[center][h2][color=f7941d]Kalmar[/color][/h2][/center] [hr] Hmm... How disappointing, was what Kalmar thought, as he stood before the end of the river. Shengshi had done a sloppy job when constructing it. It seemed to Kalmar as if very little effort had been put into it, as though the lizard had just sawed straight through and decided that the job was done. Was that out of spite - in retaliation for the warning Kalmar had issued? It had to be deliberate, for Kalmar had seen another river and it was not so crude. If it was, the snake was even more of a fool than Kalmar had already imagined. After all, the warning had been completely fair given Shengshi's earlier actions, and if a bruised ego prevented a god from fulfilling their task to the best of their ability, then perhaps they did not deserve their godhood. Perhaps. Still, insufferable or no, Shengshi was not a threat to all life unlike a certain other deity, and therefore Kalmar saw no reason to deliberately start needless conflict over such a petty issue. The river was still an eyesore to look at, however. Kalmar had decided to continue calling it Easthe. Shengshi seemed to think the name was ugly. Fine - an ugly name for an ugly river created by an ugly man. Kalmar pushed the lizard from his thoughts, and temporarily forgot about him. He had to continue creating. His role was to create predators. Yet predators needed prey, prey needed plants, and plants needed water. If given time, plants would sprout around water and the rest would soon follow. Thus, the solution was to add more water. He would add to the river with a lake. Alas, the lake could not be overly large, for he had so little power left. But the size meant it did not take much time or effort. It was roughly circular in shape, though not perfectly, of course, and populated by various species of fish. He left an island in the middle which he stood upon when it was completed. It was almost like the lake he had created back in his sphere, he realized. And it vaguely resembled an eye. The Hunter's Eye, he would call it. He lied down, and stared up at Galbar's sky. He could use some relaxation, he realized. Yet, he could not grow complacent, lest another god sneak up on him. Then he recalled Xiaoli, Shengshi's... servant? Something like that could be useful to him, he realized. He sat up, and decided to create one for himself. His creation would be a bird, with a wingspan of a little over four feet. It had brown feathers speckled with red, along with razor sharp yellow claws and a pointy beak. He liked the look of it, and decided he would create other similar birds at some point. They wouldn't be as powerful, of course, but their appearance would be just as graceful. He would call them falcons. The species, of course, not this particular bird. This bird would be called... Arryn. [color=f7941d]"I name you Arryn,"[/color] Kalmar informed the bird. [color=f7941d]"Serve me well, and be treated well."[/color] The bird nodded in understanding. [color=f7941d]"Your first task, Arryn, is to keep watch while I rest. And alert me, if anything approaches."[/color] He instructed. [color=brown]"Kak! Kak!"[/color] the falcon cawed out, and Kalmar heard a telepathic voice inside his head say [color=brown][i]Yes, master.[/i][/color] Arryn took flight, moving at an astounding speed as he repeatedly circled the island, before slowing down to a more reasonable speed that allowed it to better keep track of its surroundings. Kalmar lied back on the ground, watching his new avatar circle overhead as the clouds passed by. He did not know how long he lay there, but he found it quite relaxing. He closed his eyes, and eventually drifted off to sleep... [hr] [hider=Summary] Kalmar glances upon the river Nuhe for the first time, and is disappointed by Shengshi's work, but decides it is not worth kicking up any great fuss over (but he still decides to call the river 'Easthe'. He has a lake to the end of the river, called 'the Hunter's Eye', with a small barren island in the middle that he has yet to add anything to. He then creates his first Avatar, a falcon by the name of Arryn, to watch over him while he rests. Kalmar soon falls asleep. [u]Expenses[/u] -2 MP to create a lake (+2 toward Fishing Portfolio.) -2 MP to create an Avatar. [u]Portfolios in Progress[/u] -Fishing (2/5) [b]Remaining MP:[/b] 1 [b]Remaining FP:[/b] 0 [/hider]