Lake Party Water Post Day Two

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Sunshine Dust, the golden squid, frolics closer to shore today. There were so many people to play with in the lake yesterday! And squids need love and attention too!

There's a soft breeze coaxing the water into gentle waves, playing around the Black Pearl's sails.

If you didn't get a chance to swim yesterday, there is only today.

Tomorrow, it will be February again.

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[boundxkitty]

Said wereleopard pushes off the bottom of the lake and pounces in an effort to dunk Yrael back under.

Fair is fair, right?

[mogget_cat]

That wasn't an "Erk!"

It was... just a sound of surprise, as Yrael isn't used to trying to find his balance in water and hadn't gotten his feet under him before Elizabeth pounced him.

So, there's a not'cat completely underwater and not going all nuclear fission for the first time within the last... ...um...

...ever.

He's somehow able to focus on something other than 'AUGH WATER GET IT AWAY" and so tickling Elizabeth, cruelly. Fair is fair.

[boundxkitty]

Despite her cat side, she's fairly good at finding her balance in the water.

She's never seen his reaction to water. Though a small portion of her brain is questioning his not running from it because she vaguely recalls him not liking it.

But then there's tickling, and her footing slips, and she's underwater. There's faint flailing because TICKLING! And then she gets her feet out, and there's an attempt to turn him around, using legs around his waist. Having to breath is a pain. Really.

[mogget_cat]

Yes, especially when your opponent doesn't have to.

Yrael doesn't have to breathe, but he also doesn't have Elizabeth's familiarity with the water. So... all might as well be fair. Tickling continues, though it's somewhat hampered by trying to keep from being turned around.

[boundxkitty]

Once you've gotten used to water, it's easy to do more. Might as well be, but not quite entirely.

There's a bit more of a struggle to turn him around. And then she gives up on that and uses her legs to pull him down, giving her momentum to break the surface to take a breath.

[mogget_cat]

Okay. There's mud. Mud mud AUGH.

He's grabbing her hands and pulling her down and using what purchase he can get with his feet to turn over.

[boundxkitty]

That's usually what happens when water and dirt meet. MUD!

And with her pulling her down again, she's just able to fill lungs with air before she's back under. She struggles to get her hands free. If she can do that, she can push off his shoulders. Which...might effectively push him back down.

[mogget_cat]

Not if his grip holds. But the mud is slippery, and he only manages to turn them half the way around so that they are neither of them up or down.

[boundxkitty]

It's the one problem with the underwater-ness. Even with people that use it daily. It's easy to get turned around. So now she's spending time trying to let the bubbles and waves they've created still so she can see which ways up, still against his hold.

[mogget_cat]

Eventually, he gets it so he can push against the lake floor again, and pulls them both up. He doesn't need to breathe, really, but still. WATER WATER EVERYWHERE.




It gets to be too much, after a while.

[boundxkitty]

She shakes her head, her hair spraying it around nicely. And, using her hands, pushes it out of her face. She's grinning at Yrael.

"When ever did you decide water was fun?"

[mogget_cat]

He shakes his head, sending water droplets everywhere and making his hair stand up in points.

"I didn't. I decided tackling you was fun enough that I could stand being in the water." He's also grinning, but only just, because AUGH there is mud squelching in between his TOES oh lord just kill him now.

[boundxkitty]

Her hand is out, making the points more defined. Spiked not'cat! =D

"Ahh, so in order to tackle me, you can let go of the fact that there's wet?" She laughs and pushes off the bottom to float just far enough that there's no mud, because there's no bottom unless you sink a little. Will he follow?"

[mogget_cat]

Not just yet. He can't swim, and has no instincts about how except for a bit of cat instinct that's being no help at all, going "AUGH."

"Up to a point. When there is no more tackling, the wet is still there." Waiting.

Spiked not'cat! He's a J-pop star!

[boundxkitty]

Aww. He should learn! And it's been proven, though we're not sure where, that Elizabeth can be a decent safety float when needed.

"Yes, you just have to get over the wet and see what fun there can be had in the wet." She gets a little closer, curling a little so while if she wanted her feet could touch bottom, but they don't. And then there's a foot poking his waist.

There should be a photo shoot and a concert if he's a J-pop star!

[mogget_cat]

Yrael has gotten explicit permission from the Barman to sing a concert for the bar and turn everyone into raving lunatics loyal fans.

Moo ha ha.

"Yes, but then there's that nagging fact that... it's wet." He grins and catches hold of her ankle.

[boundxkitty]

It shall be great fun! So long as he doesn't forget who was loyal before he becomes famous.

"But...you have to look," She lowers her other foot to give herself footing and pulls her other leg back in. Her hope is to pull him deeper.

[mogget_cat]

That gets him to let go.

"Erk." The sudden lack of footing makes him go under.

[boundxkitty]

Elizabeth goes under just after him. And then she's pulling him back up, dragging him by an arm.

Even if he doesn't need to breath. And even though the bottom isn't that far down. She wouldn't let him mock drown.

[mogget_cat]

But mock-drowning is fun! It's almost as fun as being mock-poisoned. He was just about to start acting, too.

"Phooey," he says, and maybe it's only in regards to the lake water.

[boundxkitty]

Mock-drowning is only fun if your friends know it's mock and not you actually wanting to play. If he really wants to start acting that he's drowning, Elizabeth will gladly let him go again.

"Phooey?" She asks with a smile.

[mogget_cat]

Oh no. It's much more fun if they don't know that you're just playing.

"Yes. The water is not to my taste," he says, grimacing.

Bleh, says the icon.

[boundxkitty]

But then they WORRY! And un-needed worry can be punished with fair play in turn. It's an unhealthy circle. Really.

"But...it's clean, and clear, and warm." She splashes him to emphasize her point.

[mogget_cat]

And then one can mock their worried faces! The ones that go like :O!!!

Then, one just needs to be able to run faster and for longer than they can.

"ACK," he says very calmly, shaking his head.

That's it, Elizabeth's getting dunked.

[boundxkitty]

But that would only bring about a face like this >:O!!!

Though, there probably isn't anyone that can catch Yrael when he's got his feet under him.

Good thing he doesn't really have his feet under him.

There's an eek! at the dunk. And flailing. And then her attempting to go a little deeper. Maybe if it's deeper water, he won't follow.