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    [fancypost borderwidth=0px; height: 290px; width: 160px; background:url(http://i.imgur.com/cQSe2C4.png);][/fancypost][font=georgia][color=#4DD5CC]minaiben lavellen + single lady [fancypost borderwidth=0px; bgcolor=; width: 350px; overflow: auto; height: 300px;][justify][font=verdana]It was chilly, and the days got colder as time went on. The halla had been very young last winter, but she was excited for yet another - her longish fur kept her relatively warm, and she wasn't awful at wintertime balance. But once the water was frozen over, you couldn't swim! And since Minaiben didn't know how to swim, she needed to rectify this immediately.




    So, despite the chill of the day and the frigid quality of the water, Minai gave herself a head start and charged into the water, parting the current and sending up streams of water to her sides and behind her.
    [color=#4dd5cc]"Holy frock, it's cold!"




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    [fancypost bgcolor=; borderwidth=0px; bordercolor=; width: 375px;][justify]"If it's cold, then why would you even bother jumping in? Common sense," Juliet huffed, watching Minai swim about. She wasn't going to get a cold and possibly frighten her parents. She was all for bothering them, but she also hated getting sick.
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    [size=7pt]★ - name in skyblue - [color=skyblue]★[/size]

    [fancypost borderwidth=0; width: 480px; font-size: 11pt][justify][color=black]"Gotta agree there," the serval would agree as he trotted forward. [color=black]"Hey, you can't grow stronger without pain," Hades would say philosophically. "Shut up," Nico would return as he trotted up beside Juliet, giving the female a strange look. [color=black]"Who are you?"


    [spoiler=tags][color=black]information
    nico harbringer-resurgam - keroberos xx nova - four moons old - ages one moon every fifty posts - boneclan - formerly of the purgatory - kitten - based of nico diangelo - cynical and bitter - possessed by hades - male - he/him - homosexual - homoromantic - single - not actively seeking boyfriend - #tasnicohr


    [color=black]battle tags
    medium - ask for capture - no kill - pm for private battle - attack in [color=black]bold black - does not usually attack


    [color=black]powers
    ability to see spirits - invisibility


    [color=black]bodies
    black serval (m)

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    [fancypost borderwidth=0px; bgcolor=; width: 350px; overflow: auto; height: 300px;][justify][font=verdana]Because I feel disgusting.
    "Gotta learn how to swim somehow, and it won't get warmer!"
    The halla announced, not wanting to dwell on the way her skin crawled. Instead, she tried to make this a happier thing, like she was just focused on learning something new. No need to hint at things that were already long done, things that scared her. Her brown gaze fixed on the two Bones on shore, smiling and ignoring the way her teeth chattered.
    [color=#4dd5cc]"M-Maybe don't join me, s'cold!"

    		 Hypothermia wasn't real in Minaiben's world, the water numbing her. It seemed once she was at shoulder height, she was reluctant to pass further.




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    [fancypost bgcolor=; border-top: 0px dotted black; border-left: 4px dashed #1A1212; border-bottom: 0px dotted black; border-right: 4px dashed #1A1212; overflow: auto; height: 140px; width: 375px;][justify][size=9pt]Now why would someone even bother swimming in cold water? Ally shrugged as she walked by, quirking a single eyebrow. Her long, golden fur coat kept her snuggly warm, and she wouldn't want to risk getting it soaked in freezing water. The leopardess sat down near nobody in particular, nodding her agreements. "Maybe you could ask someone with elemental powers to warm up the water?" It was just a thought that popped into her head. But who in Boneclan even had elemental powers? There had to be someone who did.


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    [fancypost borderwidth=0px; width:350px; font-family: helvetica; font-size:11px; color:white; text-align:justify;]"Uh, would - should I get a blanket for you?" Asked the feline as he padded up, a small frown tugging at his features. How anyone could tolerate such cold water boggled his mind. He could barely handle room temperature water, seeing as his fur took a while to dry and eventually the water would just get cold anyway. "You sh-should get out of there before you get sick." He then stated with a flick of his tail.


