{ BOAT 4 } (ﾉಥ益ಥ）ﾉ ┻━┻ - PG 16

[TRICK OR TREAT SPECIALGAL]

Desu chan peeked over the flipped table.
She made a face at the dragon.

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It was not a nice face.  

[Nio Love]

Desu-Chan seemed to be trying to rile Sheridan up even more, and Riley's attempts at reason were being ignored. Normally she would resort to brute force at this point, but.. Desu-Chan simply didn't look like the type of ghoul who needed to be pinned down to the ground until she calmed down. In fact, Riley wagered that would only make things worse.

So, instead, she decided the best option here was to try and help Desu-Chan find these pink seeds as quickly and efficiently as possible. She grabbed LW's hand, and squeezed it lightly. To both Sheridan and LW she murmured, Just keep looking for these seeds. Hopefully if we find them all, she'll stop. But please keep your head up.. don't let one of these tables hit you.

Riley moved away and very gently picked up a table, checking underneath it.. but all she saw was floor.

((2 seeds, 1 loss))  

[Kyrieko]

She was crazy. That was the conclusion LW was reaching. Desu chan was not working on the same wavelength as the rest of them. And her RAGEFACE was not helping matters. Nor was the grumpy dragon. Boat. Too. SMALL! They didn't have enough space for this! Especially not down here. Maybe up on deck...

Her hand was squeezed and LW blinked up at Riley once before looking to Desu chan again. No way was she taking her eyes off of that one. With her luck, they'd get a table thrown at them, and a few new bruises.

Glancing at the other two...LW blinked again, for a new reason. The dragon was shirtless. SHIRTLESS! And...why was she just staring? CANDLEJACK! She just wanted this voyage to be over with. So she could see her friends. And snuggle with them. Cling. Share horror stories. And...she needed to look away from the dragon boil. NOW!

LW nodded to Riley and started to search around on the ground. Seeds. Seeds, seeds, seeds~ She chanted to herself, focusing on only looking down. The she-wolf blamed that loneliness she was feeling at not having seen Ren, Gabe, Alessa, or Jove for....too long. She was going to lose her mind out here on the ocean. PINK SEEDS. Right. Focus on those.

And then something vibrated and startled her again, making her almost fall smack on her butt. But she managed to hold on to some dignity and not go down. It did take her a full two minutes to realize it had been her phone that vibrated. She had started keeping it on hand, because it reminded her of her friends. LW was surprised to see a text message flash at her. Why the Jack hadn't she thought to try texting the others before! A small feeling of elation filled her at that stupid message. It was from her best friend. Which meant that he and Gabrian must be doing alright. Quickly (because it kept her distracted) LW sent a reply while she still could.

Text to: Ren

KITTEN!!! OMG I HATE BOATS. And I missss youuuu!!! And Gabrian toooooo! Also, BRB- trying to not get hit by table.

((Seeds: 1 // Losses: 2))  

[Nio Love]

Despite Riley's warnings, it seemed like LW was not doing her best to keep her eyes on Desu-Chan while she searched. In fact, LW looked like a prime candidate for a table to the head. Riley decided her search would be best kept closer to the ghoul, and she did so just in time - a table came flying at LW's head just as Riley walked by. The werewolf was deep in the throes of texting when the table ricocheted towards her, and Riley flung her arm hard to slam the table away. It splintered upon her fist, but otherwise fell limp at her feet when she impacted with it. I told you to be careful.. she whispered harshly at LW, her eyes turned down in lieu of a frown. Now isn't the time to be texting..

Of course, just as she said so, she was reminded of her own phone. She plucked it out of her pocket for a moment to check, assuming there would be no messages there for her still. She was wrong. Two messages blinked desperately at her, and she turned so that she was still facing Desu-Chan's wrath while she hastily opened her phone. She kept most of her attention on the tables, but quickly scanned the first message. It was from Jericho, and it was disturbing. Professor Cadmus' boat was eating.. happy pills? Why were they being given pills at all?

