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Who: Goten, Aymeric, and Kairi
What: Tanabata Prayer Catchall followed by Goten and Kairi training
When: July 5th+ 2016 (OOC: April 16 2016), Morning before the festival
Where: Heligoland and surrounding Near Shore

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Prayer #34 Write-in for Tanabata:

Forseti temple in Heligoland got wreaked by a small gang of teenagers. It's completely trashed much to the dismay of the fisherman that visits often. After having his fish saved he doesn't want the island to lose Forseti's blessing. It's too much work for one old man to handle. His granddaughter, that has come all the way from Japan to visit, suggests making a tanabata wish and to hang it up in the temple. So, with his granddaughter's help, he wishes for the temple to be cleaned up back to it's respectable state.

Prayer #36 Follow-up to 34:

The ayakashi that is causing all of the ruckus around Heligoland looks like a ram with one broken horn, and runs around with several groups of teenagers encouraging them to wreck any sort of building with a bit of prestige to it, which included Forseti's temple. They will need to track the ayakashi down by the trail of damage it's leaving in its wake.

Prayer #35:

Forseti is also the god that "stills all strife" in people's bonds! Unbeknownst to Aymeric, the temple-trashing teens actually started their messy activities because of a misunderstanding between one of the boys and a friend who didn't participate. That friend saw the fisherman's Tanabata wish and asked about it, wishing on the same paper that Forseti might repair the misunderstanding. The prayer was thus literally buried by the trashing of the temple. Time to set things right!

Prayer #37 Follow-up to 35:

With the advice given a success, the teenagers and the wishmaker seem to be at peace with each other! However, there's still something lurking around. Turns out it's a slippery naga ayakashi; time to track it down ~~AND HIT IT WITH A FRIENDSHIP BEAM~~ and ensure no more misunderstandings happen this time around!

Prayer #38 Follow-up to 36 and 37:

Our favorite fisherman, Frisch Singer, has gone out for his normal work and then a storm kicked up all of a sudden! Unbeknownst to the trio in Heligoland, it is a Draugen - the ghost of a man that died at sea - style ayakashi. The granddaugter makes a second wish, that her grandfather will come home safely! Little does she realize it will take the trio fighting a monster to bring him home.

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"It can change that fast, but the last time I saw that happen was when Princess Celestia made the cloudy skies turn sunny this morning in the Far Shore, in preparation for the Tanabata festival." Basically, something not natural as far as the Near Shore is concerned. That much she can agree on with Goten.

"If I stick with you two, and we have Nimbus nearby, I should be fine to check it out with you. This feels too much like a coincidence for us to ignore." And she doesn't want to leave something unfinished again, like when she and Goten had to leave Heligoland and come back with their respective gods.

Ok, good to know that his suspicious are correct despite not desiring it.

"That may solve two of you being able to travel but that still leaves myself." He starts to explain. "Teleporting might take me to a place I have no knowledge of nor any direction that I cannot see and I not have the power of flight lest there is a black chocobo hidden here." Their chances of all three of them going together is slim since one is grounded.

"Mayhap...a boat would be the best course."

"Well, I wasn't thinking of us flying around on Nimbus, but you're still right - I just meant however we get out there, Nimbus is my get-back-to-land card while you two can teleport together. Let's see, maybe we can find that granddaughter who made the wish in the first place? They must have more than one boat..."

Kairi starts to wander off but then turns back to Aymeric with a friendly salute. "This one's on me, alright? Since you two have been cleaning up the ayakashi themselves!" And she jogs on down to the banks of the White Cliffs area to see if the girl's there keeping a lookout for her grandfather, Frisch Singer the best Forseti Follower in all of Heligoland.

Sure enough there's one smaller boat with a single outboard motor that Kairi recognizes the basic steering of and the way to start the engine. After Kairi reassures the girl that she's not going out alone and they'll do their absolute best to avoid the storm, she points to Aymeric for the 'they' part. Thanks to their Far Shore "normality" guise, the girl doesn't think anything else of what they're asking for. Kairi waves again for Aymeric and Goten to join her on the rocky European beach looking out over the North Sea.

