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Another field trip? Oh no...while Junko hadn't had too terrible of a time in Christmas Town aside from nearly freezing her feet off and being ejected from the warehouse in that explosion she knew others were not so lucky. Hopefully this trip would not turn out as disastrous as the last one? At least it was on a boat and not in the snow.

...Wait...a boat?! N-no! Nononono! Junko couldn't swim! She'd never even been near water deeper than a bathtub! That..what...how could...no! Junko had asked Merope over groanspring if he could teach her to swim but he admitted to her even he needed to figure out how to swim in a humanoid form. That sounded promising, right? Not. But she did know someone who could swim, someone who hopefully wouldn't laugh at her. Yaya. Thankfully the ghoul was determined to teach Junko and a few others how to swim instead of mocking them. Yaya was amazing, obviously. It wasn't until after the plans had been made that she realized she didn't even own a swimsuit. Crap...she didn't know how to make one either. She'd have to go buy one.

What did she get? It was hard to tell because the ghoul came in with a light yukata on to cover herself up so she didn't walk around campus wearing just her swimsuit. Her hair was all piled up on top of her head, every last bit of it, and her face was rather pink. She was obviously not used to whatever she was wearing. It was weird.

It seemed she was the first one to arrive? Junko sighed with relief when she spotted Yaya by the pool, hugging her towel and walking over to her with a smile. "Hiii~. Thank you so much for this, Yaya." She chirped, turning a wary look down toward the water. This was going to be...interesting.

The building the pool was housed in was large, open, and oddly serene when mostly empty. She could hear the sound of water lapping gently along the edges of the pool, the filters humming, and above it all the sound someone approaching her on bare feet. Before Junko had even gotten half way to her side the djinn had turned to smile at her friend. "I'm happy to do it," she soothed, leaning over to wrap the futakuchi-onna in a reassuring hug. "If we're going by water, you need to know how to swim." Besides, Yaya loved water and she was infinitely patient. She was perfect for the job.

Next to arrive was Jove, and Yaya was quick to greet the little foxfire. Stepping away from Junko so she could give the little ghost a hug as well before taking his hand to draw him in against her side. "Jove, this is Junko." Introductions were in order. "She's one of my friends, and very nice." They'd get along well, she was absolutely sure of it. "JUnko, Jove." Her free hand waffled in the hair between them as she said their names.

Now they were just waiting on Aksaja, but The djinn so little reason in waiting around for him. "We're waiting for one more, but I'm not sure when he'll get here. So why don't we get started then?" They might not have been the most eager to simply jump right in, but being a marid, Yaya's skin was tingling with the desire to get in the water. It was her kindred element, and she couldn't be around it without wanting to touch it.

Jove fidgeted nervously away from the hug, but not enough that he would evade it entirely. He knew Yaya liked hugs, and he would grudgingly allow her to hug him every now and again because it seemed to make her happy, but he wasn't so sure about being hugged right in front of a stranger. In fact, he wasn't even sure about the stranger in general. He was glad Yaya pulled him close, she gave him something to hide behind.

The pup gave Junko nervous, wary eyes until he saw her reaction to the introduction. It was like the ghoul brightened up entirely when she saw him, and she didn't even stick her hand out to shake his, or reach out to touch him or hug him, or do anything that would have immediately set him on edge. He wagged his tail shyly in greeting, ears tipping back slightly in a placating "Nice to meet you," gesture.

Jove didn't notice when Junko dropped her towel, he was busy staring at the water. It always marvelled him how clean it was, most of the water he had seen in Halloween was dark and gloomy, with unknown horrors lurking out of sight. The pup wandered closer, dipping a toe into the pool as if he were afraid something would bite him.

Junko was nervous about getting in the water, yes..but she still knew Yaya wouldn't let anything happen to her so it wasn't her biggest worry. Her biggest worry was about to be revealed as her obi fell to the floor and she shyly shrugged off her yukata, folding it up and putting it and the obi on the bench with her towel. Now she was left in a shimmering black bikini, her arms wrapping around her middle and a deep blush rushing to her cheeks. She was very, very, very glad Seiji wasn't here and it was just Yaya and Jove right now. Jove didn't seem the type to leer, and Yaya was...well...Yaya was Yaya. But Junko had never felt so exposed before. She'd kept her yukata on when helping Natalia wash her tail and then she'd kept the curtains closed when taking her own shower so the werelemur hadn't seen anything unless she looked in secret. The only time she'd undressed in front of anyone was when she'd been changing to wear one of Sin's dresses or one of Belladonna's dresses; this was not the same thing. Junko was standing in a tiny little black bikini...okay maybe not tiny but it was certainly way less than anything Junko had ever worn before. She looked up from her reflection in the water's surface when Yaya told her it was safe to just jump in if she wanted, blinking and looking confused. What? Huh? Oh! Right, right. They were here for swimming lessons. She'd actually kind of forgotten where she was in her discomfort over this bikini. The store had had no one-pieces left or she would've gotten one of those.

