Callum + Caspian, Aug 28

Aug 28 01:05:13 <Complete_Zero>	A new kid sat at the edge of the pool, looking down into the water and swinging his feet. He was dressed in a wetsuit, with only two weights fastened around his ankles. He had brown hair and green eyes and smiled softly to himself while he felt the water with his feet.
Aug 28 01:10:28 <Knave>	Man, it hardly seemed two minutes since Callum had been a new kid. That was a whole school ago now. Crazy how time flew. Now the hulking figure of the farmboy - tan truly faded by the Canadian winter - appears over the shoulder of an all-new new kid. "Hey." He says warmly, holding up one hand in greeting while the other steadies his descent to sit down beside him, wearing just a modest pair of shorts, "That's quite the get-up." His tone, unbelievably, is neither mocking nor accusatory. Just conversational.
Aug 28 01:12:06 <Complete_Zero>	The boy smiled at Callum and waved. He shrugged a bit at his comment about what he wore. Callum didn't know, but most of the time, he never had the option to wear what he wanted. this wetsuit and the weights were something he needed.
Aug 28 01:15:23 <Knave>	Callum gives an easy smile right back, hunches slightly in his place beside the new kid. "If you don't mind my asking, what's with those things on your ankles?" He nods towards the objects in question with a look of mild curiosity.
Aug 28 01:17:36 <Complete_Zero>	The boy looked at the weights and pointed to them, looking back at Callum with an inquisitive look. He held his hands out and gestured that they were heavy. Like weights.
Aug 28 01:18:43 <Knave>	An eyebrow lowers and Callum's smile quirks up a little, possibly self-conscious, "You, uh... can you not talk, or am I missing something?"
Aug 28 01:20:36 <Complete_Zero>	The boy shook his head at that. No. He didn't speak. either he couldn't or he didn't want to. From under his wet wetsuit, he pulled out a little necklace with a banner-like pendant on it. It had writing. A name. 'Caspian'.
Aug 28 01:21:46 <Knave>	Callum peers for a moment, then reads, "Caspian." He thrusts out his right hand, with a big smile, to shake, "Pleased to meet you, Caspian. I'm Callum Ellis."
Aug 28 01:22:55 <Complete_Zero>	Caspian met Callum's hand with his own. It was really wet. Like he just got out of the pool or something. Caspian shook his hand with a bright smile and then dropped himself into the pool. the weights on the bottom of his feet caused him to sink to the bottom.
Aug 28 01:28:22 <Knave>	Callum watches him go, and sits looking at him for a few moments. If it were any other school, Callum might worry about the implications of a student being weighted down and submerged underwater, but he presumably knew what he was doing.Then, with a shrug, he drops into the water and starts swimming widths. Hard to hold a conversation with someone underwater who can't talk. He figured if Caspian had anything to say to him - and could figure out how to say it - he'd flag him down.
Aug 28 01:29:45 <Complete_Zero>	 Caspian smiled at Callum when he went into the water, watching him swim around on the surface. Caspian didn't seem like he even needed to breathe. He looked at home down here. He slowly picked up his weights and loved his legs across the bottom of the pool.
Aug 28 01:32:06 <Knave>	Shortly after Caspian starts making his progress, Callum pauses to watch. Never a dull moment at Fifth Sanctum, that's for sure. He starts swimming again, taking a much gentler pace simply so that he can keep an eye on Caspian's exploits.
Aug 28 01:35:30 <Complete_Zero>	 Eventually, he looks a little tired of walking around like this and just slowly moves down to unlatch the weights off of his ankles. They drop off and make a little bit of a noise when they hit the bottom. Once he's free of both weights, Caspian floats for a moment, suspended where he was. Since he didn't have to breathe, there was no air in his lungs.
Aug 28 01:35:30 <Complete_Zero>	therefore, he didn't float up. He moved down to the bottom and pushed off, darting through the water like a goddamn speeding fish. Much like when a penguin dives under the water - that was about the relative speed he was going. The kid was fast.
Aug 28 01:38:17 <Knave>	Callum moves in one big bound to the side of the pool, apparently reflexively. He plants his hands on the pool edge and hoists his impressive frame up to sit poolside again, eyes transfixed on Caspian's rocketing figure in the water below. He gives a little, impressed chuckle, and a "Huh."
Aug 28 01:40:54 <Complete_Zero>	He darted above the water, too, as if jumping, but... somehow... swimming in the air. Then, back down again. He did this for about a minute before going back to get his weights. When they've been fastened, he sat back up on the edge of the pool, his wetsuit steaming for some unknown reason. Caspian turned his head to Callum and smiled.
