Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-28530195-20161023045437/@comment-28358106-20161025142310

"Nice? Well, sure.  I mean, we don't always get along, but we live each other.  You'vealready met Ferra, and we have Aurum, Aegis, and Aurora...oh!  That reminds me!"

She takes them downstairs to the library. On the vast ceiling is a glass dome at least a hundred feet across...a window into a body of water. As they enter, Aurora swims up and waves, smiling, but when she sees the others, she darts off.

"Well, that WAS Aurora. She's being shy.  Let's go upstairs and I'll show you where she lives." Lucida pauses. "She...had a rough childhood. Very rough.  So, she's shy about new people sometimes."

They go back upstairs, and through a large set of doors. It opens into practically another world; its a vivarium, as big as the house itself, and unseen from the front of the house. Most of it is taken up by a body of water the size of an Olympic swimming pool, with coral and rocks jutting from it and gravel lining its banks. A large waterfall provides ambience and relaxation, and the water undulates with the movement of calm, natural waves.

"This is the Vivarium. Papa had it built to accommodate Mamono who needed salt water or a different environment.  It has water channels that lead to all the main bedrooms so she can visit us.  She's the only one in here right now, but that might change." She calls out. "Aurora? Come meet our visitors!  It's all right, don't be afraid!"

Slowly, from behind a nearby rock in the water, Aurora peeks over the top.