They were not alone long at all. Aquaria's eyes illuminated with joyful recognition to see her sister join them on the shore, Eva not far behind her. As surely as any siren call, the newcomer had summoned the three, each a jewel in the treasure chest that was Ischia.
The pearly scaled mare returned her sister's greeting touch, kissing Adria's cheek in her turn. "Bote mwen se yon flé nan jaden ou, sé" She burbled in their childhood tongue. Common came easier to the sea mare these days, the words as familiar as the island speak they'd grown up with. Still, she enjoyed the link between her and her eldest sibling. She greeted Eva similarly when the amethystine woman joined them, the three of them placed close by each other in the face of the unknown.
She was a pretty unknown, to be sure, one of the prettiest creatures Aquaria figured she'd ever met. And that was saying something. Still, beauty without and beauty within did not always meet. She had met strikingly beautiful horses on the mainland that held nothing but ice behind their ribs. Such thoughts evaporated when the jungle maiden began to speak.
She seemed as sweet as honey, as carefree as a butterfly. The soft pink of Aquaria's lips slipped into a pleased smile when the fluttering woman returned her sister's compliment. The smile turned hesitant when Isilya next divulged her purpose in joining them here. Tephra? Succeeded Vulgaris? Now that was a surprise. The nereid blinked once as she absorbed the news, and tried to determine if their guest spoke truth. She glanced to her kin, wondering what the other two made of this news.
Vulgaris had been here so recently, it seemed, and had given them no indication then that he had intended anything but a long and determined role in charge. Then again, there had been the little princess Larke, princess no more it seemed. Vulgaris must have had a soft spot for the innocent among his brood, strange a thought as that was. And a penchant for putting them on thrones.
Doubt bubbled at the back of her mind, but it seemed that it might be downright stupid to voice it now. Instead, she resorted to the diplomatic approach that she had been working on. "How exciting! Your new position didn't come at the cost of Vulargis' demise, did it?" She asked, fairly certain she'd kept the note of hope out of her voice. Diplomacy was a work in progress.
@[Eva] @[Adria] @[Isilya]