~Troubled Waters~ (Closed over and done with)

[RevJunior]

Cadyn blinked his eyes in surprise and smiled a bit before tilting his head to the side. "Make yourself at home but first...what are you thinking right now?" he asked curiously as he settled down on his bed after drying off completely.

(WB grr)

[Strawberry.Wyne]

Mercedes was sprinting through the water and plowed into a guy(Thad). She turned tail over head with a screech. "God!" She grumbled and scratched her head. "I'm sorry.." She said slightly calmer

[silence.]

"Conflict, I thought, only existed because of greed," Tempest admitted, a bit stunned at the prince's ability to read him so well, "I thought that because people wanted what they didn't need, they caused war and strife. I figured the cornerstone of all death and hurt was because someone had something another person wanted, be it land, money, status... But then I tried to connect my theory to the Seven Deadly Sins, which I'd heard from the humans. But... how does rage connect to want? Is it a want for blood, an anger so deep all they want is bloodshed?"

((I feel your pain. D:))

[The Logical Rattie]

((Yay! your back~ ))

Elijah's eyes smiled, followed with a handful of clicks that signaled his laugh 'That's good.' he said brightly 'Are there any good perks to being royalty, other than, ya know, being royal?' Elijah asked, feeling like he was a reporter, but he was really quite interested in Rowan, whom was totally opposite of what he imagined a princess of being.

Elque smiled in thanks and after tying the bag around her waist, she kicked towards the surface, Elque would've shifted, but with the little oxygen she was hanging onto it would've been pointless. Just before she felt like she was going to pass out, she broke the surface, spluttering and coughing as she took in deep breaths. After catching her breath, she stuck her face back in the water, looking for the merman- whom she still didn't have a name for.

[RevJunior]

Cadyn considered this and fell onto his back with his hands folded over his muscled stomache as he pondered. "Wouldn't you think that rage is the result of someone wanting so bad that they are willing to do anything to get it. Or maybe even the result of someone having exactly what they wanted and they feel as if whatever or whoever is a threat to taking that away from them so they get angry?" Cadyn's mind worked over the complex question before he met the large eyes of Tempest.

[silence.]

"I don't know," Tempest answered earnestly, staring Cadyn in the eye, "and I hope I never find out. If the only way to understand rage is to be enraged... Well, no one should have to risk losing themselves over the sake of a single question. When you're sane, it's much easier to answer a myriad of other questions." Leaning forward to press his angular snout against Cadyn's shoulder for a brief moment, before swiftly drawing back, he rumbled, "Let's alert your father of my presence... wouldn't want to surprise him with a panic attack, now would we?"

[RevJunior]

Cadyn smiled and chuckled before he ran a hand briskly but gently over the long snout that touched his shoulder. He sighed before debated whether he should put on a shirt to cover those tattoos of his but decided against it ultimately. His father was likely still underwater and Cadyn hated the feel of sodden fabric hanging onto his skin or flapping around his body as he swam. He got to his feet once more and stretched his arms above his head, muscles flexing as he continued to move until his spine popped. Tension now gone he sighed in pleasure and dropped his arms before he readied to dive back down through the water. "Very well. I think he'll like you quite substnatially, he loves word games and puzzles." he murmured before his head hit the water and his body plunged through. He didn't shift just yet but rather waited until he had exited the caves into the reef so that he had more space to shift. Jeez but he was getting a workout today it seemed with all the shifting back and forth.

[silence.]

Following closely behind, Tempest carefully slid through the tunnel, back into more open waters. Swimming at a nice, relaxed pace he stayed beside Cadyn, trailing just enough to let the prince take point. Unlike the Merman, Tempest was having a very nice day. There weren't any long swims across large stretches of ocean, no long hours of hunting only to get the smallest portion, no getting kicked around by males reasserting their dominance.... Oh, yes, it was a very nice day, indeed.

[RevJunior]

Cadyn shifted in a smooth wave of magic, growling as the searing pain came and went in a few moments before he sighed and swam on. Soon he'd need a nap he thought to himself, a nice long one under the sun in his sand bed would be very nice indeed. He hummed in happiness at just the thought of it as they worked their way through the palace to the throne room where his father was....surprise surprise. Pacing.

"Father?" he called out and waited for the older male to turn and face him with a small frown but Cade didn't hold it against him. He knew it wasn't meant for him. "I'd like to introduce you to Tempest." he motioned the drake forward.

[silence.]

Gliding forward carefully, trying not to appear threatening, Tempest dipped his head as a sign of respect. A million words and phrases seemed to build up in his throat, which had stubbornly closed up on him. Swallowing down the words, telling himself he ought to wait for the king to speak first, anyway, Tempest settled into what he hoped was a more friendly, relaxed position.