From Sea to Shore! [Public/Ulv]

The ship floated, pushed along with the waves of the ocean. Ania's head was down, so she couldn't see the harbour she was approaching of a place she was unfamiliar with. As far as she was concerned, now was finally the time. She was dying, of dehydration, starvation, fatigue, and boredom. The girl had been at sea for a few weeks now, and she ran out of food 4 days ago.

At the moment, her whole body was supplanted on the floor in a star shape. If she just got up and peeked over the walls of her commandeered ship, the girl would see salvation a mere click away.

Ania's eyes were closed, ready to accept that sweet embrace of death which would calm the pains in her stomach and dryness in her throat, but that rest into the arms of the end was interrupted by the collision of her ship and the harbour. Ania's light body slid across the floors of the ship and into the plexi-wall at the ends of the ship, bumping her head and forcing the girl awake. She mouthed some curses off, but didn't have the strength or will to actually speak them into existence. Then, someone had arrived. A woman, extremely large, so large that she blotted out the sun. Surely, this was a woman so large that she could only exist in the afterlife. Was Ania turning to a plus already? To test things out, the girl tried to speak, affirmed in her continued living state by the fact that her her throat hurt when she exerted herself.

".... W..a..t..e...r?"

As soon as the water came to her lips, Ania began to voraciously swallow it all. Like a water-pump in a pool, she sucked away at blinding speeds, and it nearly seemed like her stomach began bloating from the volume of water she drank. Ania wouldn't actually stop until the water either ran out, or someone stopped her.

This blessing from above gave Ania the will and strength to rise again. The girl propped her arms behind her and pushed to sit herself up, her vision blurry and expression still dazed. Ania turned to the giantess, and assuming there was no more water left to suck or she was forcibly stopped, the lass spoke up a bit, these words clearer than before.

"Tenks, missus. How did you do dat?"

There were more things Ania wanted to ask, but she figured it best to take it one step at a time, or figure out the rest by herself. Asking for too much was gonna get her beat up or something, and that isn't worth the trouble.

Fortunately, Ania sustained no other afflictions, injuries, or ailments outside the condition of being starved and dehydrated. Ania was feeling better after the long drink, but her body wouldn't be cured of its thirst just like that.

"Erokeenetiks. Wat's de unadvanced erokeenetiks look like? Can I do 'dat?"

Ania didn't have much in the way of propriety. She was quiet most of the time, so when she wasn't the lass was straight to the point. A bit of a glint started showing in her eyes when in thought of the aerokinetics. That was power. The question was, was it power inherent to this large lady, or something Ania could get her hands on?

In the meantime, from below the deck of the ship, a massive beast walked up the staircase. It looked like a tiger, far larger than Ania, but not quite just a tiger. Maybe some sort of cousin race, or the like. One would expect it to growl, maybe be protective of Ania or eat her depending on their relationship, but the animal simply ignored the two, instead looking up in the sky, sniffing, as it caught wind of fresh water being available. You could tell that the tiger was dehydrated as well--its fur looked thin for its size, and there was rigidity to the whiskers on its face.

"Oh, me nehm? It's... ah.. Ayla. Me nehm's Ayla Mao. 'Nd dat's Hobbs. Can he have some water?"

Ania didn't hide the disappointment on her face when Ulv said she couldn't learn it, but the girl said no more about it. Getting hung up on those sorts of things sets you back a couple paces; keeping your head looking straight and forward, maybe looking to the side once in a while, is how the best opportunities come your way. At least, that's what she figured, since all the time she spent looking back and around her usually turned out to be a waste of time.

There was no harsh feelings, of course. When Ulv disembarked, Ania wasn't quite immediately trusting, given she lied about her own name, but following along her savior for now shouldn't be a hassle. Ania stood up, tripping over nothing for a little bit and trying to orient herself from the dizziness,. but she managed along the way, especially with Ulv's hand as help. The girl meant to ask what they were going to be doing, and where they were going, but she didn't speak it out.

Hobbs, on the other hand, was quite verbal. A long, deep bass purr rolled out of its mouth, like it understood exactly what Ulv was saying. Without assistance necessary, it followed along, being sure to grab some bags and sling them onto its back before disembarking.

At Ulv's continued explanation, both the tiger and the girl had their eyes lit up. Food? For them? This woman truly was trustworthy, and was truly their savior. Without any more reservations in their heart, the two followed excitedly, Ania finally speaking up to respond. She spoke a bit more clearly by now, her throat feeling better as the water was doing its magic, but her pidgin accent still stuck heavy, a roll to all her r's and impact to her t's.

"I'm out traveling about. Looking for someone, looking for power, looking for advencha."