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Kelinor staggered slightly as she found herself suddenly waist deep in water. The scream of transition turned into a faint gasp as the cold water surprised her, and then she closed her mouth, staring in wonder at the landscape around.
Teal'c scampered up to her shoulder, as far from the clear water as possible. His owner put her hand up absently to pet him, still absorbed in her surroundings. This was incredible! But where... would you find creatures here? Apart from little fish, she added silently, looking down to where her legs appeared wobbly and rippled beneath the water and the small things darting here and there. She attempted to move forward, scrunching up her face slightly as she realised the ground was not completely solid; then twisted to look behind her as she heard a new noise.

[ EDIT: gonk Lunch break. Be back soon. ]

The water didn't seem so cold now, and Kel-chan grinned as she saw another from the clearing arrive.
"Why didn't we think of that, this age being called Oceania and all?" She replied, referring to the comment. "Maybe we have plastic bags? And when the person with the Myst linking book comes trough, we can always go get some fishbowls... right?"

A few avians wheeled overhead in the clear sunny sky, and the redhead squinted into the sun as she looked around.
"The others are coming, aren't they?"
Teal'c chittered lightly in her ear.

N'rris materialized and sent a menacing hiss towards the two foolish shes that had come before him. Having been in this world before, under Atrus' care, he knew enough to know that such foolish mistakes could get you grieviously wounded here.

Shooting one last disdained look at the two-legs, he paddled to the platform that held the journal. Shaking off the water from his coat and each limb in turn, he set to licking himself dry and waited for his charge to appear.

At least she wasnt so foolish... he hoped.

Wyvern came next and gasped when the cold water seeped into her skin. Seeing the cat on dry land, she scampered over to him, wringing out her clothes as much as possible and wondering why they couldn't have gone to some place warmer...

Zane had arrived, though no one knew it. He wasn't very tall and the water was above his head. Breathing a lungfull of the chilly water, Zane became disoriented and flopped and splashed in an attempt to right himself.

Having materialized right after Zane, Quinn was suprised that she didnt see him. The splashing immediately before her baffled her until she saw a black paw flailing. Gasping, she ducked under the chill surface and hugged her friend tightly and then stood, water dripping heavily from both of them.

Luckily, his pack had been well secured and they lost none of their cargo, though it was sodden. Quinn was happy she had thought to pack things in Ziplocs after learning they were headed to a water world.

Kissing the Kanin, she drapped him over her shoulders and trudged up to the platform where N'rris waited. He sat next to an old book, peering at her meaningfully.

Kel-chan looked a little guilty as she realised that not everyone had followed her. But the bizarreness of the Age made her forget that, the sunny ocean world such a difference from the twilit forest grove she had been in moments before.

Hefting her pack, a little chagrined to realise the bottom of it was wet, she decided to do a lot of looking, not touching. She didn't want to get into more trouble... Quinny was over by the pedestal, the one with the tattered book upon it. If Quinny was there, with her guardian as well, she couldn't be told off for looking... wading through with difficulty, she beckoned to Epine and squished over to some dry land, Teal'c hopping with a squeak onto the blessedly dry land.

"Whoosh," Wyvern commented to nobody in particular. Shading her forehead with a hand, she scanned the horizon, just drinking it all in: the spires, the pedestals, and the ocean that seemed to stretch on to eternity. "I bet this place orgasmic at night," she said, a rather dreamy grin on her face.

With a grunt and a heave, she hauled herself to her feet, unconcerned about the well moistened state of her clothing. As a thought occured to her, her face darkened, brassy eyes narrowing and she inched closer to the shallows. Carefully, she ran her fingers through the water, then raised her hand to her face and focused intently as the water beaded and fell back to where it came from at gravity's command. Still thinking, she extended one digit and flicked out her tongue to lick a droplet from her skin.

"Hnnn," she mused.

((Need clarification: is it salt-water?))

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Dov was laying down, watching the water and then suddenly a huge creature appears. What was with this island? He thought it was safe. Now, a bit frightened he looked directly at the large creature, but wait.. there were things behind it. They didn't look quite so big and scary, actually.. they looked sort of cute.

Pulling out his bag of gadgets, Dov looked for something that would be useful. A brush? Nope... A thermos? Nah uh.. Some graham crackers? Hm.. What did these wee little things eat anyways? Maybe that big creature was friendly and just scared? Dov looked back at the creature and gulped, didn't look too friendly to him.

Just then, Dov noticed Epine, he squealed in delight, he wasn't alone! The creature lashed its tail out, making a wave of water. That was it for Dov. He took off screaming like a little girl and ran over to Epine. He dropped down behind her and buried his head under a bag he brought with him. That creature was NOT friendly.

The stava utterly fails to react to the spoken words. Either it can't understand language because it isn't a sentient being, or it doesn't understand Epine's language in general, or it doesn't care -- it's hard to tell. What it does do, however, is push itself up higher out of the water, and reveal more of it's body. It's easily forty feet long, but lithe and skinny, looking more like a huge eel than anything; but much more refined and beautiful, in a rather terrifying sort of way.

It snarls wordlessly down at the group below it, beady eyes fixing upon Epine and swinging in her direction. Sunlight glitters off of several slightly yellowed teeth. It hisses, drawing it's head back and down, like a cobra about to strike, and it glares at the two humans.

Behind her, the three little creatures mill about rather uselessly. One, the dark blue one, lets out a whining chirrup as it spots the Rishlan.
The other, lighter blue one has wandered after Dovaxy, letting out several little mrrups as it goes, as if it were a gosling following it's father.