued on into the tunnel alongside the others. speech Exit Rae table code © rasta 2015

Hearing the great resounding crashes of water wasn't that easy to ignore. So guess what? Of course The Bone King had to investigate. As he neared Tunnel M, the cold of the cave bit at his bones and he shuddered midflight. He had made it to about the end of the tunnel where all of the Gembound were...

And he shuddered again.

And he fell down.

And crashed into ice cold water.

The Bone King was choking, almost drowning under the icy waves of the surge. Oh bones it hurt to feel the water rush in and out of his lungs. He tried to expel it all, but it kept coming in. It was depriving him of oxygen. He forced his head above the crashing waves and carmine eyes found a large brown shape. Leon? Leon!

Azazel's head was forced back under the rolling waves again, but he struggled towards the great bear. His talons found themselves hooked in thick brown fur, and he heaved himself up. Hopefully Leon wouldn't mind a big wet bird. On the grizzly's back was what appeared to be his daughter. He smiled nervously and began to try and squeeze the water from his feathers.

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Ghanyarah was holding steady; as was Barnett and his son. Eve shifted, one talon holding onto the numbat's leg with her eyes scrunching into a sly smirk, the other grasping Ghanyarah's neck and her body flumping forwards for her beak to grasp around more scaly skin. It was hard, after all, to stay on a boat with only two legs. Somehow though, perhaps thanks to Ghanyarah's stabilization, the crow didn't find herself plummeting into the water running by them. Not that she was complaining for anything, that is. [exit] table code © rasta 2015

The white hybrid was growing rapidly - and with her increasing size came an increasing itch to explore. She had decided, this time, to wander down tunnel M. She had moved through it before - like the time she went looking for something to find for Caravaggio, but she also liked the darkened room with shiny stuff glimmering on the ceiling. She sometimes visited there, too, when her dad wasn't watching.

Usually, tunnel M was boring. It was empty, and it was cold. But today, there was something rather different. There was a crowd of people there. As the little hybrid began to get closer there came a surge of freezing cold water that swept her backwards towards Polaris.

The now-soaking child gasped and wheezed, pristine white feathers soaked and pressed flat against her body. What the heck just happened?
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With a rough shake of her body, the winged hybrid began to charge back into the tunnel, where water was still pouring out from. From when it had initially hit her however, it had died down. The hybrid continued to run through the water and past other gembounds trudging down a new place that she hadn't really seen before.

Not that she actually knew where she was going now, that is.

Commotion drew her in, but the water was what really latched onto her attention. The sound and smell of it was familiar, so she ran to it. Next thing she knew, a rush of water wrapped up around her, cold and relentless. Her trunk was held up, being her snorkel in the event that she ended up under the water.

Gadanai found herself washed up with no progress and grunted. She shook her head, then ran for it again, jumping to it this time and giggling to herself as the water splashed up over her again. She paddled and kicked as hard as she could, holding her breath for success.