wooliefrand | OCEAN QUEST P2

[ wanna see a neat trick? watch him freeze seawater, specifically to try an create a heavy, sinking vice around one of those sharks' tail and fins]

[ tries to read the poor shark's mind while Angie's at it ]

Edited 2024-04-11 00:07 (UTC)

[ oh shit is it combat time

Ananke unfurls the ~~bug~~ shark suit and fires off an energy blast at whichever shark seems like the most imminent threat ]

[Like last time, Levi has his pen attached to the end of his crook. With people already aiming attacks at the sharks, however, he opts to hang back and not join the fray just yet.

If it looks like any other sharks might be showing up, or if any slip past those already on the offensive, then he'll step in.]

[the shark thoughts are: I'MMA EAT YA!!!1 It's trying to chomp right on Gowther!!

Ananke fucking lasers one in the face though, and the other begins to sink due to Angie's magic--though be careful, realizing it's trapped, its shadowy body looks like it's starting to split. . .

Those hanging back might be able to hear something faintly:

Beast of time, please spare yours
Save us from violence, save us from wars
To keep the peace I will forever sing
Until your scales of justice ring~]

[ haha get lasered. Subito giggles, then starts singing too. for fun. ]

Beast of time, please spare yours
Save us from violence, save us from wars
To keep the peace I will forever sing
Until your scales of justice ring~

[ also beams the song into any remaining shark's head in case it doesn't have ears. please appreciate the song, friend. ]

[ if the answer this whole time was to sing at the sharks he's gonna be mad

...
no. He's not ready to give in yet and try. He cannot be the second person that makes this a chorus.
ANGRILY LOBS HOLY MAGIC AT THE SINKING SHARK ]

[ Magic and lasers >>>> singing

in particular he's providing cover fire for Gowther while he tries out this singing theory ]

[Angie might not be ready, but Levi has come prepared!

Subito begins singing along and his shepherd... pulls out an ocarina made from a seashell. Don't ask silly questions about how such a thing would be played underwater. That's for Disney to answer.

He'll provide instrumental backing instead of singing for now.]

[ and he'll provide some rhythmic clapping, because this is sure as hell amusing...

hopefully the sharks don't get jealous that they can't join along??? no hands??? ]

[i'm

well that. that wasn't the answer but you know what.

The sharks ARE confused at having a fucking holy jingle suddenly stuck in their heads. And then there's clapping and an ocarina too?? damn, pulling out the big guns.

The singing and music briefly stops the sharks, having them swim in circles in confusion, leaving them open targets to be EVAPORATED by Ananke and Angie. Hooray,,, team work??

The water is murky though, and there seems to be more in the distance rapidly approaching, but they seem far off for now. . .

Rose hears that voice again:]

It's you! You all. . .

You have to finish the song!

[

fine . okay. fine. he wants to go back to his boyfriend alive today.

via his telepathy @ everyone in this ocean channel, he joins in--- with the stanza he remembers from last time-- ]

I Pray to thee, beast of time,
Please hear my pleas, hear my rhyme
When will you come, save our souls,
Is it all done? Unfurl your coils~

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[ joke's on you guys, he wasn't singing strategically. he was singing just to sing.

anyway Angie specifically feels a YIPPEEEEE beamed into his head. teamwork!!!

if nothing happens after Angie's singing, Subito will repeat the original verse again -- aloud, because he wants to make the most of his water breathing ~~and he doesn't have the range to broadcast that kind of distance~~ ]

Edited 2024-04-13 01:01 (UTC)

[THE VOICE IS STARTING TO GET DROWNED OUT]

You--must---add--more--
Your--own--voice--!

[ IMPROMPTU?
yes he talks in poetics all the time but a SONG, or a POEM is different! do you know how long it took him to write that sonnet for azdaja? HOURS. HOURS OF HIS FREE TIME TO WRITE THAT TORTURE THREAT SONNET ]

[Yes, but she'll treasure it forever.]

[Anyway, what a great time to be chilling on the beach.]

[While he'd been content just to do instrumental, if another verse needs to be added then he feels it's his duty as shepherd to step up first. Something something AABB rhyme scheme...

He gives an extra little trill on the ocarina before he starts to give himself that extra moment of thought.]

Beast of Time, infinite ouroboros
More have arrived to join your chorus
The path before us dark and uncertain
Show us the way forward, pull back the curtain!

...O, lordly time, who waits for naught,
Who takes away both tears and light
Who grinds down stone then builds it up
The one who always says "enough,"

[ oh he is so goofing on sticking to the proper rhyme scheme stab him already. but--
but he feels like.
he really really wants to get this next bit said. for some reason. ]

Though every scale won't last forever,
May theirs be kept safe, today.
Though every scale is shed... some day,
See, still, how beautiful... they gleam...

