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[devwocean]

[Dualscar is soaking wet, his hair slicked back by water and wearing no shirt. His fins are quite comfortable, though, settled against the sides of his face in a manner that anyone who knows sea trolls would see means he's content and not agitated.]

So all a this is pretty fuckin' inconvvenient to evveryone. I thought I'd throww it out there that if anyone's got somethin' they need recovvered from their homes, I could make myself and my creww avvailable.

A course it wwon't be free, but I'm not necessarily needin' payment up front. I knoww most a you can't offer much I need right at the moment. But wwe can exchange favvours for the future.

Contact me here or direct a message to my SFC if you need somethin'.

[NB: This offer includes services from Cronus and Eridan! Of course, he didn't bother to ask them first...But he may send them to get stuff for your characters instead of going himself, if he's busy or doesn't feel like it.]

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[aim_exorable]

Very well then.

[After clearing up a few things and changing clothes, Darkleer goes to the elevator. His hair is now tied back in a thick ponytail, and he's wearing a wetsuit- black and dark blue of course.]

I suppose you're already ready then.

[devwocean]

[Dualscar is waiting impatiently for Darkleer's arrival, wearing a loose shirt and a pair of comfortable pants. He can swim in nearly anything, but he likes outfits that let his gills breathe freely.

He looks him over skeptically as he approaches]

I'm ready, if you'vve finished primpin'.

[aim_exorable]

I apologize if my desire to make sure my hair didn't act like your cape was too long a wait for you.

[Don't you sass him, mister, he's a highblood and won't hesitate to resort to low blows. Entering the elevator, he crosses his arms after checking his braid one last time. Long hair may look pretty underwater, but it also has this tendency of getting in his face.]

[devwocean]

[Dualscar chuckles] Wwhy do you think I ain't wwearin' my cape, and my owwn hair is short an practical. Land-dwwellers just ain't suited to wwater, is the long an short a it.

[He steps into the elevator after Darkleer. He's actually looking forward to seeing him swim. He expects it to be a bit of a mess.]

[aim_exorable]

You've learned your lesson that is a stupid piece of attire, congratulations. It only took you so many sweeps.

[Seadwellers and gaudiness, he swears...]

So what made you decide to do something like this?

[devwocean]

It's not stupid, it just ain't practical for swwimming. I wwear it for other reasons.

[HMPH. Landdwellers and their stupidity, seriously. They just don't understand what royalty has to deal with.]

Wwhat do you mean?

[aim_exorable]

It isn't practical for life, if I may be so frank.

[As they go down back to the flooded city, Darkleer gestures to the view outside of the elevator.]

You never struck me quite so generous.

[devwocean]

You may not. [Maybe being firm will help with this stuff. He glares at Darkleer, archly]

I'm a better troll than you givve me credit for, is all.

[aim_exorable]

No, I think you've simply grown up. [As they arrive, finally, down into the city again, he pulls out a small gas-mask looking device from his sylladex. Smooth in design, it's just enough to fit over his nose and mouth.]

We all have.

[devwocean]

[He's just going to give Darkleer a confused look] I'vve been an adult a fuckin' long time. That thing is unattractivve, by the wway. It's to help you breathe wwater?

[aim_exorable]

Being an adult is a lot different than growing up.

And yes. I didn't build it for a social event, Dualscar. So long as it can mimic the same basic idea behind your gills, then it could be covered in adorable meowbeast images for all I could care.

[devwocean]

[He scowls a little, then shrugs] You might evven like it if it wwere covvered in meowwbeasts.

[aim_exorable]

I might.

[A shrug back.]

Speaking of, what does the meowbeast we're looking for look like?

[devwocean]

It's small and black. And it wwas last seen in the plaza. [Which is where he's heading now, swimming easily when it's necessary and sloshing through the water when it's low enough.]

[aim_exorable]

Well, such beasts usually have some decent self preservation instincts. I imagine it should still be alright.

[Darkleer follows after, and manages, to his credit, to not be a complete floundering failure in the water like most other landtrolls. After his past auspitice... introduced him to the benefits of learning how to do it, he made sure to be moderately good at it. Besides, it keeps a body STRONG.]

[devwocean]

Hopefully it is, or my friend might be disappointed. [He eyes Darkleer] Interestin'. Howw'd you learn to swwim?

[aim_exorable]

[Darkleer is doing his best to keep his head above the water- he may have a water breathing device, but he doubts the cat is going to be underwater. Hopefully anyway.]

Seadweller I auspitized for, remember? She insisted I learn.

And by that, I mean she pushed me overboard into the ocean on her ship. It... was a learning experience.

[devwocean]

[He raises an eyebrow, amused by the image]

Wwell, you're lucky you didn't fuckin' drowwn under those circumstances.

[They enter the plaza, the water deep enough now to force them to paddle at times, especially to avoid the sharp coral at the edges of the paths. A mew brings Dualscar's head up, and he lifts an arm to point at a small black shape up on the coral]

I think that's it.

[aim_exorable]

Well, she did jump in after me.

[That helped.]

[At the mewl, Darkleer tries to pull ahead just a bit.]

I'll get it. With you, it might think you're a light snack.

[devwocean]

Wwell, that's good, at least.

[He holds back a bit, craning his neck to look for the cat. A bedraggled black shape peers down at them]

Wwhat, you think it'd try to take a bite out a me?

[aim_exorable]

Well, you don't exactly seem to have the best of effect on... cats.

[devwocean]

[Smirk] I havve a pretty fuckin good effect on some a them, actually.

So howw are wwe goin' to get the pouncebeast down?

[aim_exorable]

I think that's giving yourself a bit too much credit, considering cats often eat fish.

I think I have something in my sylladex that might encourage it. [He swims forward a little until he manages to feel something underneath his feet just enough for him to balance himself. A small little bag pops out from his sylladex, and he holds it up. Catnip- something you carry around when your 'daughter' and moirail are both cat trolls.]

[devwocean]

No cat's evver gonna eat me.

[He frowns as he watches. The kitten sniffs, extending his little head out as far as he can to try to catch a whiff of that tempting treat]

[aim_exorable]

Of course not.

[Tone of the disbeliever! Darkleer just continues to make small encouraging noises, waving the treat enticingly.]