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DUNGEON LOG: KEYSTONE REEF

Expedition day dawns, as usual, with an android mass text -

Okay, so, this time we're aiming to go out and stabilize the Fissure in the reef you can see up a little to the north of here. The waters are usually pretty calm this time of year, so if you can swim instead of needing to take a boat, that'd be a great help. We only have a few of them.

Also, I know that last time was a mess, so I'm just gonna say this: If you need to get out for any reason, just send us a message and a picture of your location. We'll get a drone out to you as soon as we can and bring you home. No questions asked.

( ゚▽゚)/ Stay safe out there! When you're ready to go, meet us down at the beach. The rocky, sparkly one, not the sandy one.


Unlike previous expeditions, this time there's no rooftop sendoff - instead, as Charm noted, the tables are set up on Glitterstone beach, along with a series of boats pulled up on the sand. Two rowboats that could maybe sit six people but probably better suited for four, a trio of inflatable rafts (with motors attached to the back, all mismatched) of about the same size, a two-person dinghy and a long canoe that could hold two or three.

Besides the little fleet, there's also the usual bagged lunches (in gallon ziplocs this time, and other such watertight containers), and every boat is equipped with a large number of those chepa dollar-store water bottles, all with their airtight store seals. There's also a selection of life vests and other floatation thingies in a box next to the table. Strange hovers over the setup, checking watertightness of a handful of first aid kits with a spritzer and a bucket to submerge things in. They give a little wave to anyone passing by headed to the boats.

For those who opt instead to swim, everything seems perfectly normal until you reach the border of the Fissure... When, very suddenly, it isn't.
myocordial: (066)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-05 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Hm? [He glances at his current state a moment. Oh, the bite marks, right.] Oh, nothing major. Not at all worth noting, really.

They are sharks, so that's just how it goes.
founderinglight: ([beep])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-05 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
I am less high than you! I am several altitude bands less high than you.

[He is also going to watch Heart attempt to be Disapproving at the fish and just. Trying so hard to not giggle because this is Silly.

It's possible that another fish may have smooched him on the tentacles where he can't see.]


And I'm telling Ardyn you think our face is dumb so there.
myocordial: (010)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-05 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, well, Heart is gonna right himself in the water again and... do that a little too quickly maybe, so watch out for that tail lest it hit your dumb face, Izunia.]

No, only yours is dumb, Ardyn makes it work. He makes it work very well, in fact?

Shut up.
nojohnyouare: Leaning against Yuuichi. (to make you stay)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-05 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Mai swims carefully over, only to be pecked by a kiss-fish herself. Her eyes slowly fog a little.]

Let's come here again. When the fissure stabilizes. Feed the fish-san. ...What do they eat.
daughterofthemark: (04F. A soaring shadow above)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-05 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Fish-san likes the best girls, apparently.]

I'm not certain. I suppose I could simply ask.
founderinglight: ([beep])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-05 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
We're identical and being high makes you stupid.

[You know that thing people do when they laugh so hard they start to curl up? Well doing it in the water also causes you to drift onto your back.

Don't mind Izunia he's just having the time of his life here.]
nojohnyouare: Looking up again. (they want to break me)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-05 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Mm. Bear-san chewed on everything, too. Now he vacuums everything.
nojohnyouare: Talking. (what i've become)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-05 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Right. Choker. That's useful. ...It's nice. Being here. Where everyone can do all kinds of things.
myocordial: (157)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-05 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
It's about more than just that, it's personality and... and context? [No, that's not it, what words is he looking for?] And-- you are the worst and I hate you?

[In fact! He's gonna try to whack Izunia with his tail, because that seems like a good plan right now.]
daughterofthemark: (B4F. The ancestry of evil powers)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-05 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
...yes, it was different for you, wasn't it? You were alone in that regard.
nojohnyouare: Dismissive. (you're my head)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-05 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
That's why... I became very good at seeing the supernatural. But I was still alone.

