[FIN] The Childish Notion of an Adult (Riot, Nick, Bob)

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Despite the fact the Riot was wet from his battle with the water, Nikita welcomed the headbut with a down tilt of her head and a return nudge. Riot was such a good friend. The water had to listen to them now. Especially after that whooping that it had received.

"Thank you Ry-ry..." Nikita peeped with another soft bump of her horns.

Carefully she begun to nudge his side toward the water. Her head remained touching his side for safety. One could never be too sure when the water was going to be mean.

"Could you stay close too? Just in case the water decides to bite me again..." She near mumbled the request. It seemed almost silly. She wanted to prove that she was brave to both Riot and Bob, but.... water was different. There was something about water that struck fear in the deepest depths of her soul. It was a scary thing.

Bob watched the two cubs interact without disrupting their moment. It was healthy for them to know that they would have support, even if he was not there to give it.

A long relieved sigh passed his nostrils before the smile returned to his lips.

"... Don't worry Nikita, we will keep the water from biting you. I will be very close to the both of you." He assured them.  

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riots head tilted to gently connect with her own head as she tilted her head down to nudge his own.

Even as he was dripping with water, he was there to tell that it was okay and even though he was soaking wet she would still touch him.

Hearing her word, Riot's ears peaked forward to the gentle 'Nick-name'. He turned himself with Nikita as she moved toward the water, he stayed by her side and as support for his friend.

"I will be right here." riot softly answered turning his eyes to the water. Keeping an careful eye on the lake-just to make sure and stay true to his word.

Also.

"Yeah!" The wild cub spoke as ear perked to Bob's words and attention turned to him for the moment. Bob was going to be there, everything was going to be okay for sure.

"Bob is going to be here too." Riot spoke to help encourage his friend, as she approched the water side in all her own time.  

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Nikita followed along with RIot, completely trusting his and Bob's assurance that she would be okay. That she trusted more than her deep rooted instinct about water. It couldn't harm her so long as Riot and Bob were there to talk it down again.

The closer they drew to the water, the more her little frame begun to tremble. It was still frightening. Something deep within her screamed "no", and 'get out'! Those deep screaming instincts were forcefully ignored, with great mental difficulty. Her head pressed closer to Riot while her fur continued to puff nervously.

It would be okay, it would be safe, it would be alright. There were two wonderful guardians there. Safe, safe... it was safe.

Little paw touched the water and she released a soft mewl and shook. Her eyes shut tight as she pressed into Riot further for more security.

Bob moved closer to the two cubs as they approached the water. He remained ready to pluck any of the cubs out of the water at a moment's notice.

"...It's alright. We won't go too deep. Water won't hurt you with us close by." Bob continued to assure Nikita in as calm a tone as he could manage in his rumbling voice.

He gave a side glance to Riot to be sure that he had everything in control. Riot seemed more willing to have fun in the water than Nikita did. It had to have been her element. Perhaps it was a natural fear of the water.  

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"yeah, Nikita. It will be okay." Riot gently coed, fallowing along with Sir Robert's gentle words. Tiot remained at Nikita's side as her frame tremble against him.

Hearing her mew, Riot's ear flicked back and his maw opened eyes. He like mewing, and with that-Riot Joined in with a more load one back at the water. With sway of his tail, Riot's head turned up to look at Bob, before eyes turned to watch the water carefully.

Just in care it decided to bite her again as she touched it.

Standing firmly for Nikita, Riot waited and coxed her patently into the water, keeping in step with Bob 's own movement and careful watch.

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Nikita side-glanced Riot as he chimed in with his louder mewling. The water wasn't 'biting', but it was still not a pleasant feeling against her skin. Just, something about it screamed unpleasant. But with Riot and Bob there, she felt significantly braver about it.

Looking back at the water she opened her maw and released a slightly louder mewl at it. She tried, unsuccessfully, to mimic Riot's tone of voce. Her own soft tone she would have believed was on par with even Bob's roar.

By now the water hand made it past her forearms. All of her toes were spread out as wide as they could go as they grabbed awkwardly with each step.

"Lookit" She squeaked nervously.

Her entire frame shivered with each inhale.

Bob watched the two cubs carefully. He could see the terror still on Nikita's face as they worked to get her a little deeper in the water. They were such brave cubs.

Bob kept an eye on the cubs as he walked around them to lay himself between the deeper waters and where they were now. A subtle way of letting them know that they were deep enough. That and he had hoped to provide security.

