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Post by Sevyrn on Oct 10, 2020 0:17:42 GMT -6
It took a couple tries, but Squirt eventually grabbed the shell and brought it over to Sevyrn again - what a good little critter. Sevyrn really enjoyed having this little sweetheart around, and she took to learning rather incredibly. Squirt deserved a good snack for a reward, and as such she got one - her little giggle was enough to bring a smile to Sevyrn's lips.
"Yeah - you are pretty smart, aren't you Squirt?" Sevyrn praised, and then they tried again and again until Squirt seemed to be reliably fetching shells out of the water upon Sevyrn's first request. The sea pony would squeal and giggle in happiness every time that the bobbed out of the water and handed a shell back to the girl. She was so happy to be helping!
For a final test Sevyrn dropped three different shells in to the water and asked the sea pony to retrieve all three. Squirt did excellent on her final task!
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Post by Sevyrn on Oct 10, 2020 0:58:23 GMT -6
Alright... plants. Sevyrn left Squirt where she was and checked on her rod before walking back off the dock towards her wagon, at which point she put the few shells down in to her bag and took the strange green fish out of the net she had been keeping it safe in all this time. She was able to pull a couple different kinds of aquatic plants out from earlier on, and that was all she would need to teach Squirt the next step here - fetching plants for her.
With the objects in hand Sevyrn walked back down the docks towards where Squirt awaited her, and she sat down at the edge like she had before. "These are plants," she said to the sea pony, showing off the various flora in her hands. Once she gave Squirt a chance to check them out, Sevyrn tossed one in to the water.
"Get the plant," she instructed, pointing to the piece of seaweed.
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Post by Sevyrn on Oct 10, 2020 1:08:32 GMT -6
She... seemed to understand the 'get' part, because she dove beneath the water and pulled up a shell, but the plant was left to sink. Sevyrn had to get a chuckle out of it after dipping her arm in to pull her plant back up to the surface.
"You did a good job getting the shell, Squirt, but I was hoping for a plant." To clarify, Sevyrn held out the plant that she had dropped in to the water. It was okay, she had kind of seen this coming - they just had to take their time and teach Squirt the difference between shell and plant.
After letting the sea pony get another few sniffs of the plant, Sevyrn decided to try again. "Get the plant," she said as she tossed the piece of seaweed back in. She pointed towards it as it floated at the surface, and Squirt took that as a cue to snatch that up.
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Post by Sevyrn on Oct 10, 2020 1:45:10 GMT -6
Squirt bobbed back over to Sevyrn as soon as she broke the surface, pleased with herself before Sevyrn even had a chance to praise her. Hadn't she done so good? She had definitely earned a good treat, so Sevyrn took the seaweed back in exchange for some of the sea pony's favorite snacks. Squirt seemed to be even happier after getting a chance to mow down on her favorite food!
They would need to keep going, though. Before throwing the plant back in to the aater, Sevyrn gave Squirt another chance to check out. "This is a plant," she tried to tell the little thing. Once Squirt seemed to have lost interest in checking it out Sevyrn threw it back in to the water, in to a different spot this time.
"Go get the plant!" Sevyrn instructed, pointing to the floating seaweed. Squirt squealed at her before bobbing off to grab it.
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Post by Sevyrn on Oct 10, 2020 1:51:02 GMT -6
Eventually Sevyrn stopped showing the plant off to Squirt before tossing it in, and a little while later she started switching between different types of plants - Squirt seemed to be a smart enough cookie that she was getting the hang of things, and Sevyrn was proud of her progress. She really was going to make an amazing fishing buddy, though Sevyrn was starting to wonder if a creature with a mouth that small would even be able to catch an actual fish.... maybe a tiny one? The future would let them know.
For now, Sevyrn continued to work with Squirt on this task. The sea pony had gotten rather proficient, and Sev figured that they were probably in a good spot now.
Testing the sea pony's abilities, Sevyrn tossed a few different aquatic plants in to the water and instructed the sea pony to retrieve them all one by one. Squirt seemed to have no problem doing so.
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Post by Sevyrn on Oct 10, 2020 1:56:15 GMT -6
Sevyrn was rather happy with how this last little bout had gone, so she got up to check on her rod - the only sign that there had been life in the last little while was that the worm she had attached to it was gone. That was okay - she had no problem picking the rod up and walking down towards her tackle box. She picked through her options for a moment before settling on one of the bright yellow rubber lures that she had picked up. She had already tried the pink one, so why not? She could even use one of the green ones next. Once the lure was secured she walked down to the end of the dock and cast her line out. Like before Squirt wouldn't even dare swim around to the end of the dock - she wouldn't get any closer to the ship and its net than she was now. 125 Squirt - 8
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Post by Jack on Oct 10, 2020 8:05:31 GMT -6
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Post by Sevyrn on Feb 11, 2021 18:14:33 GMT -6
How long had it been since she walked back home that day after what she considered a relatively decent haul?
