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By fun he meant utterly, ridiculously boring and arm-tiring. The winch took effort to get the jibe in and out, and it was annoying after a bit. Eridan started feeding the red line out slowly, asking Dave to wait a bit or wind faster. Once the jib was fully out he knotted the red line against a cleat and hurried back to the wheel to turn it against wind and letting it catch the full breeze. Sabriel instantly leaned over, already smoothly cutting through the water a bit faster thanks to the jibe. "Thanks. You can stop winding now."

2015-08-01 01:43:42

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As he watched, he started thinking that he probably had got the hang of this already, but then he remembers he's a fucking newbie that doesn't know shit. It's a relief when he can finally stop, and he rubs at his arm a little. For a guy that's used to using that arm for multiple things, it kinda hurt his muscles.

"How do you do that when you're by yourself?" He asks

2015-08-01 01:46:28

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Eridan checked the wind, first on the instruments in front of him, then at the tell tales on the jibe. Just enough wind for the mainsail to come at least half out. "What? Oh, with a lot of practice? The red one just needs to be fed out slowly, so I can have that in one hand an' wind with the other." He shrugged and checked the sail lines, before nodding. "Feel like winding again or do you wanna just stand by the wheel and ease it back into neutral when I tell you to?" He already set up the winch for the mainsail, checking the ropes again.

2015-08-01 01:53:30

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"Respect for sailors.." He mutters under his breath, before nodding. "I can wind again, sure." He didn't want to look like some loser that couldn't do things that require physical effort, because that's exactly the opposite of all he represents. At least in his mind.

2015-08-01 01:57:09

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He waited for him until he was next to him by the winch. "Okay, just wind when I tell you to. This one won't need as much winding done." He stepped back to the wheel, pulling the lever back to neutral and telling Dave to start winding. He looked up through the plastic window about the wheel, having taken that cover off when they set off and watching the tell tales and the sail slowly unfurling. "Okay, that's enough."

2015-08-01 02:03:39

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Watching the main sail unfurl was certainly more interesting than watching the jibe, but the arm work was still pretty ridiculous. Fuck, he needed to start lifting or something if he wanted to get into the sailing stuff.

He got up once it was done, trying not to rub his arm again. "You're right, it's getting a little windy. How much longer do you reckon it will take for the winds to get a little stronger?"

2015-08-01 02:06:17

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He was smirking a bit when he saw Dave flexing his arm a bit. The winch was always a bitch to wind the very first time. And he knew Dave was probably having a sore arm right now. He didn't say anything about it, just moving next to him to turn off the engine. It was quiet, but they were still making good time and speed.

"Not much longer. It won't get much windier then this, but this is perfect. We'll still get back to the marina at around the same time."

2015-08-01 02:10:28

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He looked away from Eridan when he noticed the smirk, trying not to acknowledge he knew about his sore arm. He was a Strider damnit, Striders don't get sore arms. At least Bro never did.

"Alright, it's pretty good still." He nodded, sitting down, and stretching both of his arms, to get an excuse to move around the sore one.

2015-08-01 02:12:50

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"You've got a sore arm." He snickered, fins wiggling a bit in his amusement. "Don't worry, everyone gets sore arms the first time the wind a winch, even if they're more muscular then Zahaak." He sat back, hand on the bottom of the wheel as they went along.

2015-08-01 02:24:41

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He blushed very lightly, even though he probably had no reason to, but he felt like a child that just got busted while eating the last cookie right before supper. "I don't know who Zack is, but they must be buff. And it's not sore, i'm just a little rusty." He defended himself. He really had no reason to do that either, but he was a proud asshole. Also he was pretty sure he said Zack. In a pretty weird accent. Yep. Good ol' Zack.

2015-08-01 02:27:31

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"Zahaak. Za-haak. One'a the assholes I used to know. A blueblood an' actually more of a castest then I was but no one seems to remember that. He was all STRONG an' BL00 an' L00dicus." He pulled a face, immitating him as horribly as possible. "Don't worry about it, he's a buff asshole."

He merely laughed as Dave defended himself, but not in a malicious way, just a sort of 'ha-why-are-you-defending-yourself-dork' sort of way.

2015-08-01 02:30:15

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"Oh. That's exactly what I said, I don't know why you're repeating it." He laughs softly, smiling. He laughed hard when he tried to pull off his way of speaking, grinning. "Holy shit he sounds like an asshole. Not in the bad way, like, in the funny way."

As Eridan laughed, he muttered a small "it's true" under his breath, as if he was trying to convince himself.

2015-08-01 02:32:24

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"He is an asshole. They're all assholes. Utter dicks." He pulled a face, letting his head rest back against the framework and glancing up through the plastic screen to check the sails.

He only laughed again when he heard him mutter, leaning as far as he could to pat his knee. "There there Dave. It's okay. Even Strider's get sore arms sometimes."

2015-08-01 02:37:06

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He huffed slightly, not helping the smile he was trying to hold back as he swatted his hand. "Shut up Ampora, I'm clearly just rusty."

2015-08-01 02:39:21

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"It's the first time you've so much as poked a winch. You're only allowed to use rusty as an excuse if you haven't sailed in years." He patted his knee again, laughing as he sat back in his earlier position.

2015-08-01 02:51:32

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He was left to grin to himself, shaking his head, and just reaching to nudge him with his foot. "Asshole." He smiles, Dave sounding cheery despite of his words.

2015-08-01 02:52:51

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He snickered, shaking his head. "You adore me for my assholeness, don't lie." He laughed, teasing as he stretched out comfortably. He was in such a position that he could keep an eye on everything while talking and looking at Dave.

2015-08-01 02:57:43

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"Oh yeah, fuck how could I forget, your assholeness is just so fucking endearing. Oh man, he called me a dick? How cute, he's so adorable. Notice the sarcasm dripping from my words into the floor to form a huge hole with how acid they are? Yeah." He nudged him again with his foot, smirking.

2015-08-01 02:59:47

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"Don't put a fucking hole in my floor you shitling." He nudged him back with his foot, shaking his head and laughing. "You're such a wet blanket you obscene tomato." He sat up properly for now, resting his arm against the side as he glanced out over the water.

2015-08-01 03:03:18

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He laughed a bit harder than he should have, grinning, squinting so hard he could barely see anymore. "That's the best you could do? Call me a wet blanket? I take it back, it is adorable." He teases, stretching his legs to cross his feet on his lap

2015-08-01 03:04:55

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"Told you. You find me adorable." He laughed, dropping a hand to rest on his ankles and patting them almost mockingly. "I couldn't think of anything more insulting that's not exactly insulting." Eridan logic at it's finest.

2015-08-01 03:14:06

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"Told you. You find me adorable." He laughed, dropping a hand to rest on his ankles and patting them almost mockingly. "I couldn't think of anything more insulting that's not exactly insulting." Eridan logic at it's finest.

2015-08-01 03:14:17

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"Well, when you're not showing your fangs, or claws, or swearing like a sailor, yeah, there's a certain je ne sais quoi to you." He smirks, calming down a while after. "Well you're not very creative then, are you?"

2015-08-01 03:15:47

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"A certain charm Dave. A certain charm." He grinned again, fins wiggling a bit. "I'm a charming bastard at al times, I just happen to snap an' snarl an' swear my way through life more often then not."

"I can be creative if I want to be, I'm just not feeling that creative vibe right now." Bullshit all the way through and he knew it.

2015-08-01 03:21:46

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"You live your life by the three S's." He grins. "I see. And yeah, c'mon, give me those creative vibes, you charming bastard."

2015-08-01 03:23:13