Name: Jolie

Gender: Female, Age: Immortal, Fertility: Enhanced with any water-type including draconic

Born on ship

Intelligence: 88
Education: 65* mostly theoretical, until residing on Planet 20
Strength: 80
Health: 88
Agility: 78 in water only, 20 on land; manual dex 80
Reaction: 112 in water, no motion on land, water speed 220; water vision 220

Appearance: 65
Charisma: 77
Social Skill: 56
Aggression: 40
Sanity: 50
Courage: 70

Body Type (rolled 84) 104

Minor Powers: Water Survival/Breathing, Enhanced Water Priority (movement doubled in water from normal, cannot actually walk on land)

Major Powers: Sense+Communicate w/dragons +sea animals

Special Powers: Natural Immortality; Sea Animal Control (int less than 30)

Mutations: missing limb/modified legs - sea adapted (BT+, speed in water), Faceted Eyes (provides strong in-water vision), teeny tiny nose (can still breathe air but must use mouth); webbed fingers/swimming bonus

ORIGINAL PAGE from around ... 2002 or 2003? The first portion takes place on the Zekiran ship, while later they arrive to Planet 20 and help colonize the world. Original pages on geocities were jolie-cove, jolie, and jolie2; kazee I recently rediscovered looking for the other Swim participants... and had been fully lost from my computer apparently for 20 years.

***

Jolie is one of the very rare water-mutant Zekirans. Her presence on the Zekiran immortals' ship was barely even noticed until some bright immortal or other asked about sea-faring pets.

There is a large pond aboard, near the dragon's Dome, and in it, some of the other sea-based Zekirans have made their permanent homes.

There is a beautiful marsh surrounding the inner ponds, waterfalls abound, and even a clever sprinkler system which mirrors rainfall (since it isn't as large as the dome, they don't get their own weather patterns!). Gentle 'tides' are created by machinery, below the large pond.

Jolie is hosting a Glenn/Keltic Rose Isle Dragon egg! Her hope is that it will grow into a sea-water type dragon, so she can swim with the big boys! However, she also keeps track of numerous other smaller creatures found around various worlds, all requiring some amount of water environment. (They are pets and will not be breeding)

Here is a splashing Kelpie from the EverRealm. He's rather hard to tame, and no one has yet managed to ask him if he has a name.

Below him glides a somewhat sinister looking sea-cat. Neither of these beautiful beasts speak to air-breathers.

Though the last below is an air breather, he comes up only rarely. He is relatively friendly, especially to Jolie!

Jolie swims up to the edge of her pond, and greets Viridia. The woman has a broad smile on her face, and Jolie knows something important is up.

"There is a new clutch at Keltic Dragons, at last!" She says, and Jolie makes a humming sound.

"Finally, maybe... Do you think they would allow me to care for an egg?" The water-zekiran asks.

"I do believe so. We've never had a true water dragon, I wonder if you'd be able to swing that?"

Jolie looks around, gazing at the water lapping up at the edges of their large artificial pond, and her faceted eyes sparkle in amusement.

"I think I can manage to fix the place up for a water dragon..."

The activity around the pond increases dramatically after this visit. Because Jolie wants to make sure that whatever dragon that does come from a precious egg will be welcome -- water or not!

She has the workers create for her a shelter near the soft silty-edge of the pond, where the egg will be stored while it is still unhatched. There too, a permanent plaque will be set up and etched in with information about the egg, dragon and such.

"It's from Keltic," Jolie says to the stone-shaper, "So make sure you put that. And, leave room for the gender and the abilities... No one knows, right?"

So the sign which is created and set onto the soft ground says:
Glenn Dragon from Keltic
Caretaker: Jolie of the Rainbow Sea
Dragon Name:
Gender:
Type:
Ability:

"I guess all those things must remain blank until we know..." Jolie sighs. The others have gone through this too. But she looks around and sees that the work is almost finished for the shelter. Since she herself cannot come up on land, at least not and stand up, there is a little runnel of water around the egg, so she can tend to it. That runnel might help the little dragonet inside slide into the water, when they're hatched, too! Jolie becomes more and more excited about getting an egg!

