Chaz was completely baffled by the goings-on. Pirates? Was Grayell a pirate? A map? Treasure? It was all very terrifying and adventurous. He wanted no part in it.
Then Grayell seemed to have the situation under control. He breathed a sigh of relief...he didn't have to do anything. He walked away, and then Charlotte swam after the boat. Chaz panicked a little, still holding the boxes, walking in a small back in forth fashion on the dock, looking from Charlotte to where Gray had gone.
Gray! She--she took it! She's going to....ahhh. Gray!
He looked back at Charlotte, then down at his boxes, and groaned. He didn't want to do anything....really didn't want to do anything. But he had to try. He dropped the boxes, quickly stepped out of his toolbelt, and jumped into the water, hating every moment of it. He tried to dogpaddle a little, in his mind realizing the irony, but it came out as a sort of disorganized spasm. He hated water. He sputtered and tried to head for Charlotte, at least going to try and slow her down.
A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible.
Solena looked over at the cathian as he jumped into the water and wondered if she should stop him from trying to slow Charlott down.. Charlott needed time and Solena was going to do everything possible to give it to her, but at the time Gray was a greater risk and Chaz did not seem like a great swimmer. As a matter of fact, he was probably already drowning. Hopefully the silver pirate had not heard his friend's cry yet. She sat on one of the boxes and waited to see if he did. She had something in store for him if he ran back towards her direction.
Grayell was WATCHING as she jumped into the water.
Grayell growled now and this broad was about to end up locked up for being a bloody idiot. She wasn't slow though, she knew how to swim. It was an odd thing, but many pirates didn't.
Grayell broke into a sprint immediately. He would catch her, she wasn't pulling anchor and getting a bloody sail boat to turn around and then get far enough away that he couldn't catch her in very short order in fact.
But her bloody mate was hovering like a fly at the end of the dock and he likely would have to deal with her.... which did not slow him down at ALL.
Kiko rounded the corner. She hit the edge of the dock covered in the cloak the Wolf had given her. She'd been out most of the morning, and was avoiding Wistvale's crowd of degenerates by cutting across the dock. She wasn't easily seen... yet. But, her attention had been caught when Chaz went into the water with a splash.
Eternity
“Put some clothes on, you weird, yellow-eyed, table-dancing, werewolf-training, cryptic, stare-me-right-in-the-eyes-and-don't-even-blink wench.”
Charlotte closed the distance between herself and the Catarina, taking the briefest of moments to glance backwards, curious who'd jumped in the water after her so quickly. As she climbed onto the deck, she giggled and shook her head.
"Silly puss."
Chaz clearly wasn't privvy to water, and must have felt a strong sense of loyalty to Swansong to almost drown himself. One more distraction to buy her some time. She was thankful for Solena's own loyalty. It proved useful. She had several things to do, and quickly if she had any hope of escaping the retired pirate's wrath, not to mention escape with what she came for. A very rare and valuable trinket at the bottom of the lake. She laughed maniacally, running to raise anchor.
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Kiko had a vague visual of the cat boy. She'd seen him in the tavern at the Harvest festival. Why he'd leaped in the water was obvious, though she hadn't heard the discussion before hand. Still, he was trying to warn the Wolf, she heard that clearly enough.
She left the dock in a dive that took her out over him and into the lake. Kiko hit the water with hardly a splash, cutting through it cleanly and coming up on the other side. She reached down to grab Chaz by his shirt and haul him up.
Eternity
“Put some clothes on, you weird, yellow-eyed, table-dancing, werewolf-training, cryptic, stare-me-right-in-the-eyes-and-don't-even-blink wench.”
Chaz regretting jumping in after only a moment. The water didn't seem to want to work with him, pulling him down despite his best efforts. In a panic he tried to work out how best to move to keep him afloat, but again his uncoordinated body worked against him. He sputtered and coughed up water, squinting as he tried to swim backwards to the dock, but failed miserably, his soaked clothes pulling him down.
Then he was pulled out, gasping and sputtering. In his panic he latched onto the nearest stable thing, not very heavy, but panting quickly, eyes distant and glassy.
A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible.
