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Eridan just grinned at him. "Hold out your hands again." He had a seahorse already clinging to strands of his hair, the violet broken by the pale colour of the seahorses tail. He slowly coaxed the rest onto Dave's fingers, taking a bit longer until they were curled around his fingers.

2015-07-30 06:05:47

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He held out his hands, smiling slightly wider, but only after taking a picture of the seahorse on his hair.

He ran the pad of his finger along their bellies gently, one of the seahorses seemingly having one bigger than the rest.

2015-07-30 13:48:47

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Eridan took the camera from him as he got the seahorses, settling himself first across from Dave to take a photo, then next to him to take another photo and so he can lean down a bit to look at them closely. He was smiling almost gently, reaching up with a hand to coax the small one down to his own fingers.

2015-07-30 20:52:10

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Dave eventually grins, looking over at Eridan, as he appreciates the soft smile on his face. The seahorse with the bigger belly wraps itself a bit closer to Dave's last knuckle, as he continues rubbing it carefully.

2015-07-30 20:57:48

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The small one was curled snugly around his pinkie now, and he brought it up to eye level to look at it closer. He eventually looks at the ones in Dave's hands, nodding to the bigger one. "I think that one's pregnant. Not very far along, maybe a few days at most but it looks it. It could just also be fat."

2015-07-30 21:05:33

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He laughs softly at the suggestion that he might just be fat, smiling up at Eridan. Fat or pregnant, it sure liked to be petted. How weird. He never expected seahorses of all creatures to like being touched. Well, ocean-creatures in general.

The other seahorse, that wrapped around his thumb, seemed to be pretty amazed with Dave himself, saying something about how he had weird gills.

2015-07-30 21:07:50

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Eridan was making little bubbly sounds as he spoke back to the seahorse, and he didn't really realise he was doing it. He told it that they weren't gills. This was a landweller who wanted to see the under water and found something that works like gills.

2015-07-30 21:09:50

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The seahorse didn't seem to believe him, claiming that nothing works like gills, but the fat/pregnant one is pretty willing to believe Eridan, asking him why he wanted to come under water.

2015-07-30 21:11:39

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Eridan told it to not be so closeminded and said that he wanted to see what its like and that he finds it very beautiful here. He wasn't sure if Dave actually did, but he sure took enough photos for him to use that assumption.

2015-07-30 21:14:07

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Both seahorses seemed to be happy to hear it, regardless of believing he was a land dweller or not. Dave rose a brow at Eridan, pretty curious about what he was saying, still petting the seahorse.

2015-07-30 21:15:23

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He glanced at Dave and shrugged. "They want to know what a landweller is doing underwater an' how the fuck are you breathing." He petted the one in his hand gently. "They're pleasantly curious about your presence."

2015-07-30 22:28:36

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He nodded with a slight smile, blowing bubbles through his nose, the bigger seahorse stretching, though the tip of his tail was still wrapped around his finger, as if to get closer. The Strider laughed softly, leaning down, and doing it again, getting the seahorse away from the bubbles, but at eye level with them.

2015-07-30 22:29:51

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Eridan laughed, bubbles escaping him as he watched the seahorses. One looked almost insulted at the bubbles, curling tighter around his finger and wiggling its little back fin.

2015-07-30 22:30:32

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Dave grinned, laughing a little as he petted both of them, though the one that looked offended resisted for a couple of seconds. He reached the conclusion that he really digged seahorses.

2015-07-30 22:35:49

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Eridan laughed again, fins wiggling a bit in his happiness. He coaxed the little one onto Dave's fingers as well, cooing a bit to him. "Do you mind just sitting here for a bot? I just want to see if I can find that shark again. See if it's okay an' all that. Are you alright by yourself?"

2015-07-30 22:40:18

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Dave nods, giving him a thumbs up with his free hand. He pointed at the camera, as if to tell him to take pictures if he managed, and looked down at the small one. He wrapped itself on the same finger as the bigger seahorse, looking like he was still testing the waters when it came to Dave.

2015-07-30 22:43:36

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Eridan smiled and grabbed the camera, taking a moment to take a photo of Dave with the seahorses. "I wont be long." He asked the seahorses to send word through fish if somehjng happened before starting to swim off quickly to go find the shark.

2015-07-31 01:24:06

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Dave was pretty entertained, playing with the seahorses and petting them, also trying to bring the little guy to trust him a bit more.

Meanwhile, the shark was a little far from them already, but he looked fine. He was swimming slowly, still getting used to getting his gills stimulated again, but he looked like he was healthy again. Probably had a nice meal already too.

2015-07-31 01:26:59

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Eridan found the shark quick enough. He took a video of it swimming, staying behind it before coming up alongside it. He let it swim off eventually, watching it go after he was sure it was okay.

He was swimming back when he got distracted by a noise. It sounded like a low, reverberating through the water. His fins pricked forward, flared wide as he listened. Whales. It sounded like whales.

He hurried to swim back to Dave, nearly catching himself on some brain coral as he swam as quick as he could.

2015-07-31 01:41:15

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Dave was entertaining two of the seahorses with more bubbles when he came back, raising a brow. Was he running away from something? Dave turned his head to look straight up at him, clearly confused

2015-07-31 01:42:30

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He looked excited, reaching for him and nearly tumbling in the sand. "Dave! C'mon I think there's whales!" He bubbled a quick explanation to the seahorses who slowly let go of Dave's fingers o go swim back to the rest.

Eridan grabbed his now free yank, tugging him. "C'mon!"

2015-07-31 01:44:23

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He looked back at the seahorses, and then at Eridan, nearly not understanding him with how quickly he was speaking, and just had time to hold onto his arm and start to swim, hoping he wouldnt rip his arm off with how fast he wanted to go.

2015-07-31 01:45:27

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Eridan was getting impatient with the speed, wrapped his arm around Dave's waist and holding him close as he swam above the reef and sped of towards deeper water. Darker shapes appeared slowly in the deep blue, getting bigger as they swam closer.

2015-07-31 01:49:26

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He wrapped his own arms around him as he swam, feeling like he might be pushed away with how hard the water was resisting, trying not to squish his gills on accident, but started getting excited when he saw the silhouettes, grabbing the camera with one hand to start recording.

2015-07-31 01:50:52

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Eridan shifted his hold in such a way that Dave was tucked up against his chest as they swam. He stopped once they were close enough. Not too close as too disturb, but close enough to see them all clearly. He held Dave close seeing as they were in much much deeper water.

2015-07-31 01:55:13