
18th of Ashan 719
Abaddon, it seemed, was a very lucky man. Fridgar had been stricken with terrible nightmares of late, and more often than not, those nightmares had sprung his totems into action. Stress and strong emotions often drew out his totems and they manifested his form at their own will while they were asleep. It would have been easy, far too easy, for Fridgar to shift into a Willow Redbear in his sleep and involuntarily smother or crush the smaller Lothar. Thankfully, though, Fridgar had remembered to drop his domain bag at the deepest part of the passage before falling asleep at the mouth of the cave with his wings tucked neatly against his back.
The entrance of the cave was a good twelve feet off the ground, which was made up of rocky, craggy coast. In that break of the morning, where the sun was rising, the tide had rolled in just a few feet from the lip of the cave's entrance. Each roll of the waves that spattered against the cliff face drew closer and closer to splashing the face of the drunk, unconscious Lothar. When a particularly large wave rolled in and slammed the cliff face, Fridgar had been laying on his front with his mouth open, dangling off the very edge of the cave. Disgusting salt water viciously attacked his open mouth and nostrils while he idly breathed. Fridgar winced, then coughed and sputtered before pressing full force into his hands to get away from the water. Reflexively, his wings spread and crashed against the roof of the cave as he hacked and grunted. "Fucking hell!" he yelled, then closed his wings and sat back flat on his arse.
He sat there for a bit or two while he rubbed his eyes and coughed up the last of the saltwater violently. With a groan and a sigh, he flexed his wings again and looked to them with curiosity. Transforming in their sleep was one thing they did often, but adapting? The pounding in his head suggested that they'd done it on a night out, however. Once they'd woken up a little more, he pressed to his feet and turned to fetch his loin cloth when they spotted a man, laying asleep on the sandy floor of their cave. For a moment or two, they were confused as all fuck and a hair's breadth from setting off in a violent explosion of claws and teeth, as would be the fate of any other man that trespassed on their territory. Then, thoughts of the night prior stirred in his pained head, they'd actually kidnapped this man while they were both turnt.
They could just about kick themselves for being so damn trigger happy, but no harm, no foul. The least they could do for kidnapping him would be to get him breakfast, so they took their domain bag and brought it closer to the front of the cave. After collecting the shark totem from the bag, they ran forward and cast a blinking portal right before them, Fridgar tumbled through and appeared a hundred feet out at sea, then plummeted to splash in the deep blue. At once, the shark totem sprung to life with the desire to swim and hunt, and the protean let it manifest over their form. They assimilated the totem as they transformed over the course of thirty trills, then swam into the depths. With beady black eyes that scanned the deep blue for any sign of movement and life, It wasn't long before they found a school of salmon, all swimming about in different directions. The chase was on.
Like a bullet, the shark took off toward the school. Immediately, they maneuvered around his charge and took to the left, he took chase, his gnashing jaws closing in quickly on them. Sure, he was larger and easier to swim around, but all he needed was for one of the big fish to make a wrong turn... and then...
Perhaps thirty bits later, the shark returned with a particularly plump salmon pressed firmly in his jaws. The tide was still high, getting back in would be a bother... But the bag was right at the mouth of the cave. If they could just get close enough. The shark edged closer, being cautious of the pull of the waves. Alas, Fridgar wasn't that good a swimmer and, quite easily, the water tricked them and pulled him with frightening force for the cliff face. At once, they cast unleash and unfurled into a Llewnos. She was still slammed against the cliff face, but they kept a firm hold of the salmon. As soon as the water relented, she gained her footing then reached her front paws up to the mouth of the cave and pulled herself from the water, dripping wet.
"Good morning." Fridgar's voice spoke in an echo from the feline as she lowered to lay on her stomach with the salmon in her jaws. She watched the man for a little while longer before she put the salmon down on the floor and licked her lips. "This is an 'I'm sorry for kidnapping you' present. I hope you like it."
