Adventure 1- The Surface [Action]

[weakahoshi]

IIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!



[Anyone in the area of Luceti's beach has probably just heard an ear-splitting, sonic screech. The astute observer (or, even the non-astute observer) may notice uncharacteristically large waves breaking up on the beach. For any curious enough, if they look out to sea, they'll notice something spectacular. A large pink mermaid is splashing about, swimming quickly one direction, then crying out- much more quietly now- and changing directions suddenly. She does this a number of times, then dives deep, only to surface a few minutes later, looking for all the world like she's trying to beat the world record for "longest surface jump made by a fish". Whatever her goal is, she doesn't appear to be achieving it, because the process repeats itself over and over.

Those with extremely good eyesight, or who are brave (or stupid) enough to try getting closer may notice a bit of flotsam trailing along behind her.

A Malnosso-issued journal.]

[OOC Note: Tags may also come from cryinghoshi or runawayhoshi. Thank you!]

Comments

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

[What the hell--?]

[Is that...?]

[No way, she'd still be a child, right?]

[Oh but it has been two years for the Straw Hats so it could be... Nah. That's absurd. Then again, he can't think of any other giant mermaids. Oh King Neptune, your line is so... something.]

[............ Wow, she's still going at it? Dear god that's deafening.]

Miss! Miss! Please try to stop screaming, it'll be okay. What's wrong? [He's not sure yelling into the journal will help though, so he tucks his own in his sash, and takes off flying to go see for himself.]

[Action]

[cryinghoshi]

[Shirahoshi can hear it talking now. TALKING!? And Shirahoshi. Does. Not. Want.]

I... I already told you you're not my type!

[SMACK! She bats it away with her fin. The journal goes flying, its pages fanning out before it splashes back into the water. The journal is a-trollin', so actually there's something of a video feed. A nice, calm underwater scene, panning quickly across the viewer.]

[Action]

[fierybluebird]

[Welp. He has no idea what the hell that's about, but look up Princess, there's a phoenix coming down the coastline. Luckily she's really big and easy to spot from the air.

He lands on the beach, a safe enough distance from the waves so they won't touch his feet. Because screw ocean water, that's why. He switches back to human and looks up with some concern.]

Are you Neptune's daughter? [OBVIOUSLY a reasonable way to greet someone new, but he's trying to snap her out of it without scaring her.]

[cannoneer]

[That. That sure was loud. He was just out on the ocean to test the teleporter. And then to soak in the ocean breeze. That. That is one giant fish. Thing.

... person?]

[runawayhoshi]

[She breaches again- definitely a person. Until you reach the hips. Definitely a fish. A really big BIG fish, like as tall as a house. She surfaces, flings something into the air with her tail, then turns and dives again.

There's a lot of force in that fin, and when she launched the journal into the air, it displaced a lot of water, too. Now there's a good sized wave heading toward the shore. Right towards Cyborg.]

[cannoneer]

[... yeah, he's getting soaked. But he's standing solid. Just. Looking much less enthused. Not that he's ever seen a giant mermaid before. It's just one of those things Jump City prepares you for. (And he's dealt with a giant witch before, so this is way more attractive.)]

HEY! Watch who you're splashing out there!

[Video] by permission!

[mikangirl]

[Problem with those journals is they tend to decide to turn themselves on at the drop of a hat. Cue flinching at that scream DX But seriously, all she can see is a bunch of sea water and the occasional flash of pink-- what the hell.]

Hey! Hey! You'll lose your journal!

[Action]

[runawayhoshi]

[It's a nice underwater pan across the sea floor, accompanied by the sound of water rushing over the microphone. After a minute, there might be a high-pitched voice, but it's garbled, and indistinct.

Then in an instant, there's a clear shot of part of a fin, the pink veining caught in stark contrast to the ocean blue. There's a loud POP! and the video goes spiraling. It stops in the water, returning to the previous sea-floor programming.]

[Action] 1/2

[mikangirl]

[...

...okay, this could be problematic.]

[Well okay voice at her end.]

[mikangirl]

[She'll wait until that poor journal gets sloshed around enough to break the surface again and then yell for all she's worth.]

HEYYY!

[...was that a fin she just saw?]

[Action]

[canterlock]

[Princess Luna was standing on the beach, resting her wings before flying back to the village when she is allowed to play witness to this most amazing sight.]

[It seems the water-dwelling human has mastered the Royal Canterlot Voice! Or rather, she was doing splendidly, but seems a bit winded at this point. The dark-colored alicorn merely stands there blinking unconcernedly, waves lapping at her hooves.]

[Action]

[cryinghoshi]

[A giant wave is heading in Luna's direction, much bigger than the normal ones. The girl still seems to be running from something, but it would probably be hard to tell what.]

Re: [Action]

[canterlock]

[Oh wave.]

[Oh. OH!!]

