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#rock beachs are good i like swimming i just eugh
narutomaki · 24 days
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I hate that I hate doing things in my own dude but it's so fucking boring !!!
#i dont go out to eat and i dont go to the movie theater so like the two biggest Default Hang activities are completely non-options for me#i dont like seeing movies in theatre 1) the local one sucks and 2) i cant sit still for over a half hour in a chair that makes me want to#become an arsonist.#ive been to Fancy Good Fun movie theatres and seen Incredible Higjly Rated films and still been like#20 mins in. is it going to be over soon? can i leave? please?#i like going to the library and shopping and walking down by the river and in the woods#but i also Dont Like The Beach because sand makes me want to become a fucking terrorist and the water safety index thing#sent me on a spiral sooo bad ♡ also im too body conscious to enjoy myself#the public pools okay excepts its expensive and over crowded 100% of the time#rock beachs are good i like swimming i just eugh#i also. dont like going to the gyms indoor pool.#its so fucking echoy in there i get a migraine thinking about it#i do like their sauna tho but. again. priced out of that experience! wahoo! also the stairs there are designed to torture me#i like eating outside i like picnics in theory i just cant get comfortable sitting in like 98% of places for more than like 30 mins.#at some point some part of my body is going to start hurting so bad i want to throw up.#i like playing video games and board games but i dont have any consoles or board games so like.#man. idk!#i hate doing things alone bcus i Was Alone for 3 years with my only social contact being my abusive family#i would speak to them maybe 3 times a month and get out of the house maybe 2 times and#idk! idk its just like! okay! im done being socialy isolated!!!#>every activity that you can do to hang out with people is unappealing to me or causes me physical damage#😭 okay nvm!!!
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cobaltusami · 3 years
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Tropical Vacation pt 8
Well, this isn't the fic I was planning to release next, but oh well-- I was feeling It.
Hey hi hello dolls! It's been a long ass time since I've updated this series, and unfortunately there aren't many tickles in this part, but there Is a ton of fluff! either the next part or the part after will be chock full of tickles! (Or both)
I hope It's alright!
Characters In this part: All of DR1 girls excluding Junko and Mukuro, All of the DR2 girls. Lee!Chihiro
Word count: 3429
All previous parts, as well as my other fics, can be found here!: Masterlist
Hina kicked at the sand absentmindedly as she gazed longingly out at the water. “Man, I really missed seeing the ocean but…” She crossed her arms and made a face. “What good Is it If I can’t swim in it!? I’m like a fish, If I don’t swim In water I’ll die!!”
Sakura smiled amusedly at her best friend. She can be so dramatic sometimes… “Hina, they said It was safe to swim In…”
“Yeah but Monokuma didn’t give me any of my swimsuits…” She mumbled dejectedly, kicking a rock into the water.
Yeah, they didn’t exactly get the chance to pack their stuff or even ask Monokuma for specific things from their rooms. Aside from the morning announcements he hasn’t even shown up-- not that anyone besides Byakuya was complaining.
“Ugh!! That’s It!” Hina ripped off her red jacket and tossed it to Sakura. “Hold my jacket, I’m going In!”
The Martial artist fumbled the piece of clothing, caught off guard by the swimmers sudden outburst. She quickly grabbed the brunette’s arm to stop her. “W-Wait! Instead of doing that… Why don’t we just go find the store and see If it carries swimsuits?” She suggested.
As usual Sakura was the voice of reason amongst the chaotic gays.
Hina paused, thinking it over. “Okay… That sounds good In theory, But what if they don’t carry them?”
“Then I’m sure they’ll carry donuts… we’ll get some to cheer you up then ask Usami if she knows where the swimsuits are.”
Aoi giggled as she took her jacket back from the tall girl and tied it around her waist. “I like the way you think!” She grinned. “Let’s go!”
“Alright, Let’s just ask Nekomaru where the store Is.”
They both looked to Neko, who had stuck around to keep an eye on Mondo.
“No need! I can show you where it is if you want.” Mahiru volunteered, suddenly behind the two.
Hina squeaked as they both quickly turned to face the Photographer.
“Sorry! I didn’t mean to scare you both.” The red head apologized with a sympathetic smile.
“Geez Mahiru!” Hina giggled, placing her hand over her still racing heart. “You got me good!”
“Are you sure? We don’t want to trouble you.”
