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((I only have a vague idea where you might be going with a plot, so you might have to poke me with whatever your idea was lol.))

Bliss hummed quietly to herself as she splashed her feet in the water, her stockings and sandels tossed to one side to reveal pale legs with skeletal patterns on them that matched her arms and face.

Dad had been wanting to take them out to the lake for awhile now, but the trip had to be spur-of-the-moment because of Tarot. Not that it had worked; it took them almost an hour before they found the toddler hiding under some blankets on the top shelf of the linen closet. Sometimes it could be annoying to have a psychic in the family. Said toddler was still sitting in the car, sulking, while Dad tried to put her in a good mood. Bliss giggled at the sight, then turned her gaze back to the scenery.

'It's really pretty here, but kinda boring too,' she thought, her splashing taking a more absent-minded turn. There wasn't anyone around to play with; it would be at least another ten minutes before Dad got Tarot in a decent mood and out of the car. Kid had a knack for vanishing when she didn't want to be somewhere. Hmmmm.

Oh! Maybe she should explore! If nothing else it would cure her boredom for awhile, and maybe she would find something really interesting! She jumped up from her spot and grabbed her sandels, leaving the stockings on the ground.

"Dad, I'm going to explore," Bliss called out, springing up from the ground and taking off onto the nearest path, one that curved close to the lake. Once she figured she'd gone far enough in she abandoned the trail entirely, wadding through foliage but sticking close to the lake shore so she didn't get lost.

A sudden splashing sound instantly grabbed Bliss' attention. Maybe it was a lake monster! Holding her breath she creeped forward, looking around for the source of the noise.

Bliss eeped and jumped a little, shrinking so that the bush she was currently sneaking past made a shield between her and the lake.

A talking lake monster!

She felt torn. On one hand she wanted to run out there and greet the monster, strike up a conversation, maybe learn a few tricks for future makeup jobs. On the other hand all lore about lake monsters usually ended in being lured away into the water to get drowned. Now it was only their nature and Bliss was the last to judge, but she was pretty sure Dad wouldn't take it too well if he found out she'd talked to a strange lake monster and got dragged away.

How had it even spotted her, anyway? Bliss had a brief pout about that; and here she thought she'd been sneaking so well!

Once her 10-second sulk was over she was brought back to her previous dilemna. To reveal herself, or not? She chewed on her lip, thinking.

"If I come out, you're not gonna grap me and drag me down to the watery depths are you? Dad would be very upset if I let a lake monster drag me to watery depths, even if it's a talking one."