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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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"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.

Edited 2017-05-12 19:35 (UTC)

"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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[Closed] What you need isn't words, is it?

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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