ATLOP: Lessons in Water

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Tempest Eve had been really cool though I was glad it was over.

All the lessons from Mevua'ta and Benthesikyme on how to act were put to use, and I'd even been allowed to pick out the jewelry for it.

It was a bit awkward talking to so many mer I didn't know but Triton helped, and Fetu was by my side for a lot of it so that was nice.

And I got to see Okeanus-ari and Tethys-ran! It was nice to see them again since I hadn't really dreamed of them in a while.

The conversation was reassuring, they were the same as before. Gentle and curious and checking how I was doing. I was glad they didn't hold my choice on the solstice against me. I was still incredibly flattered that they'd wanted to adopt me, but I really did want to stay with my family and get to know them more.

And I definitely didn't want to leave Triton.

They'd left early though. Apparently, they had a lot of work to do preparing for this year's storm season. It was weird, normally they didn't have much to do with it as they were in the deep water.

I wondered what they needed to do this storm season.

But the event was cool, I even got to watch the Uatevi Imote prepare and see Triton give the declaration of peace.

Tempest Eve was a popular day to start wars in the sea, it heralded in the storms; so, wars often start with a large storm then. But whenever there isn't war, the declaration of peace was given.

It was cool to watch Triton do it.

Overall, Tempest Eve went well, and I didn't make a fool of myself. It was very peaceful and honestly, I was kinda excited for the next one.

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Okay so my dreams were weird, I knew that. Like theoretically they were prophetic sorta? Like dream swimming and all.

But sometimes they were clearly just dreams.

I mean the woolly mammoth one was clearly just a dream but this one? This one took the cake.

I was standing on a deserted street in a little beach town. Florida. I'd never been to Florida but as usual my senses in water came to my rescue. It was weird though, I hadn't had that instinct in dreams before, even my dream swimming.

It was storming horribly, wind and rain ripping at the palm trees along the sidewalk. I knew there was a storm in Florida right then, a tropical storm, it was Veruo after all. Apparently, my dream had picked it up.

I was staring into the clouds when I heard hooves clattering against the pavement. I turned and found my friend Grover running for his life... with a woolly mammoth beside him.

What?

Why?

I sighed. My dreams were so weird.

He was carrying his human shoes in his hands and moving fast. His hooves loud even with the storm raging around us. My dream self was tugged along after him and the woolly mammoth.

He looked like a wreck. His fur coated in sand and wet, his hair a tangled disaster, and his shirt torn and stained. He was on the run from... something.