"...Don't go any deeper than that." Bob instructed them with a smile.

It seemed so simple a task, but he was proud of them for at least trying the water.  

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"You're doing it!" Riot cheered as Nikita's paws where all submurged in the water. Dripping his maw in the water, Riot eyes remained focused on the other other young cub.

The water hadn't bitten either of them, Riot was sure it was because of Bob and him where watching it carefully.

Letting out a breath, Riot's muzzle gently purred a rumbled of bubbles to the surface.

Hearing Bob, Riot's closest ear flicked over to the Elder.

Picking up his maw, Riot turned and looked over to their bigger friend, who laid on the ground in the water.

Looking down to the water and at his murky paws, as he slowly started to wonder if he too could lay in the water. However just as he did, something in the water caught his blue eyes. Slowly his head bobbled Fallowing it and in instant paws lept after what ever it was.

Causing a mild splash to wake from the cub.  

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Nikita remained pressed against Riot for safetly. One could never be too careful when standing in the enemy. However, when Riot moved to stand at alert, Nikita near jumped right out of the water. Her eyes widened and frame trembled, but she managed to take hold of bravery and stand her... water.

Crimson eyes looked from Bob, who was impressively laying in the water, to Riot who was chasing something. Her ears perked forward.

"W-what is it?" Nikita whispered over to Riot. "I-is the water going to bite again?"

Very carefully, as if walking on thin ice, she begun to follow closer to Riot. She tried to keep attention on both the water and him... and Bob. Mostly the water. It was not as easy to do. The more her eyes were not on the water, the more she felt that the water was going to bite her again. It was such a cruel thing.

Bob's ears perked forward as Riot caught sight of something in the water. Perhaps a young fish. His tail stilled. The less movement he made, the less chance the fish would be completely scared off.

Crimson eyes shifted back to the terrified Nikita, just to be sure she was still doing alright. It was amazing how much she had gotten a bit more used to the water, but it was still obvious she was very scared.  

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Riot's soaked maw and head popped out of the water, and his eyes focused on the water once more. Ear flicked to Nikita's words, pulling his head away from the water he looked back to his frightened friend.

"I don't think so." Riot answered, slowly trying his head back to the water. his long brown tail flicked and twisted. "There is wiggly stuff in it." The cub spoke in awe, his maw hung open as his gaze darted back and forth staring at the water, hoping to see what he had seen.

Which was a vary small fish..

"Look." The cub spoke turning his head to Nikita. "I bet you could get it...." Riot spoke, his tail twisting once more before focuse turned to the water once more.  

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As Bob lay there ever focused on the two cubs, Nikita searched the water for this 'wiggly stuff'. Her shaking frame continued to shutter as she carefully moved a paw forward. This time her focused remained watching the waters for a sign of what Riot might have been talking about- THERE! Her ears perked forward, while her entire frame leaned. There was a wiggly thing over there!

A paw lifted then froze. Her shuttering frame worked to compose itself to a calm state that Bob had taught them proper for 'hunting' something. It was hard in the water.

"I saw it..." Nikita gasped. "over there... it wasn't water... I think."

She lowered her chin to the water, daring to get more of the water on her fur to see if the wigglything would show itself again. It was really hard to see.  

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Riot stilled himself as Nikita dared to inch closer to the water.the cubs was turned to look back at his brave friend. Swiftly his tail, gently curled and swayed in the air as he watched her carefully. The wild cub didn't want her to be scared by the water, after all it wasn't trying to bite her, and those wiggly things where interesting to watch.

"Think you can get it?" Riot dared in a lowered egging tone. His ears lowered, as his voice did as a devious smile slipped across his maw.

riot had full trust that his friend could get it. She was rather quick-quicker then him even!

Bob did say she was more natural at hunting, or something like that-and Bob knew everything!  

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Nikita continued to search for the wriggly thing in the water, under the close watch of Bob not even two leaps away. Her eyes could almost catch the sliver glimmer of their scales past Bob, some daring to go around him. They looked like silver raindrops, big ones.

Riot seemed to think that she could do it, and he knew better than she did! He was smart like that. Though, the water's ripples were starting to become more noticeable as they bumped against the base of her lips.

