It's so...quiet.

I suppose I expected as much. It's not the first time I've been this far below the sea. Hell, I live here, almost. Feels like it lately, anyway. I come here to think, when I need to...lately nothing's been too upsetting, or dramatic. Maybe that's the problem. Jin never did seem like he wanted to sit still for too long, either, anyway.

Jin? Oh, he's my owner. usually known as jinsaotome, if you see him around the higher-end markets and trading posts. Swell guy, real swell. Made his way up to the near the top and kept all his marbles intact while he was at it. I don't see him often, though, anymore. I know what you're thinking, but no. I know he cares. He's laid it on the line several times before for me. I don't doubt he would do so again. I haven't seen him in a while, though he does come by when he can, usually with provisions or new battle equipments for me or the others. I was his first pet, so I usually get my equipment changed regularly, so I'm fully protected in the Dome. Jin's not a poor guy at all, so he can find me tools that can help me better protect myself and my siblings...I owe him for that. ...Heh, I almost feel like I'm talking to someone down here. Maybe the pressure down here is getting to me.

...Nah. I've spent far more times just floating here, hundreds of miles below sea level. Some people pick a thinking spot where no one can disturb them, where they can be alone with their thoughts. I'm one of those guys. Down here, the sheer depths can claim even the hardiest sub or deep sea device, and divers wouldn't even make it halfway here.

I'm a water Shoyru. This's what I do best.

Shoyrus are often given a certain special elemental affinity when they're born. Most pick Air, because, well, we're damn good at flying. And we know it. Others just screw it and go on without any affinity, and keeping to themselves. But Jin and I are alike in the fact that neither of us like to be simply one of the many. It's not our style. We're perfectionists - I wanted to take an element, and make it my own. So after talking with Jin, we'd gone to a contingent of water faeries and asked for their blessing. The faeries just loved me - I guess they don't get many Shoyrus down there. Since then, I can swim better than about anyone, and about as fast as anything. I'm still a good flier, good as any, but down here...under the waves is my home. I'll never regret that decision. After all, Neopets and humans can easily explore the skies, even space. But how many can truly say they've touched the bottom of the Pacific, or can swim with the ease of the noblest of mermaids, even the water faeries themselves, with the constant pull of gravity and pressure bearing on you?

I'm AquariusDragoni. It's what I do.




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