    Even if she wanted to learn how to swim, there were much better things to do than learn such a skill in the colder seasons. Like not freezing to death. He didn't know how to swim either, but he sure as hell wasn't going to try now.
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    [size=20pt]ETERNITE-MORTIS-EREBUS
    [size=8][font=andale mono][color=white][glow=black,2,300]The Noblelands • Hard
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    [justify][size=10][color=#0099cc][font=andale mono]"If you can't handle a little bit of cold water, I seriously question your... usefulness." Ululare barked before taking a running jump into the body of water, splashing it everywhere. He had always enjoyed swimming.

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    [fancypost borderwidth=0px; bgcolor=; width: 350px; overflow: auto; height: 300px;][justify][font=verdana]From one brown eye the halla watched the approach of Allyson and Kaiju. The former spoke of using powers, though she only knew a few people who could warm the water. Sam was away and Tauriel was... not herself, not to the extent she would have to be for Minaiben to be comfortable with. She opened her jaw to speak, but shut it as Kaiju spoke.


    A blanket? Well, she'd probably be freezing once she left the water, though only chest down. The rest of her would be fine, which wouldn't be right. It'd be odd to be too warm in one place and too cold in another, so obviously she had to rectify this issue. Head turned to the shore, Minaiben took into consideration all suggestions brought up to her.
    [color=#4dd5cc]"I won't bother anyone to warm the water for me, so it would be better for me to leave the river wouldn't it. That's a decent suggestion - now, excuse me as I proceed to do the opposite of what I should do and immediately regret it."

    		 Without further hesitation, the ungulate launched into the water, submerging her head for a moment. Soon enough, she resurfaced, looking a little bit dazed by the rush of water, the loss of ground below her hooves. Turns out halla could swim.




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    [fancypost borderwidth=0px; width:350px; font-family: helvetica; font-size:11px; color:white; text-align:justify;]The male mouthed a silent 'oh god' as the halla went underneath the surface of the water, yet the smile on his face pushed away any assumption that he was disappointed in Minaiben's actions. "Alri-right then. Suit yourself." Kaijū said under his breath as he shook his head. The Joint was good for a smile, but some of her actions did worry the boy a bit. What if one of her rash decisions got her killed or seriously hurt one day?
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    [fancypost borderwidth=0px; bgcolor=; width: 350px; overflow: auto; height: 300px;][justify][font=verdana]As soon as she had gone under, the halla made her way back to where she could stand with the wat flowing just over her back. Teeth clattered in herbivore's jaws, and if you could see her skin below her fur it would have had a tinge of blue to it. As she spoke, she somehow managed not to clatter in between words, her stutter minimal.
    [color=#4dd5cc]"Aaand there's the regret."

    		 She laughed, choosing to stay in the water as she figured it would be warmer than leaving at this point. To those still on shore, she sent a shaky smile and a wink, nothing more to either expression than the desire to entertain a laugh or two out of someone.
    [color=#4dd5cc]"Moral of the story - something about stubbornness, something something cold."




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    DEZERAY
    getting high and getting wrecked


    Dezeray was not a fan of swimming. She was not a fan of water, either. When she had been only four months old, bombs had blown up BoneClan's (going by The Insignia at the time) former home- the cruise ship- and Dez had had to jump into the water and swim away. So, yeah, her first experience with swimming hadn't been all that great. And, therefore, she was definitely not going into the water if it was fucking cold. She didn't like going into water anyway. "Oookay, Minai, first of all- there is no such thing as a holy frock, alright? Frocks are not holy. Or, at least, I don't think they are. Are they? Second, if the water is freezing, maybe you can try learning to swim in the spring?" Dezeray called, her large ears swiveling forwards. Though spring was a long ways away, it would bring warmer waters that wouldn't potentially gave Minaiben hypothermia.


