uisgeannan | Some kind of dragon au

[He's not here to babysit.]

You wouldn't even know how to start. [And promptly lifts himself from the stone and shoves. Legs and wings tuck to his body, leaving his entire figure a streamline, serpentine shape as he arches over the shore and plunges into the lagoon like a sword blade.

...crap, what if he followed?]

[ That is exactly what's going to happen, actually. As soon as Riku goes in Ven whines and paces at the deepest point he's able, chuffing anxiously, before he just goes for it and jumps into the water, scraping and clawing at the water rather uselessly for several seconds. At least until he realizes water doesn't work like ground and he can't just walk through it. ]

[He hears the water breaking above him and the sudden clawing at liquid is all he needs to know exactly how unfamiliar this much water is to the goldscale. The silver drake curves under the water and his neck arches to the side to swing his head and glare upwards towards the surface. The fish, at least, scatter like flies.

Nostrils clamped together, maw shut, he could stay underwater for quite some time. But... for now, he'd just circle far below and watch. If Ven's natural instincts kicked in and he dragged himself back to shore, all the better. If not...

Guess he'd have to do something with that sorry butt.]

[ Give him a few floundering moments and a hasty resurface to dogpaddle uselessly through the water. He'll make a few anxious little circles before his paws finally start to work their way through the air with something more akin to actual wading, and once that's done he's going to tilt his head down and look around, trying to spot the silverscale. ]

[Hn. Natural instinct. Least he wasn't going to drown right away. Riku eyes the other for just a few seconds more before he curls himself in another circle and dives further down towards the bottom of the lagoon, using side-to-side motions with his body and tail to swim.

There's a small cove down here too, which he slips into and about-faces, resting on the stony sill for a few moments ~~so he can keep an eye on over-eager up there~~.]

[ Not right away! But he's still...not really getting anywhere like this, and he's not used to the pressure of holding his breath like this so he lifts his head fairly quickly and snorts, nostrils flaring as he paddles quickly back to the shore. Or at least where his feet touch, and from there he'll walk a worried little path back and forth until he decides to toss himself into the deeper end again and try for another foray into the water.

He gets maybe fifteen feet farther before he has to hurry back to the surface. ]

[Well, he's trying; that counts for something. Riku's eyes narrow beneath the water and watches the gold go from head under to paddling back to shore and then another try.

Currents shift as he pushes himself out of the cove, slamming jaws shut and capturing two fish from a school that swam too close in an effort to escape the splashing above.

The next time Ven breaks the surface, water bulges for a moment and then the silver's horns and head appears halfway cross the lagoon, only letting the tips of his nostrils and his eyes peer above the surface. Watching him.]

[ Which of course Ven misses because he's trying to dive again and failing to get very far at all considering how clumsy he is in the water--goldscales aren't made for aquatic living--and every time he comes up, head craned back to stay above water as he stretches to the tips of his paws trying to grope for the soft lake bed below.

If nothing else it probably looks amusing. ]

[Apparently not... Sure, amusing, in an almost painful way. He'll never get far at this rate. The silver drake's annoyed sigh is clear through his eyes and he lifts his head from the water completely, wings and legs moving to keep himself afloat unconsciously.]

Stop floundering. And go back to the shallows.

[ He's a little bit of a failure :c but with practice he'll probably improve to some degree. Today is just not that day though, and he whines piteously as he shuffles quickly back to shore and gets his feet under him again, relieved to be back on land as he shakes his coat out. ]

[Got that right, over-eager. The whine merely bounces off his hide and Riku slides forward through the water, head lowering as he moves to the shallows. Does this mean he's going to have to feed you? Ugh, better not...]

You won't be getting anything like that.

[ he can forage! And catch small game |D but probably muck up a lot of space doing so. ]

Swimming is hard! I don't like not being able to touch the bottom.

[Where? Did someone forget he's not "home" at the moment?]

You always get everything fed straight to your gullet?

[~~aka: still breast-feeding?~~]

[ Riku!!!! ]

Wh...no! [ He balks and then bristles appropriately, wings flapping at the air in a flustered gesture. ] We ate goat!

[~~8D!~~]

Bet you couldn't chase them down at first could you?

[The bristling incites something and the silverscale lifts himself from the shadows, water pouring off wings and scales as he tilts his body and seats himself on his haunches, the action rising him to a much more vertically-inclined position. Someone's in for a lesson...]

We chased them when they were in the den... [ He flaps again, indignant as he dares, but aside from a squeaked little bark that's about as ferocious as he gets, yup. ]

[Tsk, don't scare the water bugs, fierce one... The flapping of wings earns Riku's larger span to spread slightly, just a reminder of what and who he might think about mouthing off to.]

You've never hunted before either?

[Because running around in the end after the parents chased prey inside was not hunting.]

[ It is totally hunting okay ): And he may shrink a little when that flared reminder comes his way, wings tucking in quickly to his sides. ]

I did too! Sort of...

[Uh... no it's not. -_- Riku lowers his own wings when the reminder's taken and he settles back in the water.]

Chasing your mother's herded prey isn't truly hunting. It's play. [But at least that lets him know he's not dealing with a completely hopeless case.]

I can hunt on my own too...

[Right.]

Prove it. [He points at the ground with his paw.] Bring something back here in twenty minutes. Or you can find another's territory to have dinner in.

--You're gonna let me hunt here??

[Ven. Please. The innocence?]

Once. Time's counting down.

[And just a reminder, the things in his territory are used to him hunting them. So, you got your work cut out for you, ferocious thing.]

[ HE WILL DO IT OKAY. I mean it's not like he probably scared off most of the game he could have hunted while he was crashing around earlier and all that 6u9 but he's going to bark at Riku again before turning tail and quickly bounding for the forest to sniff the air. ]

[Yes, there was that to think of too. But he said "anything" so at least that wasn't picky. Though, he's hoping the aspect of "meat" made it into Ven's mind. He'll be a little put out of there's a hunk of fungus waiting for him.

While the other's out, he'll do his own hunting. Which involves getting into position on the beach and waiting for fish to come around. Till they're swimming within the cove of his wings. Then it's a shove forward, another wave, and four fish flopping on the beach. Definitely not the quickest way for a main dinner, but whatever works.

If he's that hungry, he'll go take a plunge in the lagoon again or do his own hunting.]

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sorry for the wait ;c;

it's okay<33

;_; ~<3

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