WHAT THE WATER GAVE ME — open, intro

Joining a clan was a lot easier than Tady thought it'd be. The other animals at the zoo he originated from, had described them as foul, uptight creatures that would have made him prove his loyalty lest he be banished, or even worse, maimed. However, they had all been stuck behind the plexi-glass walls of a tree-filled enclosure for several years, so while their knowledge wasn't exactly false, it was... outdated. In fact, he had been approached by one of the clanners before he even reached the border, some unimportant NPC on their way back from wherever, and their exchange took about two minutes before all of a sudden, the snow monkey was now a fresh member of the Rift. Tugging his faux-fur coat tighter around himself, the macaque soon settled back onto all four legs and clambered after his new clanmate, calling in a thick Eastern accent, "Wait for me!" They didn't really slow down for him, but he managed to catch up anyway, pink face quickly reverting into an expression of wonderment as he camp upon the Rift's camp. "Wow..." Was that a lighthouse? He'd seen lighthouses in pamphlets before, but never in real life.

There were so many places to go and see. He didn't know which one he wanted to run to first. The village over there? Maybe he should have explored the lighthouse first. Or perhaps it was a better idea to meet some of his clanmates first. What to do...? Oh, this was so conflicting. Closing his eyes and sitting back on his hind legs, one bedazzled finger pointed at the horizon, Schenectady muttered quickly, "Eeny meeny miney moe..." When he finished, his finger had landed on the lighthouse. "Lighthouse it is." And so, Tady began to wander towards it, hazel eyes lit up and blown wide as he soaked up the sights.