Jericho's message would be a blessing of explanation for the second one she read - when she flicked open Malodore's message, her face turned the darkest shade of purple it had ever been. Her attention, previously torn between Desu-Chan, LW, and her phone, was now centered only on the phone.

Sure, there was the fact that Malodore most definitely sounded like it was high. There was also Jericho's text, talking of happy pills. All of this easily explained why Malodore was saying the things it was. But none of that mattered at the moment, because all she could hear in her ringing ears was Junko's voice. All she could see anymore was the three Italian words that Malodore's text started with. The ones that spoke of love.

Remember when you told LW not to be texting at a time like this, Riley? Well, she would soon learn to take her own advice - a table top twirled in the air as it came careening on a collision course for her head, and it met it's goal.

THUD.

Riley, table, and phone were now in an unconscious heap on the floor. If that doesn't teach you not to text and sail, kids, well I just don't know what will.

((Seeds 2. Losses 2. KNOCKOUTS 1?!))  

[Kyrieko]

YET AGAIN the she-wolf jumped and almost lost her balance. It was this boat. The swaying. And the making you crazy. Then top that off with her current high of getting word from Ren...yeah she was not paying as much attention as she should currently be. As such, when Riley appeared and a table shattered in front of them, LW felt her tail curl around her legs in embarrassment. The she-wolf felt her cheeks go bright at being scolded (in a sense) and mumbled a, "I'm sorry."

This was all right before the demoness disregarded her own words and checked her own phone. LW didn't feel courageous enough to point out that Riley had just told her not to do that. In fact, the demoness seemed even more engrossed in her phone than the she-wolf had been. Hey! What was with the contradictions here?

And then another table came at them and LW had enough sense to duck down. Riley, unfortunately, was not paying attention, just as LW hadn't been before. She shouldn't have. Really it was not the best time, but LW couldn't help when she busted out in a small bit of laughter. For all the time she spent around them, LW was starting to notice a trend in the demons. Act big and tough, but complete gleeful little kids on the inside. Her laughing didn't last long as she mentally scolded herself. Riley was knocked out and here she was laughing about it! The sea must really be getting to her. Or the lack of food.

Or lack of her best friend. And boilfriend. Oh and can't forget lack of a mind at the moment.

With a squeak, the she-wolf ducked down again and shoved her phone away to crawl over to Riley as her phone vibrated yet again. Oooh, why? WHY did Ren have to reply now?! Alright, so she was a small little werewolf, but that didn't mean she couldn't drag the demon out of the way, right? OH JACK RIGHT?! LW slid her arms around Riley, under the armpits and used some leg muscle to as gently as possible drag the demoness out of the way of flipping tables. And a crazy Desu chan.

"Oh...my...Jack!" She panted under her breath. "You must be...all muscle...because that ain't fat making you weigh so much." The she-wolf always had a way with words.

And what was this? Was that...pink? A seed! The she-wold managed to snatch the seed up while not falling on her butt or dropping Riley. It was a mystery as to how she achieved this.

((Seeds: 2 // Losses: 2))  

[Nio Love]

Everything had gone black rather quickly. She hadn't seen what hit her, nor did her brain register that she'd been hit before she'd blacked out. All she knew was, everything was suddenly dark.

And cold.

And wet.

Why was it wet?

She felt something slither up her leg. She was vaguely aware, somehow, that she wasn't really feeling this - and yet she could see something slimy and green wrapping around her leg, reaching up around her, bracing itself on her back, and picking her up off the floor. When she looked around herself, there were vines everywhere.

None of it made any sense. None of it! She lifted her hand up to her face, and a vine wrapped gently around it. It reminded her of her tentacles, except it was clearly plant-like in nature. They surrounded her, like a mother's embrace.

It was at this point that Riley knew she was dreaming, because she had never known a mother's embrace. She had no idea what such a thing would feel like. Therefore, whatever she was feeling now had to be.. something foreign. Something unknown. Something completely out of her scope of knowledge.