Kiko wrapped an arm around his chest and threw up a quick prayer to Kaminari that he wasn't very big. She swam for the edge of the dock holding him in that grasp, using every little trick she'd learned to keep them both above the surface.
At least he hadn't gotten that far out, he was pretty much dead weight. The look on his face worried her too, she was hoping he hadn't swallowed too much water. She made it back to the dock her chest heaving and water pouring off her head. Kiko let him go then and wiped his face off. What was his name? She searched her memory for it and didn't know.
Hey. Come on. What were you doing anyway? Trying to drown?
Eternity
“Put some clothes on, you weird, yellow-eyed, table-dancing, werewolf-training, cryptic, stare-me-right-in-the-eyes-and-don't-even-blink wench.”
Chaz collapsed onto the dock, coughing up water, unable to speak or move or do anything. With the water and sun in his eyes, he couldn't really see, especially in his dazed state. He saw Kiko above him and lurched into a sitting position, holding his stomach.
Ugh....Anri? He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, coming to his senses. He saw Kiko and flushed red.
Oh. Oh! S-sorry...what....what happened?
A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible.
Kiko was stripping off the cloak. It was soaked with water and sticking to her body everywhere. She stopped though when he choked, sputtered, and spoke.
Thank you, Kaminari.
She latched on to the words fast. Though, she was confused for a second by the first comment, not to mention his red face. She didn't dwell on that, however, likely he was upset about being rescued by a girl.
And what? He didn't know what happened?
... You jumped in the lake. Though, for the life of me, I can't imagine why.
She looked at him searchingly.
Eternity
“Put some clothes on, you weird, yellow-eyed, table-dancing, werewolf-training, cryptic, stare-me-right-in-the-eyes-and-don't-even-blink wench.”
He shook his head, moving forward and stumbling, ending up on all fours as he coughed up the last of the water. His throat was raspy and hurt, he he rubbed it and winced as he looked at Kiko sheepishly, sitting back on his knees.
I...I was trying to slow down the p-pirate girl. Cause....stealing Gray's boat. He looked back to the water, his ears flattening against his skull.
I guess I'm a w-worse swimmer than I remember... He looked down, rubbing the back of his neck embarrassedly.
Th-thanks.
A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible.
Kiko spun her head around and out toward the Catalina. This just kept getting worse. She liked that boat, her recent time on it put a dark sheen to her eyes, too.
She looked back at the wet cat boy. He looked rather bedraggled with his ears all flat and his fur slicked down. At least she'd been able to remove the cloak. Kiko sighed and rubbed his arms quickly to restore some circulation.
Have you ever swam before? At all? Ever?
She shouldn't be angry at him, he was trying to help. But, her voice was just this side of annoyed.
Eternity
“Put some clothes on, you weird, yellow-eyed, table-dancing, werewolf-training, cryptic, stare-me-right-in-the-eyes-and-don't-even-blink wench.”
He seemed to respond to her tone in a strange way, like a small scolded child his frame fell. His hands rested on the ground in between his legs and his head drooped a little as he frowned sadly, letting her rub his arms. It was all very catlike, unsurprisingly.
N-no....not really...it seems like I would b-be easy. S-seems.
The thin fur on his arms looked messy and he very nearly licked one of his forearms, stopping himself and blushing deeply again.
S-sorry you had to do that. Don't mean to be b-bother. I was trying to h-help.
A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible.
Kiko's jaw clenched tight. She was angry at herself for the tone, angrier still that it caused him to cringe. Good call, Kiko, terrify the boy. She looked back out at the water trying to guess how close this "pirate" he mentioned might be to the Wolf's boat.
She looked back at him when she had gotten the anger under control. Her voice had softened, and she managed to call up a smile; albeit a small one.
Trust me, it is not near as easy as it might look.
Kiko studied him a few more minutes before picking up her cloak. She walked to the edge of the lake and proceeded to shake it out before turning around.
... no bother. You're a friend of the Wolf, yes?
Eternity
“Put some clothes on, you weird, yellow-eyed, table-dancing, werewolf-training, cryptic, stare-me-right-in-the-eyes-and-don't-even-blink wench.”