***

Jolie proudly watched the egg as it cracked once, bumped twice, and then with its third swaying rocking jolt crumbled around a beautiful silver hatchling!

The hatchling looked up to Jolie and could barely focus on the blue woman. It creeled out loud, its little mouth was wide open with a high-pitched call.

"It's all right, sweet!" Jolie said immediately. "I know you're hungry and you want to be warm..." The mer-woman rose out of the water a bit, her faceted eyes glimmering as she offered the hatchling her first drink of rich "broth". It was a special invention, that one of the other dragon-caretakers had developed. It was warm, chunky with fresh meat, and had lots of vitamins in it. As soon as the dragon started to gulp down this brew, she quieted down, crooning a little now and then but mostly being silent. She fell to sleep not long after, rolling onto her back and curling her tail around her nose.

Jolie put the large bottle-bucket down into its warmer, beside the egg area. Two attendants helped her pick the shell bits off the bedding and floor, so that the dragon wouldn't spear herself on them. Then, she turned to the sign which needed alteration.

Glenn Dragon from Keltic
Caretaker: Jolie of the Rainbow Sea
Dragon Name: Ezust (meaning Silver in Hungarian)
Gender: Female, Silver
Type: still unknown - Jolie didn't paint that!
Ability:

Jolie pondered the last two, with her hand holding the brush over the sign carefully. She might have put "still unknown" over two parts, but then would have had to redo the sign!

She looked at Ezust, smiled, and made sure the hatching room was warm enough.

***

Splash! Splash!

Jolie laughed as Ezust tumbled from her nest into the shallow pond below. "Be careful silver beauty, I don't want you getting hurt."

Will not get hurt! This is fun! Fun!!

The dragonet had doubled in size, she was now closer to Jolie's length, and would be a long, slender dragon when she grew up. Jolie was very proud of the little girl, she'd already started speaking! Well, little words and phrases. But she was catching on quickly, and the other dragon keepers were pretty impressed.

Purple Wisdom watched over the youngest addition and kept adding things to Ezust's collection of shiny things, books to look at, and flowers.

Some time soon, Jolie thought, the dragons will accept her into the Dome, she'll be half grown so quickly!

***

The dragons in the Dome were quite happy to have a new addition, even if she only stuck her head out of the water for a few minutes at a time. Ezust certainly enjoyed her watery environment, and her caretaker was apt to enjoy it just as much with her.

Jolie dove under, and pulled on the long silvery tail. Above the water's surface, Ezust's muzzle adopted a strange look.

Excuse me, Wisdom, I must chase Jolie now.

"You do that," Wisdom chuckled. The purple dragon glanced at his own caretaker, and they flew over head to watch the silver shape chasing after Jolie below.

Will you slow down? You are quick, but you are no match for me! I have four paws to paddle with, and wings! And you only have one tail!

Jolie gave off her bubbly laugh, and led the chase just as eagerly as she would if she was still a child!

***

It was no surprise that the big Glenn dragon named Ezust grew into a Water-type dragon! She enjoys her time alone in the bigger lake, but she usually finds herself comfortable in the smaller pond where her friends swim.

I like it here, and I will keep my place warm. Do you like it here?

"Of course I do," Jolie said. "After all, I had the place made for me and you..."

**

After becoming an adult, Ezust and Hullam and Jolie are participating in the Healing Den's Summer Swim 2002 (LOL)! There, all three expect to find appropriate mates for themselves.

That's right, Jolie knows there are a couple shapeshifting dragons going to be present and she herself has the benefit of a strange mutation which allows her to... um, produce offspring with nearly anything.

SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE for full info on all powers
Glenn Dragon from Keltic
Caretaker: Jolie of the Rainbow Sea
Dragon Name: Ezust (meaning Silver in Hungarian)
Gender: Female, Silver
** I have a note that Ezust was supposed to be sponsoring or bonding at Agendor Cove (Gwynllaith Isle on Alskyr) but that clutch apparently never happened

Jolie rested on a stone outcrop near the pond. She sighed, looking at her creatures and deciding that the rest of the pond was much too empty.

"Even with the beautiful dragon who hatched recently," she gazed over at the warm dome over the hatchling's quarters, "little Ezust will be lonely in this big pond all by herself when she grows up."

Jolie dove under the surface and into her odd watery-den. In it, she had specially made electronic equipment which she could use to communicate with the rest of the inhabitants, since most other Zekirans -- immortal or not -- didn't spend all that much time near water. They sank like stones!

She tapped out a message to the navigation center of the ship. >>I would like to find a water-world, or a place where water-animals are kept... Is anything nearby?<< she typed.

Within a few minutes, she got a response. On the screen was Viridia, who usually remained with the ship's central navigation and information areas. She was after all the one who organized things here.

"Yes, Jolie, I agree. Your silver Keltic dragon will get lonely. There happens to be a pretty little world down here, quite close by. I'll see about sending someone to act as emissary for you. I have the specs of your quarters, so they'll know you're serious about raising a water type."

"Thank you," Jolie smiled. "You always come through."

Later, Viridia paid a visit to Jolie's quarters. "It's a world which calls itself Kazee. There are dragons -- though some of them are quire small, the watery ones I've been told can grow quite large!"

"Well," Jolie responded with a grin, "I've got a lot of water to fill!" She waved her hand over the area, and the violet-grey woman laughed.

"There are marshes and the tide pool to fill too, I see," Viridia noted. "Are you looking for smaller creatures for those?"

"Eventually. Remember, I am still keeping Ezust and she's not grown yet. If she has a playmate soon, that'd be the best thing for her. They could grow up together!"

"Good. Well, I'll keep my eye out for anything else for you, Jolie. In the mean time, here is some information."

Viridia handed Jolie a sheet of information about the Kazee dragons, which she looked over and decided that yes, this would be a good addition to her pond! (link only works in archive.org)

But first: Jolie has found a little critter which just loves to bob around in the Pond! It's called a Euler, and is found in what used to be Vitora Beach. This one is called Foamy, for her color. Pet her to find the locale of Vitora (old)

This is our new Kazee Aqua dragon! It is a very rare Blue Ripple color. Right now, he is only likely to happily float about, like Foamy does. Foamy can teach our new addition how to swim quickly, but for the moment Hullam (that's his name) is quite content to wait for every meal. Jolie will introduce Hullam to the rest of the pond, when he's just a little older!

Hullam has grown just a little! He's now an adolescent, and he's quite curious about the rest of the pond. However, he's not nearly big enough to go exploring without help! Ezust can carry Hullam quite easily, still, so neither of them get lonely or bored!

Now that Hullam is grown up, he fits nicely in the pond! Ezust is still going to be much bigger than he is, so it appears that Hullam is very small for an aqua dragon. The two of them swim around and occasionally splash visitors! Sometimes they offer to carry visitors around, but since Zekirans aren't known for their ability to swim, or even float very well, they don't usually get to do that!

Hullam and Ezust are going with Jolie to the Healing Den's Summer Swim to find themselves mates!

Jolie's new sea-pod on Planet Twenty is a much nicer, large section of a bay that rests on the south-east side of their territory.

In celebration of their finding a planet to colonize, Jolie and several others were sent out to retrieve new bond animals for their future.

Jolie went to Planet Alskyr, where she found Xidaver Isle, and there she was rewarded with a beautiful dark-green sea dragonet!

