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squidgod (squidgod) wrote in spinningcompass,
@ 2020-05-21 11:07:00

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kai akua, zatanna

Who: Kai and Zatanna
Where: Wheel 4 park
What: Happy birthday!
When: Morning hours
Rating: Low probably
Open: Please ask first
Status: Unfinished

Kai was sitting on a rock at the shore - if you could even call it that - of the lake. He had started to move between the areas of water on the station. Wheel 5's lake had been expanded and Kai was glad for it. It was tempting to expand it more. But all the god knew was water and once released, it claimed what it was free to claim. He was too weak to bind it further and he doubted that he would want to. The ocean should be free as much as the creatures in it. The god - as so often - dived head first into a pit of longing. He wished the times of the seafarers still existed... back when he had still meant something to him. When all he had been responsible for was the ocean... Christianity had taken that from him. The prayers and the devotion was gone. He was needed by no one.

Self-pity permitted the god from noticing the small cat that approached him. It was too deep of a trap and gods were easy victims. Especially the old ones... Nandi had been better at adapting. She had embraced humanity's changes while Kai himself had moped. Still did. It was hard to change your ways when you had had them for so long.

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backwardstalk
2020-05-21 03:43 am UTC (link)

"Is this the part of the park where we stare off into the water in a brooding manner?" The tuxedo cat asked, stopping at the edge of the water to stretch, first her front half and then her back. Of course, she couldn't just sit there after her stretch, the spell had included a red dotted bowtie and before her fuzzy bottom got too comfortable on the ground, one back leg came up and she scratched at the skin under the tie. "I've managed to lose most of my dignity at this point so I'm hoping that at least trying to look enigmatic might save me. Cats are supposed to look inscrutable, aren't they? I don't know how they do it."

She dropped down from her sitting pose to something closer to what was called a loaf, with her feet tucked up under her, and she sniffed lightly at the water. "Screw it, do you think anyone would mind if I murdered an obnoxious scouser and tossed him in there? He's skinny so it wouldn't be hard to weigh him down so he wouldn't float."

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squidgod
2020-05-21 04:17 am UTC (link)

At first, Kai was not amused at choice of words. He felt he was being made fun of... the god did not like that. A second later he had Nandita's voice in his head, making fun of him for exactly the same reason. He sighed... it was a good reason.

His mood was further lightened at the next part of her speech. And then... there was the fact that it was a magical cat talking to him. The magic surrounding the feline was impossible to overlook. He was reminded of the times when some of his children had abandoned him and roamed through the forests of Aotearoa. Some simply had no appreciation for the true realm of life.

"You can be my guest... as long as they do not come back, I do not mind the dead." His voice was solemn and only a sparkle in his eyes betrayed his amusement. "If I might make the observation, you have picked a peculiar form to be in. Most would choose something more impressive. I personally would suggest the form of a dolphin or a shark."