Port Dark Water

[Head_in_the_Clouds123]

Apple looked up from her grooming and eyed Kaleb her tail returned to her backside and she tilted her head keeping her same usual expression." So whats up with that Celestia?" she asked, crossing her legs and leaning back on the counter.As any cat Apple had her curiosity and kept that position as she waited for an answer.  

[Celestia_Gaiden]

"What do you mean? What do you want to know about her?" He returned his attention to the food, making sure it was okay.  

[Head_in_the_Clouds123]

Apple shrugged and turned her face towards the kitchen window " Anything I guess....I hate this awkward atmosphere" she said, watching as out of no where the thunder began to erupt and rain began to fall from the skies dripping onto the windows.Turning her head back to Kaleb she had her same straight expression and uncrossed her legs.  

[Celestia_Gaiden]

"She's a fur ball and a half." He smiled, taking the fish out of the oven. "She'll make sure you are happy... and if you aren't happy... she'll keep pestering you... she's like having a younger sister..." Kaleb looked to Apple, then to the window. "She's very cute and adores you when you get to know her... She'll always look up to someone older than her..."  

[subibi]

Big Zero was sitting on the roof of a building overlooking the port, thinking of all the unexplained things about Zero's creation. He was trying to remember if any clues had appeared without him noticing. Big Zero thought that the best thing to do was locate Dr Elbin, the creator of ATX-001, 002 and 003. Then he would interrogate him, to see if there was any other ATX units out there. And then it came to him: That time when Zero had found that long lost memory file in his main terminal, Big Zero had noticed a teleporter in the background, which had a plate with the words "TO UNDERWAYS" etched into it. He had to go there.

((To Underways))  

[Head_in_the_Clouds123]

Apple jumped off the counter made her way over to the now cooked fish " That child doesn't need to do anything for me and I don't want her to either." she said, eying the fish.Apple always preferred raw but cooked was nice too and the smell seemed to circulate through the room.Looking at the fish she crossed her arms and turned to up to Kaleb " I'm not her older sister." she continued " How did you guys meet anyways." she asked.  

[Celestia_Gaiden]

He fixed Apple a plate, along with some of the vegetables he had prepared, handing her it. "Her first master was my fourth master if I remember correctly... We stayed inseparable, never leaving each others side." He smiled, fixing Celly, Rooj and the other two slaves a plate of food, leaving his food on a plate on the table. "What about your life? You are quite the odd ball here, and are confusing us to tears." He smirked, watching her with the cooked food.  

[Fuzzy Mitten Mistress]

Rooj got up, curious what it was Celestia would be needing, unaware of what the others were up too.  

[Celestia_Gaiden]

Celestia got three circular items as she stood some ways away from Rooj and the other slave. She slowly started off juggling, then added some movements, throwing them under her legs or jumping around the room while doing it. She did her little act she used to do with her old mistress, smiling.  

[Head_in_the_Clouds123]

Apple listened to kaleb speak as she took a piece of fish swallowing after he asked her a question.Looking down at her plate she pushed the veggies away from the fish and turned back up at him " Its really not any of your business ,but if you need to know anything I guess its that I entered the market when I was four or five I believe." she said, crossing her arms.Her eyes moved to her plate once more and even though many might notice but Apple's eyes were saddened and she kept her straight expression.  

[Fuzzy Mitten Mistress]

Rooj watched in facination, amazed by the felines talent. In her head, Rooj adjusted Celestia's position of 'pillow' to 'entertainment' as she watched the fun show.

After a while, Rooj got up. "Im hungry. Lets go get some food." Rooj ordered abruptly, leaving the room, expecting Celestia to follow as Rooj headed for the dining room.  

[Head_in_the_Clouds123]

Apple sighed and her head moved upwards as her ears twitched " It seems the princess wants her food." she said, and grabbed Rooji's plate off the counter " And if I know her like I do.She wants it now and fast." she added, looking down at Rooji plate of food she was so tempted to spit in it.But rolled her eyes and and held back all her hatred for that girl.Looking up once more Apple walked into the dining room and placed Rooji's plate in her usual spot.Apple also set up the table wear neatly and then took a seat on the other side of Rooji's seat.Crossing her arms she leaned into her seat and looked up at the dining room lights.Not even noticing ,but her hand seemed to move to her collar with her real name on it she touched the engravement and traced the letters with her index finger.  