Aymeric is about to protest but not because of the belief that she can't but rather he always feels that he should be the one doing the dirty work. But there's two things stopping him: one is that earlier he knew how Kairi felt when it came to wanting to help and not just be a spectator and the second was...that she's already gone far enough that protesting might not be heard. All he can do is shrug to Goten and run after her.

Upon seeing Kairi speak to the girl and point to him, the only thing he could do is simply wave and nod in reassurance because trusting an adult in this world seems to be the best way to get what they want. Sometimes smiling and nodding is the best thing to do as he beckons over to Goten. "We may have gotten our transportation after all. I owe Kairi quite a lot."

Goten blinks, glancing over to Aymeric before laughing a little. He floats over, dropping onto the commander's shoulders for a comfortable seat.

"I wouldn't worry about that. Kairi is just doing what Kairi does best. She's amazing with people." He explains with a shrug. She does have a lot of friends and just about everyone he meets has met her first. If anything, it's making Kairi feel like more of a team player since Roxas isn't here...even-though her borderlines have been extremely helpful.

As they arrive at the rocky beach over looking the north sea, Goten looks around for the boat. "So...does anyone know how to drive a boat?"

"I don't think you drive it the way you do a car, Goten - or a cloud." She smiles at him for that. She gets into the boat and starts looking at the outboard motor. "I'm pretty sure boats like this are a bit more like... turn on the motor and just aim it in the right direction."

She looks over her shoulder, out towards the storm. "I don't think we'll have any trouble figuring out where we want to go." She grabs a life preserver for herself, but debates a minute before eventually looking at Goten too. "Do me a favor... put this on just in case? I know you can fly, but in case you get... knocked out?" She's hesitant to suggest it, but that's why. And she's found that if she's honest with Goten then he sometimes sees her logic. It's not that he can't handle himself! ... If he's awake for it.

"Aymeric I'll let you decide if you want to wear one. It's to help you float in the water. Then everyone get inside and we'll start this thing up." And one more for Goten specifically: "Please don't fly out there in case you need enough energy to fly all the way back to shore." Again JUST IN CASE.

Now a normal person would look at the weird pillow vest and decline because they might be a good swimmer or that it looks tacky. Thankfully Aymeric doesn't give a damn about looks when it comes to trying to save a life and slips it on with no issue.

"I can swim but it cannot be harmful to take any precautions." Maybe if he wears it, Goten might as well. "Tis best to be prepared for anything ahead of us." He's mainly speaking because Kairi has more knowledge on this so it's wise to follow her word lest the boat ends up doing something like capsizing. But that won't happen.

Goten blinks slowly, hopping down off Ayermic's shoulders to grab the lifevest. He gives it a weird look but seeing Ayermic and Kairi both putting it on, he goes ahead and shrugs it on as well.

"It's sorta hard to move like this..." He mutters as he zips up the life preserver, making a face. It may be a little big too or that's just how it's suppose to be. Still, if Kairi and Aymeric say it's for the best he'll trust them. The last bit makes him look back to Kairi curiously.

"I kinda wanted to see what riding in a boat was like!" And he is actually starting to feel a bit tired. After Rending two ayakashi, his energy is starting feel a little low but he doesn't want to admit it. The only give away is that he isn't bouncing around as much.

"Let's go save that old guy now!" And into the boat Goten goes.

"Really, you wanted to ride anyway?" Kairi's glad for that. "You don't have to wear it the whole time, but definitely if you're not feeling well." The way that he's not as enthusiastic as before. Maybe a nap before they train later. She's grateful for Aymeric's support, either way.

"Okay let's see..." And he braces her feet, then pulls on the boat motor's cord the same way one would a lawnmower. It doesn't start at first so she tries again. "Sit down and get ready." One more.... And then the motor kicks over, so Kairi sits down on the back bench, then starts messing with the rudder. Yes, that's how you steer, okay. "Ready... go!"

And they're off!

