Cerulean Cape In an upside down world, floating in a pineapple

@Kjalarr I'm not entirely sure when this is dated so kinda vague. Also pping her bird, Tula, since she hasn't been approved quite yet

As time passed and the sun grew higher, beating down on the tangled, sandy mass of her merle coat, the heat persisted and the drifter found her footsteps leading her along the coast. The small prints left behind her, a trail of the path she'd taken, were washed away by the pass of the sea's tongue - not unlike the way Elin had groomed the dirt from her coat as a child. The wind brought cool breezes off the water and a spray now and again that brushed her coat, lifting her salty matted mane like the playful caress of a lover. Tula glided overhead, chirping her happiness and her newfound lordship over anything that resided on the beach. 

Kai merely snorted, pearl eyes glancing up at her companion as she shook her head with mock admonishment; Tula tended to believe that anything she liked automatically belonged to her. As the naiad found the soft, white grains of the Cape she looked out at the distant forest, her cracked eyes searching for signs of life. 

Chi-keee!

The call drew Kai's attention and the sandy wolfdog turned her dove-capped head to find Tula hovering over a nearby tidepool - flitting about with her sharp beak pointed straight down to peer at the creatures residing within. The girl loped over on fire-streaked legs and let out a sudden bark! Within the pool flitted tiny, colorful fish that darted amongst the natural coral colonies and seaweed strands. Anemones and starfish found homes upon the mossy rocks at the bottom where some small crustaceans scuttled about, feeding on the fuzzy rocks with their pincers. Along the sides of tidepools, the rock formation-like groupings of mussels could be seen. 

Tula darted into the water, plunging with a sudden plunk, emerging moments later with a small blue fish clutched in her spear-like beak. Her familiar took up a perch on a large craggy boulder, gave the fish a sudden slam to knock it senseless and then gulped it down headfirst. Kai tsked at her softly, receiving only a sharp trill! in return. Dipping her dye-stained muzzle into the waters, the girl plucked a small crab from the bottom, throwing it out of the water before its wandering pincer found her sensitive ear. Rushing over to the flailing crab, the wolfdog swatted it so that the crab flew into the boulder where it lay dazed and confused. Tula stabbed at it with her sharp bill with sudden viciousness, so excited by the prospect of crab that she abandoned her perch to help, but the finishing blow was wrought by Kai's own hand as she took a rock in her mouth and dropped it on the crab. Using her paw to crush the rock down, a sharp cracking was heard and in moments the pair was feasting on raw crab meat - a delicacy if there ever was one.

Tula perched on Kai's patchy shoulder as the wolfdog sprawled sphinx-like in sight of the sea, her claws caught in the girl's sandy dreads, content to eat the morsels she could snag between Kai's own bites. Lazily, the dryad would rumble at the fisher, twisting to snap her teeth at the bird, only for Tula to fly up in time to narrowly avoid the sea witch's fangs. As if it were a game, the bird would dart in to steal food - only for Kai to shoo her off half-heartedly; the fisher would dart away with a cheerful chirp only to return moments later for another taste.