Literature
Winter Gift [CCCat Dec. Prompt]
The sound of waves, gulls calling. It was a warm summer day, the sun shining high in the sky of the early noon hours. Not a cloud dotted the sky. Below the blue on the land below, stood a lone figure. Clad in natural plating formations, tentacles functioning as hair draped over his shoulders, decorated with yellow balls at the tips, as well as at the ends of his shoulder plates and the plates around his waste. Colored in red and white over the rest of him and marked like a jester. The Nautipod stood, facing out over the expanse of the ocean. Gentle blue waves lapped at his pawed feet before receding back, leaving the sand around and before his wake soaked. Gambit took a deep breath of the ocean air, letting it out in a sigh. It had been awhile since he had last visited it since joining the band, Forsaken, and spending most his time in the towering city of Uto. Walking forward, he headed out into the ocean as it rose up the further he went, until he was completely submerged within