The Taste of Salt [O]

How long did she stare out into the sea? Not as long as it felt that was for sure but even still she just could not take her eyes off the ever moving waves. Their gestures were... poetic, if anything. Even away from the crying merchants, travelers, and other various advertising; Shi could still hear their calls. They were probably to be there all day, some even at night. Made her wonder if this port-town had some sort of tavern, a cafe for meeting perhaps. She could probably find some work there but alas that meant that she would have to charge through that clustered mess again. The absol couldn't help but sigh at the thought.

"So, we don't have any impending disasters, do we?" A voice echoed from behind. Surely the sudden appearance would have startled most but Shira merely glimpsed over to see who had addressed her. A carracosta. Not so rare in this water-type haven. "Or is this your first time seeing this? Sure is vast, ain't she? Makes ye' wonder how far out it really goes..."

The absol look between the ocean and this stranger. A small smile played onto her lips, I don't sense any worth-while dooms to report. And yes, this is my first time seeing this sort of... scenery. Shiranui replied quietly. She had to agree on how vast indeed the water claimed to be. Times like these she admired the water-types with their ability to scale the never-ending blue. She could only imagine what lay beneath that blue-green cover. Perhaps some ancient, forgotten underwater city? There were ruins on land so who was to say that there weren't ruins beneath the waves.

The female looked backed to the turtle pokemon. Have you also come to take a glimpse or are you merely escaping the chaos like I? She couldn't help but ask. It was amazing that anyone could stand to be around so much noise let alone smells. It was a good thing her nose wasn't as sharp as a full-blown canine's might've been. Oh the smelly nightmare.

As the Carracosta laughed to himself, Shiranui couldn't help but tilt her head at him. She must've had a reaction that was similar to most other tourists or travelers who had never seen the sea before. The or it was the complete opposite, which she highly doubted. How these local residents could manage to just be able to look out at such a wonder was beyond her, but then most pokemon have probably never seen as much snow or as many hot springs in their lives like she has. She certainly be chuckling too if someone stared at the snow like it was a new life form.

"Eh, a little bit of both. It'sa tad unusual today, really. Usually ain't this busy, not to tha' point of where yer own voice becomes lost. I'd say waita' few moments later, should die down by then."

Shi nodded in agreement. It certainly was a bit much for even this size of a town. Perhaps more merchants were coming in or something. A pulse of new teams and whatnot. Least it did give her time to admire the ocean as the old sea-turtle had said. Least she thought he was older, he seemed more capable than most of the younglings she usually came across.

"So, what place are ye' from that the ocean don't hit'it?"

Ah, I'm from Onut. She said simply, Everything is always covered in snow or hot water. Closest thing to the sea would be the springs I suppose. She mused. How true that was but then the springs weren't usually blue in color, always green, tan, or something similar to those. Just never blue. Have you ever been there before?

"... I think I might'ave been there before. Not exactly to tha' village, but the land seems mighty familiar. I once escorted this fellow toa' certain spot, he was goin' on about building some sort'of resort."

Ah so he had been there, or rather close-by really. It didn't surprise her that he had escorted some random land-buyer, it was never a new thing to the residents of Onut. She probably should have felt perhaps just a little angry at the fact he would escort those scum to her home but she did not. One had to make a living somehow, it wasn't right to just growl at a pokemon just trying to get on by. Besides, she was more interested in the fact that he actually guided his client there.

Were you an explorer, or rather still one? She asked curiously. Water-types were often hard to tell just what ages they were, well more specifically turtle-pokemon such as blastoise and torkoal and all them. They never seemed to age and when they did they were usually about three times your age. A strange thing really. Made her wonder just how long normal rock-types would live for...

"Quite frankly, and no offense to ya', but I'd say it's insane to go all that way just fer some extra warm waters. If ya' really that desperate, then just hire a fire-type to warm it for ye'." He had continued.

Shira let out a small chuckle. Oh if only life were that simple. I'm fairly sure a fire-type wouldn't want to go three feet near water. Unless they were hungry perhaps. The absol smiled; she'd pay to see a charmander or magmar warm water for others' convenience.