Junko was not just jumping in. The ghoul sat down on the floor and dipped her legs in first, scooting forward and taking Yaya's hand as she eased into the water instead of foolishly jumping in like Yaya had said it would alright for her to do. Once she was in she refused to let go of Yaya's hand, her arms were raised over the water as she settled into it, and for now she was keeping close to the pool's edge with a face that read 'Oh, Jack I'm in the water I'm actually in the water!' She wasn't terrified or anything, and she actually looked much better about this now that she was actually in it. So far it was like being in a bath...a much, much larger bath. And being in the water kind of took the attention away from what she was wearing! Yay! She looked to Jove to make sure he was alright considering he was the smallest of all of them. Did water and furry tails mix well? She couldn't imagine they did. "This isn't so bad." So far.

Yaya let Junko maintain a death grip on her hand, but she did give the other ghoul an odd sort of look. "Put your arms in the water, silly." Really now, it was just water, it wouldn't bite. She could sort of see hoe it might make a person nervous, in an abstract sort of sense. She herself was terrified of wild fire, so she understood fear. It was just the idea of water being threatening that didn't seem to click in her mind. Obviously it could be dangerous, but for her it was very much a part of her that she couldn't see it that way.

Jove was regarded with a patient look. She sort of felt bad for having taken the towel away, but he couldn't take it swimming with him. It would have bogged him down. She didn't pay the bruise any mind, just like she'd never payed Christof's stitches any mind. It was just a facet of his appearance.

She watched him as disregarded her hand to climb in herself, smiling at his obvious bravery. At least until he slipped and fall in. The djinn didn't even think. She released Junko's hand and reached down towards that pale body to grab him by the forearms, hoisting him right back up to the surface. Now, he didn't need to breath, she was pretty sure, but falling into the pool had to be a startling thing. Bumping his rear with her knee she nudged him higher and curled her arm around his smaller body so he was held against her side safely. "You alright?" Physically he was, but she wasn't asking about that.

With him in her arms, head safely above the water, she turned to glance at Junko to see how she'd handled that little bit of excitement. Yaya herself didn't seem to have even batted an eye lash at it all.

Aksaja grumbled softly under his breath as he made his way toward the building that housed the pool. It was rather embarrassing for him to admit that he actually didn't know how to do something, but well . . . somehow, he had the feeling it would be even more embarrassing to drown or whatever.

At first, he hadn't been at all worried about such a possibility - after all, he had wings. He could simply fly above the water or something if the boat crashed. Like the train had. Stupid train. However, thoughts in that direction led his mind to a few comments he'd overheard others making about the last 'field trip' and disastrous things that had occurred in Christmas world . . . or whatever it was called. And he remember then how he'd been completely unable to shift forms.

Which made him think that maybe it wouldn't be quite so simple. So when Yaya had mentioned teaching those who wanted to learn how to swim, the lightning dragon had kind of grudgingly asked to attend her little 'class'.

Of course, he hadn't realized until now, having just walked through the door, that swimming would mean everyone wearing less clothing than usual. Sloooowly, Aksaja's brows went up as he eyed Yaya, then Junko, and finally Jove. Hmn. Well, maybe this could be fun after all.

For a very brief moment their She and Jove stared at each other as he worked out just what exactly had happened. He looked startled, but not scared, so she gave him calm eyes, smiling benignly. Glancing up only when Junko gave him praise. "Oh yes, very brave," she agreed, sniffing in amusement. Without even knowing it the futakuchi-onna had said the perfect thing in response to that little mishap. He might have been young, but the ghostling was indeed male, and every male loved a good ego stoke.

With him tucked safely in against her side she turned her attention to the other ghoul as she inquired what to do next, lifting her free hand to gesture vaguely at where she was holding the edge of the pool. "First you let go and move away from the wall." She grinned as she said it, and there was the tiniest hint of satisfaction hidden within that dark curl of lips. She wasn't sadistic, and these were her friends, but it was amusing seeing them so very out of their element where safety was no concern.

She could feel Jove moving, and glanced down to see him paddling experimentally. "Good job, Jove." Of course the action was slightly short lived with the arrival of Aksaja. Yaya actually looked up before he had made it half way to the pool but she felt the ghostling still as he too noticed the dragon.

"You're late." She grinned as she spoke, her tone was teasing. Clearly she hadn't given much concern to his tardiness. "Come on in, the waters fine." She gave the the surface of the pool a little smack to send waves out from her hands. "I was just about to go over floating."