Mahiru nodded with a smile. “I’m sure. Actually, I was coming to find you two. Apparently Usami has something to tell us girls...”
The two tensed. It’s not a motive, Is it?
“What do you think It is?” Hina asked as she started walking with Sakura and Mahiru.
“I’m honestly not sure. Normally she gathers all of us, not just the girls.” Mahiru responded.
As they crossed over the bridge to the second island, the girls of both classes came into view. Even Toko, surprisingly.
“Hey Toko!” Hina waved her hand at the writer. “Glad to see you out of your room!” she smiled as she turned to face her.
“W-Where Ha-Have you two b-b-been?!”
“We were checking out the beach.” Aoi answered. “Sorry, did we worry you?”
“D-Don’t b-be ridiculous! Why w-w-would I worry a-about you m-m-meatheads?!” she blushed.
Hina smiled and wrapped her arms around the awkward girl’s shoulders in a hug. “Aww, You WERE worried about us!”
“S-Shut up!” Toko blushed even more, batting the brunette away.
Soon enough, Usami appeared out of nowhere. Much like they were used to Monokuma doing. “Love love! Hello everyone!” She greeted the group cheerfully. “I hope you are all getting along okay!”
“We’re doing fine, Usami.” Chiaki smiled, patting Chihiro on the shoulder. She had brought them along and wanted to include them In on whatever Usami had planned.
“I’m glad to hear that.” Usami replied. “As some of you may know, I no longer have my magic stick…”
“Magic stick?” Sakura repeated quietly, confused.
“It’s a long story.” Mahiru whispered back.
“But It appears that Monokuma must have one of his own. Because there’s some new buildings on this island!” Usami explained, surprised. “One of such buildings, Is a women’s clothing boutique. Which is why I asked you all here.”
Sonia’s face brightened. “Really?? Wow! That Is wonderful!”
“I thought I should tell you all first before I told the boys.” Usami giggled. “I thought It might be a nice chance to bond with the other class’s girls.”
“And enby.” Chiaki and Mahiru both said at the same time. Chihiro smiled at the two girls In response.
“Right! I’m sorry, I’ll remember that for next time!” Usami apologized. “Anyway! There’s also a spa on the Island! So enjoy yourselves!”
She disappeared from sight, leaving the group to talk amongst themselves.
“This has to be a trick of some kind.” Kyoko said thoughtfully. “A motive, Maybe?”
“Yeah, I am not trusting It either.” Peko agreed.
“It’s gotta be a motive, It’s been too peaceful!” Hina chimed in.
“What If Monokuma put ‘Saw’ movie level traps in the clothing?” Ibuki theorized. “And the moment we put on the clothes-- SQUISH! BLEH! Off with our heads!”
Mahiru cringed at the gory sounds Ibuki tried to make, sighing softly. “I doubt he would have time to do that. But It’s definitely suspicious…”
“And why only things for girls?” Akane thought aloud. “It seems like a trap.”
“I think we should check It out regardless.” Celeste smiled. “I think a spa trip sounds lovely, perhaps even worth the risk.”
“I GOT IT!” Hina yelled in realization, all attention now on her. “WHAT IF MONOKUMA PUT SHARKS IN THE SPA?!”
“This again…? H-Hina I doubt there Is enough water for sharks in the spa.” Sakura sighed. She loved this girl, but sometimes she could be a bit… out there.
“She might actually be onto something.” Kyoko surprisingly agreed with her wild theory after a moment of thinking.
“H-H-How wo-would that e-even be possible?” Toko stammered in disbelief.
“Maybe not specifically sharks, but that would be the least suspecting place to put something dangerous.” The detective calmly theorized. “It may be too dangerous to check out without more muscle power.”
“Why do we need more muscle power? Sakura, Peko an’ I can handle it!” Akane grinned.
“No offense to you three, but there is strength in numbers.” Kyoko responded, to which Sakura and Peko nodded in agreement. “But there are less places to hide dangerous traps In a boutique, So I think we should be okay to check that out.”
“And then we get the boys to go with us to the spa?” Peko asked for clarification.
“Yes. I think that would be wise.”
So with the group in agreement (except for Toko, who immediately went back to her room), the girls and enby headed to the boutique to investigate.
After some time looking around for clues or traps, they were shocked to find it was literally just a normal clothing store… or so It seemed.
“That’s strange.” Kyoko said, surprised as she inspected a piece of clothing.