As if a jolt of electricity had flooded through her, her body lurched forward. She felt a wrenching pain in her head, and it forced her back to consciousness. She was in someone's arms, after all.

But they were definitely not plant-like.

Owww.. Riley growled, bringing one hand to her head, while the other slammed against the floor to stabilize herself. Something cold touched her palm, and when she finally picked it up, it's grotesque pink color made her eyes burn. Good. Another Jack forsaken seed.. Yes. Because that was ALL she needed right now.





((Seeds: 3. Losses: 2.))  

[matisha]

It had not been a successful attempt at getting to sleep. First there was the major lack of food issue which went on into the late hours of the night. Fishing had to be done, and after getting her netting tagged on a rock for a second time, Reds commanding words fell on deaf ears. Sarias had had enough of getting food for other people, if they wanted to survive they would have to proof it, natural selection and all that. Although, there was nothing natural about any of them. And then of course the snoring. Chuppi snoring to be in fact. She didn't know if it was the stupid shaped nose or those rolls of fat under her chin but Chuppi made an awful din and Sarias had it up to her neck in trying to stop herself smothering the student will a pillow. She had tried on several attempts but the fear her pillow would be consumed by said fat rolls, well, a ghost likes her comfort just as much as the next ghoul and she wasn't prepared to loose out on her pillow.

Taking this moment to walk the deck she shouldn't have been surprised to be welcomed by an array of students flipping tables and collecting pink seeds from under them...plus the ToT guide giving the finger to anyone who displeased her. Yep, this seemed just about normal.

and something she wasn't about to miss out on.

Raising an eyebrow at the the unconscious Riley, she peered at the upturned furniture near by, the cause of the accident, and then she looked to LW...and then back to the table. "Well, well well" She stepped over to a wooden one still in its upright position and traced her hand across it slowly, almost caressingly, not once lifting her eyes of the wolf ghoul. They were all doing it weren't they? Maybe she should have a little go but goddess forbid if it was to land in the sea, through a window, face first into an ugly dog? Oh the possibilities were endless, but Sarias knew exactly which one she was aiming for.

Arms shooting out to reach under the table she gripped it with her steady claws and with a grunt of power she flipped the furniture, forcing it into the direction of LW.

"HEY RUNT! THINK FAST!"

Seeds: 0 Losses: 1  

[Nio Love]

Sarias' voice had Riley looking up, though her eyes immediately slit in pain when she moved her head. There was a slight chance of concussion, with the way she felt, and it was impairing her judgement greatly. She was able to barely register that there was another table coming her way, and she slowly tried to stand up so she could block LW from it - but she would have never made it in time. Thankfully, something else stopped them from getting hit. Something large, and dark, and growling. Riley's hand remained on the growing bump on her head as slit eyes focused on Sheridan's back gratefully. It was all just a little confusing, for her. She slumped back into LW, and closed her eyes.

Thanks, Sheridan. She murmured quietly. Riley wasn't the kind of person who was used to others saving her - she was normally the one doing the saving. In a state of mental incapacity such as a concussion, however, a helping hand (or tail, in this case) was more than welcome.

She felt the cool brush of a tiny seed against her leg, and her free hand reached out to snatch it. There were more of these around than she'd previously thought.. We should, ah, keep looking.. She didn't sound very convincing, however. Her voice was muffled, and somewhat hard to hear.

((Seeds 4. Losses 2.))  

[Kyrieko]

Jack. Was this far enough? Safe enough? LW hoped so. She carefully leaned the demoness against a wall, crouching down to make sure she was still breathing. When she saw the rise and fall of her chest, LW nodded and stood up, looking to see what was next on the Desu chan psychotic agenda. And then things just had to get worse, didn't they? She heard a familiar (Jackdamnit, why did it have to be so familiar now?!) voice and the she-wolf looked up to narrow her eyes. Great. Just...great.

