forum Touch The Sky//One-On-One//Closed

Started March 03, 2019 by @gracehustle

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Nautia nodded and smiled, "Can I still ask you questions about your wings?" She swam a little closer to the shore and laid on her stomach, looking t his wings.

"Of course." He gently shook his good wing to get the excess water out before folding it at his back alongside the injures one. Keiran sat down in the sand partially in the water so they could talk easier.

She swam closer to the shore and laid on her stomach in the water, dipping her head under every once in a while, "This question isn't about your wings but, are there more of you? Do people like you live in the clouds?" She looked up at the now quite dark sky and smiled at the stars.

"Yes there are, I come from a small village in the mountains full of others like me. If you don't mind me asking are there others like you?" He answered and asked kindly, following her gaze up to the clear starry sky.

She nodded, "There are others, too many in my opinion," She answered, "Is flying scary? How do you guys get your wings?" She pulled the end of her long tail out of the water and flicked it around, humming lightly as she looked around.

"No it's not scary, we are born with wings but we don't learn to fly until our wings grow big enough." He answered, leaning back and resting his weight on his hands.

"Wow.." She said, a small smile on her face, "It must be fun to have wings…instead of a stupid tail." She waved her tail and sighed, looking at the sky, "I would give anything to be able to fly."

"Really? I think it would be amazing to be able to do what you do, there's probably so much to see, do and learn. The sky is just clouds." He looked back down from the sky and looked off to the horizon.

"Clouds, and the sun, and stars, and birds.. everything's just amazing up there.." She trailed off, "The ocean is just water, and fish and random things." She dunked her head under the water again and looked up at Kieran, "Plus, your wings are beautiful."

"Thank you, Your tail is stunning as well." He took his eyes off the horizon and looked at Nautia kindly "What's it like living underwater? I'm really curious since you said there were lots other merpeople."

"Boring," She replied immediately, "Everyone expects you to be perfectly content with being a mermaid, they don't want you exploring the deep trench, or going pearl hunting, or looking at the stars." She said, shaking her head, "And apparently you can't swim through schools of fish and scare them so they swim everywhere."

"Those are some strange rules." He agreed with a small laugh "But hey rules are meant to be broken." A playful smile appeared on his face.

A genuine playful smile appeared on her face and she nodded, "See, there are a lot less rules when you can fly." She rolled onto her back in the water and looked at the stars, most of her face underwater, "The only fun thing they let you do is swimming with the dolphins."

"I've never even been near a dolphin, I haven't even been in the water much because as you've discovered we aren't the best of swimmers." He let out a light half hearted laugh.

She chuckled, "Dolphins are pretty fun, they make better company than most of the other merpeople." She looked back at him and glanced at the sky, "So, tell me about your world, being able to fly anywhere you want." She remembered his wing and allot asked if he needs anything for it, again figuring that if he said it was ok that it would be fine.

"Well we mostly stay in the village when we are younger, learn how to fly and try not to be bored out of our minds but once we turn 18 we are allowed to leave and explore the world for ourselves. Some stay in the village but usually they leave for at least a little bit to decide if we want to stay in the village or not. That's what I'm doing now." He explained, trying to sum it up as best he could.

(It's fine)
"That sounds amazing." She said, "Does that mean you're trying to get back to your village?" She knew she had only just met Kieran, but she already enjoyed his company.

"Not nessesarily, I'll go back to visit but I love traveling." He answered feeling surprisingly comfortable telling all of this to a stranger.

Nautia nodded and smiled, "I wish traveling was that easy for me..I can barely leave the city without being yelled at, though it's mostly because of my mother and the queen."

"That sounds…incredibly boring." He laighed lightly "The queen?"

"Yeah, my mom and the queen are best friends, same with my dad and the King, they have known each other since they were little and one thing just led to another.." She sighed and rolled back onto her stomach, "And now since the queen and King don't have an heir they want to make me the next ruler.."

"You don't seem very happy about that?" He asked based on her less than amused tone. He looked back at his wings, luckily they were just damp now and looked less like a wet rat and more like their usual soft state.

she shook her head quickly, "No, I don't want to be queen, I'd never be able to leave the city, and I'd have to be forced to find a mate." She looked over at him and blushed slightly, "Sorry if I'm ranting, I can leave if I'm annoying you."

"No I'm not annoyed at all, that sounds really tough I'm sorry." He sounded sincere "That sounds like a stressfull situation."