Caretaker transapient of Pacifica and Beta Virginis

Image from Steve Bowers

The Great Whale shows a small part of eir structure above the surface

Feeling the warm current on my face, I performed a small barrel roll in the water, smiling as I swam past the beams of light that came from Beta Virginis, headed towards the depths of the ocean floor below. I gathered up speed and launched myself above the surface of the water, floating for a minute in the glorious afternoon air before plunging back down into the waves below. I sighed, content to just float there and let the waves carry me. I may have been born in the body of a surface dweller, but ever since I had fallen in love with the waves of Pacifica twelve years ago, I knew I had found my true home.

Suddenly, I felt a hum behind me, a slight current, and my blood ran cold. My acoustic senses told me it was massive, but I immediately questioned myself: Why hadn't I detected it earlier? It defied all logic. Unless, my senses were… compromised, by something? Almost paralyzed with fear, I looked over my shoulder, only to be greeted with a sight that words could never fully describe.

I had thought I had been swimming in the ocean. And yet in my reckless abandon, I had failed to notice that the ocean itself was swimming just behind me.

A single whale, of a size so massive it defied any remnants of my sensibilities, was right there. The being's flesh encompassed both ends of my vision, and I found myself paralyzed in awe. The pupil of its left eye was big enough to encircle my entire dwelling and it seemed to shift colors, power emanating from within. An ancient power was seated right behind that eye, one that controlled every drop of water I had come across in these past twelve years.

And it was looking right at me.

I have never felt such vulnerability and awe before in my life. Nor have I ever felt more protected and cared for. I felt a focused melodic humming travelling through the water, carrying some kind of message before the Olympian averted its eyes, and kept swimming.

I have no doubt that if e had wanted me to keep on swimming, ignorant of e's presence, e would have. It's only been a week since then, but I swear that I will find the true meaning of Poseidon's message eventually.

-Osh Larrokion, Resident of Pacifica

• Gaian Whale
• Pacifica
• Transapient Whales
• Zavijava (Beta Virginis)