"HEY RUNT! THINK FAST!"

Think fast. Yeah right. LW heard the words, saw the ghost proceed to grip a table and hurl it towards her. And what did she do? Squeaked and glanced down at Riley and back at the incoming table. JACKDAMNIT! This was going to hurt.

A loud crack with accompanying splinters and...where those ice crystals? The she-wolf had thrown her arms up in a poor attempt to block her face as the table came at her. Except it didn't hit her. Well a few splinters and cold ice crystals did. Blinking, LW saw the dragon, Sheridan, crouched in front of them. And he didn't look happy. But thank Jack he was able to break that table. Gabe would have killed her if she'd been...injured. Unless Sarias beat him to it.

"T-thank...you..." She said softly, afraid to speak too loudly and irritate the already grumpy boil. To Sarias, she shot a dark look her way. LW didn't trust her. And was privately surprised that the ghost ghoul hadn't tried anything until now. Stupid small boat. Hopefully things didn't get too much worse than this between them. There was no where to run and hide here. Sarias would skin her...was that a spot of PINK on the floor? LW just shook her head, reaching down to grab the seed. This things had better be worth the dangerous collecting they were doing.

((Seeds: 3 // Losses: 2))  

[TRICK OR TREAT SPECIALGAL]

Else where, across the sea, a certain singing professor would be getting various messages of love, all from Red's phone. Supposedly, all from Red. He would be overjoyed, Red, would be pissed off. Until that came, Desu-chan was happy to skip about the boat, occasionally flipping a table...or two.


((Prizes for the cell phone love notes!
Most Enjoyed by Blue: Nata! You win a sugar cube and a silver seed!
Most Original: Nio! Sugar cube for pony love!
Most Passionate: Eight! Passionate for ponies I hope?
Classic: Amon! Silver pumpkin seed of Shakespeare!
Romantic: Kryieko! silver seed of sexiness!

Sugar Cube winners please PM this mule with mini account names. YES. AGAIN. Need to keep track some how))  

[Nio Love]

Riley was happy to see both Sheridan and LW snagging more seeds. This was productive, even if it was also destructive. Riley slowly pushed herself out of LW's arms, and patted her gently, before making sure to stand between her and Sarias. There would be no more of that nonsense, as long as she was around.

Sarias, dear, do be less useless next time we're doing something together, hmm? She hissed out quite sarcastically.

Look, I'll show you how it's done. I know it's hard for you to understand things sometimes. Riley bent down carefully and picked up yet another seed, holding it between two fingers.

((5 seeds, 2 losses!))  

[Eight]

Junko had been sleeping quite peacefully, dreaming of...stuff. I don't know, they were probably about her foxes and food and Seiji and her friends and all kinds of sugary happy things. Anything that was not this boat. Anything that was not...

...What the Jacking hell were those noises?!

At first she had tried to ignore them, groaning and whining and putting a pillow over her head, but then the racket grew too loud to bear. It was impossible to sleep through this. Junko whiiiiined and sat up, raking her fingers through her hair as she shuffled out of her and Riley's room and looked around with a deep frown. "Whas'goin'on?" She mumbled tiredly, looking down at her feet a moment. Huh? What was that? The ghoul knelt down to pick up a strange pink pumpkin seed off the floor. Why were these seeds pink?

((Seeds: 1, losses: 0))  

[Nio Love]

The one thing that Riley had considered lucky about this situation, was that Junko hadn't woken up yet. This meant Riley had less people to watch over - as Sheridan had shown himself clearly capable of taking care of himself. However, Junko eventually DID wake up, and Riley's hands clenched for a moment before she gestured the girl over.

Desu-Chan wants us to find those seeds. She won't stop flipping tables until we've found them all. Do me a favor and help us find them.. but try to stay behind me. She - and Sarias - seem to find the need to flip the table violently. Riley patted the bump on her head, which had already begun to swell. You don't want to get hit by one.

((5 seeds, 3 losses!))