winter wonderland

Oddly enough Ruinam did not miss the colder atmosphere as much as he thought he would, he was adjusting quickly to the hot and humid weather, although he still felt quite bad about dragging his companion out of place, where he most definitely did not belong.

The winter stallion spends most of his time close to the ocean, preferring to stand in the salty breeze rather than in the humid jungle, with no escape from the heat.
The ocean was quite a pleasant retreat, a perfect temperature to swim in, or just to stand in and contemplate whatever needed contemplation, sometimes the island was visited by sea creatures, ranging from large whales to smaller orcas and dolphins, sights that were at first unimaginable to the stallion back on the mainland.

At night the whole scene usually changed, it became a lot colder during the night and most of the loud island noises would die down until only the hum of the ocean could be heard. This was also probably why his companion preferred to be more active during the night.

Small logs glide along the deep blue sea, carried softly by the ocean current, slowly being taken toward shore to meet the small granules of sand which Ruinam stands on, his eyes are closed as he thinks about anything and everything, about the recent events that were changing everything and what was to come.
From behind his companion suddenly starts to frolic and shriek, the stallion's eyes open with a raised brow as he turns to face the fox, his legs placidly scraping against the granules of sand as his companion comes into view, he is jumping into the air, seemingly annoyed by something "Are you quite alright?" the stallion says quietly, his head hung low and inquisitively as he comes closer.

Ruinam's companion now stops and begins to paw at his ear, now that he is not moving Ruinam can see the small gecko sitting on top of him "See friend, you are no longer the top predator of the island, bet you weren't expecting that" he chuckles softly, his companion mildly annoyed by the statement.

winter wonderland

Suddenly the arctic fox is no longer the one with a gecko on his head, Ruinam now wears the small critter like a crown atop his head, his crimson-red eyes crosseyed to try and get a better look at the small animal.
"See? There's nothing to worry about" he smirks at the fox who does not seem to take the remark very kindly, the white animal lifts its furry tail and trots off into the jungle.

Just as everything really did feel as if there was nothing to worry about, a small voice made its way into his ears, the stallion halts and tilts his head curiously "You?" he speaks to himself, at first thinking maybe he had already gone insane on the island and was now hearing voices "Or was that you?" he now asks the small gecko "I am indeed the only one here, par the small fox" he answers the question quickly.

His eyes are all over the place as he still tries to get a better look at the animal "Are you maybe a shifter? or just a talking gecko? because I must say, both of those are quite interesting" he says with a smile as he begins to walk toward the sea "I would love to be able to shift into a dragon myself, there's just something so powerful and amazing about the beasts, to be able to protect the ones you love and a whole island, it is what I have always dreamt of. Oh and the fire, I would love to be able to spit fire, then I would definitely be able to protect those I love, and this island, though it is pretty empty for the moment. I actually had dragons in my family, though that was away from Beqanna, rather far away really" he stops himself after a while of blabbering, realising he could just be having a conversation with a talking gecko.

"Would you like to come down now?" he asks as he lowers his head close to the incoming tide, allowing the small critter to leave the top of his head if it wants to.
His companion now rejoins him, seemingly no longer affected by the previous remark.

winter wonderland

Ruinam would have never thought that his day would be compromised of talking to very fluent geckos, but it seemed that even that was going to change. Suddenly the small gecko leaps off of the stallion's head and transforms into an impressive firebird, Ruinam is quite taken aback at first but his expression quickly transforms into a smile "Well I most definitely was not expecting that, though I guess you are right" he nods, moving around the creature to take a better look at it while his companion backs away in confusion.

"I guess dragons are birds in a way, right?" he almost questions the stranger, almost confusing himself by it "It is just something that has always interested me," he says, almost in awe as he stares at the creature.
"What other interesting things can you transform into?" he asks curiously "It must be amazing to be able to explore almost anything you want" he looks toward the water, wondering what lurked below.

"Is there anything you can't transform into?" he tilts his head, bombarding the stranger with new questions.