A Day at the Beach Meme

[givesherflower]

So you need a vacation. The weather's nice, so why not hit the beach?



So here are the rules:

1. Comment with your character and put their name and canon in the subject line.
2. Do beach stuff with whoever threads with you. Go tanning. Collect seashells. Have a picnic. Swim. Surf. Visit the little resort. Get stranded at sea in a canoe. Day or night. Do your own thing.
3. There is no need for RNG here, just have fun. :)

Comments

[papshooshing]

ACK! DON'T! This is a stupid idea!

[shadowdive]

You want to stop being afraid of the water, right?

[papshooshing]

I can't swim. That's the problem here, genius.

[shadowdive]

That's why I didn't go out far, idiot. I'm going to teach you how to at least tread water. That way, you won't drown right off the bat.

[papshooshing]

That's not a thing land faring trolls are meant to do. Do we have gills? Do you see any fucking gills on me?

[shadowdive]

Do you see any on me? [Dropping him in the waist deep water again.]

[papshooshing]

[ he lands in the water with a swear, though there is no flailing around this time. ]

Asshole.

[shadowdive]

Right right, now let me see what you would do if you were in deeper water. You have to at least have some resemblance to self-preservation when dumped in water.

[papshooshing]

...You already saw what I would do.

[shadowdive]

Seriously. You would just flail around, wasting energy so you drown faster. [In otherwords, you now know not to do that.]

[papshooshing]

It's better than the sea beasts getting to you first.

[shadowdive]

Not if you can swim back onto a boat or whatever you fell from in the first place.

[Leaning down and hooking his arm beneath Karkats middle, Vanitas suspends him in the water on his back.]

First, you're going to learn to float. This is the best way to conserve energy and to avoid drowning when there isn't anything around you to hang onto.

[papshooshing]

[ okay, so. he's just going to lay there motionless, except for the hands now covering his eyes.

at least he's going to listen. ]

[shadowdive]

[Stop looking ridiculous. Snorting, Vani pulls his hips up slightly to try and adjust the trolls center of gravity.] Just relax and lean up with your stomach. Keeping your back straight makes it easier to inflate your lungs all the way down to the gut and make you float. Let your arms stretch out too.

[papshooshing]

[ okay, whatever. Karkat grumbles, a few hissing swears passing through his teeth. he complies, though HIS CLOTHES ARE STILL ON AND THUS WEIGHING HIM DOWN A LITTLE. ]

[shadowdive]

[Hey, floating while wearing clothes is a more likely scenario at this point! Crouching slightly in the water so he's sunk to his shoulders, Vanitas shifts his arm and rests both forearms beneath Karkats back, letting him practice while occasionally drifting his arms down to check if he's floating or just laying on him.]

It's normal to get a bit of water on your face until you get the hang of it. [Aka, don't freak out.]

[papshooshing]

[ well his eyes are just going to stay shut. it's not like he's going to hyperventilate. oh wait. he might be.

BUT HE'S TRYING, VANI. TRYING HARD TO JUST FLOAT THERE. ]

[shadowdive]

[Stop hyperventilating. Karkat is earning a flick in the forehead.] Breath normal. I'm not going to let you sink.

[papshooshing]

Ow!

[ jerks forward, no longer floating but just sitting there. ]

I've never actually BEEN in the ocean before you know.

[shadowdive]

Now you have. [Being a hardass, it's what he does.] It's just salty water. Nothing is going to come eat you, so relax. [But seriously if some shark shows up, Vani will punch it in the gills, okay.]

Trust me.

[papshooshing]

Fine, fine.

[ glares at for a moment longer. ]

Move so I can try this again.

[shadowdive]

[Shifting back, Vanitas lifts his arms and scoots Karkat back up onto his back. Float, gdmit.]

[papshooshing]

[ hey! he could've done it on his own. but he takes a shaky breath and exhales, closing his eyes and focusing on keeping his hips up. ]

[shadowdive]

[It's just enough of a push. Letting him get balanced, Vani gives him a good five minutes of floating like that before chuckling quietly.]

See? Not that hard.

[papshooshing]

[ his ear twitches slightly in the water, grunting. he cracks an eye to glare. ]

I'm getting used to it.