About four months. It had been about four months since Sevyrn had done a lot of things, and she had no one but herself to blame. As the cold came so had the seasonal blues, doubled with this being her first winter spent alone in years... Yeah, she had been neglecting pretty much every aspect of her life - the animals were cared for, that much was assured, but herself? Sevyrn was definitely neglecting her own needs in favour of simply staying in bed as much as she possibly could.
It was the dry season, now. The waters were shallow, shorelines muddy - some of the river even frozen over in winter ice. There was still plenty of river open for Sevyrn to ponder the viability of another trip out to fish.
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Post by Sevyrn on Feb 11, 2021 18:32:19 GMT -6
She elected, of course, to bring Squirt along with her. Bez and Spot were also pretty well trained and knew how to help her out while fishing, but something just felt right about having her adorable little sea pony out in the water with her. They'd met on the river, become friends on the river, and likely would forever be each others' fishing buddies - Sev couldn't imagine ever handing off this little cutie for any reason.
The hardest part was transporting Squirt down to the river.... the sea pony didn't really like being lifted out of the pond and in to the little travelling aquarium that Sevyrn had set up in the back of the wagon to move Squirt back and forth, and keep the live catches safe while they were out. All of the fish they found got to come home with them, and join Squirt and the seryn in the pond.
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Post by Sevyrn on Mar 3, 2021 14:30:23 GMT -6
Sevyrn debated dragging some of her extra fish and plants down to the curious collections at some point - she knew that she could trade for pretty much anything there, and they often had really interesting items up for grabs to the right person. She had stopped and checked things out before, but never committed to any trade... yet. One of these days the right item was going to come along and she was going to want it, and at that point she would able to call herself a 'trader' among other things.
Over the course of the walk down to the river, Sevyrn's mind was all over the place. So many things to do and not nearly enough time to do all of them, let alone also find time for herself... but here she was, making that time for herself anyways. Everyone needed a break from the hardships of reality some time, right?
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Post by Sevyrn on Mar 3, 2021 14:33:26 GMT -6
She wanted a boat - a kayak or a canoe or something she could take out on to the river when the waters were calmer, fish from the depths rather than the shore with her feet kicked up on the edge and a drink right beside her. Boy, did that sound like a good way to be living right about now.
Unfortunately, though, it was not reality. She was going to have to walk her ass all the way down to where she wanted to go, stand on her own two feet, and then walk herself all the way back. She had a destination in mind, though - that dock the pair had found a while back had been a good spot. As soon as they reached the river Sevyrn unloaded Squirt in to the water to follow along at her own pace. The walk was much easier for Sev herself without the added weight of the sea pony, too.
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Post by Sevyrn on Mar 3, 2021 14:37:06 GMT -6
The walk was longer than Sevyrn remembered... how long had it been that she'd forgotten such a thing? Eventually she ambled upon the dock, though, and the little shack nearby. She unloaded her tacklebox from the wagon and started to dig through it to find what she needed to set up her line, and then she was ready to wander out. She kept the box with her down at the end of the dock so that she would be able to swap out her gear any time that she needed to. She settled on starting with one of her rubber lures, an item that she was probably going to end up needing to stock up on sooner rather than later. She tended to get good catches off of them, at least. As she cast her line in to the water once again, Squirt was checking out her surroundings and getting comfortable.
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Post by Jack on Mar 3, 2021 18:13:47 GMT -6
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Post by Sevyrn on Oct 1, 2021 8:51:16 GMT -6
One last camping trip before the weather got too cold, Quinn had insisted - and after a summer filled with camping trips of all kinds it only seemed right for Sevyrn to agree. With that they had packed their bags and set out, this time planning to choose a nice spot along the river that they had found earlier in the summer months. Sev had decided to bring a juvenile estharne, Delia, along with her - Quinn had her king mosca. Two girls, two felines and a weekend filled with campfires, bright stars and probably a lot of time spent fishing. Quinn was still getting used to the fact that Sevyrn would even try fishing in the first place, but hey - who was she to argue? Quinn was more than happy to goad the girl in to the more adventurous and wilderness-driven hobbies that she had a propensity for enjoying. It just meant there was more for them to do together. 131
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Post by Sevyrn on Oct 3, 2021 9:38:46 GMT -6
Sevyrn had come to enjoy the trip walking down the river with a pole slung over her shoulder, and after spending ample time over the summer trekking along trails with heavy paws on her back she had grown slightly stronger and a little less clumsy among the underbrush. Quinn had always been good for her, in one way or another - brought about the best in her and made her want to grow as a person, even when she had been sulking around during the extended period of grief she had gone through after losing her fiancé.
“So - I found this spot when I was out going through the trails a little while ago. I figured it would be a good place to set up a little camp,” Quinn said to Sevyrn as they walked along the beaten trail that followed the quiet river side. “Nice open clearing away from the shore, space for a campfire… It’s gonna be nice.”
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