Morx cove was a busy place for this large hatching, but only a few scant people stood for dragons individually. Several of the beautiful hatchlings went to other agencies, and Jolie was proud to have the lovely dark green male Ithyst by her side when all the shells were broken.

Dark Green Ithyst, Male

Currently fairly small, but like many sea dragons on Alskyr, he may grow to be quite large. Jolie and he spend lots of time exploring the Cove together. When he is big enough to move, she will summon their shuttlecraft and take him home with her, home, to Planet Twenty.

**

This is the sleek and beautiful Ithyst as a teen! Jolie decides that this is a good time to move back with the others and set up Ithyst in his own little cove at Planet Twenty!

He agrees - though Ithyst doesn't speak much, he is a silent swimmer.

**

Ithyst is fully grown now! He soars through the water with as much ease as a bird through the sky - but he can also surface and leaps out occasionally to see what's going on out side. He has discovered that there are hidden caverns below the Cove, where he plans on setting up his nest if he can find a mate...

It is a new decade and Ezust has participated in a 'Mermay' breeding frenzy! She's come home with a lovely dragon, very well suited to the local environment indeed. 2022!

She paired with Wakame and later waited in the Refugium with the rest of the parents - and the many, many attendants, for the hatching to occur.

*from hatching*

Excitement was beginning above the surface now. Ezust remained curled protectively around her nest, rumbling back to the hatchlings that began to chirp within their eggs. With a thunderous crack the first egg split in two, and a tiny silver hatchling tumbled out. Egg sticky and wobbly on her legs, she picked herself up as best she could to meet her mother's eyes. She was the spitting image of her dam, if a bit paler, and covered in kelp fronts rather than spikes.

:: I'm staying with you :: she said, determined.

Ezust huffed and nuzzled her contrary little daughter. :: Of course, Wervad . Jolie will find you delightful. ::

**

As Wervad slipped around the bay, she was accompanied by half a dozen other swimming dragons and Zekirans, the first to reach the crashed craft. There were flying dragons overhead but they lagged behind mostly due to the almost-superstitious fears of their riders. Deep water and Zekirans, or cheetah-kin, was not really on their list of to-do-today... But there were these seaborn dragons now, and Wervad gave a loud booming chirp when she cleared the surface to gain speed and dive even deeper than before.

We will handle this, you can wait on shore, she asserted to the dragons flapping above. And while the dragons themselves all but balked - they were capable of swimming - the riders actually agreed readily. So the group of swimmers dove down to catch up with the ever-falling spacecraft. Parts of it were still breaking away and floating or sinking depending on their components. Some of the Zekiran swimmers would catch those, bring them to the surface and examine them. The sleek and small Wervad slipped through the broken airlocks and discovered a sealed room beyond. She couldn't read the script on the big signs nearby, but got the idea from the symbols: this was a secure hold, and there were people in it. Terrified, desperate.

Humans.

There was a ripple of discussion from the riders and dragons still out on shore when the knowledge came from the submerged dragon. What will we do, she asked.

Ezust didn't wait for their confirmation, and dove below the still-sinking craft, and interrupted its fall. Others drifted with less enthusiasm but eventually they all boosted it with powers or muscles, back to the surface. A plethora of smaller dragons and locals gathered the spare goods, crates or pieces of the ship over the next few days.

The ship itself was ruined beyond repair, something had hit it before it even entered the atmosphere. The humans on board, however, were herded up and kept separate from the local population. They would be interrogated but helped as much as they could be, many had been injured but most were merely frightened and shocked. It wasn't even meant to be in this area, but they had had to adjust their course when they realized the Other was their assailant. Those insectoid creatures from their own sector of the galaxy were gearing up yet again. Wervad knew that the mood of the Planet 20 inhabitants regarding humans was bleak at best, but versus the Other ... they knew that enemy well, since they'd defeated it before when they'd made planetfall here some two decades before.

So now it would be with a new generation of dragons, riders, and powerful allies, to fight this new incursion, and that suited Wervad quite well.