Of course, one would say to keep attention when one was walking around an open area. Although she hadn't lost the point of this stop here in Idalani, the memories and thoughts that kept spiraling in her mind were beyond distracting. Meryl would sometimes snap out of it if she heard a loud noise or something unfamiliar, but otherwise, her mind kept going through those feelings and memories from the past, and asking itself questions it didn't have answers for. It was always so frustrating to think this way, yet the elementalist couldn't help it.
What she also couldn't help while thinking about those things were natural disasters. Perhaps that was too strong a word, but it recently felt like a disaster when the girl would sometimes find herself losing her footing or her balance while walking. In this case, in a place surrounded by waterfalls and huge lakes and ponds, it didn't take much time for the elementalist to go from solid ground to liquid water. Soon enough, the girl snapped out of it, but only too late as she screamed in surprise and found herself walking straight into a lake.
An embarrassing enough situation, but one that she had to quickly rectify. Fortunately for her, being lightly-clothed made it easier to swim back to the surface. Taking a deep breath as she emerged, Meryl flailed for a few seconds as she tried to realize where she was. Turning her head this way and that, she gasped and panted a little from the stress of suddenly finding herself in a lake, and not on solid ground.
It was while looking around frantically that she eventually noticed a hand holding out to her. In her current situation, Meryl had no interest in swimming there and wondering who had offered his or her help to her. All that mattered for the elementalist was to fix this embarrassing turn of event and to get back on solid ground. Without a second thought, she quickly pulled her arm out of the water and held on to the hand offered to her.
But what had felt like a saving grace quickly turned into the very opposite as she realized who had offered his hand.
What she also couldn't help while thinking about those things were natural disasters. Perhaps that was too strong a word, but it recently felt like a disaster when the girl would sometimes find herself losing her footing or her balance while walking. In this case, in a place surrounded by waterfalls and huge lakes and ponds, it didn't take much time for the elementalist to go from solid ground to liquid water. Soon enough, the girl snapped out of it, but only too late as she screamed in surprise and found herself walking straight into a lake.
An embarrassing enough situation, but one that she had to quickly rectify. Fortunately for her, being lightly-clothed made it easier to swim back to the surface. Taking a deep breath as she emerged, Meryl flailed for a few seconds as she tried to realize where she was. Turning her head this way and that, she gasped and panted a little from the stress of suddenly finding herself in a lake, and not on solid ground.
It was while looking around frantically that she eventually noticed a hand holding out to her. In her current situation, Meryl had no interest in swimming there and wondering who had offered his or her help to her. All that mattered for the elementalist was to fix this embarrassing turn of event and to get back on solid ground. Without a second thought, she quickly pulled her arm out of the water and held on to the hand offered to her.
But what had felt like a saving grace quickly turned into the very opposite as she realized who had offered his hand.
