Cecaelia

Walking into the village I've unknowingly found I sigh seeing everyone looking at me, how's it even possible to have this much bad luck.

Chased out of your natural home for something you had no control over, it's not like I meant to become contaminated with that black mold algae.

Spend several life times alive when your kind live 60 years maybe 64 if you're lucky, being chased out of villages once people notice you don't age or get paranoid.

Walking on I frown seeing a girl with a sword pointed at a statue arguing with it, everyone seems to give her space but otherwise don't pay her any mind.

This place's cold, plenty of ice and snow, although I'm concerned about how my condition responds here, I've been places that caused it to shift changing how it shows up or responds, I'd rather not have it become physical again it took a whole life time spent in a an ocean to disappear.

"Great a contaminated Cecaelia around an area that's causing the contamination to respond" I mutter.

Walking on I keep my distance from the people it's far easier than I expected since they avoid me to, I'll eventually have to speak to someone for work but I have enough money to get by for a few months, taking it from that bank when those beasts came out was a good idea they avoided me almost like a swimming order, although a few stranger ones tried to attack.

It reminded me of the way things back home are, smaller or weaker fish hide or flee from the larger ones, those in turn had their own predator to avoid, at the top was my kind and the sister creatures but we had equal contenders as both prey and predator.

Frowning I feel my contamination pulsing in warning, so I'm not alone here something else here could hurt me, I hope it's intelligent this time maybe if it is we can come to a truce live peacefully as long as I can stay.

Looking around I spot the castle up to hill feeling rapid pulsing, no reason to seem like a challenge if I go on their home territory, they could see it as a challenge starting us off wrong I'll need to see if I can find them out here to make contact.

Walking on I feel the pulsing fade to its typical pulse mimicking my heartbeat.

But just as my luck's been since this happened I come across three more spots that hold something or someone that's a threat.

That's just great four here, at least it raises the chance of them being intelligent but it also means I may have to flee if they decide five is one to many.

Trying to find areas that suit my needs is almost impossible if I'm near the ocean I have to watch out for my own kind, they will attack an outsider but I need cold and frozen areas with water.

I was born in The Southern Ocean and grew up swimming the Antarctica islands, I prefer my birth looks over the tropical looks we gain when leaving even more when I take on human looks.

Sighing I shake my head ignoring the looks I'm getting I always thought the tropical Cecaelias looked sickly when human, far to thin they typically have a light tan it just seems unnatural.

But I am technically a deep water Arctica Cecaelia so it's not unheard of for my kind to prefer our natural looks, even though we've had plenty of ours leave choosing a tropical island or mate.

Sitting down on the fountain I think over my finds for the closest two locations the castle causes the fastest and hardest pulsing, it's to inviting that typically means it's a lure and what or who's inside will almost certainly kill you.

The second causes a slight rapid pulsing but doesn't get harder it looks creepy at the start like it's warning you away, since my eye sights better then a humans without the contamination I seen it gets creeper the deeper you go, this typically means they're not actively looking for prey but will attack if they feel challenged.

Sighing I finally decided on the second if I can get close enough without being seen as a challenge maybe I can catch them coming or going and speak with them, they had a waterfall as well, that was cleaner then the lake I found, I just don't want to deal with.

Getting up I head for it and come to the bridge, getting across is tricky despite my body size being slightly curvy and tall I'm still a Cecaelia and weigh more then I physically look.

Getting safely off I sigh taking a deep breath to calm down, this climate doesn't exactly preserve wood work or fabric.

Shaking it off I continue on seeing dolls hung in the trees, seeing one's rope close to breaking I frown, the person obviously takes care of these dolls, reaching up I pull myself up the tree and pull it up to me before tying the ends together to keep it up.

Carefully letting it go I get down dusting my hands off smiling at the doll "there, now it's secure again" I say to it while fixing where I accidentally folded it's dress up.

Stepping back I turn walking closer to the water fall without getting on the territory line that's clearly marked with the thinning of dolls hanging.

Sitting down on a rock near the water I glance around before pulling my clothes off and climbing in, swimming to the deeper part I find a natural cave that the water created, going in I check it out finding it's got a lip leading to a dry cave and smile before I rush back grabbing my stuff.

Grabbing the waterproof bag I have I head back in climbing up tossing it to the side before pulling myself up "I can work with this and maybe stay longer than usual" I mutter.

Looking around I frown seeing two skeletons that have came apart "oh that's unfortunate" I mutter.