“What? Did you find something?” Chiaki asked, yawning as she approached the detective.
“It’s… just clothes.”
“You mean, These are actually safe?” Sayaka asked curiously, poking her head around the corner to look at the two girls.
“It appears so… I’d still check before you try anything on but--”
She was already back around the corner with Ibuki. “Oh my gosh, Ibuki! With some leggings this would look so cute on you!”
Sonia giggled. “I agree!”
Ibuki looked at the frilly mini dress held up against her body in pure disgust. “Eugh! Ibuki doesn’t do this style anymore, It makes Ibuki feel restricted.”
“Okay, maybe not this dress then…” Sayaka put it back and looked around for another one. “We should match for our concert though.”
While the three looked through the costume dresses, Chihiro was on the other side of the store looking at all the cute casual dresses. They felt a little self conscious looking at them.
“Hi, Chihiro.” Mahiru greeted, approaching the small programmer with her girlfriend in tow. “Are you alright?”
Chihiro jumped in surprise, immediately letting go of the dress they were looking at. “O-Oh! Hi Mahiru… Hiyoko.” They greeted the two girls shyly.
“Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you!” Mahiru apologized with a small smile. “I was just coming over to look for a new sun dress.”
Chihiro nodded, absentmindedly going back to looking at the dress they found as Mahiru began shuffling the articles of clothing on the rack.
The red head stole a few glances over at Chihiro, noticing their hesitancy. “Are you okay?”
Hiyoko tilted her head curiously as she too looked up from the dresses.
“Y-Yeah, I’m fine! S-Sorry… am I distracting you?”
The two ultimates exchanged glances before looking back at the small enby. “Of course not… I’m just concerned about you.”
“O-Oh… there’s no reason to be concerned, I’m okay… really.” Chihiro put on the best smile they could, but Mahiru, who constantly photographed smiling people, immediately knew it was forced.
Hiyoko’s eyes scanned the clothing rack in front of Chihiro until she noticed a disturbed article of clothing, she walked over and plucked it from the rack. “This Is a cute dress.” She commented, drawing both Mahiru and Chihiro’s attention.
Hiyoko looked at the Programmer and smiled. “You should try It on.”
Mahiru had to do a double take, had someone replaced her fiery imp of a girlfriend with someone sweet???
Chihiro blushed brightly. “Um… I-I could never pull that off…”
“Sure you could.” Mahiru smiled, following Hiyoko’s lead.
“I-I don’t know…”
“Chihiro!” Sonia bounced over brightly. “You would look adorable in that!”
“Maybe If we found a sweater to go with it you’d feel better.” Chiaki smiled.
“Ooh! And some accessories!” Sayaka joined in.
Chihiro had a bad feeling about this…
“R-Really girls, I-Its okay! I was heading over to look at skirts anyways!” They tried backing away, but the girls weren’t letting them off the hook that easily.
Meanwhile, Hina found the swimsuits much to her excitement. They were pretty cute too! Some of them were plain, others had skirts to them, pretty patterns, bikinis, one pieces… you name it, they had it.
Hina picked up a red tropical flower patterned bikini with a skirt. “Check this out Sakura, It’s so cute! And It’s my size!” she squealed happily.
The martial artist stopped what she was doing and looked over at her best friend with an amused smile. “It looks nice.”
After another moment of searching she produced a similar bikini and showed It to Sakura again.
“That kind of looks like the last one.”
“Mhm! Except It’s white with red and pink flowers! What do you think?”
“It’s… pretty?”
“Good, Because It’s your size.” Hina grinned impishly.
Sakura paused. “Hina… I don’t do bikinis.”
“Why not?”
Sakura immediately got flashbacks. She recalled when she had first started gaining muscle and went to the beach with her friends, she had gotten stared at and made fun of. She was made so uncomfortable that she just went home.
“...Reasons.”
Hina pouted. She knew that was code for something serious. “Fine, I don’t want you to be uncomfortable… I’ll keep looking.”
“Thank you for respecting my--”
They were interrupted by Chihiro shrieking, they looked at each other in alarm and bolted in the direction of the sound. Upon rounding the corner they found Chihiro wrapped up in Sayaka’s arms while Chiaki and Mahiru tickled them.
Sakura sighed in relief upon seeing it was just something harmless.
Hina grinned. “You good Chihiro?” She couldn’t help but tease them.
