OOC: Table & Coding © Sara; 382 words

Izaak was just out wandering about as he tended to do. So really it wasn't that strange to find him walking about with no real destination in mind. Actually that is what he always did. He was just a hapless wanderer. But that worked well enough for him. After all he had found Blitzen that way. He hadn't gone out looking for him but had just found him while he was wandering around and ended up coaxing him on home with him. And now he had the reindeer following him around as he walked about Inferni. He hadn't explored all of it yet. But it wasn't like he explored all of any of the lands yet. But he'd been a few places and met a few faces. Actually he hadn't even met everyone in Inferni yet either. But again he hadn't been actively seeking that one out either. Actually there was rarely anything that he did with a certain purpose to it. But that could be because he often couldn't focus on one thing to see it through to the end. His attention just didn't last that long.

With Blitzen at his side he eventually made his way to where fog rose up over the water. Well now, that was certainly a strange sight. He tilted his head as he made his way over to the water. "Was denkst du, dass ist, Blitzen?" He had made it a habit to talk to his pet more than himself now. At least that made him seem a light bit more sane than previously. At least he visibly had someone with him to speak to whereas before he was all by himself and carrying on a conversation. "Haben Sie gesehen, so etwas vor?" Again he was speaking to the reindeer. Whatever answer he may have been hoping for certainly wasn't about to come.

The child stepped right on over to the water and dipped a toe inside. "Es ist wirklich heiß." The comment was made but it didn't stop him from splashing right on in. "Komm Blitzen. Es fühlt sich gut." He called out the words to the reindeer when he realized it was just standing on the shore still. He reached to splash water up on the reindeer which caused Blitzen to back away.

OOC: Table & Coding © Sara; Did say it was for anyone; 505 words

Izaak had come from Germany so he was used to cold winters and snow. So the chill to the air didn't really bother him too much. And of course Blitzen wasn't fussed either because reindeer were able to withstand arctic temperatures. Actually their hooves hardened in order to deal with frozen ground. So the boys had nothing at all to worry about. Both were able to adapt to the colder weather easily enough. And with the way that Izaak ran around and burned up energy he often couldn't feel the cold at all because of how active he was. And with Izaak being active Blitzen was as well since he was always trailing after the coyote child.

Despite the rank that he had the boy had done nothing at all to earn it. It didn't even matter to him because he didn't work on the skill set that accompanied it. The only time that he was violent was during his blackouts. Otherwise he was a cheerful and happy little guy. But that was because he had no idea about the awful things that he had done. Actually there were a lot of things that he didn't know. All those little things that everyone else took for granted were among the things that Izaak knew nothing about. The basics of life were lost on him.

Blitzen moved from his spot and trotted around to a different park of the shore. It was hard to tell if he was just separating himself from the predator that had arrived or to get away from Izaak's splashing. After all the animal tended to stick close to Izaak when in the presence of others, keeping the coyote between himself and all others. And it was quite clear that he wasn't enjoying being splashed because he kept on shaking his head and body to rid it of the water. But Izaak didn't seem to understand this since he had kept on splashing water on his companion with a fit of giggles.

At least until he had noticed the female that had approached. Never having a real interaction with her he didn't recognize her in the slightest. "Hallo. Ich weiß nicht Geist." He replied with a shake of his head. As always he started out with German until he was told that the other couldn't understand him or that they were unable to speak the language. After all his English wasn't the best since grammar rules didn't apply to him. And well, he had an accent so that made it worse and harder to understand. It didn't stop him from trying though, at least on all the occasions that he had to try to speak English. And it wasn't like his mistakes were corrected for him to know any better anyways. Instead he just made the best with what he did know. He could at least carry on a conversation for the most part. That had to count for something at least. It wasn't like there was an impenetrable language barrier there.

OOC: Table & Coding © Sara; 325 words

Izaak was having fun with his little game. But then again he always found ways to entertain himself and keep himself amused. So why not splash about? Why not have some fun? Nothing was really expected of him anyways. Or at least no one had said to him that anything was expected of him. He wasn't asked to perform the duties of his rank. Heck, not like he could even if he was asked. So no, he just enjoyed himself with no sort of worries at all. Why should he? Life was about having fun anyways, wasn't it? Or at least that is the way that he saw it. What was the point of living if you couldn't enjoy yourself?

"German." He answered with a glance towards the female. He had paused in his splashing in order to focus on the other and answer her. "I says I noes mines." He translated what he had said the best that he could. English wasn't exactly his strong suit but he tried. Grammar and pronunciation was lost on him since he simply had trouble wrapping his tongue around some words because of his accent. He tried to make himself as understandable as he could though. But at least he could speak and understand English even if he didn't do the very best job of expressing himself in words.

Her next statement had him looking back to his caribou companion. "Blitzen plays." He said and splashed the reindeer again. The animal again shook off the water and sidled away a few steps but still he stuck close to the water's edge, stuck close to Izaak. Anyone else would have probably run away but not this animal. Instead he just bent his head down in order to nibble at the grass. After all Izaak was easily distracted. It had shown when the female had questioned him. He had only remembered Blitzen again because she had pointed out the reindeer.

OOC: Table & Coding © Sara; As was said, wanted to get this done for the prompt. Was going to go a couple more replies but the contest stole time so yes, you can choose to reply or to archive; 515 words

Perhaps physically they were near in age but who could say about mentally. After all they had been raised under different circumstances and in entirely different manners. There was no doubt that she was much more mature than he was. After all he was laughing and splashing about while she was more calm. He also spoke in a simple fashion. But perhaps that was just because he had to translate. After all he spoke better in German, actually using complete and correct sentences. He faltered in English though. But then again English was a second language for him so he really shouldn't be expected to be as adept at it.

The boy seemed lost in his own world, forgetting about the female when she wasn't speaking. But that was just the way that he was. He easily lost himself in his own amusement and would forget about the world around him. He would lose himself into his own things. He had quite the short attention span. Things of interest prompted him to forget about whatever he had been doing previously. Actually it was lucky that he hadn't lost interest in Blitzen and forgotten all about him. Though that could be because the animal moved and so that was enough to distract him from other things and attract his attention. Other things that he collected went forgotten about. All except for the tail that he had gotten from his brother. That one remained tied to his own tail at almost all times and was a cherished possession.

When Blitzen stepped away from the water, moving entirely out of splash range, it was obvious that he tired of the game. This prompted Izaak to start to climb out of the water. "Wohin gehst du?" He called out after the reindeer. The child had always used German whenever he spoke to the albino caribou. Whether what he said was actually understood or not was still debatable but Blitzen acted appropriately most times. But then it could only be prompted by Izaak's actions and tone as well. Still, he paused in following Blitzen to look back at the female as it was mentioned that his name had never been mentioned. "Yous noes asks." But then again he had never asked for hers either. But he was simply used to others coming and going all the time and never knowing their names. "Izaak." He gave his name and pointed to himself. He then pointed towards his companion to introduce him as well. "Blitzen."

With introductions over the boy pulled himself out of the water to see where Blitzen was going. "Warte auf mich!" He called out after the animal and took off running after the slow moving creature. It was quite possible that Blitzen had only gotten tired of standing around in one place and was just moving around to graze but with Izaak now out of the water and walking around the animal started to follow after the coyote. Or well they were actually walking side by side to who knew where, neither actually leading but both just walking.