Sea fishing.

The tang of salt in the air was almost enough to make Katherine cringe, it had in fact made Juliette sneeze a few hundred times until she stroppily (or at least stroppy for her) huffed and headed past Finnian and Atlas towards the ocean. A gruff look in her eyes as she practically tackled the water in search of schools of fish in the calm shallows. Right behind her was Rhett and Miki. The barbary brute had seemingly appeared to roll his eyes at the extended marked girl before he skipped into the water. Not too pleased that he was going to have to get wet (he was never too keen with water. Drinking it was fine, but bathing, swimming- well he would avoid it if he could.) he didn’t hesitate when he hit the spray of water, not with Maria narrowing her eyes at him from her perch on Bromley’s back. Bromley was a new brute, a tawny piebald merle, and such a sweet, kind-hearted brute that Maria had decided she would ride him, instead of Oceanus to the ocean. (The alpha male was still unsurprisingly with them.) Oona too. The pair were already in the water, much to Katherines surprise. Considering Oona wasn’t the most adventurous out of the starters. Though something about the sea was making her a lot more energetic than usually. Perhaps it was the bright blue sky that was above them, or the tang of salt that chocked her but may have been nicer for the older Tokotas that were used to the salt and spray of the ocean. Either way, Oona had already caught one fish, but instead of bringing it to her, like she was supposed to, she was eating it. No surprise there.

Slipping her hands in the sand, Katherine let out a soft hum of noise, watching as Rhett tackled Miki into the water, the long mane brute letting out a yelp of annoyance, and Juliette steering well clear of the arguing boys. Letting out a tune that wouldn’t reach Maria’s ears but when Finnian looked up- soon followed by Atlas, it was clear the Tokotas could hear the young girl singing under her breath. So much so, that the pair of brutes moved away from the sea and towards the brunette. Finnian hadn’t seemed all that happy in going in the sea, he had whined and huffed all the way here. Close to Atlas’s rump, and keeping pace with the group, but when they had reached the beach he had refused to go any closer to the water than a few feet, not even when Oceanus tried to coax him, or Oona nipped at his flank to force him. Not that Katherine blamed him, the sun may have been out but there was no doubt in her mind that the water was cold. Too cold. So now the two brutes were flanking her. Atlas was the first to fall next to her, curling behind her back, and ignoring the sand that instantly clung to his fur as he shuffled closer to her. Finnian was less graceful about it. With a huff and a yawn, he flopped unceremoniously to the ground. Nose twitching when he shifted some sand into the air. With a small giggle, Katherine reached over and petted Finnian on the nose, before leaning back into the comfortable pillow that was Atlas.

Off across the sand, Maria leant her hands back onto Bromley’s rump. The brute not minding behind used as a chair/leaning post. His face was turned towards the sea, the breeze that floated across the waves and pulled gently at his fur. Maria could see his nostrils flared, taking in all that scents that came with the ocean. Bromley let out a sigh, the heavy weighted breath pushing against Maria’s legs. The red head would have felt guilty about keeping him out of the water, so he couldn’t join the others, but the tawny merle (like Finnian) wasn’t showing much of an interest in the ocean. Though he was interested in watching the others. His eyes dragged across the reflective surface until he landed on Oceanus. The dire had just appeared from underneath the water, his mane sopping and clinging to his face, and hanging limp in his mouth was a fish. (Something that, from what Maria could see, caused outrage for Rhett, Miki and Juliette- who had still caught none.) And unlike Oona, Oceanus didn’t automatically eat it, instead he started to make his way towards the shore. His eyes locking on the bucket was sat near Katherine, Atlas and Finnian. So at least one of the bunch were collecting fish. 

The trio of toki’s, after seeing Oceanus’s haul, had seemed to decide to kick their butts in gear. Juliette, no longer pouting from her sneeze attack, kept her distance from the two boys. Wanting to do her best without getting distracted. (Which was insanely hard considering that Miki and Rhett were having trouble doing anything but tackling one another into the water.) though so far, she was doing pretty good, her mane was slick back, giving off the impression that she too was a barbary maned toki. Though with one look towards the boys, Juliette dropped under the ocean, the water engulfing her until she disappeared from view. It was the little “plop” of water that sounded out from her decent that caught Miki and Rhett’s attention. Blinking at the ripple of water, and then turning to one another with an almost spark of electricity between them, the two brutes dived under the water as well. Much to Maria’s amusement, considering they did it exceptionally less graceful than Juliette and their yapping had caught Oona’s attention, and the starter girl was sending them a disapproving mum stare. Something that Katherine caught and had to laugh at. Oona was the epitome of disappointed mum and she loved it. Though what she loved more was the warmth that seemed to radiate from Atlas as she nuzzled in further to him. Finnian was a source of heat as well, the brute had put his head in her lap and would huff pathetically until she gently ran her hands over his face, pulling softly at his ears as she took to plaiting the fringe of his mane. And though the three of them were content to sit in the sand, they were still watching the others. Oceanus in particular. The alpha brute had placed the fish- rather gently- into the bucket and was trotting back towards the ocean. Though he momentarily got distracted by Bromley, moving closer to the merle and Maria to affectionately bop his nose with the smaller Tokota before carrying on his way, back to Oona.

Bromley watched him go, ears twitching. The smell of fish was strong in the air, and for a moment he wanted to go and take the morsel from the bucket. Though, as if Maria could hear his thoughts like her own, she leant forward from her lounged position and bopped his nose. “I’m watching you,” she warned playfully. The tone getting across easily and making Bromley huff. With an affectionate ruffle of his mane, Maria slanted back once more. lazily watching as Rhett, Miki and Juliette appear from underneath the water. Juliette had two fish hanging from her mouth, her eyes gleaming and no doubt under the water her tail was propelling a mile a minute. The boys on the other hand… well they were empty- well, jawed. And that was just another reason for the two boys to tackle one another, disappearing under the waves and hopefully not drowning.