[Another fish kiss. Mai blinks.]

All of you are here. I like it. ...Am I better at that now? Liking things. And saying I like things.
founderinglight: ([my place plz])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-05 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Sorry, Heart, that doesn't work - Izunia doesn't even need to phase to dodge it, he just drops lower in the water and the tailthwack goes sailing over his head.]

We're not that different personality-wise either! We're twins~!
myocordial: (072)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-05 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[The fancy tail whip completely missing any target at all actually puts Heart a little off balance there and he moves a little awkwardly as he just... gets himself back in a better position. At least he can't stumble and fall in water, or that would have been extremely embarrassing.]

You are incredibly different, only one of you is obnoxious and inspires so much rage in me. [That he can't reach right now, but it's the thought that counts!] Also your convictions are garbage and you're will is lacking. And you're dumb, in case I hadn't mentioned that.

...Did I mention it? I don't remember.

But you are. Dumb, I mean.
daughterofthemark: (06F. A dancing blue vortex)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-05 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[How cute! Mai's making so many friends in this Fissure!]

I believe so. You certainly say more than you once did. And you smile more.
founderinglight: ([my place plz])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-05 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
You've hardly seen any of my will and my legs are fantastic, thank you.

[...This is not a complete non-sequitor but it sure looks like one.]

Well, when I have them, anyway.
nojohnyouare: Passively having her arms held up. (i just can't have tonight)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-05 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Her smile grows a little wider as the fish flit around her.]

I like that. ...I like fish-san. I like you. I like all our friends. I like beef bowl. I like magic being everywhere. I like this fissure. ...Lee was right. I do feel more like a person now. I think.
myocordial: (101)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-05 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
You have... [Wait. Wait, numbers. Numbers are hard, wait, let him count. Wait. Wait............ Wait.] ...You have more than you usually have right now? So that argument is invalid. You invalidated your own argument.





Why are we talking about legs?
daughterofthemark: (09F. The unopened crimson jaws)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-05 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Mai, you were always a person.

[But Arianna smiles, too, and on impulse she swims over to Mai and gives her a hug.

A fish gives her another smooch.]
founderinglight: ([beep])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-05 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Honestly the fact that they keep moving probably isn't helping that attempt to count at all.]

They're not legs, they're tentacles!

[Technically, anatomically, they're arms. But Izunia doesn't know shit about cephalopod anatomy.]

And we're talking about legs because convictions is why!
myocordial: (148)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-05 03:37 am (UTC)(link)






[he's gonna try to whack you with his tail again]
nojohnyouare: Actually smiling, with flowers. (out loud)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-05 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Mai is a bit loopy, but she'd probably hug Arianna back anyway. Maybe not so hard, and maybe not rubbing her face on her like a cat or a K-On character, which is what she is currently doing, but.]

Thank you. ...Glad.
founderinglight: ([hold])

[personal profile] founderinglight 2018-06-05 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[This time he's successful and gets Izunia in the side, which doesn't do anything to make any kind of explanation more forthcoming. Instead, Izunia tries to grab onto the tail in turn, but is just a hair too slow.

Possibly because he's high. A final kissfish swims off to the reef.]


Ow. Bastard.
myocordial: (115)

[personal profile] myocordial 2018-06-05 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Ha! [And that devolves into further laughter. He's real proud of himself right now.] See, I don't need a freebie to hit you!
daughterofthemark: (16F. Echoing leaden footsteps)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2018-06-05 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
My goodness!

[Yeah, that's a little more than Arianna would normally expect from Mai.

Normally she'd be at least slightly concerned by that, but for now she just pets Mai's head.]
nojohnyouare: Even her clothes look like Clarith's. (the ship is slowly sinking)

[personal profile] nojohnyouare 2018-06-05 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Mm. [Hug. She lets go reluctantly and pets a fish-san.] It's nice. Right? Like you. You always say what you like.