originally posted in:The Digital Dojo
"Hi you guy the water isnt bad"says leyla
[i] eyla walk ups and into up to her waist then transforms into her mermaid form. Leyla disappears under the water for a second then resurfaces closer sketch's cousin .[/i]
"Come in to the water it fine see"says leyla
[i]leyla's tail can be seen as she sit the shallows[/i]
English
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[u]Still do not want to get in...[/u] "Sapphire, Leyla can breath under water... She won't let you drown." [u]Do not care...[/u]
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"No i wouldn't let you plus i can teach you to swim the littles ones coming are to swim too."says leyla [i]coming down for they hill is hovark and serenity with four youngsters in toe. The two little girl are wearing flower print one pieces and the boy are wearing red swim trunks. venia runs up to sapphire and tugs on her hand[/i] "Miss kitty you wanna swim with me pretty please?"ask venia
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*She looks down at Venia.* [u]Do not know how but could try...[/u]
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"I do a little bit but i stay in the shallows with auntie she wont let anything happen and shes still teaching me"says venia [i]venia starts to walk into the water and she turn waiting for sapphire[/i]
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*Sapphire cautiously steps into the water.* "Come on, you need to go in farther than that Sapphire..." *She wades in and then almost seems to meow as she suddenly steps into a deep part and the water goes up to her neck.* [u]Help! Help![/u]
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[i]leyla swims over and grabs her around the middle pulling her out of the deep part[/i] "I got your not gonna drown"says leyla
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[u]T-Thank you...[/u] *She walks around the hole and continues wading in until the water's up to her chest and she's standing next to Sketch.* "See you're fine... Nothing bad is going to happen..." [u]G-Guess so...[/u]
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"Yup your welcome"says Leyla [i]she swims to over where the kids are playing with hovark in the water. [/i]
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*They both start talking in Sphirinian and Sketch goes under the water and after a few seconds he resurfaces and brushes his hair out of his face.* [u]Do I have to do that?[/u] "If you're going to learn how to swim you're going to have to be okay with going underwater."
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[i]hovark is playing with the two boys as they splash around in the water as leyla is teaching little syrilth how to swim while holding on to her. [/i]
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*Sapphire takes a deep breath and goes underwater, three seconds later she resurfaces.* "Was it really that bad?" [u]No, I guess not...[/u] *She looks over at Leyla holding up Syrilth.* [u]Can you do that?[/u] "Sapphire, this water is up to my neck and you are taller than me... You don't need me to hold you up..." [u]Fine...[/u]
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[i]it doesn't take long for syrilth get hang of swimming she swims right over to where serenity sitting in the water without any help from leyla.[/i] "Look mama im swimming"says syrilth "You sure are come here"says serenity [i]serenity picks her up and give her a hug. Leyla dives under the water and swims to the deeper she resurfaces behind sapphire and sketch without them noticing[/i]
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*Both Sketch and Sapphire watch as the children swim around without noticing Leyla.* "Aren't they cute?" [u]They look kind of weird.[/u] "Hey don't say that..."
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[i]jura looks around but he doesn't see leyla. [/i] "Mama where did auntie go? asks jura "Shes probably somewhere under the water swimming she can breathe underwater like i can.but you guys can't cause you dont have gills" says serenity [i]serenity looks over to where sketch is and sees leyla behind them. Leyla makes shushing sign with her finger as she disappears again. Leyla beneath the surface looking around underneath she can easily breathe under here without having to hold her breath. She brushes pasts their legs cause she spots something shiny and stuck in the mud[/i]
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"Huh?" [u]What that?[/u] *Both Sketch and Sapphire start looking around.*
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[i]as you look around you notices that leyla is missing and see bubbles forming five feet away from sapphire right around a deeper spot on the surface. Leyla underneath digging at a spot where the shiny object which appears to some big metal box buried in muddy bottom. She digs enough of it out to pry it free but its stuck in the muddy bottom [/i]
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*Sapphire turns and sees the bubbles.* [u]Sketch, bubbles.[/u] "Huh, that may be Leyla... Hold on..." *He dives down and swims up next to Leyla. He turns to her and gives her a look as if to say [i]what's going on?[/i]*
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[i]leyla points at a metal box stuck in the mud that been dug out some.[/i]
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*He nods and does a thumbs up before going back up to the surface again.* [u]What going on?[/u] "Leyla found something and I'm going to try and help her get it out..." [u]Oh, have fun...[/u] *Sketch dives back under and starts helping Leyla dig out the box, his claws easily cutting through the mud.*
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[i]the box finally starts to budge and leyla starts to pull but whatever is in it is heavy. [/i]
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*Sketch goes back to the surface for air and then dives back down once again. He grabs the box, plants his feet on the bottom of the lake and starts trying to pull it out.*
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[i]leyla pulls and with one mighty it pulled free. Leyla grabs the other end and drags it towards the shallows[/i]
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*Sketch swims back up for air and motions for Sapphire to follow, they both follow Leyla out of the water, their fur matted down and dripping wet.* "Do you know what it is Leyla?" [u]What inside?[/u]
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[spoiler]she never left the shallows though[/spoiler]
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*They realize that they are both staring at a log and they walk back into the shallows where Leyla is.* "Do you know what that is Leyla?" [u]What inside?[/u]