Floc #: 102
Floc Name: Aurum
Backstory (less than 500 words):
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The rain pounded on the round windows at an angle, and Cuttle made a non-comitial noise. It was tired. Tired of being awake, and tired of sitting around. Cuttle stood on shaky legs, twitching Its ears. “I’m on a boat...” Cuttle thought. It suddenly grew excited. “I’m on a boat!”
Cuttle raced out from under the corner covered with tarp, tripping on its own feet. Scurrying to its feet, It raced back and forth. It could tell by the aura that the boat was a small row boat. The boat rocked back and forth from the movement above, almost tipping. Cuttle paused, sitting in the air for a moment, as the boat continued to move under it.
Cuttle has always been eccentric. That’s just how It works, ‘it’ being both life and Cuttle. It smirks, moving its head over the edge of the boat, and is promptly rewarded with a spray of water. Cuttle knows that water can be a dangerous thing, given the whole levitation deal. But It smirks, and reaches one paw over the edge, and lowers it.
x. ` . ` . ` . `And I Said To Myself, Sit Down, Sit Down, Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The Boat . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . ` . `
Water is cold. Water is wet. Water is scary. “Water is fun!” Cuttle squeals as the oddity that is levitation topples It over into the water, resulting in a loud splash. The water shocks It, and It struggles for a minute or two (or eight, but don’t tell anybody), before realizing that It can trick the levitation into thinking the boat is the ground. Cuttle entertains Itself by pushing off and falling back to the boat, and snickers as It knows fish keep coming over to check It out.
Cuttle must have spent hours in the water before diving below the surface. The light that hung from its head floated and bobbed, attracting fish. Cuttle grew restless, and finally darted forward, snatching a fish in its firm jaws, shook it, and released. The fish was fine, but swam away, other fish following.
Returning to the ocean became a regular occurrence for Cuttle, and every time fish came by to investigate, It would catch and release, and eventually returned to the boat. Each day, Cuttle would stay longer and longer in the water, only returning to the surface to sleep and breathe. It learned to wrap Itself in seaweed to float like the otters, and learned different ways to trick the levitation. It was independent.
The boat no longer rocks, and seems to stay away from Cuttle when It was in the water, like all the other fish have learned. Cuttle became the scariest thing in the ocean, and yet the light acted as a beckoner, calling more fish to entertain It. And Cuttle continued, and seemed to never stop. It was free from the boat, free from the tired sleep, and free from the land.
Life was good.
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