“Hehehehelp mehehe!” They squealed as Chiaki squeezed their sides.
“Why are you all ganging up on Chihiro?” Sakura asked, feeling some pity for the smol programming bean.
“Why not?” Hina retorted. “Chihiro’s too cute not to tickle!”
“Hinahaha you’re not hehehelping!” They blushed even more.
“Oh sorry~ I’ll help you now.” Hina smiled innocently, approaching the trapped enby. The swimmer fluttered her fingers against their belly, drawing even more squeals of laughter. “There, do you feel helped now?” she giggled.
“Hahahahahaha! That’s nohohohot whahahat I meheheheant!” They whined.
“Chihiro started crying because they did not feel they could pull off this dress.” Sonia explained gently, holding the dress up. “So the others are trying to cheer them up.”
Sakura frowned. She understood where Chihiro was coming from, but literally Chihiro would look so fucking cute in that dress. It was a white ruffle sundress with a light yellow ribbon sash.
It was bewildering that Chihiro didn’t think they could pull it off…
Sakura scanned around until her eyes fell on a light yellow sweater with short sleeves, she picked it up and walked back over to the giggling programmer.
The girls stopped tickling and looked at the piece of clothing in the tall girl's hands. Chihiro slid to the floor in a heap of lingering giggles and soft gasps.
The white haired girl sat down next to them. “Chihiro, I understand how you feel. You feel like everyone Is going to be staring at you and judging you.”
They nodded meekly, staring at the floor.
“And maybe people have done that to you before…” She paused as Chihiro nodded again. “But you’re among your friends here, and we aren’t judging you In the slightest.”
“Yeah, Sakura’s right.” Chiaki agreed, sitting down too. The other girls followed suit. “We would never judge you.”
“We all have things we are self conscious about, Chihiro.” Sonia smiled kindly at the enby. “I am self conscious about my skin.”
“R-Really…? But you’re so pretty…” Chihiro looked at her.
“Thank you, but so are you.” Sonia pinched Chihiro’s cheek gently. “I burn in the sunlight, The kids I went to school with used to call me ‘Princess lobster’. So I try to avoid exposing myself to the sun.”
Chihiro blushed at the compliment and looked back down.
“I’m super self conscious about my weight.” Hina spoke up next. “I’m always weighing myself. I used to get teased for how many sweets I eat, my friends told me I was going to end up alone because no one would be able to look at me.”
“Hina, You’re gorgeous. You don’t have to worry about your weight!” Chihiro frowned.
“I used to get made fun of because I had braces when I was younger.” Sayaka shared. “They said I’d never be a singer because the metal in my braces would mess with the recording equipment.”
“Do I even need to say what I’m self conscious about?” Hiyoko sulked, folding her arms across her chest. “I’m short.”
Mahiru put her hand on Hiyoko’s shoulder. “You’ll hit a growth spurt someday.” She teased. “People called me a boy growing up.”
“I-I-I’ve al-always been s-s-s-super c-c-clumsy. People h-h-have always ma-made fun o-of me for It.” Mikan said softly.
“Of course they have, You’re a walking pile of pig barf!” Hiyoko snapped.
“Aah! I’m sorry!” Mikan cried.
Mahiru shoved her hand over Hiyoko’s mouth and pulled her into her lap to keep her contained. She sighed. Welp, so much for her being kind…
“People I went to school with used to accuse me of stuffing my bra, and constantly harassed me because of my home life.” Akane said quietly.
“I was feared, I was told I had monster eyes. Most kids avoided me.” Peko chimed In.
Kyoko looked down at her gloved hands then back up at Chihiro. “I think my insecurity should be obvious…”
“I got made fun of for loving video games. And I’ve got some pudge.” Chiaki poked her stomach.
After a moment of silence the girls looked at Sakura, who gave a hesitant sigh. “Do I need to say It?”
“Yes.” All except for Chihiro said in unison.
Sakura sighed again. “I get called ogre. People call me a freak or abomination. When I started bulking up, people told me that I looked better before and I lost a lot of friends because they were embarrassed to be seen with me.”
“Remind me to smack Hiro and Hifumi when I see them next.” Hina said quietly.
“Hiro doesn’t mean any harm by It.” she waved her off.
Hearing their friends being open about their insecurities made them feel a little better about opening up.