She isn't the only one who has taken notice of Goten's lack of energy; Aymeric has noticed it as well and while he makes no comments on it, he does put a hand on the boy's shoulder. More of a way to silently say that everything will be all right.

Feeling the boat shake at the startup, Aymeric's body jolts a bit. Riding magitek is still odd to him and somehow flying chickens and dragons are normal. Somewhat.

"How fast does this machine go?" That is in no way a suggestion to go faster, more like what to know just in case things get overwhelming. Besides if it's metal, it is possible to help it out once he knows the basics.

The pat on the shoulder makes him blink and look up at Aymeric curiously. But meeting his gaze, Goten just smiles fondly up at his god. He's fine, they got this! Nothing can beat the three of them!

Being in the boat isn't scary. Maybe it's because they're so close to the water or he's use to riding Nimbus. It sure is bouncier then flying or riding that yellow cloud, but it sort of makes it that much fun as they break through some waves.

"I think it can go faster to, Aymeric!" Goten grins, leaning on the side to look at the water, letting the wind blow back his hair. He totally misunderstands the suggestion but thats okay. They're getting closer to their destination.

Kairi feels... very good right about now. With the salt spray in her face and the bumpy ride, it feels very exhilarating and it shows on her face. Even if the clouds above them are getting more overcast by the minute, she looks confident and satisfied with having gotten the engine started and steering them in the boat this far.

"Maybe we can find out if it goes faster on the way back." She grins over at Goten. "Right now is the time we should go slower so we can be more careful." As if on cue, the darker clouds boom with thunder. One, two, three, four, five, six... And the lightning crackles.

"That means the center of the storm is about six miles away from here." Kairi sounds confident about that too. Like this should be common knowledge. "So we should start thinking about what you want to do if we see the ayakashi."

Again, seafaring is not Aymeric's strong point so he follows along as he watches the clouds get darker and the wind picking up. That's right, they do need a strategy but the main thing first is to get the innocents (or rather one innocent) out of dodge but there's always that case of them being unable to get Mr Singer out and having to fight a ayakashi along the way and they do need to be prepared for that.

"That and also how to defend Master Singer if we cannot get him out simply. Goten and I can work offensively but are you able to use Borderlines as a defense around him?" He knows Goten is getting tired but he's reminded that only a god and shinki pair can Rend so they have no other choice on that. All he can try to do is shift the weight for everyone.

Goten is enjoying the spray of water as they go flying through the water. Not super fast, since Kairi did mention its a bad idea but enough to be enjoyable.

"Yeah we'll take out the ayakashi if we see one! Just like the other ones." Goten agrees. Though he won't complain if there isn't one. Still, the closer they get the darker the sky is getting and the harder the waves are crashing. The thunder is booming.

"Look!"

Goten wobbles a bit, standing up to point ahead of them. Roughly where the center of the storm is, there's a tiny boat that's about to flipped over by a rouge wave.

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"I don't think I can make something like a hemisphere to protect us, but a wall for sure-" But then Kairi gets serious as she looks out at the water where Goten's pointing. "Keep the lifevest on Goten."

Kairi reaches down under her seat and hands the one spare in the boat to him. "Please fly with this one and find Mr. Singer. We need to get him in the boat before--"

And as she says that, there's a breaching sound of waves as something's head coasts along just underneath the surface of the water, heading towards them in a wide circle like it's trying to stir up an underwater cyclone.

Edited 2017-05-12 20:16 (UTC)

He can see how the boat is desperately trying to hold on despite the raging storm but notices something in the water. "Prepare yourselves!" a warning shout out as he sees bits of metal breaking from Mr Singer's boat. He doesn't know how much distance he has but he uses his knees as a brace and holds both hands out, pushing his palms away from his body.

"Goten! Get Master Singer now! I can not predict how long I can keep the metal from departing his boat but we only have moments! Kairi, you may need to prepare that Borderline to give us more time!"

Goten takes the life vest, blinking at it. Oh! This is probably for the old guy. But he looks between both Aymeric and Kairi. He doesn't want to leave them alone in this boat. Especially as their own boat starts to spin.

