The heaviness of exhaustion was the first sensation that came to her, when she finally crashed back into consciousness, her body suddenly jolting from where it lay on the golden sands. The feeling of water in her lungs was the second thing she noticed, as she coughed and spat out what little liquid still remained, before sinking back into the sands of the shore with a groan. Alive, she was alive. Battered, yes, she was most certainly tossed around and given more than a few bruises, but she was still alive. Eyelids struggled to open, her right eye in particular stuck shut from the blood that had hardened over it, a glimpse of lavender visible for only a moment before they slammed back shut to keep out the searing light of day. Confusion ran rampant through her mind as she struggled for memories of the previous day, of what had led to this, before they were at last returned to her. Along with those memories, was the sudden, crushing realization that she had no idea where she was, but wherever this was, she doubted it was close to home
There hadn't been any signs, no storm clouds on the horizon, none of the changes in pressure that had heralded the arrival of a storm, nothing. It had come out of nowhere, the winds howling and the rain pouring down nearly sideways before she could have even gotten her boat a quarter of the way back to shore. She did what she could to calm the waters around her, to clear a path to maneuver back to shore, that was, until the mast cracked in half from the force of the winds, crashing back down into her vessel and ruining her concentration. It didn't take long for such a small ship to sink beneath the waves, but it was just long enough for her to be thrown against it half a dozen times, and after that, things got a little bit...fuzzy. She had vague recollections of clinging onto a leftover plank, tossed up and down by the will of the sea, before everything just faded out.
Wavepool's eyes slowly, gently slid back open, letting in the sunlight bit by bit, until finally she could see the beach, and several wooden planks that were likely bits of her ship strewn about the shores. What was of greater concern though, was what she saw in the corner of her vision, white fur, that bled into a darker gray the closer it got to her shoulder, her fur, her pelt. Where....where was her water? Her pelt should have been azure, not gray, it should have been smooth, flowing, liquid, not...not this! No amount of concentration brought it back, no amount of will would even so much as ripple the water that washed over her as the waves broke across the shore, she...she was powerless? It was gone...it had been a part of her for so much of her life, years and years, it was one of the few things she could take pride in, it was something that made her special, it was part of her very identity and...and it was gone.
Even if she could have moved, with the heaviness that filled her limbs and the exhaustion that threatened to drag her back to unconsciousness, she couldn't bring herself to. All she could do was lay there, and mourn the part of herself that she had lost. It wasn't something she hadn't experienced before, there had been a time, once or twice in her life, that she had lost access to one or more of her more supernatural abilities, but...never this one, never the most important one. A minute...she just needed a minute to work through this, to push those feelings back down, then...then she could get to work on finding out just where she was. 'Although...' she thought, wincing in pain when a particular movement sent a flare of pain through her chest, a different kind from the ones she dealt with daily. 'It might be best to assess my injuries first' She may have been lucky to have survived that, but it was rather unfortunate that her satchel hadn't survived either, not that it would have mattered much when the water would have soaked through and ruined all the supplies inside.
'Breathe in....and breathe out' The pain in her chest was particularly concerning, she just hoped that it was just a cracked rib and not a broken one. A paw flexed, followed by her legs, the thin line of her mouth twitching downwards at every spike of pain she felt, though thankfully nothing was all too serious. 'A lot of bruises, a torn muscles here and there, no concussion thankfully, but a bit of a cut above my eye, and lastly...a possible broken rib.' Her condition wasn't fantastic, but it was far from the worst situation she had ever been in, if anything her lack of power was more of a concern, even with her condition she would have been able to defend herself, but now, it wouldn't be quite so easy. Slowly pushing herself to her own paws, and stalwartly ignoring the pain it brought, she gazed at the treeline that awaited her, searching for whatever hints to her location the environment could give. 'Right...one paw in front of the other, you can do this.'
There hadn't been any signs, no storm clouds on the horizon, none of the changes in pressure that had heralded the arrival of a storm, nothing. It had come out of nowhere, the winds howling and the rain pouring down nearly sideways before she could have even gotten her boat a quarter of the way back to shore. She did what she could to calm the waters around her, to clear a path to maneuver back to shore, that was, until the mast cracked in half from the force of the winds, crashing back down into her vessel and ruining her concentration. It didn't take long for such a small ship to sink beneath the waves, but it was just long enough for her to be thrown against it half a dozen times, and after that, things got a little bit...fuzzy. She had vague recollections of clinging onto a leftover plank, tossed up and down by the will of the sea, before everything just faded out.
Wavepool's eyes slowly, gently slid back open, letting in the sunlight bit by bit, until finally she could see the beach, and several wooden planks that were likely bits of her ship strewn about the shores. What was of greater concern though, was what she saw in the corner of her vision, white fur, that bled into a darker gray the closer it got to her shoulder, her fur, her pelt. Where....where was her water? Her pelt should have been azure, not gray, it should have been smooth, flowing, liquid, not...not this! No amount of concentration brought it back, no amount of will would even so much as ripple the water that washed over her as the waves broke across the shore, she...she was powerless? It was gone...it had been a part of her for so much of her life, years and years, it was one of the few things she could take pride in, it was something that made her special, it was part of her very identity and...and it was gone.
Even if she could have moved, with the heaviness that filled her limbs and the exhaustion that threatened to drag her back to unconsciousness, she couldn't bring herself to. All she could do was lay there, and mourn the part of herself that she had lost. It wasn't something she hadn't experienced before, there had been a time, once or twice in her life, that she had lost access to one or more of her more supernatural abilities, but...never this one, never the most important one. A minute...she just needed a minute to work through this, to push those feelings back down, then...then she could get to work on finding out just where she was. 'Although...' she thought, wincing in pain when a particular movement sent a flare of pain through her chest, a different kind from the ones she dealt with daily. 'It might be best to assess my injuries first' She may have been lucky to have survived that, but it was rather unfortunate that her satchel hadn't survived either, not that it would have mattered much when the water would have soaked through and ruined all the supplies inside.
'Breathe in....and breathe out' The pain in her chest was particularly concerning, she just hoped that it was just a cracked rib and not a broken one. A paw flexed, followed by her legs, the thin line of her mouth twitching downwards at every spike of pain she felt, though thankfully nothing was all too serious. 'A lot of bruises, a torn muscles here and there, no concussion thankfully, but a bit of a cut above my eye, and lastly...a possible broken rib.' Her condition wasn't fantastic, but it was far from the worst situation she had ever been in, if anything her lack of power was more of a concern, even with her condition she would have been able to defend herself, but now, it wouldn't be quite so easy. Slowly pushing herself to her own paws, and stalwartly ignoring the pain it brought, she gazed at the treeline that awaited her, searching for whatever hints to her location the environment could give. 'Right...one paw in front of the other, you can do this.'
❃Come with me, to the sea❃
[align=center][font=georgia]Wavepool ✧ Typhoon Crewmate ✧ Tags ✧ Played by Machiro