Aug 28 01:42:36 <Knave>	Callum gave a few, soft claps of applause, and an appreciative nod, "Very impressive. How come you can swim like th- You can't talk." Callum smiles at his own thoughtlessness as he realizes questions without yes or no answers might be tricky.
Aug 28 01:44:04 <Complete_Zero>	Caspian squinted his eyes as if to show he found that kinda funny. Instead he smiled and pulled his knees up out of the water to hug to his chest and look at Callum.
Aug 28 01:47:32 <Knave>	"Do you, uh, mind if I guess about the swimming, or is it personal?" Callum lifts one foot out of the water and rests it on the edge of the pool, the picture of casualness. "If you don't want to talk about it, just let me know." Callum seems a little uncertain on his language, but moves forward regardless.
Aug 28 01:48:38 <Complete_Zero>	Caspian put his mouth against his knees in thought for a moment. He seemed to mull the question over before he looked back at Callum and shook his head. No, he didn't mind. He could ask.
Aug 28 01:50:52 <Knave>	"Okay." Callum's smile sharpens and he eyes Caspian critically, "Well, you look totally normal, so no clues there. Are you... part fish?"
Aug 28 01:52:17 <Complete_Zero>	There was a pause and he shrugged, then shook his head. He didn't think so. Caspian knew he was a lot different than a fish. At least, that's what the Rokea would have told him.
Aug 28 01:53:52 <Knave>	Callum chuckles, "Okay, I guess that /was/ a little far-fetched, even for this place." He shifts his posture to be more comfortable, rubs his chin, "Hmmm... Are you an Atlantian? From Atlantis?" His eye flick away and he asks himself, "Is Atlantis real?"
Aug 28 01:55:05 <Complete_Zero>	He bit his lip and tilted his head. Atlantis? Another shake of the head. Caspian knew nothing about an Atlantis. Maybe there was one, but he wasn't part of that. Callum didn't know that, though.
Aug 28 01:57:26 <Knave>	"Guess I'll ask Cass about it. They'll probably know." He shrugs the thought away, and hums gently as he ponders ideas for a few seconds. "Ooh, are you descended from a sea-god? Like, Neptune or something?"
Aug 28 01:59:27 <Complete_Zero>	Ooooh. That's a good question! Caspian waggled his hand like 'sorta'. He paused for a moment and tried to use his hands to do sign language. did Callum know sign language?
Aug 28 02:01:07 <Knave>	"Well, I don't know any other sea-gods, and..." He pulls an apologetic frown at Caspian's gesturing hands, "I don't know sign language. So I think that might be as close as I'm gonna get..."
Aug 28 02:02:15 <Complete_Zero>	Caspian gave a frown. Well, he couldn't find any other way to talk to him. He creased the side of his mouth and rested his head on his knees, looking at Callum.
Aug 28 02:04:45 <Knave>	"You oughta carry a pen and paper with you," Callum says, before deflating a little and saying, "You probably do. We're in a pool, you wouldn't..." Then trails off. He clears his throat, and asks, "Do you have a phone?"
Aug 28 02:05:47 <Complete_Zero>	He shook his head and moved to unzip his wetsuit from the hand. When he did, the steaming stopped around his hand and water formed and floated around it like little water droplets out in space.
Aug 28 02:08:40 <Knave>	"Huh." Callum says, marvelling at the sight, then says chirpily, "You're just full of surprises, aren't you?"
Aug 28 02:10:02 <Complete_Zero>	He was trying to tell him that holding a phone would likely break it. But, he zipped his wetsuit back up and The steam rose again. Caspian smiled at Callum's comment and shrunk a little, looking bashful.
Aug 28 02:12:13 <Knave>	"Nothing to be shy about." Callum says, reassuringly, smiling back at Caspian as he retreats into himself, "We're all a little different here. You got nothing you need to hide."
Aug 28 02:13:28 <Complete_Zero>	Easy for him to say! Caspian had no human interaction for most of his life. He shrugged and kept his feet up, but also kept his smile on Callum.
Aug 28 02:15:57 <Knave>	"Well, listen if you ever need someone to talk t- to talk at you, don't hesitate to come find me, okay?" Callum inclines his head towards Caspian, a warm smile on his broad, honest face.
Aug 28 02:16:58 <Complete_Zero>	Caspian gave a happy nod and a smile once again. He liked Callum, and that was rather evident!
Aug 28 02:18:14 <Knave>	This seems to please the farmboy just as much, smile wide and pleased. Callum indicates the pool with his head, "I'm gonna do a few more lengths. Want to join me?"
Aug 28 02:20:11 <Complete_Zero>	Caspian looked at the water and then back at Callum. He smiled and, without really giving a direct answer, he dropped into the pool!
Aug 28 02:24:15 <Knave>	-scene swam-