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The djinn did her best not to giggle as Jove jumped at her touch. It had not been the desired result, but it was amusing all the same. "Go show him how it's done," she purred at the pup before releasing him so he could remove his sweater and pants before sprinting at the water to make a wild leap. It might not have been obvious to anyone but her, but she knew a time when the pup would have never done something so bold with the water. It made her grin, whooping in pride as she bounced on the balls of her feet.

Yaya was seldom right on time, so when the half-beast assured her of such she gave him a surprised look. "What a coincidence." She'd been quiet during his admission, smiling benignly even if mirth was glittering in her eyes. She'd never seen Bul unsettled, but she had to admit the prospect was inviting.

As he asked for a collective opinion on what to do first the ghoul stepped forward toward the edge of the water. Pulling her dress over her head and draping it over a bush before wading in up t her knees just past Bul's side. "Mot's right, you should wade in slowly to acclimate yourself to the water. If you jump in it'll just make you panic." A stern look was turned to Jericho, but the effect was somewhat lost with the smile that she couldn't quite force away.

"Starting slow and easy is usually best," she carried on after a moment. Dark hands coming to rest on her hips. Falling right back into the mood of instruction she'd taken when teaching Junko, Jove, and 'Saja how to swim before their fated boat trip to the island.

"Wait what Don't jump-"

Too Late.

Bul was stricken by Mot's warning and stumbled, his body smacking into the water as he tripped over a snagging branch of bog tree under the murky water. Pushing himself up, the boil was COVERED in dark mud, slowly dripping off of him as he frowned upset. Jericho came running and leaping over him splashing him with the cannon ball and drenching Bul- at least it cleaned off a lot of the mud... or just made it worse.

Everyone was flying in like pros. If he tried to run and jump he'd p***y the ******** out. Levi's words were almost.. just almost reassuring but he looked and examined how deep the water got on the rest of them. "Okay I'll uh.."

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Slowly he waded deeper, the water's line climbing up his body at a remarkably painful pace. "Oh guys oh guys this...." Reaching a deeper level he gulped and stopped hugging himself to let his arms float through the water to the surface. "H.. Hows that??"

"Wait-!" Too late. Before she could even reach an arm out to catch hold of Bul the boil had stumbled forward and done an impressive face plant in the sticky mud within the shallows that lined the bank. She had to resist the serious urge to facepalm as she took a step closer to the grim covered boil. "A little restraint if you please? I'd like to not have to fish you out of the deep end today." It was meant to be a joke, but there was a certain thread of seriousness to the suggestion.

She kept to Bul's side as he waded deeper. A dark and reassuring shadow. In the event something did happen she wanted to be close enough to grab him. Yes, it painted her as the over protective mother sort, but she didn't care. She was proud of his desire to learn to swim, and she'd really like it to go well.

As Jove paddled up along side them she laughed softly, reaching out catch his tail as it flowed out behind him. Reeling him in so she could curl her arms around his middle. "You've been practicing since we got home, haven't you? You're doing a lot better."

With a glance to her side the ghoul moved past the half-beast until the water was up to her chin, swinging Jove around so he could either hold onto her shoulders to keep his head up or swim off on his own. "Walk in until you've got enough room to kick your feet without brushing the bottom every time. Then you can learn to tread water. Possibly the most important thing you should know when dealing with swimming."

The pup splashed a bit as he was grabbed by the tail and reeled in, his head getting dunked underwater in the process. It spoke volumes for his comfort in the water that he didn't panic completely, and only gave Yaya a quick frown before wagging his tail at the praise. Maybe he could ignore the way his fluffy ears drooped and his fluffy hair instead plastered itself to his face.

He rubbed his bangs out of his face and let himself drift behind the djinn, holding onto her shoulder and glancing between Bul and Jericho with a curious expression. Jericho was taking a different approach to learning to float, when Jove had first done it he had been told to take a deep breath and stretch out...

At the thought of breathing the pup began to cough quite violently, suddenly dislodging all the swampy water he accidentally inhaled with his head under the water.

This was it. Jove was circling him like the HUNGRY SHARK he was. There was no doubt in Bul's mind that he would be dogfood by the end of this swimming venture.

"Treading... right treading okay.." Bul slowly began to fan his legs, his tail squirming but actually providing good floatation for the rest of his body. "Like.. this?" He asked and treaded his way towards Jericho who'd offered his hands. Uttering a small "no homo" with a glare, the boil took hold of the dragon's hands to continue bobbing through the water.

It was easier to float hanging on to someone.. but equally as dangerous considering the half beast was ready to yank whomever was his support down with him if he started to flounder.

"Guys... guys Im treading.. IM TREADING YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Treading was good, Bul didn't have a problem with it but once he knew he was very far from the bottom he couldn't help but struggle a bit. He wanted to let go of Jericho's hands so that he could start trying on his own but at the same time he instinctively clung tighter. Until finally-

((rolling 1,2=cant tread on own, starts flailing, 3,4=treads on own))

Bul let go of the dragon's hands and hobbled frantically in the water for a second or two until he realized he and his head was still above water and his body wasn't giving out in exhaustion. That was the first step, first step accomplished!

"Guys look LOOK!"

"Now what do I do??" Bul asked in a sudden panic, feeling the weight of his body drag him down unless he took deep breaths and continued to try and tread. So long as his head didn't have to go underwater the monster would be safe to continue floating in the water. Eventually though it would have to go in and he didn't know whether he could see underwater or not considering any time he spent down there he was splashing like a psycho.

"Guys what do I do now? I don't have to go under yet do I? Do... I?" Bul looked as frightened as he was when he'd first gotten into the water. With a shakey hand he tried to show that he could swim just fine by treading but as he moved forwards he began to bob a little bit in the water.

UH OH.

The first thing the half beast could think of was to writhe a little and it tugged him under the surface of the bog. He had to move his legs like treading in order to get up but forgetting not to swallow water. He resurfaced again momentarily gasping for air and coughing and trying to regain the floating position he was in prior to momentarily sinking.

"I moved under water.. but I... -cough-" Spitting up some water he frowned unpleasantly. "Hnngh... hard to breathe.. I don't think I can breathe underwater like some monsters can.."