“Um…” Chihiro kept staring at the floor. “Kids I went to school with knew me when I Identified as a boy… and the first day I went to school in a dress, I got beat up and made fun of. Since then, I’ve been afraid to wear dresses… N-Not that skirts are much different… I’m just kind of traumatized by them.”
“Chihiro, You are adorable and beautiful.” Hina smiled warmly.
“Trust me, If anyone comes near you to beat you up or make fun of you… they’ll have a lot of people to get through first.” Chiaki added.
“You are one of a kind, don’t let people like that ruin something for you.” Sakura said gently.
Hina side eyed her, receiving a quiet; ‘shut up’ In response.
Chihiro sniffled, wiping their eyes. “Th-Thanks guys…”
“If you don’t want to try on the dress, We respect your comfort zone. You don’t have to if you don’t want to.” Mahiru put a hand on their shoulder reassuringly.
They looked at the dress In Sonia’s lap, then back up at the girls. “No… I… I want to try It on.”
“Are you sure?” Sonia asked.
They nodded, more sure this time. “You’re right. I need to learn not to take things to heart so much. Everyone has something they don’t like about themselves, even the people who picked on you.”
“That’s exactly right.” Kyoko nodded with a faint smile.
Chihiro took the dress from Sonia and stood up, they were about to head to the dressing room but they were stopped by Sakura, who handed them the matching sweater she found for the dress.
The enby gave her a smile before taking the article of clothing and retreating to the closed room with a new pep in their step.
A few minutes passed by, and something had occurred to Mahiru. “Wait a minute, Ibuki? You never said what you were made fun of for.”
Ibuki looked up at the red head, previously she had been drawing shapes on the floor with her finger waiting for Chihiro to come out. “Oh, Ibuki didn’t?”
“No, You didn’t.” Chiaki confirmed, eyeing the musician.
“Welllll…” Ibuki looked away sheepishly.
“Were you not bullied?” Sonia asked.
“N-No. Ibuki was bullied.” She sighed. “Ibuki was made fun of for the way she talks In the third person. Also the way she dressed.”
“I think It’s… endearing.” Sayaka smiled.
“Ibuki didn’t mention It because Ibuki didn’t want to be reassured or complimented.” She smiled shyly, tapping her index fingers together. “Ibuki doesn’t know how to take compliments…”
“I understand that.” Sakura responded.
Hina, again, side eyed her best friend. “I will hype you up and there’s nothing you can do to stop me.”
“Nothing huh?” She didn’t even bother looking at Hina, she blindly squeezed at the swimmer’s side, making her squeak and giggle as she twitched away.
“Come to think of it…” Kyoko hummed, glancing over at Celeste. “You didn’t say anything either.”
“That Is because there Is nothing I was made fun of for.” Celeste smiled, closing her eyes as she did.
Hmm… doubtful.
Chiaki looked at the wall clock. “Chihiro’s been In there a while… I think someone should go check on them.”
Before anyone else could volunteer, surprisingly, Hiyoko was on her feet. “I’ll do it.” with that she disappeared into the back room as well.
Mahiru blinked in surprise. “Should I go with her?”
No one got the chance to answer before Hiyoko came back out, Chihiro In tow.
The Traditional dancer stepped aside so the girls could see Chihiro, they were absolutely radiating happiness. “S-Sorry, I kind of froze up… How do I look?”
“Ohmigosh, Chi you look so cute!!” Hina squealed.
“That dress looks like It was made for you, You look so pretty!” Sonia beamed, stars practically in her eyes.
The Programmer giggled and twirled around in the dress happily.
The other girls quickly got over their surprise and flooded Chihiro with compliments. (even Kyoko and Celeste complimented them, shockingly.)
The rest of the boutique visit hit different for the group, they felt a lot lighter and closer than before.
Sayaka and Ibuki had decided to just coordinate colors, that way they could both wear something they wanted to wear.
Hina and Sakura found a few swimsuits they liked.
Chihiro got a bunch of different dresses and had a mini fashion show with Hiyoko, Mahiru, and Chiaki.
Right then.
Time to go find the boys and check out the spa...
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Laundry Pods
Under here, under the water, life is... well, it’s not silent. 
But it’s much softer. 
Far off, but not too far, you can hear a pod of whales passing. And just south of your reef, the vibrations of the heat vents create a very special and unique noise that comes and goes in waves and series of circulation. 
