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Otto went to relieve the hunter on duty in the Underwater Observation post. He disliked this location. Only walls and glass stood between him and the terrifying darkness of the ocean. So when he did have duty there, he kept on every light imaginable, and pretended the window was just a TV.

He didn't expect his partner on duty to be around for a while, since he'd come early. So he sat behind one of the consoles, staring out into the infinite darkness of the ocean with a distant, hollow stare.

How long had it been since Nevada had died? He'd been getting a little better. Mostly by filling the void anywhere he could. Maebe's company some few weeks ago. A new friendship with a bouncy girl named Cami. Distractions. But when the night came, and he was alone, he could feel the void in his heart all the same. Nothing filled it properly. Not for very long.

He wasn't the kind of person to pretend everything was okay, but he was the kind of person who didn't share well.

So while he thought he was alone, he curled up with his knees under his chin, and allowed his mood to become his whole world. Maybe he'd be lucky. Maybe the partner for this shift wouldn't show up, and he could brood in peace.

Otto's breath hitched suddenly when he heard a soft voice. His head came up, his daze broken. Turning, he saw a face he hadn't seen in a long time. "Eva." His blue eyes stared, bewildered. Trying to compose himself, he rubbed at his eye and stood up again.

"Sorry. Hi.." He avoided looking at her again too long. "You're really early."

Ever the blunt, fun sucker, Otto decided to burst her bubble with a careless comment. "Yanno that water's got like.. a bunch of city sized Titans with tentacles just waiting to eat you, right?" So helpful. Otto grimaced and crossed his arms, staring out the window with contempt.

"I don't get how anything about the ocean can be called calming."

If there was one thing he missed most about talking with Eva, it was the fact she was not easily swayed by attitude. Otto was a little less worried about offending her, since she knew he was full of s**t anyway.

"Ain't never had calamari. I had sushi though." His lip curled, "Don't think I wanna eat nothin' made of Fear." That just sounded like a tummy ache waiting to happen. Or worse.

"Well, aside from tentacle monsters. Like.." He shifted his weight from one foot to the other, fidgeting and antsy. "When water gets too deep, you can't see nothin'. I don't like places where I can't see where I'm goin'." He hated mystery. He hated the unknown. Puzzles, riddles. Anything bogged and foggy. If the answer wasn't sitting in plain sight, he had a hard time seeing beyond. Therefore, the Ocean, and most deep bodies of water, were not friendly to Otto. Shallows, shores and pools for him.

"Uh.. but I mean. Don't mean you gotta hate it too..." He squirmed, twisting his mouth as he looked at the consoles in the room again.

"Sounds like a plan." Food was usually a good way to talk Otto into things.

He gave Eva a brow raised high. Tape? "Huh? What for? No, I don't" Why did she want tape anyway? He looked at the window to try and find what she'd want it for.

Otto watched Eva run around, his expression hard to read, almost blank. What in Heaven's name was she doing? But as he plan became known, and she curled up like a child keeping pretend secrets, he had to give a brief, amused smile. She was still adorable. Never not.

Otto sighed and crouched down a couple feet away, his chin in his hands as he waited and watched Eva 'work'. "Bang up job keepin' an eye out for trespassers." He teased lightly with a smirk.

Otto smirked again, shaking his head. He let Eva play with arts and crafts as he turned his head away to view the consoles and window. When she was finally ready, her sudden leap up had his eyes following her across the room, widening as she slammed herself into the window with her creation.

His jaw dropped in horror at her 'masterpiece'.

"I...." She drew them... as fish.... It was horrifyingly hilarious. Was that Shark supposed to be him? Geez, maybe he really ought to smile more if this was how she saw him. Why was Eva so stupidly adorable? He continued to look at it, finally recovering after a moment and shaking his head. "You can try, but don't sign it. Maybe we'd get lucky, and he gets so mad he busts the window open and drowns himself."

Otto's chin found his hand once again as he gave Eva the sassiest of expressions. "Oh you are now, huh?" He scoffed, looking at the small Otto shark with a harrumph. Was she trying to goad him into joining her little project?

Otto huffed and grabbed a marker and paper.

He got to work, his face contorted into a very serious expression as he concentrated deeply. Finally, he was done. He took Eva's tape, and slapped the masterpeice onto the window above the Eva dolphin.

Otto had drawn himself as a Great White, with it's jaws open and ready to eat the Eva dolphin whole. "Nope. I'm cooler now." To emphasize it, he drew a rad pair of shades over the great white Otto's eyes.