set after banishment. assuming
@Mei followed??
They were on their own now.
@Mei and Huā had fled the plateau together. Had searched for Ying, but the trail was lost. Huā had hid her tears from her sister, eyes wet silently. They had continued to the isle. She knew it called to all of them- or at least, she thought it had. But it felt wrong to be here without Ying.
She turns back to Mei, face solemn.
美... 现在什么?
Her tone pained. She felt lost. Her family was all showing up, it wouldn't be long, she thought, till they all lived together. But how could she do this without the third sister by her side?
Mei was holding together well, from what Huā had seen. She hadn't seen her sister weep. The mermaid wondered, perhaps, if that religion of hers was such an aid, that it could help her manage her emotions so well. Perhaps she herself should learn of it sometime too. Sje was not closed off to the idea.
Mei suggests they secure the borders, and Huā nods. She agreed- they could not spend forever looking for Ying. She knew the nuvujak could roam far and wide, and searching for her would end a waste of time. The girl could be anywhere. Better to create a place that would draw Ying back to them, by establishing their home.
Quietly, then, without another word. She begins to walk inland and inland. She hopes to properly determine the point of high tide upon the beach and mark just beyond here, so as to ensure the borders would not wash away so easily.
we can keep this thread short if you want since not much is happening?
Once she reaches the point where the sand is as dry as Egypt and shells have been washed up in a line, she stops. Here was the highest spot of the tide, and so just a few feet beyond, she marks a border. Moving down the line like this, marking every few yards. Huā is careful not to stray too far from her sister, and keeps her twin in sight out the corner of her eye.