Echolocation sends you information about your surroundings. Little chirps, little base chirps and zings that tell you what’s around. Some fish, the octopus that wanders in every now and then, and the reefs. Nothing bad. 
Your fingers dig into the warm sand, sending rivulets of particles floating up into your wake. Lazily you wind in and out of the caves and tunnels and corals. The sun above casts shadows over your path. The swaying reef gives way to small pockets of pools of white sand and abandoned shells. 
A crab swipes at you as you crawl along the ocean floor, dorsal fin splayed wherever it wants to go.You flick the crab as you pass, opening your mouth to hiss at it. 
The weather is good, and the coral is healthy, and the sea turtle migration is on schedule. 
The whales have passed. 
Kelp swings up from a crevasse near the sulfur vents, golden yellow and teeming with activity this time of day. 
Three of your sisters are inside, harvesting some for the colony.
Aradia is briefly distracted, sitting on the forest floor and picking up little white rocks and pieces of human glass that reflect a million colors off of her web. She chirps the signal for your name Karkat, and signs with her hands for you to swim to her. Now that you’re done with your patrol, you can. The spear in your hand goes to your back. 
What are those? You ask her, gesturing kindly. 
She grins. Human glass!
You know you’re not supposed to take human things back to the colony, you scold, and she frowns, putting her hands on her hips before continuing the conversation.
Yeah, but they’re pretty!
You sigh, taking a wash into your lungs and sending it back out at her. Her fins are standing on end, defiant and decided. You’ll let her keep the smooth clear stones. In their greens and browns, they are very pretty. 
As you turn to sign to your other sisters, you catch your reflection in one of the larger pieces. 
It frightens you. 
...
What? 
Chest heaving, heart pounding, you wake. 
Holy shit. 
The dream was so real, so intense. Who the fuck was that? 
Karkat? What the hell? 
“Dave!” Jade calls, rushing over to you. You’re lying on the beach on her island. It’s surprisingly warm for this time of year, perfect for just laying on the sand and doing absolute fuckall. 
It was... a mermaid. Mer... man? 
His skin was almost greyish under the water, and his home was so peaceful. It’s hard to pull yourself away from the images. They stick like flies to glue there, in your mind. Eugh. 
“The others want to eat soon!” Jade says, and you nod. 
“Yeah, cool,” you say.
Jade snorts. 
“Also you might need some aloe,” she says. 
“Did I sunburn?” you ask, wincing at her tone. 
She laughs. 
“Yeah,” she says, and bounds to her feet. “That’s an understatement.” 
Damnit. 
Well, alright. 
Time to go eat. 
And hopefully you won’t have any more dreams like that. 
[next chapter]
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kaldraws8280 · 7 years
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Lalotai's Shiny Fabulous New Resident. CHAPTER 22
((Not TOO sure about this chapter. But oh well.))
Tamatoa continued to climb up. “So… when you say problems… do you mean problems that will affect me? Or just you?” You asked.
Because you were slightly convinced the problem was that humans were up there. Heck maybe you were near an island.
“I mean problem for you and me.” Tamatoa looked down at you.
You nodded and looked back up. You were very close now. Maybe 20 feet away. You looked down.
That was a bad idea!
The ground was so far away, you felt a little sick at the sight. The trees looked like grass from up here! You nervously scratched at the dirt on your arm.
Finally the two of you had reached the top. “Ok babe. Just… poke me when you're done.” His face turned slightly red. “Just hurry ok?” You took in a big gulp of air as Tama pushed you up into the water.
You pushed on his claw, and surprisingly, he let go. Odd… if he didn't want you swimming away, then why did he let go? Did he really trust you that much?
You quickly began to scrub and brush the mud off of yourself and out of your hair.
You could only imagine the brown cloudy water surrounding you. You swam up a bit and squinted an eye open slightly. You could see the crabs beautiful shell through the smoke.
But… there was something else in the water… you could barely see it. But it was swimming around in the cloud. It looked… almost human.
That's not possible though! You're the only human down here. Right?
You swam down, careful not to fall out of the water. The smoke was starting to clear and you could now see a face staring back at yours.
Dark black eyes stared into yours. A large toothy grin appeared on the other swimmers face. Their teeth were extremely sharp, like spikes. Definitely more than 32.
The lighting blurred the colors down here but it almost looked like their skin was blue.
You were beginning to run out of air. You let a bit of it escape as you started to swim down to Lalotai.
