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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:34 pm
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Green eyes stared intently down at the water from her perch atop a rock. Meera had found herself a little inlet by the ocean, relatively cornered off by tall boulders in the water, but still deep enough that it would be perfect...
For attempting to swim.
Speaking with some other Bahari had taught her that you would normally swim whenever you went into the water, rather than just letting it take you wherever it wanted like she'd done for the Ba'Ushufo, and that brought on the realization that she didn't actually know how to swim. Her previous experience with water had basically been around watering holes and, more recently, rivers - neither of which were very deep and didn't require a whole lot of effort on her part.
Well, the river had been a little more effort, and she had considered going to it to practice, since some sections were just deep enough for it.... but then she would have had to contend with the current as well. Baby steps, she told herself, baby steps.
So here she was, readying herself to dive into a small pool of water and give it a go.
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2018 10:47 am
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Meera stuck out her tongue as she started wiggling her backside, readying herself to leap in. The day wasn't getting any younger, after all.
With a yip, she hopped into the air, and, after a brief moment of weightlessness, plunged into lukewarm water. Another nice thing about the Bahari, she decided, was that the water here was never freezing. There was an almighty splash as she landed in the water, and the cheeton just floated there for a moment, looking gleefully at her surrounding underwater, before trying her hand at kicking with her feet to push herself around.
This was... harder than she thought it'd be, but after a few minutes, she managed to haul herself to a slightly less deep section. She was still on her toes, paddling with her front feet, but at least her head had popped out of the water. She would need to learn how to keep herself above water though. That was clearly her first problem.
It was while she was making circles in that spot that she finally noticed that she wasn't alone. Meera tried to grin at him, though it was somewhat muffled by her grunting as she paddled. "He... Hello!"
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:16 am
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It was sort of difficult to concentrate on talking while she was swimming, she discovered. Geez, the Bahari must be really good at this. They made it seem so natural. Oh well, she'd get it eventually, she was sure!
Grunting as she doggy paddled her way to the edge of a rock, Meera dug her claws into the hard surface to get her bearings. Not the best handhold in the world, but it'd work for the moment. Sliding herself around so she could look at the newcomer, she spoke again, this time with less gasping.
"I'm Meera, what's your name?" Because if there's anything she loves more than learning a new skill, it was meeting a new person, and he seemed friendly enough. Better than some of the Bahari who muttered behind other people's backs.
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:10 pm
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"It's nice to meet you too!" She laughed, "Well, I was in that festival the Bahari held recently, the uh," crap what was the name.... "The one where you get the blessing from the sea, but I wouldn't really call that swimming, I guess." She grinned, "It was super fun though! I want to learn how to actually swim now."
Meera started using her front legs to sway herself back and forth in the water, "Besides, I'm planning on coming back to visit when I can, and I want to be able to enjoy it to the fullest when I do."
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:29 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:34 am
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