Cherubplay

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"Sit your arse down you nutter, I can't see." He could see, perfectly fine really, but he'd rather have Dave sitting when they hit the rollers the massive ship in the distance had caused. Eridan had seen them as soon as he'd caught sight of the cargo ship, merely ripples from this distance but would be significant enough to roll the boat once it reached them.

"Yeah it is nice. I missed this." He looked more relaxed now then ever.

2015-07-12 11:32:13

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He snorts a little with laughter when he tells him to sit down. "You must need new glasses then." Dave teased, though he took notice of how at home he looked. It was pleasant seeing him like that. The thought that he'd be in that state of mind for three whole days was even better. "I can see why." He finally sat down though.

2015-07-12 11:35:25

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Eridan merely smiled when Sabriel dipped and rolled with the sudden waves from the cargo ship. "No see aren't I nice. If you'd been standing, you would'a fallen." He smirked and steered her west, away from the shoreline and out. The area they lived in was pretty closed off, a bay blocked from the large rolling waves of the proper sea by a large island chain far out of the horizon. It merely meant no massive rollers to make anyone seasick. Eridan loved it. The GPS attached to the electronic map above the wheel beeped as he put in the coordinates for the island they were headed, and then again as he put it on auto pilot. "I'm just gonna grab those ropes and pull the fenders in."

2015-07-12 11:41:04

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He looked down when that happened, the boat being shaken quite a bit. "Whatever helps you sleep at night dude." He smirks a little. "Speaking of which, I hope you slept."

"Sure, go on. I promise I can't fuck anything up if I dont do shit."

2015-07-12 11:44:19

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"I slept a little. Excited an' all that." He didn't mention that he had a bruise on the side he normally slept on, making it irritating when he woke up too early and tried to get back to sleep.

"Don't touch anything." He warned with a grin, climbing past him to undo the ropes from the cleats and loop them around his arm. The fenders were hauled up and untied next, held by their ropes as he made his way back to the cockpit to put them into the storage chamber under one of the seats.

2015-07-12 11:48:13

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Dave smiles, happy to hear it. "I dreamt about sailing. I nearly threw something against the wall when I woke up" he casually said.

"A'ight, I'll try to resist the temptation of touching all the buttons. Mad tempting though." He muttered the last part, not really planning on doing anything, but damn those buttons were made for pressing alright. He sincerely was no older than 5 at times.

2015-07-12 11:52:45

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"Aw." He teased when he shifted upright again, letting the seat drop back down with a thud before dropping himself down to lounge out across the bench. He sat with his back against the metal railings at the back of the boat, head tilted slightly as he looked at Dave. One hand rested on the bottom of the wheel as they cruised along with the engine. "There's not enough wind to get the sails out. If it picks up later I might, but for now we're just motoring along." He smiled slightly and let his head drop back to rest against the post, eyes closed.

2015-07-12 11:57:46

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He nodded, stretching a little and leaning back comfortably against his seat. "Sounds good." He nodded, laughing a little as he closed his eyes. "Are the seahorses doing fine, by the way?"

2015-07-12 12:01:59

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"Yeah. That little one I told you about? He loves bubbles. An' is always saying hello. The others swim around a lot an' bump into the glass. I haven't lifted the divider yet, I don't want to because I saw the Grouch eying one off." He smiled at the mention of the seahorses, eyes still closed in content.

2015-07-12 20:58:28

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"Aw dude, thats cute a shit. You should be lame about this and name him bubbles. Or bubbles in Latin so that people think you're deep, or mysterious or something." He smirks a bit as he teased him.

2015-07-12 21:01:37

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"I ain't calling a sophosticated creature "bubbles" Dave." He was grinning though, opening his eyes to look at him. "Besides. Bubbles in latin is bullae, which just sounds retarded."

2015-07-12 21:10:29

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"Of course, of course, what was I even thinking." A soft laughter bubbles from within him. "Bullae does sound pretty fucking retarded though. Huh. I'm sure the greek have something for that, I mean, they called the guardian of hell "spot" and it still sounded fucking badass, so. Can't go wrong with greeks. Besides I doubt a sea horse is more sophisticated than a dog with three heads."

2015-07-12 21:23:23

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"At least his name is not called snuffles. Or something like that." He ginned and rolled his eyes, shaking his head. "I named one a the females Calypso. She's my oldest seahorse, an' she just swims around an' sometimes tells me why the weather is like in the tank. She's rather batty." He smiled, shifting forward a bit to sit properly.

2015-07-13 02:47:23

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"Snuffles?" He laughs a bit more, grinning. "Who the fuck names anything snuffles. That's pretty cute though, they sound like pacific little creatures."

