March break, even for the Pendragons.

<font color='#A8A8A8'>Day : 43rd
Month : Dyo
Year : Year 2

<center>ooc: Before I begin, I just want to say that I'm starting this with a character not yet validated by a moderator on the Character Profiles thread. So don't bother searching for his description yet. I'll try and explain a bit about him in this post.

bic: Dawn was breaking. As the sun rose, a great light fell upon the granular sand across the land. Walking along the beach, water sliding up to sable ankles was a young but determined Pendragon. His head was held high. Independant on this seemingly deserted beach, the pensive Nelson Kiro wandered alone. A stygian glow in the water allured him towards it. But as he approached it, he realized that it was far away, deep into the water - he'd need to swim for it. His eyes narrowed and his nostrils flared for one last time as he submerged himself into the chilling water. As for his flame tail, it simply became so hot, that it would literally burn underwater. Nelson lazily swam for the tenebrous void, now much clearer to him. It seemed to be a large split on the floor of the sea. This intrigued him...And if it got too dark, his flame tail was always there, and the sun was coming out anyway. He went in to explore.

edit: okay, now his profile's up. :P</font>

 

<font color='#A8A8A8'><center>Nelson entered the black canyon. It illuminated brightly as he submerged deeper, the sun's rays not traversing this far into the water. The rock walls were completely flat with many cracks along the walls. Tiny bubbles came out of these splits in the walls by the millions, so this underwater cave was pretty new - most likely caused by a recent earthquake. He picked up speed as he went deeper into the ocean. Nelson turned around for one last time, as if to check if he had been seen by someone or something else. He caught glimpse of a bright gid..but gids were common near the shores, right? He passed it off as a curious creature, not thinking of other possibilities.

As he got further from the surface, his air supply began running out. Now, this was usually a well-kept secret of Nelson's..but he wanted to find out where this void led to rather than surfacing for air. He forgot the gid, let out all remaining air in his lungs through his nose, and stretched his ears away from his head, and as his royal blue hair fluttered away from around his head and neck in the water, three gills were visible on each side of his head. So now he breathed freely without the need of getting out of the water.</font>

 

<font color='#CCCCCC'>Out of the somber depths, violent vibrations caused the damaged walls of the canyon to crumble. Noticing this, he thought that maybe there were going to be aftershocks. Nelson turned on a dime and swam for the surface. The last thing he wanted was to be trapped underneath a pile of rocks. He then saw another distinct form ahead of him as he slid through the water - another Pendragon. Someone had been following him? That gid was most likely him, which would explain the flaming tail. He saw Spektar speaking, but could not make out any of the words because they were underwater and the rumbling of the rocks beneath him was deafening. But Nelson was escaping far too fast to be able to understand anything. He passed the mouth of the void, now seeing sunlight penetrating the water. The sky was bright. He was still quite oblivious to the Cruorken trailing behind him as he finally surfaced and closed his gills. He looked around, looking for Spektar.</font>

 

<font color='#CCCCCC'>Nelson saw a splash, and saw Spektar's head. "What??," he asked, ducking his head just beneath the water. He screamed underwater, sending bubbles to the surface. He spiralled slightly underwater and swam for the beach in a corkscrew-like pace. He went as fast as a fish as he twirled just beneath the water and as he touched shore, he stumbled a bit on the sand, in water that flooded up to his knees - enough water for a Cruork to beach himself on and catch him. Nelson was dizzy from his sudden dash to the beach in such a dizzying manner, that he simply couldn't stand up. He fell on his side, his back facing the water, so he would be completely oblivious to anything coming up behind him. He blinked a few times, hearing another wave hitting the shore. He rolled over and saw a large, dark form lunging for him, a Cruork. He screamed and scrambled to his feet, almost tripping about five times trying to get out of the water. Nelson escaped</font>

 

<font color='#CCCCCC'>Nelson staggered to shore, exhausted from the ordeal. He fell once again forwards, the front of his chest slamming into the ground, followed by the rest of him. His heart slowly stopped pounding as he realized he was safe, and the first thing that came to mind was Spektar. The sable Pendragon rose to his feet and shook himself of most of the water and sand on him and looked around, finally seeing Spek' lying in the sand as waves rhythmically engulfed the ground around him continually. Nelson's senses returned to him completely as he padded towards Spek's motionless form. "Hey?" He pushed at Spek's side with a paw, and realizing he was still breathing but unconscious and wounded, he pulled him out of the water onto the beach. It was pretty cold, so Nelson could only hope that Spektar would wake up soon.</font>

 

<font color='#CCCCCC'>"Yea, I'm fine," Nelson replied. "You don't look so well..." he continued, standing above him. "Don't strain yourself, stay here." Nelson finished as he began walking away, off the beach. He had to get something to help Spektar out, he had saved his life. He gathered wood and brought it back to the beach, beside Spek', dug a hole in the sand, put the twigs and sticks into the whole and lit it with his tail flame. Immediately, a large flame erupted but died down after emmiting a few sparks. A small but warming fire burned the little amount of wood he had brought to the beach, so he went straight back into the brush and searched for more wood.</font>

 

<font color='#CCCCCC'>"Really? I think it would be pretty risky to go back. But if you saw treasure in your dream, maybe it's a sign of some sort. I'm willing to go back if you do too." Nelson stepped towards the sea, slightly apprehensive.</font>

 

<font color='#CCCCCC'>Nelson nodded and followed, slightly disapproving of Spektar taking lead. He shrugged and submerged himself in the water, diving for the somber, seemingly endless crevice. This time, Nelson wasn't carefree - his eyes shifting incessantly and watching the walls for vibrations or any signs of approaching danger, as well as listening closely. He kept a close eye on Spektar as well. Who knows? Nelson didn't exactly trust him, even though he saved his life. A slight apprehension gripped at him. Had Spektar taken him into this trap, saved him as if to show friendship? Could he really have dreamed about the treasure, not knowing about it? Or had he been there before? Nelson shivered, trying to shake off the thought. T'was just an unlikely possibility.</font>

 

<font color='#CCCCCC'>ooc: One thing. Please divide your paragraphs into sentences rather than making really long, extended ones.

bic: Nelson could only follow, watching his surroundings. He began seeing the floor of the cave. It became clearer and clearer. He let himself fall to the floor of the cave and as his paws hit the ground, sand raised all around him. He used his tail to look around. Walls with tunnels in them. He turned to Spek'. { Now what? Which tunnel? }</font>

 

<font color='#CCCCCC'>{ Alright, thought not. Let's just go check each one. } He went for the first one, his movements greatly slowed down by the water. So he jumped off the sand and swam inside. The tunnel ended quickly at a dead end. A few old bones lay scattered in the sand. Nelson turned around and signaled that there wasn't anything in the first tunnel, and inquired with a hand gesture if Spek' wished to continue their undersea treasure-hunt.</font>