[Not particularly wanting to go for a swim, Luna whips out her wings and attempts to fly above the churning crest. The water glances off her hindlegs, causing the winged animal to veer dangerously and nearly plummet into the ocean before she manages to recover sufficiently. Her tail and back half are drenched, and she's visibly scowling by now, but otherwise she seems all right. Luna flaps there for a moment, trying to shake off the water (it's not very effective), before flying in closer.]

Good villager!! Forgive us, but we were wondering if thou wouldst kindly cease with thy wild thrashing?

[rashness]

[Rin is...

Out here for reasons.

Actually he's out digging a fire pit so he can use it for a beach outing with Shiemi and Yukio later. Or well, he was, until that last wave crashes and floods the hole he was digging floods and the rocks he put in place there go washing out and... his sword which was on the ground next to him starts to get washed out to see.

His.

Sword.

he makes his own loud howl as he dives into the water, clothes (loose fitting, but still) and all to get it]

[runawayhoshi]

[During one of Shirahoshi's dives, she turns and glances up to see... A human?

In the water.

Shirahoshi thinks she could be wrong, but she seems to remember something about humans not being able to stay in the water for very long.

Her own less-than-apparent danger forgotten, Shirahoshi speeds toward the human, arms outstretched to catch him and drag him back to safety.

She hasn't quite realized that she's been partially shrunk, so as she draws nearer, a look of surprise will cross her face. She's never seen a human that big before.]

[rashness]

[What. He feels some sort of soft but firm ground suddenly under his feet (but he was swimming) and he looks to see.. .what is this, some peach colored thing below him?! Once he is pushed up and possibly out of the water (where's his sword?!) he looks around and-

Holy shit is that a head]

[Action]

[cuethemasong]

[Arata was watching this whole scene on the beach and had to cover up his ears from the screech. He was about to yell, but SUDDENLY. He's sparky eyed from this sight. It was a beautiful pink-haired mermaid. Very few men were followed to see this sight and live to tell the tale! Or at least, Arata was impressed by dat giant body and curves.]

Uwaaah! Hey, Grimoire! Believe me when I say, I've found a mermaid!

Master, please don't start busting into song right now...!

[Action]

[cryinghoshi]

[The mermaid is still desperately trying to get away from whatever it is she's trying to get away from, and making a big mess of the beach while she's at it. In fact, there's an oversized wave heading right in Arata's direction!]

[Action]

[cuethemasong]

Oh crap! That's a big wav-- Bwah?!

[As much as he wanted to avoid it, he ends up getting washed away in it and riiight into the ocean. He knows how to swim, thankfully. Still has to recover from that brief moment of blacking out, though.]

[Action]

[thatsnotcute]

[Perona only just happened to arrive at the beach just a moment or two ago. She hadn't been to the ocean in Luceti since she arrived, and...well, you can't keep a pirate away forever - especially not with the recent heat wave that passed through. Perona had even thought to maybe dip her toes into the water as well, but those thoughts are dashes when she sees the waves, hears the scream, and immediately ducks down covering her head. D-DON'T HURT HER, ANGRY OCEAN SPIRITS OR WHATEVER THE HELL IS OUT HERE, SHE HAS HER WHOLE LIFE TO LIVE!!!

...

Okay, nothing happened. That's good. Peeking her eyes open, Perona's just in time to see the...seaking? Is that a seaki--no, wait...it's more human like.]

M-Mermaid...?

[Action]

[runawayhoshi]

[There is indeed a giant mermaid out in the water. Still sending waves up to the shore, straight towards Perona.]

[Action]

[thatsnotcute]

[Oh god.

Oh god oh man oh god, oh man.

With a very high-pitched screech, Perona practically dances away from the water, running as far up the sandy shore as she can to avoid the full force of the waves Shirahoshi created. She pants, hard, pale and terrified, and whimpers slightly. Th-That was...r-really scary... Did she make the mermaid angry or something? What was it even trying to do?]

O-OI!

[Hopefully it...hears her from her spot so far away from even the shore. <<;;]

[Action] 1/2

[concasse]

[To everyone else that might be an ear-splitting scream. But to Sanji... well, it's still an ear-splitting scream, but it's also a lady in distress and frankly that's all that matters. So after slapping his hands over his ears, he turns to get a good look out at sea.

And he just... stares. You'd think with his mermaid obsession, Sanji would be quicker to comprehend the situation, but nope. His brain is slow on the uptake even with a pretty, pink mermaid rolling huge waves through the sea - a very huge, very familiar pink mermaid.]

[Action]

[concasse]

[--Oh holy shit it can't be--]

Shirahoshi-chwaaaaaaaan~! [And then Sanji leaps out into the air, quite literally, dancing around in excitement even when he knows he should feel guilty being this happy.

Oh well. Squeeing first, guilt later. And now there's a mermaid princess to attend to]

[Action]

[cryinghoshi]

[She knows that voice. SHE KNOWS THAT VOICE! Shirahoshi turns toward the shore, her expression one of both desperation and joy. She begins swimming toward him as fast as she can, her arms reaching out for help.]

Sanji-samaaaaa!