    [size=11px]currently a halla ☆ staff appearance ☆ information ☆ powers ☆ [abbr=mutated white elk (halla - birth body, current body) / brown tabby / brown, furred, coyote-sized dragon / regular coyote]bodies[/abbr] ☆ tags[/size]

    [justify][size=11px]Samriel had elemental powers; should they want him to, he could easily warm up the water, and that way, they could learn how to swim without potentially dying from the chill. The halla looked rather dismayed as he approached, not wishing to try the water himself, considering he was a smart little herbivore whom knew his limits. " Minai, would you like me to warm the water up? " as he spoke, he touched a hoof to the water, despite the frigid state of it, and aimed to heat it up to a less life-threatening level, ebony eyes unimpressed. " I know you're a strong, independent woman, Minai, but this is vacuous behaviour. " he now spoke in the mother hen tone, shaking his head in dismay. " What were you thinking? "
    [size=2px][color=transparent] #samlavellan

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    [fancypost borderwidth=0px; bgcolor=; width: 350px; overflow: auto; height: 300px;][justify][font=verdana][color=#4dd5cc]"Wait, what's a frock? I just said it because I thought it sounded like fu - hi Sam."

    		 Minaiben kept her swearing to a minimum for the sake of her older brother, though her wink to Dezeray said what she thought it meant, even beyond the sudden embarrassment on her face. Her brown gaze flicked momentarily to Samriel, but at the dismay on his face she decided the ground was far more interesting. Look, how it didn't have expressions or worry about her, how it didn't make her feel like she should have been trying harder. The water warmed about her, to a temperature that didn't leave her shivering and cold - but was it worth the almost disappointment (maybe it was, maybe she was overreacting) that she could feel being drilled into her head?




    No, it wasn't his fault. She was being stupid, worrying about something that was done. That was the point, wasn't it? Keep doing things so she didn't have to relive it again. Minaiben couldn't worry Sam more than she did already: her grin resumed its existence upon her face and she lifted her gaze back to the other halla.
    [color=#4dd5cc]"I thought it was time to learn how to swim. What if I fall through ice this winter? Gotta know how!"




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    [size=11px]currently a halla ☆ staff appearance ☆ information ☆ powers ☆ [abbr=mutated white elk (halla - birth body, current body) / brown tabby / brown, furred, coyote-sized dragon / regular coyote]bodies[/abbr] ☆ tags[/size]

    [justify][size=11px]Samriel exhaled, shaking his head- " No, no, never mind. I shouldn't have to- " he was doing it again, was he not? That- that thing that was precisely the reason why she seemed so shifty around him, that perpetually disappointed, mothering tone and expression that he knew she probably hated. Perhaps he ought to just- just- for the first time in a long time, Samriel wished for the earth to swallow him up for a reason concerning his family. He'd always been content around blood, but now ... He wished to blink out of existence, despite her now-cheery expression, because he knew it was forced for him.


    It made him feel guilty, too, sometimes. He wanted nothing more than for her to be safe and happy, and she tended to get herself into situations that thus cancelled out one of his two, simple wishes. There was nothing else he wanted; for his sister to live a fulfilled life was a desire that seemed to eat away at his own self-care, and he oft neglected himself in favour of thinking, and then, suddenly, it was time to socialise, or seek out Minai, for she was undoubtedly doing something unusual. He could skip days of eating, miss out on sleep, fail to groom himself (hence why he was glad many of his bodies were short-furred -- low maintenance hid his lack of care), and he hardly noticed, really. He did not like himself much.


    " Falling through the ice does sound like something that could happen to you, though, provided it was a bird's fault, Minai. " Samriel replied softly with a touch of humour.
    [size=2px][color=transparent] #samlavellan

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    [fancypost borderwidth=0px; bgcolor=; width: 350px; overflow: auto; height: 300px;][justify][font=verdana]She kept her grin on, refusing to cause too much concern for others. Especially Samriel - he worried too much, and it made guilt well in her chest, accompanying all the other shit that tended to make itself at home in her mind and heart. She left the water, shaking off the excess and almost wistfully wishing she could be cold. At least it'd be something.
    "Thanks Sam, glad to know you've finally begun to understand the campaign of birds against your sister."
    She joked in return, feeling a little hollow despite herself. She paused near her brother, as if about to poke him with her nose or something, but there was the slightest flash of panic in her gaze and she didn't move any closer.
    [color=#4dd5cc]"Next time, you should swim too."

    		 She attempted to cover up her lapse with a pathetic bit of small talk. Her gaze flicked away, instead focusing on the others. Maybe someone would say something, break this awkward tension whether imagined or real.




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