Thread: Of Man and Mer (Cheshire Pup and desertpaladin)

The man's name was Lawrence, he had been young, naive, and foolish, not a good combonation when he had decided to go out boating from his local down in California... Lawrence looked around through a telescope as he tried to figure out where he was. The ship was a small sailing vessel, when he had gone out the weather was nice but as he got a bit out to sea the weather suddenly and drastically changed. The winds picked up and the waves grew quite choppy so that it knocked the sailboat around on the water, sending it bounding along on a new course. He now had no idea where he was. He had once had a hand held GPS... but the waves knocked him against the side of the boat and he dropped it into the sea below. No doubt it was long gone and no longer working by his guess. He had only managed to keep the few essencials that he had locked away in the interrior of the boat which was some emergency equipment, like rope, a knife, his father's old telescope, life vest, blankets, first aid, and a bit of food. But right now he was screwed to say the least he didn't even see a speck of... wait he turned his head back a bit and he smiled seeing something... land? He went ro work right away, changing the ships course so that it pointed to the island and he made full speed ahaid to the island. He beached the small craft on shore and sighed as he bowed down on his hands and knees thank god... he said to himself as he looked up but his look of gratitude vanished... where the hell was he? He had never seen any kind of plants like those before... and what were those sounds? he herd strange birds, weird animal sounds... the wind and the sea and... was that...? Brushing back some of his still slightly damp brown hair from his hazel eyes he turned to look in the direction of the sound and saw a large rock face jotting out of the water... but there was... a hole in the side of it? Moving forward he made sure his ship was secure and he hurried over to the rock face. It was very dangerious. The rocks he could walk on were very smooth and wet, he nearly slipped a few times before he got to the cave mouth, looking inside he saw a small alcove with... 'oh my god... he said and he rushed inside. He saw a small baby crying before him, his lower half wrapped in something... seaweed? and the tide was rising, the waves were splashing against the baby's stomach. He snatched up the baby just as a big wave came in and covered the small bit of land the baby had been on hush now... he said softly to the crying infant as he held it in his arms 'it is ok... hush... he gently rocked it as he carried the baby from the cave, taking the same path back but making sure to be careful as he held the bahby close, trying to keep the infant calm as he walked back to his ship Come on... lets get you warmed up... he said to the infant... As he got back he lay the baby down on a blanket on the sandy beach and he then took the knife from his small pack as he hurried up to land and cut down a few branches, taking a few fruits that fell as well and he hurried back to the boat. He started a small fire with a pack of maches near the child to help warm it and he moved to the seaweed. Slowly removing it but he raised an eyebrow... something did not seem right... he kept removing a seaweed until his eyes widened from shock.