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Post by Vince on Aug 2, 2009 16:05:38 GMT -5
Tara hauled herself up the beach on her flippers, rifle bag in her mouth. Halfway up, she sighed and rolled onto her back, feeling her skin detach into her coat and her muzzle flatten out. The sun washed over her, as did the waves. This, she thought, putting her hat over her eyes, is a real perk of the job.
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Post by echo on Aug 2, 2009 16:14:43 GMT -5
Crystal Norris put her camera around her neck as she set foot on Orrica Island. This island was great to take pictures at and this had always been a favorite of Crystal's.
She started to snap pictures on the beach when she stopped and saw a seal changing into a human. She lifted an eyebrow and stayed a few yards away.
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Post by Vince on Aug 2, 2009 16:19:52 GMT -5
Tara sighed again and rolled over, her eyelips drooping. It didn't stop her from seeing Crystal though.
"Oh Jesus," She muttered, pushing herself up
"Hey, you didn't see that did you?" She asked, standing up and brushing sand out of her hair and trilby.
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Post by echo on Aug 2, 2009 16:22:28 GMT -5
Crystal was surprised when the woman got up. "Um...no...i didn't see anything." Se gulped. she turned, keeping her eyes on the woman and took a picture of a seagull flying into a tree. She turned back to see what the woman would do next.
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Post by Vince on Aug 2, 2009 16:26:02 GMT -5
Tara wandered over, smiling faintly, bin bag in one hand. The other was flexing, as though getting used to itself.
"You sure?" She asked again, making sure the girl saw her eyes. They were useful for making sure.
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Post by echo on Aug 2, 2009 16:28:59 GMT -5
Crystal jumped when she saw the girl standing next to her. Her eyes were really dark and were actually kind of frightening. "umm..." She gulped as she took her hands away from her camera and let it hang around her neck. "yes, I'm positive." She tried to put on a fake smile. She looked away and started to walk down the beach. She hoped that the woman would believe her.
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Post by Vince on Aug 2, 2009 16:33:43 GMT -5
Tara let out an exasperated sigh and put one hand heavily on Crystal's shoulder, letting the Thompson bag drop with a weighty thud on the sand.
"Look, you're far from a good liar, and I know good liars," She said, twisting the girl around to face her "you just watched me haul mesel' out of the sea, right?"
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Post by echo on Aug 2, 2009 16:37:54 GMT -5
Crystal tried to get away when Tara put a hand on her, but Tara turned her around too quickly. "Ok! i saw you turn into a human! That's all I saw!" She said. She never liked giving explanations to strangers. never knowing if they're friendly or not.
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Post by Vince on Aug 2, 2009 16:41:53 GMT -5
"Right, glad he got that sorted out," Said Tara, smiling earnestly "Sorry, but I don' like this kind of thing to get around,"
She folded her arms nonchalantly.
"So, unpleasantness aside, what're you doing in this neck of the woods?"
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Post by echo on Aug 2, 2009 16:50:31 GMT -5
"Taking pictures." Crystal stuttered. "This island is a really nice place to get some shots of birds and the beach and things like that." Crystal shrugged, holding her camera.
"Why are you here?" Tara asked Crystal why she was here, Tara might as well tell Crystal why she's at the island also.
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Post by Vince on Aug 2, 2009 16:55:49 GMT -5
"Me? Er, lazing about, mostly." Admitted Tara, glancing around, just in case there was someone else "I mean, the fishing boats haven't found it yet, so it's still clear and tasty and the climate's a damn sight better than some places,"
Probably wasn't a great idea to say all that to a complete stranger, but if you couldn't burble, what could you do?
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Post by echo on Aug 2, 2009 17:00:51 GMT -5
Crystal nodded. "So..." She couldn't help but ask. "Ok, i gotta ask this. How in the hell did you just turn from a seal to a human?" She blurted out. The subject was torturing her. And what was she gonna do? Walk away and pretend like none of this ever happened.
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Post by Vince on Aug 2, 2009 17:06:45 GMT -5
"Aha! Now we come to the crux of the matter; 'how can a woman be a seal and a person, but not simultaneously, right?" Said Tara, gesticulating with both hands "See, the magnificent and wonderful, selkie! The fabled creature of myth, neither seal, nor man, but bloody pissed off that it's can't be either,"
She sighed heavily and sat down.
"That's a bit of a sore topic, I'm afraid,"
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Post by echo on Aug 2, 2009 17:11:48 GMT -5
Crystal's eyes grew wide as the woman had her little outburst. "Um...ok." Crystal wasn't sure what to say. All she wanted to know was how she could change like that.
Crystal took a few steps back and smiled. 'I'm uh....i'm gonna go away now." Crystal turned around and started to walk into the thick jungle.
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Post by Vince on Aug 2, 2009 17:17:32 GMT -5
"No, I..." Tara turned around "Sorry, I just get the idea I'll get treated like a curio. You hear about your relatives, and such,"
She looked down, picked up a handful of sand and let it run through her hand.
"I don't know why I can be a seal and a person. I think you could probably figure it out easier than me,"
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Post by Neko~San on Aug 3, 2009 12:16:59 GMT -5
Jayeson watched the whole exchnge. It was funny, seeing the selkie. He tought they were a bti more . . private than that. It was still funny though. Moving throught thr trees he came closr, only about ten feet away. The selkie smelled of seawater and magic
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Post by echo on Aug 4, 2009 13:11:08 GMT -5
"well i don't know how you can change either." Crystal shrugged. "This world has all kinda of creatures...it's hard to find out what everybody is." Crystal took a few snapshots of some colorful flowers she saw in a patch in the jungle.
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Post by Vince on Aug 4, 2009 13:14:42 GMT -5
Tara smiled to herself and looked back Crystal. Then she saw the chap standing not ten feet off.
"Oh fuck," She said "I thought these islands were supposed to be bloody isolated,"
She gave the pale chap in the jungle a withering glare.
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Post by cherry on Aug 7, 2009 21:22:18 GMT -5
Vivia drifted above the sea as she came across Orrica Island. She saw a few people standing aimlessly on the island. An elf, she sniffed, she could sense a werewolf among them and...a Selkie. Vivia smiled. She loved pissing Selkies off. A wicked grin crept upon her face. She thought she'd have a little fun before heading back to Navalen.
She landed a couple miles away as the soft sand tickled her feet. She closed her eyes and started to gather her magic as a huge cloud of black mist formed around her usual purple tint. She gathered some of the magic in a ball and threw it toward the Selkie.
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Post by Neko~San on Aug 10, 2009 14:14:02 GMT -5
The Selkie waved too him, and he knew he had been too lax with his guard. With quick movements, he came up onto the beach with the selkie and the other woamn.
" Hello." He said in a jovvial voice that seemed odd with his scary prescence.
" I thought that no one came to these isles.?"
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