5th Confession [Action]

[not_a_bluesbro]

[There's a small ruckus at the lake-splashing, and then perhaps a quieted (but strangled none-the-less) intake of breath. Not the sound of pain, but of air refilling tired lungs. Wolfwood, clad in rolled-up pants and a T-shit-what an image, him in anything other than a suit-would walk just far enough into the water to feel the sensation of losing

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[no_use_running]

[Ami tries very hard not to look right at the man wearing little enough to be swimming in. But the splashes of his efforts soon attract her eyes despite herself, and she can't keep herself from trying to help.]

Umm.... I think, you might be able to do it longer if you take slower strokes for now.

[Her credentials? She is the soldier of Water and a notably excellent swimmer.]

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[not_a_bluesbro]

[And half a head pops out of the water's surface. Eyebrows raise. As a man who shows off his chest on a daily basis, he doesn't seem to notice any attempts to not look at him, buuut at least he's wearing a shirt because common sense escapes him in water.]

Pardon, miss?

[I happen to have water in my ears. :|]

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[no_use_running]

Kind of... like this.

[Ami keeps her head down and eyes rigidly on the ground, but her arms demonstrate a smooth, effective swimming stroke]

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[not_a_bluesbro]

Oh-I see...!

You swim a lot, I take it?

[Or maaaaybe she's just a normal person who learned when she was five.]

[Action] And placeholder! /must sleep @__@

[its_troublesome]

[Oh, the guy's trying to swim? Shikamaru says nothing as he stretches out under the shade of a tree, observing the man's efforts. On a nice day like this, normally his attention would be more focused on the clouds.

He'd actually been hoping to hear one of the Filial Spirtis he's read about while out here. Wolfwood's attempts are somewhat distracting though, and with a sigh he gives up and lights a cigaratte.]

Re: [Action] Sleep?! HA, I NEED NONE OF THA—ZzzzzZZzzzz

[not_a_bluesbro]

[After a few more failed attempts he finally half-drags himself on the bank and leans in on one elbow, line-facing in the direction of the smoke billowing up.]

How much longer are you going to sit there all mysterious and quiet?

[Action] XD

[its_troublesome]

[He looks back over to him.] Not for long, it seems.

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[not_a_bluesbro]

Well, no, any longer and I would've started wondering if you were planning on offing me. [He stands up, looking friendly.] Even if Luceti's a nicer place than home, it's wise to keep your guard up, right?

*sigh* Izzah placeholder...

[derek_bliss]

[Wolfwood is being watched from the woods. Whether or not he picks up on it is up for him to do, but after several attempts, Derek will emerge from the shadows under the trees, one eyebrow raised as he makes his way to the water's edge. He'll crouch there, still watching Wolfwood intently, but he'll smile a little when the guy finally looks in his direction.]

...Not as easy as it looks, huh?

HOW DARE YOU PLACEHOLD IN *ROLEPLAYING*!!

[not_a_bluesbro]

[Wolfwood's weird sense of paranoid targeting isn't unjustified, see? He looks over and is relieved that feeling wasn't someone more dangerous and swordy. :|

He huffs and drags himself out of the water, looking disheveled but not quite so discouraged.]

Hell no, it isn't. But at this point, I can't ignore or avoid it much more before it ends up killing me. And that is an embarrassing way to go. A grown man drowning in still water.

I'LL PLACEHOLD ANYWHERE I WANT, DUDE!!!!!!!!!

[derek_bliss]

[Derek sits, still smiling.]

Yeah. There's a lot more wet stuff.

...Have you tried just floating first? Sometimes it helps to get a sense of how your body feels in the water before you go moving it around.

*GASP* *DRAWS A DONG ON YOUR PAGE AND TURNS IT INTO RP!S*

[not_a_bluesbro]

Floating... Yeah. Maybe that's not a bad idea.

[He sighs, but it's not entirely discouraged.]

Hell, if we could all just float to begin with, I wouldn't have to paddle around like a half-drowned dog.

[goldenglasses]

[So one of those times you peer around to see who might have seen that - yeah, there's your favorite spiky headed idiot, laughing, bent over, and holding his stomach.]

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[not_a_bluesbro]

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[not_a_bluesbro]

[HAVE A GIANT WELL-AIMED SPLASH IN YOUR DIRECTION! >:|]

What's so funny, you spikey-haired bastard?

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[goldenglasses]

[GAHHHHHHHHHH! WET!]

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[lists_to_port]

Well not like that, lad, if you've any sense of survival at all.

[Jack happens to be returning to the lake to check on the zip line he set up there.]

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[not_a_bluesbro]

[Cough, cough]

Well, my sense of survival never involved water before.

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[not_a_bluesbro]

...Oh, hey! It's you!

How's the cat problem going?

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[lists_to_port]

Ah, yes. The cat. I've had to lock her in the bathroom, unfortunately. She were going after the monkey.