But the person stopped you! They had grabbed you with their long claw like fingers. You kicked your leg, trying to get them to let go. But instead they began to pull you away from Lalotai.
You let a bit more air escape your lungs. You desperately kicked your leg, but to no avail. The water was slowing you down too much!
The person swam quickly towards a large cave. Your lungs were SCREAMING! It felt like they were on fire, they wanted to breathe so bad!
The person pushed you into the cave and let go of your leg. You quickly swam up towards the air pocket.
You flung your head up and sucked in as much air as you could. You looked around the cave. It was brightly lit… though how you weren't sure. Large seashells reflected the warm lights back into your eyes. You turned in the water and saw a small rock beach and pulled yourself onto it.
You laid down on the rocks and stared at the ceiling.
The mysterious person pulled themselves out of the water as well. You quickly sat up and scooted away from them.
“WOAH!” You gasped. They… didn't have legs! And you had been correct. Their skin was in fact, blue. They also had large fins on the sides and top of their head.
You had been kidnapped by a merperson?
Tamatoa sat boredly on top of the giant. “Eugh what is taking them so long?” He complained to himself.
He glanced up at the water. “Humans can't hold their breathe that long can they?” He frowned. He stood up and stuck his claw in the water, a few drops sliding down his arm.
He waved his pincer around in the water but couldn't find you.
“Oh no” his eyes grew wide. He looked around quickly.
Where did you go?
“BABE?” He shouted.
He spun around on the giant's shoulder and spotted a large rock formation. It was the only other one in sight.
He hurriedly began to climb down the giant. “I told them not to swim away! I told them to stay close!” He growled.
“I told them it was dangerous!” He leaped down the leg and onto the ground.
The crab began to run now. “I trusted them to do this!” He snarled.
His anger grew and grew as he ran to the other large formation. Good gods he hoped you were up there.
You slowly stood up. “Can you… hear me?” You asked the fish. They just grinned at you again. Their large pointy teeth were freaking you out.
The look they were giving you looked like they wanted to eat you.
The merperson gave a low gurgling sound from their throat.
‘I don't think they can talk…’ you thought to yourself.
You bent down and picked up a rock that was slightly bigger than your hand.
The fishs black eyes watched you closely as you stood back up. They began to crawl towards you. You backed up against the wall.
A tune began to rise out of their mouth as they moved towards you. It was a calming melody, slow and soft. Your head began to feel fuzzy.
“Wh-what the “ you began to lose your balance. You looked down at the fish. Their grin seemed to grow larger and larger as they continued their song.
The rock slipped out of your hand as you covered your ears.
“S-STOP!” You yelled. The siren continued. The song grew louder and louder now. The melody banging into your ears. Their hypnotic voice echoed off the walls.
You fell to the floor. You felt the fishs long fingers curl around your right wrist. They yanked your hand away from your ear. Their song was turning dark now. The pitches began to crunch together.
They pulled your wrist up to their mouth and bit down into your skin. “AHHHHHH!” You screamed. You pulled your arm out of their grip and held it close. You swiftly kicked them in the gut and moved up the beach and onto a ledge.
The siren held their stomach and stared up angrily at you. They hissed loudly.
“Oh SHUT UP!” You shouted at them from your ledge. You held your arm close to yourself. The bite in your skin had been small, and hadn't gone very deep. But it was still bad.
You squeezed your wrist tightly, trying to put pressure on the wound. You glared down at the siren, who was now trying to pull themselves up to you.
But as they did, you saw a dark shape form in the water behind them. Quickly it kept out of the water in an explosion of droplets.
“T-TAMA!” You gasped. You watched as he angrily picked up the merperson. He pinched their tail tightly and threw them into a wall. The fish let out a squeal of pain.
He swung his claw down and smashed them into the rock beach.
“Serves you right.” He growled and turned to you. “And as for you human, we have some talking to do.” He raised his claw out to you. You slowly climbed onto it and sat. He pulled you close to his chest and went back into the water. The salt stung in your wound, but it didn't last long anyways. Tamatoa fell out of the water onto some rocks right below.
“Thank you Tama-”
“I trusted you.” He cut you off. “I trusted you to quickly clean yourself off and not do anything stupid, and yet you didn't listen to me!”
“But I-”
“I don't want to hear your excuses.” He scowled. “Im… I'm glad you're safe.” He muttered and began to walk down the rock formation.
“But I'm still angry with you.”
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