MAEA
Finding a person in the Greatwoods was no easy feat. Finding even a path was difficult, let alone a single individual fully capable of moving about, and in the LongHeat sun the task was made hot, difficult and rather unpleasant. After she'd been spat out of the forest for the third time - this time by the edge of a rushing river - Maea decided to take a break.
Sweating under the black rags she'd wrapped around herself to protect her pale skin from the sun, she wandered along the steep banks of the river, enjoying the cool moist air. It was a nice contrast to the dense, breathless heat beneath the trees. Her senses prickled at the presence of the water, the magic singing in tune with the lapping waves and swirling eddies. Reaching out would be only too easy. What could she not accomplish with so much of it to work with? The possiblities were endless... but she made a point of not trying to explore the limits of her growing gifts just now. Abstaining from using her spark was a trial in itself, and seemed very fitting as she was looking to proceed with a task Ludo had set for her.
Her attention was drawn to the sound of splashing water and laughter up ahead. Walking upstream, Maea came upon one of the stranger sights she'd seen in her life. Sunjata was there, with Haai in tow, and they were busy playing. Only, the man was half... fish? Partly submerged in the river, holding a basket.
The laughter escaped her before she could stop herself, and belatedly she tried to mask it as a cough, a hand over the mouth to hide the grin.
"Have you caught the sun yet?" she called over the rush of water, eyes glittering with mirth as she gazed down upon the pair.
Sweating under the black rags she'd wrapped around herself to protect her pale skin from the sun, she wandered along the steep banks of the river, enjoying the cool moist air. It was a nice contrast to the dense, breathless heat beneath the trees. Her senses prickled at the presence of the water, the magic singing in tune with the lapping waves and swirling eddies. Reaching out would be only too easy. What could she not accomplish with so much of it to work with? The possiblities were endless... but she made a point of not trying to explore the limits of her growing gifts just now. Abstaining from using her spark was a trial in itself, and seemed very fitting as she was looking to proceed with a task Ludo had set for her.
Her attention was drawn to the sound of splashing water and laughter up ahead. Walking upstream, Maea came upon one of the stranger sights she'd seen in her life. Sunjata was there, with Haai in tow, and they were busy playing. Only, the man was half... fish? Partly submerged in the river, holding a basket.
The laughter escaped her before she could stop herself, and belatedly she tried to mask it as a cough, a hand over the mouth to hide the grin.
"Have you caught the sun yet?" she called over the rush of water, eyes glittering with mirth as she gazed down upon the pair.
