Zavien
I'm going to change the world,
"Hmm... interesting. I wonder why?" The question was more aloud to himself than anything. He wasn't versed in plants and what made them grow in one place over another. Honestly, other than sunlight, he didn't know what they needed at all.
At Lena's question, he took a moment to investigate the red pool. Zavien walked around the edge, inspecting the surface. It wasn't clear like water, and the ripples seemed slow, almost like it was thick. Kneeling down, he was about to place a finger into the liquid when the scent hit him. The coppery tang was sharp and familiar, causing him to recoil slightly. Not sure if he was delusional, he forced his index into the warm pool before pulling it out to smear between his finger and thumb. It stained his finger a bright red, becoming sticky to the touch. He grimaced and glanced to Lena. "I might be crazy, but I think it's blood."
Zavien wiped the feeling onto his shirt and promptly decided he didn’t like the idea of having blood on him. So he proceeded to remove his shirt as he tried to ignore the strangeness of it all by continuing with a more joyous topic. "I finally got a quest from Nature Frey for my very own dragon!" He could barely contain the lift of his voice from the bubbling excitement. After all, he'd waited so long for this time, he could barely wait for the time to come. Moving back towards the normal waters, Zavien picked up another iridescent orange stone to add to the other one he'd already found. "This is one of the things the herald asked me to collect for the firepit I'll have to construct." At least that's what he understood about the assignment.
At Lena's question, he took a moment to investigate the red pool. Zavien walked around the edge, inspecting the surface. It wasn't clear like water, and the ripples seemed slow, almost like it was thick. Kneeling down, he was about to place a finger into the liquid when the scent hit him. The coppery tang was sharp and familiar, causing him to recoil slightly. Not sure if he was delusional, he forced his index into the warm pool before pulling it out to smear between his finger and thumb. It stained his finger a bright red, becoming sticky to the touch. He grimaced and glanced to Lena. "I might be crazy, but I think it's blood."
Zavien wiped the feeling onto his shirt and promptly decided he didn’t like the idea of having blood on him. So he proceeded to remove his shirt as he tried to ignore the strangeness of it all by continuing with a more joyous topic. "I finally got a quest from Nature Frey for my very own dragon!" He could barely contain the lift of his voice from the bubbling excitement. After all, he'd waited so long for this time, he could barely wait for the time to come. Moving back towards the normal waters, Zavien picked up another iridescent orange stone to add to the other one he'd already found. "This is one of the things the herald asked me to collect for the firepit I'll have to construct." At least that's what he understood about the assignment.
but today I'll just be a mermaid.