So, please...
...save them, a little longer, for me.

[ this is so fun. ]

O Holy One, with your timeless grace,
Guide us through this endless space.
In your wisdom, may we find our way,
As we journey through night and day.

[ Well, this is hardly out of his skill range. He is enjoying them make the effort, though, and when there's an opening, he sings, as sweetly as a renaissance Disney song— ]

♫ O Time, O endless beauty's heart,
Your coils bind the future, past and present sought.
In shadows deep, where whispers dwell,
Lead us through each heavenly spell.

Under your gaze, we rise and fall,
Yet in your silence, hear our call.
With each tick, a promise made,
In your eternal hands, our fears allayed.

Oh, guide our steps through this tangled maze,
With steady clockwork, guide our days.
Your endless cycle, a dance divine,

O, mighty one, let your stars align...! ♪

[ honestly? he's just enjoying the song. also, he stopped clapping because it probably doesn't really work now but. hey. they're doing the heavy work. ]

. . .

Well shxxt they might put me outta a jxb--

[A current begins to form around all present, becoming stronger and stronger with each verse, until they suddenly find themselves within a stream of warm, rushing water and rose petals, moving them along through the mist. In a way, it feels like you're riding a serpent. Or inside it. Either or.

The mist sharks persist though, ramming against the current and trying to bite through by force, following them. They can't get through with just one or two chomps, but probably best to blast them off your trail regardless.

Though, possibly more distracting than the mist monsters ramming at the stream, is that they all may suddenly catch glimpses of each other's past lives in the water rushing by them--a moment from home, a time they were sad or vulnerable, a happy memory, etc. Maybe even something you've never intended, or wanted to share.

Well it's not like everyone here wouldn't go yapping about it, right??]

[Levi does turn his magipen-armed crook at the sharks this time, using water magic to gather them up with a small whirlpool. That should hopefully pull them away from the current and leave them vulnerable.

Most of his older memories took place under the sea, so they filter into their current environment rather well. There are other sharks encircling them now, but these are from his past, rather than from the mist. The water grows bloody, which should be drawing the sharks in, but given that it belongs to one of their own and Past Levi's claws are what's done the damage, they swim off in a flurry.

Rose's shepherd grins toothily through the murk and continues on.]

[ angie's contributions:
A small, beautiful crystal, gently spinning in the middle of an iron ring,

Angel Devil, red as blood and boiling with magical power, abandoning all pretensions of civility to savagely kick an old man in black armor off of a platform as high up as a skyscraper, surely to plunge to his death--

An imperious man in golden armor with a bladed staff, looking at Angel Devil like he's a particularly loathsome bug. "My, my, what a formidable gathering. Hoping to ambush one of your enemies, perhaps?" he asks, and the memory of Angel Devil is tense as a piano wire, as he tells his younger brother, "Zidane, take your companions and go." But the scornful laughter is thick in Golden Armor's last words. ""You're the one known as ////? Hero of harmony, and chosen of Cosmos," and the wretched lie of the words is obvious from the pain crossing Angie's face--

Deep down in the roots of an immense tree,
"No one's useless," Zidane's voice insists.

the last bit is just. angie's voice, groggy with pain.
"...it's over, Master? You've fixed me?" ]

Edited 2024-04-13 04:20 (UTC)

[ It's a memory- of a cute little boy who resembles a certain Belle Melusine, down to the gradient ombre in his hair, talking to a blond gentleman who looks like a much more mature Belle Melusine... ]

"Dad! Dad! I passed the audition! I'm going to be in a musical school drama!"

Congratulations, V̝͉̗̟̝̜̀̑͑͊̂̌̇͜͜͠i͎̜̳̩̔̇̇̓͢͞l̷̪̳̝͓͍̦̀͐̃͌̒̊̽̾! What are you playing this time?"

"Oh, the star... Well, the star's rival. It's another mean villain."

"The director's got smarts, picking the cutest boy in the world as his villain."

"I was a villain bullying the hero in the last play I was in, too. Why do I keep getting picked to play the bad guy?

Do I really look that mean?"

"Oh, far from it. I think it's because you're an exceptionally beautiful, charming boy.

Stories wouldn't have any dramatic flair without villains. They're an essential, special part of any production.

Sometimes productions are more selective about their villain casting than their hero casting. You should be proud."

"Mm. I get it, Dad..."

[ The little boy seems to be accepting... but is he really. ]

Edited 2024-04-13 05:15 (UTC)

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