"B-But..."

And it's Aymeric saying his name that makes his attention snap to his god. He frowns, biting back words of protest.

"Okay....I'll be fast!" Gripping the life-vest tightly, he jumps out of the boat and makes a beeline for Singer's boat. It's a quick zip since the boats aren't too far apart but it does leave Aymeric and Kairi to deal with the ayakashi lurking below on their own for a bit. He lands in the boat, stumbling a bit as another wave slams into it. The only thing holding the old fishing boat together is probably Ayermic's powers.

"Hey mister, here! Put this on. We need to get out of here..." Goten practically shouts, shoving the life-vest into the man's arms.

There's probably a billion questions going through Singer's mind right now. Where the kid came from, how he's there but with the peril going on around them the fisherman is quick to comply and slips on the life-vest. Questions later, action now.

Kairi realizes then that she had no idea what Aymeric's god power actually was. Something about metal in the boat...? Wow! Like Mr. Singer, Kairi knows that she'll have to ask questions later. At least Goten was able to get the life vest over to him.

"Got it."

She looks over the side of the boat and waits until the ayakashi is closer to them than Mr. Singer's boat. She unleashes the Dagger style borderline at the thing beneath the water and while she's not sure it connected, it definitely glowed brightly in that direction. The ayakashi stops and takes a wide arc away from them before emerging from the waves with a gaping maw headed towards Kairi and Aymeric.

"BORDERLINE!"

She has to use the boat as the base for the wall, but eventually it pushes into the sky as the draugen-style ayakashi tries to toss their little boat with waves. Water sprays to either side but so far that's all. And hey, they got its attention away from Mr. Singer. She thought he might've gotten tossed into the water already, but thankfully not.

"GOTEN!"

Edited 2017-05-13 00:42 (UTC)

Aymeric can't see Goten or Mr Singer as he's too focused to try and keep that boat from falling apart until they get out. But the force of the ayakashi and the Borderlines make him lose concentration as he accidentally lowers his arms, trying to grip onto the boat. He's only used his powers in split second decisions and this is much longer than that.

"Goten, hurry! I cannot keep ahold of the metal for much longer!"

He can only barely hear their yelling and it just makes him that more antsy as the old man struggles with all the clips and straps. But he does finally get it secure. With Singer in the lift vest, Goten grabs him under the arms and flies him out of the boat just before another wave slams into it and break it apart. It's only because of Aymeric's power that it even lasted as long as it did. Even as Goten tries to reassure Singer, his wiggling is making it hard for Goten to carry him but they do managed to make it back to the boat. Goten practically drops him in.

"I'm here!"

It's mostly meant for Aymeric as he stares at the ayakashi that isn't letting up it's assault on the trio and Singer.

"Please, stay here in the boat with me, Mr. Singer. Your granddaughter knows we're looking for you." Which is why they're in a boat he'd recognize, or so she hopes to reassure him.

"Aymeric, Goten - please take care of the storm and I'll protect Mr. Singer." Because sure, it's just a 'storm' that's causing all of this, riiiight. "LINE!"

And with that she gets the boat split in half, herself and Singer on the one side, Goten and Aymeric on the other. She doesn't have to tell them what to do next.

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/sneaks in here so they can figure out the boat thing

please do, someone doesn't want to explain about Grand Theft Boat

aBOAT time; lets seas the day!

pun pun puuuuun (9/20)

/keeps all her cookies (10/20)

but im one smart cookie :C [ 11/20 ]

sorry Az, that's how the cookie crumbles [ 12/20 ]

/Noms all the cookies (13/20)

good thing im one tough cookie too (14/20)

http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ (15/20)

that still exists? (16/20)

I actually played it just now.... got to 5k

I have a game running at home that's been on for weeks lmao (18/20! Last required round)

I am not making an Over 9000 joke (19/20)

But i'm just saiyan (20/20)

we're all just saiyan by now (WOO!!)

/prays to Chrome Gods that this won't click off ;;

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