Once again her frame begun to tremble. Why was the water so hard to master? It was no doubt the essence of fear planting her limbs in the sand and threatening to pull her under. A thick glaze begun to form in the corner of her eyes while her jaw tightened. Riot said she could do it, she could catch the fish. He caught her a bug... why was this so hard to do!?

A soft little mewl passed her lips. At this point it was hard for her to determine if the fear of water or the idea she was not going to catch a fish and let Riot down was causing more distress.

Bob was also watching Nikita closely. Riot seemed able to handle the water, though, him being a cub, he did not gain full freedom from the taller B'alam's watchful eye.

When she begun to tremble again he leaned his head a bit closer to give her a gentle nudge on the side. The fish scattered, Bob knew they would be back once it all settled.

"...Shhhh, you are safe." He cooed.  

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As Nikita's maw started to tremble, Riots ear's flicked back tighter against his head. His maw parted, as His friend only seemed more distressed about the idea of the water, or was it catching the a fish?

A little mew coed back at Nikita, bobbing his head a little forward, Riot nudged the air with his pink fluff. Not paying any mind to the fish as they darted away from Bob's movement.

"Yeah, Nikita-Bob is here." The cub spoke trying to reassure his friend. "And I am too." Riot's chest rose and puffed as his stance grew, just to prove he could face anything for her.

In Riot's cub like mind, he thought she deserved all the fish in the world-maybe it would help.

 

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Nikita looked to Riot, only catching Bob's nod in a side glance, as she drew a deep breath. They were both there. They wouldn't let water bite her again. And Riot did slap water to let it know who was the boss. She swallowed what felt to be one of those large rocks. Okay. She could do this. Two of the best B'alam ever were close by and would not let her down, she would not let them down.

Crimson eyes turned back to the water as a silvery flash winked at her from just by Bob's front paw. Bob probably looked like a rock to the fish.

Carefully her eyes followed its movements. The shivers and fear she did her best to keep it from holding her back. It was coming closer. She probably looked like a cloud.

THERE!!

With the grace of a lightning bolt, Nikita jumped forward at the silver flash. Her eyes widened as she scooped the fish out of the water. The rest seemed to proceed in slow motion, as if time itself wanted to watch what had just happened. The fish was flying and as if her body was being controlled by an outside force she lept after it with maw open wide. Water splashing up around them as they both took to the air.

Than, as if time remembered it was supposed to be going, Nikita splashed back into the water with the silvery fish wiggling fiercely in her tight maw. Slowly she turned to look at Riot, wide eyed as if to silently ask; "what now?"

The fish slowly begun to loose it's wiggling vigor...  

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As Nikita sprung surprisingly into action, Riot's gaze widened with shook with how fast his cub friend moved. He almost trembled from the force of the excitement of the quick movement.

Wow!

Hunkering down in the water, Riots's little body reacted on his own as if to protect from being swept away by the speed. His darken tail swished though the water to wrap tightly around his body. He had never seen Nimita move so fast before! She was like lightning!

As the instant passed, as Bright eyes looked back at him Riot's body rose in the water slowly to look back at Nikita.

"...wow." Left the cub slowly in away, so slowly his maw forgot to close as the word left his mouth.

"That was amazing!" Riot leaped up in a mew, so excited the cub couldn't contain himself and loped quickly around in a circle of happy slashes. Turning about, Riot stopped himself right infront of Nikita; not even a inch away from her own smaller-not fat-head. Blue eyes crossed to look at the little fish squirming to it's death....

"You're amazing..." left Riot in a soft away as blue eyes flicked back to his friend.

He was so lucky to have such amazing friends  

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For this glorious moment, Nikita had forgotten that she was standing in the dreaded water. She watched proudly to Riot, and even Bob's own surprise at what she had just done. It had gone by so fast that she had forgotten that water was bad or that what she had in her mouth was a good sized fish for her own cub height.

Crimson eyes brightened when Riot stopped in front of her. The awe on his fat head was enough to cause her heart to swell with great pride. This was for that wonderful bug that he had gotten earlier. Now, she got to give him a gift!

Her tail flicked before she took a step closer. Her neck craned a bit as she offered her gift to Riot. Ears perked forward as she forgot to gauge distance and noticed that her nose was nearly touching his bright pink one. The fish was now nearly completely still. Nikita had been so excited she had mostly crushed it in her tiny maw.

"hmmm mmm" Nikita hummed, hoping that he could understand 'for you'. It was harder to speak with a fish in your mouth than it was a bug. Fish were slimy.