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Christiana:
War was coming. I could taste in the air, smell it on the wind. My fellow crocs worked endlessly to try and create goods that would be useful. When gang members came to us, asking for glass spears...well...we went to work. I stayed up late into the night, sketching deadly blades of glass, with steel reinforcement worked in so that it would cut deep into flesh. I was always tired, but I could care less. The work was exhilarating and the grim looks on the faces of those preparing to fight filled me with a yearning I hadn't ever felt before. I wanted to fight...my body was coursing with adrenaline...and I felt great. But I'm not a fighter, I'm a worker, and I kept working, satisfying myself with imagining I could use my weapons.

When the news comes the gangs are recruiting, I feel a yearning to sign up, but I know I can't join any of them. I don't belong.

It's late Summer/Early Fall when she first comes to the shop while I'm the only one working. She and her companion. They are both Masquerading as gang members, but I can see only one of them is. The other is not only NOT a fighter, but she is also NOT a croc. I stare at the one who is not a croc. Then, she shrugs off her disguise, and I see she's a herring. I should alert people, but I can't. She is beautiful. Her shimmering dark brown and black scales, her dark eyes, her long, wavy red hair...

It's wrong of me to be attracted to someone of another species. Especially when I have a boyfriend...but this girl...this girl makes my heart beat faster.

Her companion comes forward and I see she is also beautiful...but My eyes stay on the herring. The Croc leans forward. "I am Acaralea and this is Shimmerscale. And we," she glances at the herring -Shimmerscale- before continuing, "Need someone to help us make these." She spreads out a blueprint and my breath catches in my throat. I look up before nodding the affirmative.
"I'll help." I say.
((OOOOOHHHHHH!!!!!!! Cliffy!!! Hey Placevalue, do you mind the whole Christiana/Shimmerscale thing? It wasn't my plan...it just flowed out. Let me know ASAP please!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D