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“Iblis?” Siadur asked, and trotted across the sandbar to meet her. The silent isomara blinked, flicked an ear at him, and continued to watch the bright pink memic pacing the far bank. “You look like you’re expecting someone to come save us.” It was a tease, but Iblis smiled knowingly and twitched her tail over the sand.
The little isoling trotted over to join the pair as well, her tail swaying in the air over her fluffy back. “I could swim over there and give the big meany a what’s-for!” she chimed, and Iblis actually took her eyes off of the Memic long enough to smile at the kid. Tia Chai’s face lit up at the silent praise.
“You could, but we shouldn’t pick fights with memics. Memora maybe, but not memics.” Siadam cautioned, throwing herself into the sand, rolling in it to pass the time. Lusamine chittered a protest and dropped down from on her shoulders to avoid getting rolled on. “Besides, weren’t you running away from it not an hour ago?” The question was answered by the indignant sputtering of the little isoling, and a gurgling coo from Lusamine, who waddled over to Tia Chai’s leg and chirped to be picked up.
“That’s cause it snuck up on me!” Tia’s lisp swallowed half her words, but she was laughing brightly, flopping back on her haunches so she could pick up the colorful goom and snuggle with them. “And I wanna try swimming back!”
Siadur chuckled at the display of childhood exuberance for life, and trotted over to ruffle her colorful forelock. Around them, the ocean was darkening as the tide began its afternoon rise. Lir sighed, and threw himself into the water to duck beneath it. Tia Chai yelped and scrambled back from the sudden surge of wet, and pouted under the waves when the aquatic Isomara vanished into the depths in pursuit of a fish. Iblis eyed the water, then returned to staring at the beach expectantly.
“Anything in particular you’re waiting for over there?” Siadam rolled back to her feet to lope across the sandbar to her friend’s side. Iblis smiled in response, and through her head back in a long, loud ‘AROO’ that resulted in several splashes from the fish near the water’s surface. Siadam and Siadur looked to each other, and Tia blinked in surprise, her mane fully fluffed out, and her ears pressed back against her neck.
Lir emerged from his dive with a fish in his jaws, which he dropped at Siadam’s feet, and then he was turning to return to the water--only to freeze when the memic on the far bank screeched and was answered with a series of furious feline screams. Immediately the isomara jumped to their paws, Siadam and Siadur snarling in terror, their tails lashing, while Lir fluffed his mane and glared at the shore. Iblis however gave another, happier ‘Aroo’ and pranced in a circle and wiggled her tail. From the forest line, three memora brust from the bushes. A massive, plump white memora with rich green markings and two stingers curling up over her skull led the charge, snarling so loudly that the isomara could hear her clear as crystal over the surf. Another, slender tortoiseshell with a shell-like tail who charged straight at the memic’s hindquarters, stinger poised like a scorpion’s over her head and fully prepared to strike. And the third, a small, lithe and fast lilac-bicolor memora who darted, ducking and weaving, around the brilliantly colored memic, driving it back into the forest through the power of numbers and venom. Each furious swipe of massive wing-paws was met with the threat of a stinger to the palm, and the memic’s mask couldn’t protect it from the pride-leader’s outstretched claws and ignorance of the word ‘fear’.
The isomara party watched in awe while the memora chased the memic back to the forest edge, where they stopped, and watched and waited. After some clearly meaningful looks, the smaller two memoras sat at the tree line, ears pricked for the return of the memic, while the plump white one turned back to trot to the water’s edge to sit down and sweep her broad butterfly-tipped tail over her paws, and yawn.
They really shouldn’t have been surprised when Iblis jumped into the water without question.

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“Iblis?” Siadur asked, and trotted across the sandbar to meet her. The silent isomara blinked, flicked an ear at him, and continued to watch the bright pink memic pacing the far bank. “You look like you’re expecting someone to come save us.” It was a tease, but Iblis smiled knowingly and twitched her tail over the sand.
The little isoling trotted over to join the pair as well, her tail swaying in the air over her fluffy back. “I could swim over there and give the big meany a what’s-for!” she chimed, and Iblis actually took her eyes off of the Memic long enough to smile at the kid. Tia Chai’s face lit up at the silent praise.
“You could, but we shouldn’t pick fights with memics. Memora maybe, but not memics.” Siadam cautioned, throwing herself into the sand, rolling in it to pass the time. Lusamine chittered a protest and dropped down from on her shoulders to avoid getting rolled on. “Besides, weren’t you running away from it not an hour ago?” The question was answered by the indignant sputtering of the little isoling, and a gurgling coo from Lusamine, who waddled over to Tia Chai’s leg and chirped to be picked up.
“That’s cause it snuck up on me!” Tia’s lisp swallowed half her words, but she was laughing brightly, flopping back on her haunches so she could pick up the colorful goom and snuggle with them. “And I wanna try swimming back!”
Siadur chuckled at the display of childhood exuberance for life, and trotted over to ruffle her colorful forelock. Around them, the ocean was darkening as the tide began its afternoon rise. Lir sighed, and threw himself into the water to duck beneath it. Tia Chai yelped and scrambled back from the sudden surge of wet, and pouted under the waves when the aquatic Isomara vanished into the depths in pursuit of a fish. Iblis eyed the water, then returned to staring at the beach expectantly.
“Anything in particular you’re waiting for over there?” Siadam rolled back to her feet to lope across the sandbar to her friend’s side. Iblis smiled in response, and through her head back in a long, loud ‘AROO’ that resulted in several splashes from the fish near the water’s surface. Siadam and Siadur looked to each other, and Tia blinked in surprise, her mane fully fluffed out, and her ears pressed back against her neck.
Lir emerged from his dive with a fish in his jaws, which he dropped at Siadam’s feet, and then he was turning to return to the water--only to freeze when the memic on the far bank screeched and was answered with a series of furious feline screams. Immediately the isomara jumped to their paws, Siadam and Siadur snarling in terror, their tails lashing, while Lir fluffed his mane and glared at the shore. Iblis however gave another, happier ‘Aroo’ and pranced in a circle and wiggled her tail. From the forest line, three memora brust from the bushes. A massive, plump white memora with rich green markings and two stingers curling up over her skull led the charge, snarling so loudly that the isomara could hear her clear as crystal over the surf. Another, slender tortoiseshell with a shell-like tail who charged straight at the memic’s hindquarters, stinger poised like a scorpion’s over her head and fully prepared to strike. And the third, a small, lithe and fast lilac-bicolor memora who darted, ducking and weaving, around the brilliantly colored memic, driving it back into the forest through the power of numbers and venom. Each furious swipe of massive wing-paws was met with the threat of a stinger to the palm, and the memic’s mask couldn’t protect it from the pride-leader’s outstretched claws and ignorance of the word ‘fear’.
The isomara party watched in awe while the memora chased the memic back to the forest edge, where they stopped, and watched and waited. After some clearly meaningful looks, the smaller two memoras sat at the tree line, ears pricked for the return of the memic, while the plump white one turned back to trot to the water’s edge to sit down and sweep her broad butterfly-tipped tail over her paws, and yawn.
They really shouldn’t have been surprised when Iblis jumped into the water without question.