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She'd misread the text, at first. She didn't know who Tobias was, but she was sure she was being invited for a skinny dip tryst by someone who'd heard of her reputation. When she inquired further, she found a very different answer. Real work. She'd almost said no - in fact, she'd typed out the word, and hovered over the send button..

She would never admit why she'd changed her mind and offered to go with him. It was a secret she wished would die as soon as possible.

This was the second time she'd rune dived, but the first had been a favor. This one was with strangers, and it was for her own selfish reasons. None of which had anything to do with runes - or the two boys she was preparing to team up with.

But - out of respect for her long term goals, she still wore her skimpiest pink bathing suit.

Gear in hand, she showed up at the beach, without having sent a response text. Tobias turned out to be a young, fresh faced sort. She tried not to show too much teeth as she smiled, and openly raked his features. "Hey. I'm Maebe. You called?"

Tobias turned around when Maebe arrived, his jaw and thoughts dropping as he caught sight of her. To his credit, Tobias managed to at least refrain from drooling. "Uhh," he told Maebe's navel. "I ahh," he added to the curve of Maebe's hips.

He was jolted from his revelry by Justin's appearance. The trainee shook himself, a bright flush overcoming his features that crept its way down his neck and towards his shoulders. "Uh? Bwah? Uh! Oh! Um." Tobias had only worded the message that way because someone warned him ahead of time.

"Uh. She's a warlock," he explained quickly, "She's clear. Um. Yes. Warl-is that a pikachu?" Nerdage took over as Tobias reached out, pinching the pikachu's ear. "Holy crap! Where did you get - er - catch it? You do realize we need to go sw-sw-sw-" The death trainee stuttered, his eyes flickering towards Maebe as his lips tried to stop the word from skipping.

"We need to go diving underwater!" He announced in a rush, turning on his heel and quickly splashing into the ocean.

Justin was so confused. So she had leather armour under the cloth after all? Well why didn't she just use that, that clearly would provide better defense.

He waded around in the water, giant stuffed Pikachu still in one hand before trying to flag both Tobias and Maebe down. "How do I equip my water tank set?" He didn't see any quest signs around him.