A really shitty meet and greet
Kah'rahu- Day 2 of imperative triton
atharius is swimming along. he had spotted signs of intelligent life- faint shadows, brainwaves, comm signals, tech scraps- but it was all unrecognizable. he had decided to go searching himself. as a vyzelrath, he was quite good at swimming- he had gills, a powerful tail, and several more wonderful traits. but still, the oceans of kah'rahu were quite different from the oceans of ethrion.
Suddenly, a particularly strong force hit him from the stomach, launching him into the air
ATHARIUS: "Ow.... what the fuck was that?"
In front of him was something... new. someone new. he sworn he'd seen a species like that in the history books, but his memory was foggy
ARAIHI: "I am Araihi Hasuko. you are out of your element, kavirath!"
Araihi calls forth a gigantic wave of water, crashing into atharius, and slamming him into a rock
ATHARIUS: "I'm not with the kavirath! the kavirath are dead and gone!"
ARAIHI: "Then what are you? you still intrude on our land!"
ATHARIUS: "Well, I'm sorry for that. I'm a Vyzelrath."
ARAIHI: "It doesn't matter what you call yourselves, your kind nearly drove us to extinction!"
Araihi hurls spears of water at atharius, but he manages to muster up a massive gravity wave that sends araihi flying back
ATHARIUS: "Lecture me not of my species sins- I know them well enough. we are not the kavirath anymore. we denounced them and everything they did!"
ARAIHI: "I don't care! all the suffering of my kind comes from them! do you think you can let go of the past that easily! the Zakahu have not forgotten!"
She begins to fly up, extremely high, priming a massive spear of pressurized water. however, it seems araihi was overstraining herself. her wing constructs dissolve, and she begins to fall back to the surface, panicking. Atharius, seeing this, launches himself up with a gravity wave to intercept her. he grabs her out of the sky, and they both crash back into the water. thankfully, using some gravity manipulation, both are able to survive.
ARAIHI: "Why... Why did you do that? Why did you let me live? I attacked you with full intent to kill!"
ATHARIUS: "I'd say the first step to mending this thing is some sort of act of kindness, is it not? I've got a lot of stuff to show you. you wanna come with?"
ARAIHI: "Sure, don't see a reason not to. I have... a lot going on where I'm from.... I think I need a break."
ATHARIUS: "Me too. We're currently working on finding a big threat that's landed on this world. I'll tell you more about it later"
Eventually, the two manage to get back on atharius's new ship- The Ophanim Resolute (as the ophanim triumphant was heavily damaged). the conversation they have on the way to the lobby winds up mostly being about nerd shit- which they both have a suprising amount of interest in- as well as catching up with the events of the galaxy, what with the Zakahu being isolated for millenia.