[Fuzzy Mitten Mistress]

Pulling Celestia into the room, Rooj walked over to her seat and climbed up. Pleasantly surprised by the food already waiting for her, Rooj dug in and began eating at it happily, impressed by how good it was.

Glancing up, Rooj swallowed some of the food and laughed. "This is very good! You are very talented pets." She complimented. Greatly surprised by the number of skills they came with.  

[Fira the Phoenix]

Curled up in the basin of a little wooden boat and covered by a blanket, and almost in a dead sleep Fira was awoken by a deep scuffing against the bottom of the wooden boat. At first she was thinking it would just be better to go right back to sleep, her body urged her to do so, but when her head cleared a little more and remembered her situation she slowly sat up clasping her fingers of the edge of the boat to help pull her up as she peered over it. Nothing but water, that’s all she saw before a wave rocked her and she heard the scuffing and she sat up a little more this time looking down into the water rather right across it and she found a sandy bottom just a few inches below the surface.

The phoenix’s brows rose and she gasped a little quickly turning her body and lunging it at the other side of the boat clasping the edge and looking down at the water there, finding the source of the scuffing sound. A rock jutting out of the water was rubbing up against the hull of the boat every time a wave rocked the boat into it. Fira’s eyes were soon drawn up the slowly rising ground under the water until it finally broke the surface in the form of a shore, in fact it was then she noticed she was actually under a wooden dock with a large boat anchored next to it. No wonder she had the chills, the sun simply couldn’t reach her. Slowly she stood on unsteady legs for it had been a while sense she actually used them plus she was weak from the lack of food and water. After pocketing the pouch of coins and gems she had brought with her she held her arms out to the sides for balance as she stepped out of the boat onto the flat rock that was rubbing against it.

Then she had a dilemma, she was still a few feet from the shore with no way to get to it without actually stepping into the water. Fira sighed putting her arms down and leaning forward a little looking to see if there were anymore rocks that were just below the surface, however there were none. “Great,” The bird muttered looking back at the boat seeing if she would be able to maneuver it around, but it was pinned next to the rock she was standing on and one of the legs of the pier by the waves. Looking forward again she held her hand out and with a flicker of fire her staff formed in her hand. Then the girl took in a deep breath holding the staff firmly in both hands and taking a few steps back on the rock before suddenly bolting forward and taking aim at the water that stood between her and the shore. The butt of her staff speared the water and dug into the soft ground below it and Fira used her momentum the staff to prolong her jump and pollvolted across the water and fell onto her hands and knees on the shore with her staff clutched in one hand but she still got away with it with just a scrape on her knee.

She stood wiping herself off and with fire flicking over the staff in her hands once again she let it vanish. Observing for a moment what was before her Fira took her first few real steps in days and headed up the shore where ground gave away to a wood dock.  

[Fira the Phoenix]

Muscles stretching almost in an almost good feeling pain, it felt rather awkward walking to Fira this time around. She certainly wasn’t graceful, but she wasn’t quite clumsy either. She took this chance of walking to stretch all of her muscles out before she set her mind on getting some nutrition that her body desperately needed. Around the docks they were selling raw but freshly caught fish. Phoenixes where omnivores, but for her own reasons, Fira was a vegetarian, the only meat she did and rarely eat were eggs, simply because she knew they were very nutritious.

She wondered where she was, but rarely did the brain of anything let any other thoughts get in the way of hunger. So Fira began to search for a little dock side eatery or something off the sort and found one, though it did have nothing but fried or greasy food, but she didn’t mind it filled her belly for the time being and later she could worry about getting healthier food.

Once she tucked her coins safely away in her pocket again she started away from the eatery and now was looking for information more on where she was and more about this foreign town. She did pick up that the name was Byako but she didn’t know exactly where she was. Through stopping a few people walking along the street she was able to get directions to a library that wasn’t too far, one that had quite a lot of books and defiantly the information she needed. So she headed away from the sea side port and off in the direction of this library that was supposedly called The Tenth Sea.

(Off to The Tenth Sea Library for me. )