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[filial_guardian]

[ooc: Backdated to earlier today. u_u]

[At first, only the constant sound of the whistling wind. Then there is a crack and audible splash.]

W-- wha...

Nerifes, it's--

Cold. Cold cold cold cold...

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[filial_guardian]

[It takes Walter a full minute to acknowledge that minute. Don't stare too hard in that minute, Ahiru.]

That's...

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[filial_guardian]

[Red hair. Red hair. It's an unexpected change from the sea of glowing blue hair he had been seeing for-- for-- ...? Wait. What is going on!?]

Ahiru? What's going on?

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[nicknaming]

[Oh hey, Norma is out on a stroll to help Senny look for Shirl. It's like another normal search party right? Wrong. Guess who she sees in the pond and probably stopping herself from laughing]

....W-wally?

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[filial_guardian]

[... ...

...Why is that annoying laughter bothering him in his afterlife?]

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[nicknaming]

[Still laughing]

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[filial_guardian]

[Wow, that laughter has never been so grating before in his entire-- W-- whatever. How enraged can a naked, half-freezing young man look?]

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[fates_ironic]

[Guess who went out for a little walk with Chal to get his mind off the experiment? And coming upon the lake, he heard said cracking sound and something hitting the lake. Of course, for all he knew, the Malnosso dropped some sort of ancient monster of doom in there, so of course he rushes over.

... oh.]

... what are you doing?

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[filial_guardian]

[Treading water, dumbass. :| Walter doesn't answer, though his expression shows just how confused he is by this entire situation. He was supposed to be floating in an afterlife of endless ocean, surrounded by other Ferines who had died, who had been brought into Nerifes' embrace...]

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[fates_ironic]

[Hey :| Leon sighs, looking away for a few moments before approaching the lakeside, taking off his cape, and dropping it there. Afterwards, he steps away and turns around.]

Get out. You look ridiculous in there.

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[filial_guardian]

[Walter shakes his head a few times, trying to clear it. He blinks at the cape.]

...It's pink.

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[shieldinside]

[Aegis spots him, on her way back to her assigned home. She stops for a moment and cautiously approaches him.]

Are... you okay?

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[filial_guardian]

[Walter is pretty much shellshocked by his sudden return to ... well, life. He blinks a few times, confused--]

What?

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[shieldinside]

[Walter~~ ;; Hesitantly steps to the water's edge. I don't think Aegis ever had his name.]

Are you alright?

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[filial_guardian]

You're...

[He trails off. She was his most ... recent ... acquaintance, wasn't she? But she wasn't a Ferines. She wasn't even a real--]

Where am I?

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[forthezora]

[Ruto senses a disturbance in the Force the lake and discovers... this. She gives a disgusted sigh of sorts (from underwater, because there's where she was -- swimming. The water is cooler than the air, to her. Either way, she surfaces the upper part of her body and glares]

Honestly, Walter.

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[filial_guardian]

[Walter is going to do an interesting impersonation of a fish as he stares at Ruto.]

What--?

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[forthezora]

[And this marks the glare intensity! Careful, it might burn your clothing if this keeps up, Walter] Do not your kind find decency in clothing? What's more, you seem cold.

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[filial_guardian]

I'm-- [Well. Who knows? Maybe the Ferines never wore clothing once upon a time. He blinks dumbly at Ruto.]

...What are you doing here?

Cold.