The Deck; Tuesday Afternoon [10/02].

[in_sidon_we_trust]

The rains continued to fall over Zora's Domain from the newly awaken Vah Ruta; Sidon knew this deep in his heart, as if he could hear the gentle patter of the droplets on the waters of the kingdom. No rain here, it would seem, though he wished there was. It would help him to feel a little bit better if the weather matched his mood a little better. He tried not to so morose, he had hoped his class earlier would distract him well enough, but it was not meant to be. He was having those dreams again, the ones that surfaced every so often, but not so much while he was here except directly after a trip home. Dreams of his sister, but there was...something else there, too, that he couldn't quite place, that was very different from normal, almost a longing, a calling...and he wasn't sure what to make of it. He didn't feel necessarily bad, either, and he almost always felt a sense of doom when those dreams visited him. This time, it was almost a reassurance, like someone was telling him not to be worried, that it would all be okay.

Very strange, indeed.

Going for a swim, it seemed, only seemed to make him remember more, and whatever it was he felt like searching for certainly wasn't there, either. He decided perhaps to settle for a while on the deck, hope a distraction came in the form of other people passing to and fro from the dormitory, and, in case that hope failed, in the pages of an Earth book relevant to his interests to try to work through to pass the time, half-wondering what it could all mean.

[[ oh, lordy, work is testing me today! Open deck is open! ]]

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[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine had been specifically avoiding people for a few days, but when she was coming back from classes, she might as well say hi, right?

"Reading anything good?" she asked.

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Certainly nothing so good that an interruption wouldn't be welcome," Sidon answered with a grin, placing a thumb between the pages to mark his spot as he turned his way. "It's a rather gripping tale, a personal account of a man of the sea and his battle with the waves and the great fish that he seeks to catch. I find it interesting, but it is a bit of a challenge for my level of comprehension, which is only serving to remind me that I have been a bit remiss in keeping up my reading. It is not a habit that comes naturally to me; as you might suspect, paper books are not exactly a common thing where I am from! But still, I do enjoy it every so often."

His smile went a little rueful for a moment before he added, "And how are you on this fine afternoon, Sabine?"

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"Good," she said. "Classes were interesting enough, now just have to figure out what to do with the rest of my day."

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"That seems to be quite the common conundrum!" Sidon noted with a chuckle. "It would seem that a great deal of the students...and I'm sure many teachers as well...find the slow and idyllic pace of life here on the island a bit tiresome and, dare I even say it? boring! I suppose that's one area in which I have quite an advantage over most others. Compared to the leisurely pace of everyday life back home, even the most mundane day here can seem quite exciting."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"So what are the really crazy days here like for you then?" Sabine wondered. Given how everyone else tended to react, she was really curious about how he did.

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Oh," said Sidon, his toothy grin going a bit wild with excitement, "those are just incredibly thrilling! I'll admit, I've always been told I'm unusually adventurous for a Zora, much to the chagrin of my Elders, and I do thirst for those thrilling moments when they arrive, and seize them for all they have to offer! Of course, the Elders are always reprimanding me, telling me the reason I leap so fervently into excitement is because I was too young to remember the Calamity, and the terrible things that sometimes come with exciting times, and perhaps they are right, to a degree, but I am learning a bit more what they mean when those exciting times come to Fandom Island. For example, I shall never forget that sharp pang of betrayal felt at the end of this summer, and quite a bit before that, I very surely would have perished at the hands of a great evil if it were not for the swift action of a good friend."

His smile now was a little wane. "I do love the exciting moments, but it seems they always come with a bit of a price. Perhaps that is how I can be a little more content with a more Zora way of life most of the time while I am here."

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"That does tend to be the way it goes. Anytime you get into a fight, there's a chance you get hurt or lose. Doesn't mean there aren't good reasons to look forward to it. For instance, all the times you don't get hurt or lose."

Mandalorian.

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"And those times," Sidon said with an eager pump of his fist, a little chuckle to accompany the words, "are easily the best ones. I hope to have many, many more of those to come!"