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___________________________________________________ Noah was overextended, he had spent most of the month making stalls for the merchants and preparing for the feast tonight. Even his sisters had worked a bit on their stall, even if it had only been to decorate. They would sell jewelrys made of pearls and shiny black stones, his sisters had made them. Those stones only existed in their tribe’s territory. They had been quite popular the last few years, they had told him. And had usually they would come home with lots exciting things for him to see. But this year would be driftnet, now at the age of 18, Noah could participate in the spring gathering, but most of it all, he looked forward to this years first hunt. This would be his moment to prove himself a man. Noah was humming as he swam around, decorating the big cave hall with luminous moss in every color, maked a nice light in the cave. The cave itself have a circular opening leading right up to the surface. One of his sisters had told him that the place was an old extinct volcano. Noah had at first been terrified to go in, frightened that it would awake as soon as he got in. But he then he quick discovered just how stupid he had been for thinking so. It had been nothing more than just warm water inside the cave. The warmed felt great and he had enjoyed it while decorating the inside. Some of the other tribes had already came, lots of colors swam outside through the market, Noah had never seen so many mers gathering in one place before, and he had been told that there would come many more as the night fall and the feast would begin. Looking at his reflection in the smooth stone wall, he verified that the ink covering him was holding. He hated the sad gray color look, it gave him. The ink made his hair sticky, but it wasn’t like he could take it off, since the tribe didn’t like his color. When done with his tasks it was starting to get dark. Noah knew that his sisters could be needing his help at their stall, but he wanted to look around first. The luminous moss shined brightly throughout the market, making him see mers in all colors like red, blu, green and even yellow. Those guys swan like they owned the place, showing of their bright tails, an Noah thought that in their tribe they probably did. Noah swam through the market two times before one of his sisters found him. “Noah!” Evina yelled. She was his third oldest sister. “You get your tail over to Amina, she has been looking for you, she in the stall, Lumia and Lizzy are with her.” “Where are you going?” Noah asked a bit annoyed to have been found. “As a girl of our tribe it is my duty to bid those hunky guys welcome.” She answered before she disappeared into the crowd. Noah rolled his eyes, but swam forwards his sister’s stall. Amina the oldster stood behind the twins Lumia and Lizzy, she had put the two youngest sisters to the task of attending the shop. All the sisters looked a lot alike, they were all brown tails with dark blond hair and with nicely tanned skin. “Noah, good you could come, how was work?” she asked smiling as he saw him. “Good I think, what would you like me to do?” Noah asked waiting for the favor she soon would ask. She winked before putting an arm around him. “Could you help us until the feast starts, then I promise we girls wouldn’t bother you tomorrow.” Noah didn’t need to think hard on that one before he accepted the offer.