seven flames ☆ six locks.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[ If anyone happens to be taking a nice, relaxing walk along the Plane's beach, they might be privy to the SPLOOSH happening just off its shores. Roxas pops out moments later. He's also shirtless. At the moment, he seems to be looking from side to side for... something. ]

[Someone with dark hair-- apparently a redhead-- surfaces reluctantly a few feet away. It's Axel! He's shirtless, too, and a little more impressive than Roxas. His hair lays flat against his head until he shakes himself out like a dog, then it puffs back out again.] Oh man... here, too? I thought the castle's past was just a fluke.

[ Roxas paddles over with his hands, shrugging once he's closer. ] Looks like it wasn't. It's not so bad, though. At least there's some water around... and now we can get in as much practice as we need!

[Axel responds by sinking back into the water to his chin.] I don't need practice. I just want to get this over with and leave. Is that too much to ask?

Oh, come on, Axel! Ariel needs some distraction, right? It's the least we could do! [ Then, he does something like an aquatic backflip, showing off that nice, awesome... fish tail? Well, to be more precise, it's closer to a killer whale tail. When his head pops back out of the water again, Mr. Voiced By Jesse McCartney opens his mouth, and... ]

♪ Swim this way, we'll dance and we'll play now,
It's very— ♫

[Nice fins. But now that Axel is above water, it means he can toss a teeny fireball in Roxas' general direction.] Singing wasn't on the contract!

[ PFFFBBBT Roxas ducks under the water momentarily to shake off the fireball, then reappears. ] What about helping a friend?

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[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[She thinks for a second, then smiles and nods.]

Wait here. [Poof!] ............. [Poofs back! In a light pink one-piece with artistic white swirls in the pattern (sort of like tie-dye or marble), and a white sarong wrapped around her waist. She looks a little shy, standing with her hands held behind her back and looking down at the sand.]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ Whoa. Roxas forgets to tread and sinks into the water a bit, then shakes his head and straightens himself out. ] You coming in, or you just going to stare at your feet all day?

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[She laughs faintly and shakes her head.]

No, I'm coming. [She undoes the sarong and leaves it by her sketchbook before running toward the water. She gets her feet wet, at least, but she's stopping there for now.]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

That's not very far in, Naminé~ [ To emphasize, he pushes himself backwards in the water a little. ]

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[A little more laughter]

Why are you hurrying me so much, Roxas? [But she does start wading in, slowly, getting used to the water - it's been a long time since she's been swimming]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

I'm not hurrying. You're just being a slowpoke.

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

I'm not being a slowpoke, you're rushing! [She's finally smiling in full, though, and lowers herself the rest of the way into the water once she gets deep enough.]

So, what made you two want to take a swim, anyway?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Am not! [ He's very tempted to stick his tongue out, but he'll refrain for now. ]

Ah, well... One of the worlds we're visiting is entirely underwater.

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

Are too! [She splashes him a little bit -- more like gets her fingers wet and flicks them at him, but it counts.]

[Blink!] Really? Wow! How do people live underwater?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ Pfffbbt. Roxas shakes it off and gives a small splash back—this might be when Naminé notices that, instead of his usual wristband and colored rings on his left hand, there's two black and white fins between his outer left fingers and a band of alternating-colored scales around his wrist. ] Totally am not.

Like this! [ He grins, then drops under the surface. Moments later, he jumps out a few feet away, managing to twist himself around a bit in order to show off the tail before slipping back under the water. ]

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[She's too busy trying to protect her eyes from the water with one arm and giggling to notice the fins and scales...

... but she notices the tail. Her eyes go wide and her jaw drops a little. Words? ... not yet. ♥]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ Roxas eventually resurfaces, then looks a bit uncertain. ] ... Naminé?

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[Well, she's managed to close her mouth, but she's still wide-eyed and confused. She tilts her head to one side, slowly. Still no words.]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Um... Hello? [ He waves his hand in front of her face. ] Anybody home?

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[Blink-blink!! Shakes her head. She's not afraid, her brain's just a smidge broken.]

S-sorry, I j-just... When did you...? [..."grow a tail"? Nah, that sounds wrong. She just lets it trail off like that. ♥]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

When did I...? [ He smiles a bit. ] I told you. Everyone lives underwater where we are right now, so we had to blend in. My clothes plus Donald's magic, and... this is what happens.

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

I didn't think it would change that much. Wow! [Small smile] So, you really can blend in anywhere, can't you? I wonder why it stayed that way when you came here...

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Same reason we were still black and white last time, I guess. It's pretty fun, though.

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[She nods] I guess that makes sense!

I wonder what it's like to be a mermaid... [Her gaze goes distant as her imagination starts taking over...♥ ]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

It's... kind of weird to get used to at first. But then, it's really amazing.

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[She smiles.]

I almost wish I could try it, just for a little bit. But... swimming normally is fun, too. [As if to prove her point, she starts swimming around again, past Roxas and a little deeper into the ocean.]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Maybe you'll get to, someday. [ Hah! He twists to follow and ducks under the water, skimming the surface with his dorsal fin. ]

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[She'd argue that traveling worlds isn't something that it seems she's able to do at all, but Roxas is underwater, and she doesn't want to talk about something so unhappy anyway. She just smiles and swims along instead.

She does reach over and poke the dorsal fin, though.]

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ Roxas squirms, and if she listens, she might hear some sort of garbled noise. It sounds a bit like... "Naminé, that tickles!" ]

[breathenothing.livejournal.com]

[Oh really? She snickers a bit and pokes him again.]