LilypadsValley

Same for Lily's blog. See you in May for some big reveals about Lily's past!

Lilypad sits quietly on the edge of her pond, watching the way the unsettled dirt dances around the water, casting shadow over the shimmer of her scales. The valley had been lively as of late, she knows Rasmodius had noticed just as well. The town's population was surging with a sudden amount of humans, their zeal for nature drawn out by their exhaustion of inner city life. Not that Lilypad would understand such, the forest has always been her home- the forest and Rasmodius. He seemed troubled, and spoke of theories during her reading hours, of perhaps something drawing them there- something magical. She remembered questioning him on the possiblilty that some of them could be friendly enough to talk about it, that maybe even she could- but he stubbornly denied the thought of any of them coming near her. She knows his only goal was her safety, but the ponds water grew colder by the day when the only things you've to talk to are the fish you eat and the slimes that wander from the forest time to time. She doesnt even know what became of her birth family, she was lonely. She hid as she was told when humans were foraging around her home but she grew curious, and she toiled over what a liar she had been in the few people she had started meeting. She thought of the ones she had spied from her waters so far, mindlessly braiding reeds as she did so, quite blissfully unaware of her surroundings as she braided away.

Thea walked mindlessly through the forest, exploring the new area and hunting for foragables to sell. She had never really gone outside much back in the city, so being able to wander through a whole forest was an entirely new and exciting feeling. Earlier in the day she had seen a strange tower in the distance, and being full of this new feeling of adventure, decided to see what it was. But as she was walking along the river, something very peculiar caught her eye. What is that? She thought. It looked strange, not like any fish or bird she had seen before. She blinked, almost expecting the strange creature to disappear, but it didn’t. She hesitantly moved closer to it, trying to get a better view. It looked like- a girl? She shook her head. That’s silly! She thought. But as she looked closer, she realized it was something else. Suddenly, she let out a loud yelp, losing her footing and falling into the pond. I don’t know how to swim- Thea panicked as her mind filled with feelings of helplessness and dread. She frantically started splashing in the water, trying to get her face above water to call for help, but to no avail.

Lilypad jumps to attention at the sound of something or- someone yelping as they fall into the water. She's shaken by an anxious fear for a moment, but she collects herself enough to see the struggling creature in the water. With a soft gasp, she dives into the muddy pond, pushing herself forward and lifting the stranger up, wading with his strong tail until they reach the bank. She lays them out and looks over the human with a distinct curiosity, "What were you doing..?"

Lilypad sits quietly on the edge of her pond, watching the way the unsettled dirt dances around the water, casting shadow over the shimmer of her scales. The valley had been lively as of late, she knows Rasmodius had noticed just as well. The town’s population was surging with a sudden amount of humans, their zeal for nature drawn out by their exhaustion of inner city life. Not that Lilypad would understand such, the forest has always been her home- the forest and Rasmodius. He seemed troubled, and spoke of theories during her reading hours, of perhaps something drawing them there- something magical. She remembered questioning him on the possiblilty that some of them could be friendly enough to talk about it, that maybe even she could- but he stubbornly denied the thought of any of them coming near her. She knows his only goal was her safety, but the ponds water grew colder by the day when the only things you’ve to talk to are the fish you eat and the slimes that wander from the forest time to time. She doesnt even know what became of her birth family, she was lonely. She hid as she was told when humans were foraging around her home but she grew curious, and she toiled over what a liar she had been in the few people she had started meeting. She thought of the ones she had spied from her waters so far, mindlessly braiding reeds as she did so, quite blissfully unaware of her surroundings as she braided away.

Lilypad's tail swayed gently in in the water behind her, splashing now and then from the way she waded in the shallow bank water. She pushed herself up closer to the quite confusing stranger, tilting her head. "From.. yours? Do you wield magic like my father...? I don't know how to summon things, I'm still just learning alchemical potion recipes." As she speaks she takes and inspects the other's hand, comparing theirs to Rasmodius in her mind. "My name is Lilypad."