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Opal sighed and rolled over in her sleep, knocking the leftovers on her plate off the side of the tub. She barely noticed the horn sounding. In fact, she was down so deeply, she didn't even notice the small rocking motion of the ship taking off nor did she hear the announcement.

Tocino gave a small shiver as the Blue pae began talking about his deliscious smell. Cowering further against the wall he let a small whine. He was trapped. He knew he should have taken a hike or the mountain trail. There were shrubs to hide behind.

Turning his head to peek at the voracious meat eater from under his leg, he whimpered something about being al in the pae's head and waited for the pae to leave. He didn't want to be eaten.


Cadassi nearly crapped himself as the horn sounded. The freaking boat was going to leave without him!!! He had missed the purple niad he called his beloved tormenter. Rushing aboard, he dodged a few overly eager to please faeries and begin to search the ship for Leitha. He was hoping he could find her before she found him.

After licking the plate of snacks clean, Dagen dug through the entirety of her cabin. She tore everything that could be torn to see if there was stuff in hidden places. She tried to smash the round glass window, but it wouldn't even crack. She made mental notes to bring a bigger stick to try later because the fairy bug was useless in helping with that.

The steward fairy stopped coming by to see if she needed anything after the third snack tray and she attempted to grab him again when she asked for a bigger blunt object in which to smash the window open, and he declined.

Dagen heard the announcement about but the only thing that didn't go in one ear and out the other was the mention of Dinner. In something called a dining hall. That was where Dagen needed to be. Not this small, stuffy hole in a boat with an armored fairy bug too scared to open the door.

Venturing out from her room, she stopped and looked down the hallway. So many doors. Which one was the dining room? She noticed some Pae at the end of the hallway chattering and heading out of this small hallway, so she decided maybe following them would be a good idea. She turned herself invisible and started stalking down the hallway, peeking in open doors and looking for those huge buffet tables.

Outside of the Casino, she stopped and looked around, dumbfounded at how good they hid the dining room. She looked into the casino to see if maybe it was through there, and she noticed lots of tables and things that she'd never seen before. Everything in there was shiny and felted and her claws twitched at the thought of running them through the felted tabletops. She smirked, letting her guard down and becoming visible long enough for another fairy bump into her, sending her forward to her knees. Growling, she spun around to grab whatever pushed her, but there was nothing there. "Tricksy bugs," she muttered as she stoop up, dusting herself off.

She wandered further into the casino, hoping there would be food on some of these tables. All she seen was little round things and cards being passed passed back and forth... and big machines that some pae would put a round thing, pull the lever, and more round things came out. She wondered if they tasted good, so walked up to one of the tables and just helped herself to someone's poker chip and stuck it in her mouth. She promptly spit back it back out. "GROSS" She declared and tried wiping her tongue with the back of her hand. When she got the odd looks from onlookers, she remembered where she was, and stuck her pinky out, and said, "Uhm Tut tut," before turning to continue her search for the dining room.

She followed him as he spun around on his heel, making sure she didn't lose track of him while he tried to make sure he didn't lose track of her. She appreciated the politeness in his gesture, and returned the bow of his head with one of her own.

"My name is Thalia." Her voice was sweet and light, and she continued to smile at him. Of the most beautiful blue? Ah, a flatterer was he? Willing enough to indulge him, she chuckled and nodded her head in reply to his question. Would she care for a dance?

Of course she would.

A broad smile and she waited for her cue to jump in alongside the music. Dancing, music, and celebration?

This was her kind of place.

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Thankfully, the boat was underway almost immediately after he had restarted his run for the railing, having realised that standing there was not going to resolve the clenching and twisting of his stomach. Muffling out another apology, he dashed for the railing as quickly as he could. He would have to try and make amend later if he could if she were still there and if he could still find her.

Thank everything that, once he was at the railing, the movement of the boat seemed to smooth out now that it was moving. That allowed him to take grateful gulps of ocean air, allowed his stomach to start calming back down. It wasn't that the boat stopped bobbing, but bobbing in waves on the move was a whole lot more familiar than bobbing above the water, holding still.

After he had a few moments to gather his bearings and take more deep, stomach-soothing breaths, he finally felt ready to deal with the cruise as a whole. Now that the wasn't about to be the only naiad in history to be seasick, he could do this.

Turning around, he searched the crowd for the one he'd almost bumped into. Okay. Now he could apologise without risking throwing up all over her.

Cadassi had found the gaming glen. Looking at all the table, he shook his head. How in the hell was he supposed to find Leitha?! This ship was massive! Hell, he had been searching for a while now and had only searched one floor. Talk about frustrating...

Deciding to take a break, he grabbed a chair at the bar and ordered up lunch. Salad and a nice wine to go with it. Far be it from him not to enjoy himself a little bit. If Leitha was enjoying herself, he would too. Knowing her though, someone wasn't enjoying him/herself at the same time.

No. He wouldn't think about that. He was going to R-E-L-A-X. Isn't that how Leitha usually found him? When he was least aware of her presence? When she could scare the living daylight outta him by sneaking up? So, grabbing the fork and giving the waiter a toothy grin, he dug into his salad.