2015-07-13 02:49:47

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"Harry Potter reference." He shrugged and looked out over the water. "It is pretty cute. They're pretty wise about simple things, an' they really good at reminders. It's weird." He grinned, "you'll get to see some out here"

2015-07-13 03:12:37

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"Norbert still beats Snuffles, lets be real here. And sweet, can't wait for that. They'll probably just run the hell away from me though." He smiles a little, looking at the water as well, noticing little things like how it sparkled as it moved.

2015-07-13 03:15:19

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"If you're with me they'll probably stick around a bit to have a look at you." He follows his gaze to the water. They were making good tome, Sabriel's motor, while probably not as fast or good as many morderner sail boats, was pretty good and the shoreline was already becoming out of full focus. He really felt like a quick swim.

"Do you think you'll be able to sit here an' make sure she doesn't go the wrong direction for like, ten minutes?"

2015-07-13 03:30:04

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"Yeah sure, why? Going for a swim already?" He chuckles softly, imagining that it would be very possible for him to keep up with the boat from the water if he so wished to. He thought about the possibility of seeing the pierced gills he told him about as well. Well now he was curious, so he better say he will, because if Eridan turns out to just want to go fetch something it will be a disappointment for him

2015-07-13 03:32:01

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"Yep. Can't wait until we moor so I'm going in now. Not for long though, an' I'll go grab that pulse thing for you if you need me back up." He grinned and shifted away from the wheel to beckon Dave closer and show him quickly how everything worked. It probably didn't make much sense, but Dave would know when something goes wrong. He ducked down to grab the psionic pulser and handed it to him, stripping off his shirt as he went. The fin on his back was still pressed down, same with the little ones on his arms, and his gills shifted as he stretched. The piercings were as he said, two on each side of the longest gill cover. He stripped out of his jeans, shifting the material of the jammers to ease the twisted way they clung to his thighs before grinning up at Dave. "If something goes wrong call me up before you start pressing buttons."

2015-07-13 05:11:33

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Dave really didn't understand much of whatever he was telling him about how shit worked, but he figured that he didn't need to, he just needed to know how to play "spot the difference" between how it was now and if something went wrong. That he could definitely do. He grabs the psionic pulser, looking it over, and nodding a little. It wasn't hard to figure that out either, there were only three buttons. He figure out what those meant. He looks back up after a bit, his eyes going straight for the fin on his back. He reached for his shades, tilting them down a little, and looking over the rest of the seadweller anatomy, a brow slightly raised. He'd be a huge liar if he said he wasn't interested in it. As soon as he got his jeans off though, he let his shades slip back in place. "Alright, but take your time, I probably wont fuck this up too bad. Hopefully." He smirks

2015-07-13 05:17:31

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Eridan stretched again, his back clicking as he shook out his limbs. He took of his glasses and handed them to Dave, "don't lose those." His fins were flicking now, showing his excitement in the face of finally going for a swim. "Just call me up if you need me!" Eridan laughed as he pulled himself out of the cockpit and launched himself off the side.

The resulting splash was miniscule, could barely be called a splash as he dove into the water. He glanced up at Dave, already easily keeping up with the boat. His fins were all flared wide now, streamline and vibrant violet in the water. He laughed underwater and shot off as fast as his legs could push him.

2015-07-13 05:22:35

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He nodded as he grabbed the classes "Go on, the hell are you waiting for?"

Dave didn't have time to say anything else before Eridan pretty much flung himself off the side. He watched, of course, trusting things wouldn't go wrong that quickly if they even did, and smiled widely when he notice just how happy he was. It was pretty endearing. "Look at you going troll Michael Phelps!" He called out, grinning.

2015-07-13 05:25:46

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Eridan launched himself up into the air, whooping before splashing back into the water.

He felt /free/ here. Free and happy like he hadn't felt for a long time. The water was his playground, the waves his slides and the crest his own personal launchpad.

He was laughing as he darted through the water, diving deep and then shooting up to skim just below the water, fins dictating his movements with little twitches and flicks.

2015-07-13 06:02:45

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Dave watched happily, straight up glad go see how much he loved it. He has no idea what to compare him to when he's swimming, but dolphins come to mind.

He didnt bother trying to talk to him now, as he was clearly in the zone, and probably couldnt care less about anything else

2015-07-13 06:06:18

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Eridan eventually calmed down enough to just swim leisurely along beside the boat. He didn't look up much, just alternated from swimming just beside the bow to coasting behind the stern.

It wasn't until they were able to see the faint outline of islands in the distance did he kick hard enough to be able to pull himself up out of the water using the metal framework at the back of the boat.

2015-07-13 06:58:11