Breathing Underwater (Ch. 9: Day One)Vince got up early the next morning, careful not to disturb Aestus. Man...Aestus...he still could not believe she was here. Just like that! A newly reborn Lontra! But, her lack of a will to talk much about how it had come to happen did not sit well with Vince at all. There was something off. Something wrong. He could feel it. Which was why he was up so early. Before his shift would start that day, he would go and see Turquoise, and get what Aestus would not give him. Answers. He hated leaving her...just when a possible life was starting here and now for them...but he had to make sure she was going to be safe...He left Aestus the
Breathing Underwater (Ch. 8: Aestus' Decision)Lan looked back to the Lontra, approaching her, guiding her out of any public eye, she once again gave a yell to Kai “Kai! Blanket! Something for cover at least! NOW!”Kai finally shook himself from whatever trance he was in with the naked Lontra before him and went to find something to cover her up with. Lan sat her down behind a wall near the cooking area. She knew it likely wasn't the best place to seat this Lontra, but it was better than at a table out in the open where anyone could have seen her. “You said you're looking for Vince?” Lan asked.She nodded. “I...I'm so sorry to come in like this...I j
Breathing Underwater (Ch. 7: Bargains and Souls)A few months passed by after the incident with Lynks and Kai. Needless to say, Vince took necessary precautions he felt were necessary to protect his room better in the months that followed. He had also gone to a few of the work get-togethers as he said he would. He still spent most of his time with Aestus, and was thankful he did. He guessed when you told a couple people you loved a Merkuran, people had a natural tendency to be curious. At these parties, though he would be careful who he spoke with, sometimes Kai and Lynks would speak with him, under alcoholic influence. Vince, having quit alcohol four years back, Vince politely re
Breathing Underwater (Ch. 6: Private Matters)The environment of the ocean always calmed Vince down. The smell of the salt air, the sound of the waves breaking on the sand, the feeling of the water as it washed against his legs toward him, and away from him as if trying to pull him into it's clutches. He smiled at the thought, but mainly smiled at the simple thought of his lover who lived in it. She was laying with him on the sand right now. Her light blue body cuddled up along his dirty brown body. He didn't know how long they had been like this. Tonight seemed like a very calm night. A night they had not had for a while. Maybe since the first days of their relationship.They