04-30-2008, 11:37 PM
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The work of humans was very foreign to Ari, of whom had been fascinated by the sheer size of ships and their ability to float on water, let alone dwellings. In the past, his den had been a cavern or very crude huts from thatched swamp grasses and mud. Nothing that would last through the elements as the buildings such as these in the new Insieme lands. Seeing as though there were only a handful of inhabitants, Ari had taken the liberty of taking one of the remaining houses, a smaller one, for himself and for his brother. The latter wasn't present most of the time, so it was mostly him, gathering in the sights and sounds of his new home.
Today he decided to head down to the shoreline, only a few minutes' walk from his makeshift home. He sat on the beach, wondering what to do for a few minutes, before haphazardly heading out into the water. He hadn't truly bathed in God knew when, so he took the liberty of washing his unruly mane of hair until the mats were washed away and he actually looked civilized. He meandered back to shore — noticing the current had swept him down a bit — and headed over to a rock pool to see how different he looked. What he saw surprised him. His hair was clean enough to where he could clearly see the streaks of blond — perhaps a gift from the father he had never known — slicing through it. He also looked a good deal older, and wiser. Far different from the backwards youth he had come to Jaded Shadows as. He sighed, rolling back on his heels and sitting down by the rock pool. He was tired of thinking of himself, and then busied himself studying the sea life in the rock pool. Urchins, starfish, minnows... Different from the wildlife he had been used to before. He was continuously learning.
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The work of humans was very foreign to Ari, of whom had been fascinated by the sheer size of ships and their ability to float on water, let alone dwellings. In the past, his den had been a cavern or very crude huts from thatched swamp grasses and mud. Nothing that would last through the elements as the buildings such as these in the new Insieme lands. Seeing as though there were only a handful of inhabitants, Ari had taken the liberty of taking one of the remaining houses, a smaller one, for himself and for his brother. The latter wasn't present most of the time, so it was mostly him, gathering in the sights and sounds of his new home.
Today he decided to head down to the shoreline, only a few minutes' walk from his makeshift home. He sat on the beach, wondering what to do for a few minutes, before haphazardly heading out into the water. He hadn't truly bathed in God knew when, so he took the liberty of washing his unruly mane of hair until the mats were washed away and he actually looked civilized. He meandered back to shore — noticing the current had swept him down a bit — and headed over to a rock pool to see how different he looked. What he saw surprised him. His hair was clean enough to where he could clearly see the streaks of blond — perhaps a gift from the father he had never known — slicing through it. He also looked a good deal older, and wiser. Far different from the backwards youth he had come to Jaded Shadows as. He sighed, rolling back on his heels and sitting down by the rock pool. He was tired of thinking of himself, and then busied himself studying the sea life in the rock pool. Urchins, starfish, minnows... Different from the wildlife he had been used to before. He was continuously learning.