catchall rupert

[skyagain]

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[agleam]

[rule of funny now decrees that the first thing they're going to run into is a shark

but not yet. he's swimming inside cautiously, looking around.]

You see anything?

[skyagain]

[ cloud's eyes have a very slight brighter glow in the dark. this is not nearly enough to see jack shit underwater, including whatever ironic incoming shark is about to happen. he swims over until he finds a hole in the hull ]

A lot of wood. Think we can fit in there?

[ in my head this is just going to be the little mermaid scene ]

[agleam]

Probably? I think—

[whatever he's about to say gets discarded as he hears something. it's the jaws theme (no)

it's the sound of water churning and swishing around somewhere behind them, and he pauses. slowly:]

Please tell me you don't hear or see something and I'm just imagining that noise.

[skyagain]

[ there's a pause right back as he listens and also looks behind them. ]

... Get in the hole, now.

[ he'll grab and yank him forward so he can force rupert in first before following. now they are even more in the dark in the hull! but at least they missed the first shark bite! they can tell this because the shark chomps on wood right behind them ]

I don't think we can outswim it.

[ rupert asked for one thing and cloud is only givig him bad news instead. what a dick. ]

[agleam]

What's—

[he's about to answer before he gets shoved inside. i refuse to use the word hole in this thread except for that one time, but here they are inside the ship! he's just looking at the shark as it tries to break through the wood.]

Cool! Great, uh... What are the chances we can hide or something before it breaks through? Or, like, hit it with the sword and hope it goes away?

[this is why he's not a strategist]

[skyagain]

I don't know how much momentum I can get to swing it underwater. And right now...

[ the downside of being inside the hull is that this is kind of a ... tight fit. once again i have nerfed the buster sword by putting it in a closed environment ]

I think I'm more likely to make it a second entrance if I try.

[agleam]

[a beat.]

...So do you have a different plan or are we just going to wait for the inevitable, here?

[skyagain]

I'm thinking. [ GIVE HIM A SECOND ] Maybe there's a door or something down here. Let's just... keep going further and see.

[ can they even see anything. ]

[agleam]

[they cannot. but also he glances back towards the shark which is making progress on getting in, so:]

Uh, yeah, swimming in the dark in the hopes we find something definitely beats this.

[off they goooo...]

[skyagain]

[ off they go! there is definitely some bumping into walls or poles or whatever ships have in them. i am not a ship expert ]

Every week I tell myself these are stupid, and then every week I'm back here trying not to get eaten by a shark underwater.

[ why don't they LEARn, RUPERT ]

[agleam]

Next time you can pick the door.

[that is not the problem here]

[skyagain]

That's obviously not the problem here.

[ sometimes the meta text is right, rupert. anyway, wow, do we want them eaten by a shark or to find a treasure? a mystery we can decide but it absolutely needs to be that they see a glint somewhere in the dark that looks accessible but won't be easily so because of irony again ]

You seeing this?

[agleam]

Yeah, but I feel like the exact week we give up is when they're going to put something actually useful in one of these.

[he stares at the glint, which is in fact treasure because rng has blessed them for once, good for them. swimming towards it.]

Normally I'd be more worried it's a trap, but...

[their other option is the shark that is attempting to get in and kill them both, so.]

[skyagain]

We don't have much of a choice.

[ of course they say that, but oh no... it looks like there's some fallen wood debris in the way... they can't touch it... for added Drama ]

Help me pull it loose while we've got time.

[ there is a breaking noise in the background like maybe the shark ... has gone through...]

[agleam]

[he pulls with his noodle arms, and because rng was kind to them it's halfway rotted off already, so it comes off easily. he turns and tosses it towards the shark, and while it doesn't really hurt (since it just kind of floats harmlessly, they're underwater, help), it does startle it enough that it stops for precisely long enough for them to get through. last time cloud shoved him in, so this time he pushes him forward first.]

Go, go go—

[skyagain]

[ cloud touches the treasure and... the shark eats them the end.

no, they wind up back in the hallway, soaking wet, and cloud coughs up some water. there is no treasure in sight :( ]

... Could've at least let us keep the treasure.

[ he's immediately trying to wring out the water from his clothes. there's so much water everywhere. the carpet will be ruined if there's any. ]

[agleam]

[he's just going to lay here for a second. housekeeping can clean up the horrible mess they're currently making it. they've earned it, probably.]

Yeah, not really surprised they couldn't even do us one solid.

[skyagain]

Yeah, neither am I.

[ he takes off a small fish out of a pocket. it turns into more water in his hand ]

... I hate this place.

[agleam]

I understand completely, and I concur.

[after a beat, glancing towards him:]

You're not hurt, though?

[skyagain]

[ he looks at his left arm critically. then he looks over at rupert's lack of an eye ]

No, but I doubt that was any good for either of us.

[ ... salt water... ]

[agleam]

Maybe the fact that we could breathe in it means it was entirely magical water and we will not come to regret this at all...?

[they already regret it though]

[skyagain]

[ he shifts his weight and everything goes squish in that gross wet sound that wet clothes do ]

... You're telling me you don't regret it yet?

[agleam]

...Yeah, I've got no good answer to that one.

[skyagain]

I guess at least we didn't die in this one.

[ At Least ]

[agleam]

Maybe someday we'll be able to raise that bar up off the floor.