022: Have a crippling phobia

[ra_ra_razputin]

[A party sounded like fun! A pool party, however... not so much. Raz knew his curse didn't work in Mayfield but that didn't stop him from dreading sizable bodies of water. You don't get over a lifetime of being told that you're destined to die in water that easily. He really wanted to go, but the very idea of voluntarily getting into a pool seemed

Comments

[godisachild]

Wow nerd. That was just brilliant.

[ra_ra_razputin]

It's not nerdy, it's serious! Deadly serious.

[godisachild]

It's totally nerdy. How friggin' serious could it be?

[ra_ra_razputin]

My family has this... thing with water. Actually, it's more like water has a thing for us. In that it hates us and tries to kill us.

[notsaul]

[WATCHING TV

NOT CARING]

I'd, I dunno, help or something, but I can not get my hair wet.

[ra_ra_razputin]

[thunk, thunk, thunk.]

Stupid, stupid, stupi- Huh? Whyzzat?

[notsaul]

It looks hideous if I do. It gets all messed up and disgusting and I fucking hate combing my hair afterward. [spoiler: total teenage girl despite all appearances]

[ra_ra_razputin]

[He eyes the gigantic bush that is Annie's hair.]

But...

[...And decides it would be wiser just to not say anything.]

Does that mean you're not going to the party, either?

[destinyfruit]

I could help! I grew up by the ocean, so swimming is kind of like second nature.

[ra_ra_razputin]

Really? That would be great! I, uh, I've never gone swimming before in my life. That's not gonna be too much of a problem, will it?

[destinyfruit]

Hm, it shouldn't be. That's how everyone is when they first learn, after all.

[ra_ra_razputin]

Okay! Thanks, I really appreciate this!