It's Minglin' Time

[crittersheep]

WHO: You
WHERE: Anywhere
WHEN: Afternoon 62

[ With Bluebell's lovely morning rite, it's shaping up to be quite the peaceful day. The spring thaw continues, bringing young lilywogs with lingering stubby tails to the shores. It's easy to spot them floating among the reeds, though they're still prone to scattering if disturbed.

And across the pasture everyone is hopefully having a peaceful day, right? Or have some of you been getting up to shenanigans instead? ]

Comments

[leonheartedly]

Ah - couple of us went to investigate the ocean, more or less . . .

[nobetawedielike]

Is there something in the water?

[leonheartedly]

There's all kinds of things, but uh - we ran into sharks.

[he nods down to his arm]

[nobetawedielike]

How bad is it? Your arm.

[leonheartedly]

It's - not as bad as it looks?

[nobetawedielike]

Are you lightheaded at all? I can walk with you.

[leonheartedly]

[he manages a small smile]

I'm not, but I wouldn't mind if you walked with me anyway.

[nobetawedielike]

Okay. If you start feeling dizzy, tell me.

[ she's taking this escort mission Very Seriously

off they go! ]

It must have been scary. I'm glad you're okay.

[leonheartedly]

[she's sweet . . . how can he say no]

I'll let you know.

I don't know about scary, but . . . it wasn't bad until we got to the mist. Not so surprisingly, bu.

[nobetawedielike]

Were you trying to find something?

[leonheartedly]

Nothing in particular. We were exploring - people have been doing that in the mist, I think, so that's what were doing in the ocean. See what's out there.

[nobetawedielike]

The answer being sharks is surprisingly mundane.

[leonheartedly]

Hah. It was surprisingly normal out there, until we hit the mist. Then - well, wolf sharks.

[nobetawedielike]

Are you ever scared of going in the ocean itself? There's so much water.

[leonheartedly]

Ah . . . not scared, but I don't like going into the water too much. Nothing ever good happens for me.

[nobetawedielike]

Maybe avoiding it is better, yeah... Is this the first shark?

[leonheartedly]

[it's telling that he has to think about that answer]

Somehow . . .

[nobetawedielike]

What else have you run into...?

[leonheartedly]

Geez, uh . . . a lot of things.

It wasn't in a body of water but I got chased by a giant alligator in the sewers once. There were piranhas down south when I got sent there . . .

Last place, I'm . . . not sure exactly what it was, but it was huge. Del Lago, could've eaten me and my boat in one bite.

[nobetawedielike]

Were they all trying to eat you?

[leonheartedly]

Unfortunately . . . I run into weird shit like that all the time.

[nobetawedielike]

What are you doing that it's so common?

[leonheartedly]

I investigate and handle threats of bio-terrorism - zombies. People try to make them stronger, so they'll test it on all sorts of things.

[a bit wryly] Not common for the average person, just for me.

[nobetawedielike]

Bio-terrorism...That's awful. Why would anyone do that?

[leonheartedly]

For the same reason most people do bad things - power and money.