"But...but..." Why bother? She didn't have the will to continue her confusion on the definition of 'filled', much more preoccupied by the latest announcement. She blushed anew at the offer of his arm and looked around. There wasn't any other familiar pae around and...was this considered a 'date'? It made her blush all the more. No. No it is not. We are just friends. Friends? In a strange way, it was quickly becoming apparent they were becoming friends. That was a huge rarity for her, since the loss of her dearest friend Shadow. "Okay...sure." Mustering up a small smile, she gently took his arm. "Thanks...by the way...For being so nice to me." She spoke quietly as ever, her pale eyes flicking up to look at him.

Soft ears perked up as the announcement rang through the rooms. Food? She lifted her face from her damp pillow, her eyes still red. With Yuki always underfoot, she had taken it upon herself to be the strong one when he cried over Sylve. She had locked up her emotions so tight for fear of breakdown, that it had broken open like a jack in a box at the sight of Vash...with another female. Malloren had always known that with their prolonged separation they were no longer together but...she had hoped. She had wished. And to see him moved on? Heartbreaking. Her stomach rumbled to remind her of the food, but she couldn't go out there. Not even for one of her favorite activities - eating. He could be out there. With her, the pae stealing pink hussy. Sniffling, she wondered if she could just squeeze out to find a fairy to order something to her room quickly. At the rumbling of her stomach yet again, it was practically an answer. The feline pae slipped off of the bed and to the sink where she rubbed at her face to 'freshen up'. She looked like...well. Death frozen over. With a soft sigh she decided it would take too long to calm down completely, and walked from her room to hail down a passing fairy. "Excuse me. Yes, you." The fairy paused, a helpful smile lighting on his face. "Don't suppose you can get me some...meat? Any kind of meat. Deer, bear, fish, I don't care. And glass of milk." And if he laughed at her choice of meal, so help her she'd scratch his eyes out. But the fairy only briefly glanced at her feline tail before nodding a flying off. Good. She was in far too foul a mood to play the 'youre a freak' game.

At some point while wandering about on the deck, Melek had been given a colorful drink in a fancy glass. He wasn't sure what it was, but at this point he had an empty glass and all he knew was that he wanted another one. He hadn't quite figured out where to get one though, since he wasn't all that sure where the first one came from. And if he figured out the 'where', how would he figure out the 'what' for what to ask for? Ah well, maybe the fairies would know if he showed them the glass.

As they pulled away from the shore, there wasn't much to look at except endless sky and ocean, so growing bored of the deck, Melek decided to search inside for another mystery drink. What he found first wasn't the bar though, or even the dining room, which may have been a good idea for some food. No, the room he found was full of flashing lights, sounds, and other fascinating distractions. Eyes widening, Melek stepped hesitantly into the room, as if it were a dream to fade away the moment he disturbed the image. So many lovely, wonderful, bright, noisy distractions!

It'd be a small wonder if he ever left this room again.

Leaving the glass on a nearby dealer's table, the angel wandered towards the flashing lights and noise, coming from some sort of machine. It had a lever arm and pictures on the front of fruit and lights on top and made noise from time to time. How did it work? What was the fruit for? Granted, the bright colors were nice as-is. Was that what it was for? Entertainment? One just had to stare at it? Melek was fascinated, that was for sure.

"Thalia~" he hummed, his own higher-pitched voice mulling over the sounds of her name. "This pleasure of meeting you will be all my own."

Pausing to let the (relative) silence fall, he again pressed his lips to his flute and, closing his eyes, began playing. It was soft, melodious, and it seemed to wrap is every note in the air. A moment, as if it were ending, before his eyes opened and a playful grin played on his lips. Just like that, the rhythm picked up to another festive tune and he began moving around, his body swaying, his feet carefully directing his movements to synchronize with her own. It was such pure joy being able to share a moment like this that he failed to notice the intercom, or even the ship's departure from port.

All he could wish for was more to join them.

Leitha wandered about below deck. She'd gotten the water tank she needed for rehydration. This was going to be an interesting trip. Being above the water the entire time rather than in it. There was a pool with lots of pae to almost drown. The thought made her laugh. She might even get Shark boy to help her in that scheme. He did have a shark fin on his back.

But for now, Leitha wanted to find Shark Boy. He wasn't allowed to relax. She wanted him to cater to her whims. Mostly, she wanted him to go fetch things to and fro. This naiad was going to act entirely different the entire trip. Get him to let his guard down before she started messing with him again. Or at least, get him to start worrying she was going sane.

"Have you seen a pale blue demon with a shark fin on his back?" She asked one of the floating fairies. She did her best to pitch her voice as kindly as possible. Mostly it came off as a sneer and wound up scaring the fairy so badly he nearly dropped whatever tray he was carrying. As soon as she'd been pointed in the right direction, she laughed, biting back the cackle that was threatening to form.

"Cadassi." She nodded, sitting down in front of him. Salad. Bleh. "I thought you preferred meat?" Her head tilted, looking at the other.