Abaddon, it seemed, was a very lucky man. Fridgar had been stricken with terrible nightmares of late, and more often than not, those nightmares had sprung his totems into action. Stress and strong emotions often drew out his totems and they manifested his form at their own will while they were asleep. It would have been easy, far too easy, for Fridgar to shift into a Willow Redbear in his sleep and involuntarily smother or crush the smaller Lothar. Thankfully, though, Fridgar had remembered to drop his domain bag at the deepest part of the passage before falling asleep at the mouth of the cave with his wings tucked neatly against his back.
The entrance of the cave was a good twelve feet off the ground, which was made up of rocky, craggy coast. In that break of the morning, where the sun was rising, the tide had rolled in just a few feet from the lip of the cave's entrance. Each roll of the waves that spattered against the cliff face drew closer and closer to splashing the face of the drunk, unconscious Lothar. When a particularly large wave rolled in and slammed the cliff face, Fridgar had been laying on his front with his mouth open, dangling off the very edge of the cave. Disgusting salt water viciously attacked his open mouth and nostrils while he idly breathed. Fridgar winced, then coughed and sputtered before pressing full force into his hands to get away from the water. Reflexively, his wings spread and crashed against the roof of the cave as he hacked and grunted. "Fucking hell!" he yelled, then closed his wings and sat back flat on his arse.
He sat there for a bit or two while he rubbed his eyes and coughed up the last of the saltwater violently. With a groan and a sigh, he flexed his wings again and looked to them with curiosity. Transforming in their sleep was one thing they did often, but adapting? The pounding in his head suggested that they'd done it on a night out, however. Once they'd woken up a little more, he pressed to his feet and turned to fetch his loin cloth when they spotted a man, laying asleep on the sandy floor of their cave. For a moment or two, they were confused as all fuck and a hair's breadth from setting off in a violent explosion of claws and teeth, as would be the fate of any other man that trespassed on their territory. Then, thoughts of the night prior stirred in his pained head, they'd actually kidnapped this man while they were both turnt.
They could just about kick themselves for being so damn trigger happy, but no harm, no foul. The least they could do for kidnapping him would be to get him breakfast, so they took their domain bag and brought it closer to the front of the cave. After collecting the shark totem from the bag, they ran forward and cast a blinking portal right before them, Fridgar tumbled through and appeared a hundred feet out at sea, then plummeted to splash in the deep blue. At once, the shark totem sprung to life with the desire to swim and hunt, and the protean let it manifest over their form. They assimilated the totem as they transformed over the course of thirty trills, then swam into the depths. With beady black eyes that scanned the deep blue for any sign of movement and life, It wasn't long before they found a school of salmon, all swimming about in different directions. The chase was on.
Like a bullet, the shark took off toward the school. Immediately, they maneuvered around his charge and took to the left, he took chase, his gnashing jaws closing in quickly on them. Sure, he was larger and easier to swim around, but all he needed was for one of the big fish to make a wrong turn... and then...
Perhaps thirty bits later, the shark returned with a particularly plump salmon pressed firmly in his jaws. The tide was still high, getting back in would be a bother... But the bag was right at the mouth of the cave. If they could just get close enough. The shark edged closer, being cautious of the pull of the waves. Alas, Fridgar wasn't that good a swimmer and, quite easily, the water tricked them and pulled him with frightening force for the cliff face. At once, they cast unleash and unfurled into a Llewnos. She was still slammed against the cliff face, but they kept a firm hold of the salmon. As soon as the water relented, she gained her footing then reached her front paws up to the mouth of the cave and pulled herself from the water, dripping wet.
"Good morning." Fridgar's voice spoke in an echo from the feline as she lowered to lay on her stomach with the salmon in her jaws. She watched the man for a little while longer before she put the salmon down on the floor and licked her lips. "This is an 'I'm sorry for kidnapping you' present. I hope you like it."



