Alphabaetafish

Ebb and Flow The Depths Chapter 1: The Descent Despite it being the first time they had ever seen the ocean, the unusual visitor couldn’t help but feel… underwhelmed. Having spent the last few days marching through fields, wandering along the winding rivers that cut deep gorges through the stone shield of the region, the energy they felt calling them had built a sense of anticipation the still calm before him failed to live up to. They first felt the niggling pull of the ocean from his haunt deep in land, cradled in the chasm of an ancient crater. At the bottom of its impromptu basin sat the accumulation of a season’s rainfall, having fallen hard and without warning over the span of a few hours. If that weren’t unusual enough, the stranger was baffled as it seemed to flow against gravity, on a mission toward the closest stream flowing to the north. It had an odd scent, rich with a touch of ammonia. Intrigued, the stone-faced esk followed it to this particular beach, with sand as