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Yoisaki Kanade ([personal profile] composalvation) wrote in [community profile] starsand 2022-08-23 10:13 pm (UTC)

[Kanade visibly seems to relax as they step into the building; the cooler air and the retreat from the sun are a relief, even if the air conditioning makes her still-damp hair feel like ice clinging to her head. It'll fade eventually, it's fine. It's quieter in here, too; while there's still plenty of other people around, the calm chatter is a far cry from the excited shouts of the water park patrons outside. The perfect break, it seems.]

... Wow.

[And it seems the spirits spared no magical expense when it comes to this place, either. Before them, just past the entrance, is a low, shallow pool. Designed like a tide pool, it's shallow and lined with sand, with various creatures scuttling and swimming about; a few small, starry-skinned rays that Kanade is sure are spirits, rather than animals, along with some crabs burrowing into the sandy bottom and starfish lounging on a few nearby rocks. There are a few other patrons scattered around the rim of the pool, dipping their hands into the water and letting the fish swim by and approach.

Beyond the pool, towering tanks filled with all sorts of fish and spirit loom above, with more barely visible through hallways branching off past the main room. More rays, sharks, schools of fish so colorful they look like moving rainbows... it's a lot to take in, but at the same time, it's calming.]


Even just this... it's beautiful.

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