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Tweak says, "Bite me, it's fun."

neytirisc (neytirisc) wrote in tsc_scenes,
@ 2013-12-05 09:15:00

Entry tags:

*palm beach south, banshee(npc), jake sully, neytiri, seze(npc)

Na'vi go exploring and swimming
Who: Jake & Neytiri
Where: Palm Beach
When: Week 0, Day 3
What: Exploring, search & recovery
Status: WIP

They had been for a swim first thing that morning, up at the village, before setting off. Afterwards, waving Juliet off up the road to Crossroads, and Micha setting off to explore the trail that lead to the north, around the edge of the harbour, Neytiri and Jake had started exploring the jungle to the south. Climbing through the vegetation for a couple of hours, the jungles here thicker, and closer to what they were used to from home, they had discovered more fruits and had picked a large quantity, that would last them for a good while. Neytiri had also found plants similar to home, that she could weave with, and make things she and Jake would want.

Just as they came back down from higher up the mountainside, Juliet had called in, having arrived in the town, and Jake had spoken with her. Neytiri laughed at him rolling his eyes at the woman over the radio.

Finally they had worked their way down to the beach, to find they were near the southern extremity, Jake had identified as nearly fourteen miles away from the village. Her mate quickly stripped off all the things he was carrying, dropping them on the sand and with a huge grin, had run across the sand.

Neytiri laughed as she watched Jake run toward the water again. His feet splashed through the shallows, tail lifted high as he started to lift his legs higher with each stride, bounding over the waves until he was deep enough to dive, punching through the face of a wave that was just starting to curl over and break. It reminded her for a moment of how different things were, how just a few days ago he had been cursing and cranky, fighting with a chair that was not his. While she was still tentative that those days were not completely gone, she again sent a silent prayer to Eywa that they would be blessed with their current health and state for as long as possible.

A shout from the water drew her attention back, her face breaking into a smile when she saw him waving from behind the waves.

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Na'vi go exploring and swimming

neytirisc
2013-12-13 08:17 pm UTC (link)

With a laugh she placed the fruit on the sand, along with her weapons, and followed him into the water. It was cool, refreshingly so after their climbing and searching through the thick jungle that climbed up the side of the mountain range. Just as Jake had, she dived into a wave, arms pulling strongly and legs kicking as she made her way beneath two more that rolled in, before surfacing. The saltiness had been a bit of a surprise to her when she'd first encountered it, back at the other place, but now it was becoming more familiar as she wiped the droplets from her eyes.

Looking around for Jake her head swung first one way, then the other, but couldn't see him. "Jake, where are you?!" she called out, looking behind her again, then starting to swim a little further out.

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Na'vi go exploring and swimming

skxawng_
2013-12-14 11:04 pm UTC (link)

Jake was swimming along under the water, investigating the rocks he'd almost stubbed his toes against while he'd been waving at Neytiri. There were all kinds of things living and crawling all over them, things he'd never really seen before that were stuck to the rock and had lots of wavy finger-things and things with pincers and all sorts.

He stayed down as long as he could, watching the different creatures and resisting the urge to touch any of them as he swam along, and then he realized that the rocks had gradually been getting closer to the surface of the water. Looking around when he surfaced, he frowned when he realized he was a lot closer to the cliffs than he'd thought. A little way in front of him, there were rocks breaking the surface so he swam over and sat on the edge of those, looking all round for his Mate before spotting her swimming on out to sea.

"Hey! Neytiri! Fitseng!" he yelled, before pushing his wet hair back from his face. There were rockpools all round him, full of all kinds of unknown things, and he couldn't resist poking at some of the wavy-finger things this time. He laughed when all the fingers got pulled into the main body of the whatever-they-weres, and then looked to see if he needed to yell over at Neytiri any more.

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neytirisc
2013-12-14 11:47 pm UTC (link)

Neytiri's ears swiveled when she heard Jake's voice coming from down the beach, and she stopped swimming, looking around until she saw him perched up on the rocks, looking at her. As she started to swim toward him she saw him start to explore the pools along the rocks, poking and laughing. When she finally reached the rocks and started up them she thought she heard something, stopping and looking over her shoulder up at the sky. She searched it, but couldn't see anything, so turned back to Jake, and what he had found in the rock pools.

"They are so tiny!" she declared, seeing one of the tube worms disappear into the plain coloured tube that was attached to a rock below the surface. "And only in the water," she added, after looking around where they were for signs of more life, but noticing there wasn't any.

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Na'vi go exploring and swimming

skxawng_
2013-12-16 12:10 am UTC (link)

Jake's ears flickered as Neytiri spoke, and he turned round to see what it was he could hear other than Neytiri talking about the tiny things. Scratching just behind his ear, he scanned the sky, the treeline and as much of the beach as he could see. His tail lashed in confusion when he couldn't make out anything, so he turned back to look at his Mate, stepping over a pool as he made his way back to where she was. "Did you hear something?"

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neytirisc
2013-12-16 04:04 am UTC (link)

Looking up from where she was crouched, Neytiri nodded, then stood, looking at Jake as he approached. "[Just before, yes, I thought I heard Seze,]" she replied, looking from Jake back up at skies again. She could see nothing, and the sounds of the ocean on the rocks and beach made it difficult to be sure of anything.

"[I miss Seze,]" she added, a little more quietly, eyes searching the skies for a few moments longer before she looked back at Jake, a little sadly. "[Eywa will watch over them both,]" she sighed, turning back to the pools.

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Na'vi go exploring and swimming

skxawng_
2013-12-17 11:10 pm UTC (link)

Jake moved to stand behind her once she was studying the rock pools again, both his hands resting on her shoulders. "[I thought I heard Banshee,]" he said quietly, "[so maybe there is something going on?]"

He moved his hands down to rest on Neytiri's waist, and lowered his head, tilting it just so before pressing a kiss to the side of her neck. "[They will be fine.] They're probably making Saphira very grumpy."

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neytirisc
2013-12-18 10:41 pm UTC (link)

She smiled, nodding as she felt his kiss. "[Saphira and Richie both,]" she replied. "[At least Seze is alive there,]" she added, which was some consolation, knowing that her ikran was not alive in her own world any longer, after the battle with the Sky People. "[It was... she was one of the things that was better, but I still miss ...]"

She stopped, ears turning as a break in the sets of waves washing up on the rocks meant it was quieter for a long moment. "Jake?" She turned and looked at him, then up at the sky. "Tìng mikyun!"

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