Zaten

Zaten chirps happily at the pats, sitting down and letting his ear-fins fold back as his head receives the pleasing treatment of being gently touched repeatedly by another being's appendage.

-Snow- And who might you be, generous hug-giver? *smiling as she starts to scratch behind the ears*

The chirps grow in intensity at the ear scritches. "I am Zaten!"

-Snow- Snowy Marsh. *introducing herself as she scrapes her hoof along the topside of his skull. If he enjoys it, then she'll keep doing it*

Zaten chirps even more! He excessively enjoys this. "That's a nice name, Snowy!"

Zaten 'oof's as he's squeezed, but happily returns the tight hugs!

*she loosens her hug a little so she doesn’t squeeze the breath out of him, and she smiles fully as she nuzzles into him*

Zaten snuggles up to Hymn and embraces the nuzzles and hugs, nuzzling back happily.

*she lets out a low murr, her chest making a rumble that travels to Zaten as she does, and she wriggles as she continues to nuzzle her son!*

Cute little cartoony hearts float off of and away from Zaten's body as he cuddles his mama siren figure.

Zaten casually waves at Marina before surfacing and taking a breath. "Hi Marina!"

“wh... wh... you...” her brows are furrowed as she stares at him. “Are you okay?!”

"I'm perfectly okay! I'm not gonna purposefully let myself die, you know." He bleps and splashes Marina with some water, giggling.

“But WHY would you want to... ugh! i hate when ponies make me care about them!” she dries her hoof on a patch of grass. “why are you holding your breath underwater?”

Zaten shrugs, before swimming to the shore and climbing out. "I'm practicing, what else would I be doing? I'm trying to be able to hold my breath longer! It's helpful for my endurance when playing the sousaphone."

Zaten boops Hymn's snoot to shush her, he's trying to concentrate! He's just about to break his record time.

*she scrunches her snoot but continues to swim and then just looks around at the bottom of the lake*

Zaten remains submerged for a little while longer, holding out as long as he can before he has to surface for breath. But he broke his record! It is now about three minutes and fifty seconds!

*she watches him surface and follows him, then repeats her question*

Zaten bleps and boops Hymn again, only after she finishes her question. "I don't have a clue how to use the darned things. There's my reason. Also, I'm practicing my breath-holding! It's helpful for my endurance when I'm playing the sousaphone too."

What a malicious act! Zaten promises to get revenge... after he recovers from this... someone help him.

If she helped him she probably would crush him :/ "nothing personal keed"

Oof. Zaten slowly asphyxiates to death, rest in peace.

She puts a finger on his stomach

Admin is confuse. Zaten continues to choke.

Zaten just continues to choke, falling over.

Seres was having fun, until he realized Hymn would beat him senseless if her son had died in front of him and he did nothing. He stopped laughing and quickly held up Zaten by his hind hooves and proceeded to violently shake him.

Hymn would probably do worse. The shaking does nothing, besides confuse Zaten, and he continues to choke. WOw this isn't working.

It is clear as day that Seres has no first aid training. He stops shaking the guy and lays his down on the ground. He finds the nearest table to climb on and tackles Zaten’s belly with force.

This causes Zaten to wheeze as the cheez doodle flies out of his airways and onto the ground nearby. Zaten then takes a few seconds to breathe, after recovering from the force of the assault.

The cheez doodle flies out of Zaten's mouth and he breathes in, before coughing several times.

*she watches him, looking very concerned* Zaten? Are you alright?

After the coughing subsides, he nods. "Yes, I think so. Thanks."

Of course! How did you even choke though?

"Well, it somehow decided to not go down my throat and instead get stuck. It might just be related to me failing to chew that one." He bleps slightly, glaring at the cheez doodle.

"Indeed!"

"Now...do you know where that changeling is?"

"Of course I don't. It's just one who looks like me!"

"So you could be the fake!!"(he says quickly pointing a hoof at him accusingly)

Zaten gasps! "How could you! I'm offended, Crystal!"

"Hugs always win!"

"What are the odds on you? I might go the bettin' shop and put some money on it." Wyatt suggested with a smirk.

Zaten slowly tilts his head in confusion. "What?"

Wyatt raised his eyebrow. "The odds on you winning? It's a joke." he rolled his eyes at that. "Go to the bookies' and put a bet on it."

"Oh. Okay." Zaten bleps.