Ah the Sea (Open/Mod)

[Jay]

"If the fortress wouldn't sink in the sand as a result," Raphael answered back not really caring about Sen's complaints in the least. Ignoring complaining people had become somewhat of a past time given that a certain young man on the ship he had been on did a lot of it. "Be glad there are no sand monsters coming up out of the sand and trying to eat you whole." At this, Raphael chuckled to himself finding that it was mildly funny at least to him. The idea of a sand monster would have been unnerving in itself if Raphael had not already assumed that he'd seen the worst the world had to offer him (though this also made him a tad too confident for his own good, heh...)

[Lady Leaf]

“Well if they rebuilt it enough times it’d eventually stop sinking.” Sen grinned. The sad thing about what he had said is that people had rebuilt places over and over again in swamps like that. A slightly nervous expression crossed Sen’s face when Raphael mentioned sand monsters. The first thing that came to his mind was a giant brownish yellow Gyarados jumping out of the sand like a huge warm. The idea of it gave Sen the shivers though he knew it was highly unlikely. It did remind him why he was more of a city dweller.

“Tiny sand monsters whom eat your toes. This sand couldn’t be deep enough for big ones... right?”

[Jay]

The muscular pirate laughed deep in his throat at Sen's comment on the sea beasts. "I'd assume that there has to be a deep enough spot to hold some sort of creature bigger than you," he answered back shrugging his shoulders a little as he continued to walk rather carefully through the mass of sand. In the back of his mind, Raphael hoped that there wasn't too much to handle on such things or it literally would be a problem. All but speeding up as he moved, Raphael found his eyes moving around on the sand.

[Lady Leaf]

Sen felt a shudder run up his spine as Raphael raised his opinion about there being spots deep enough to hold a large creature. He really didn’t want to think about what that creature could look like as all that came to mind was that darn Gyarados. “I don’t mind as long as they keep to them…” Sen’s sentence was cut off when Ada suddenly ran up to him and attempted to climb into his arms. Problem was, he was waste high in sand and even then she was too big to hold. Either way she was trying her very best to climb as high as she could in his arms.

“Ada… what are… you’re too big!” Sen yelped as he tried to hold her and look around at the same time. Something had spooked her but what was unknown to Sen. He couldn’t see anything as he tried so look through her legs.

[Jay]

Raphael seemed to tense as the thought of something else being out there came to his thoughts and as his thoughts were all but confirmed by the worries of the spider pokemon. His eyes began to quickly scale the sand, and he seemed to have stopped walking completely. "Do you see anything?" he asked rather tense now. He couldn't see anything, but pokemon tended to have better senses than humans. After a few seconds, he took out a pokeball and released a Panpour who seemed to rest rather easily on the muscular man's shoulder and stare out at the sand. "See anything, Shen?" Raph asked the Panpour who was now 'looking' around more or less actually listening for movements.

[Lady Leaf]

"I can't... see anything with... these legs in my face!" Sen replied having a bit of trouble getting his words out as the spider continued to try and climb him. When the water pokemon appeared Ada seemed to calm down a bit and she stopped struggling to have all her feet attached to Sen. Once the spider was half off Sen, giving him his sight back, he asked, "Ok Ada, what's out there that's so scary?" He asked unable to see anything but steaming hot sand for miles.

Ada on the other hand began to point a little ways away at patch in the sand that was soaking up the sun rather well. Sen squinted his eyes at the spot, glaring at it closly as he almost expected a man eating or bug eating creature to suddenly jump out and attack them. Luckily nothing of the sort happened. Instead a very small flame appeared and then disapeared. The emence heat from the sun licking the sand had caused the area to create a few small flames every now and then. To Sen that simply meant, 'don't go over there or you're going to need more then just water to cool you down'. Hot sand hurt. Sen knew that all too well.

"Seriously?" Sen questioned as he turned and gave the same narrowed eyes as he had given the spot she had pointed to, "This was all over a bit of hot sand?" Ada nodded quickly and pointed to the water pokemon. Apparently she believed that the Panpour should cool the sand down. "Ada, we are in a desert of open sand. We are going to run into many hot spots like that. We aren't going to cool down every patch of hot sand we run into." He laughed seeing the expression on Ada’s face when she realized there would be more hot spots like that. She disliked fire very much. Sure she could handle a few fire pokemon… maybe… but for the most part she liked to avoid fire of any kind completely. After all, bugs and fire just didn’t go well together.

[Jay]

Upon seeing that it was nothing more than the spider's panic on fire, Raphael calmed considerably. Shen, who seemed to now be 'staring' at the fire suddenly grinned a tad mischievously. Forming a Water Gun, he shot it at the Ariados without a second thought before bursting into a fit of laughter. Raphael sweat dropped considerably before smirking a little to himself.

[Lady Leaf]

If the spider’s eyes could open in shock any bigger then they already were they would have. She froze for a few moments before she realized she was being laughed at. Even Sen had began laughing at the sight of Ada getting hit by the water gun.

In a fit of anger Ada climbed off Sen and was about to march over and smack Shen. However before she could get very far Sen grabbed one of her back legs causing her to topple over for a moment. “Lighten up Ada. He was only cooling you down.” Sen chuckled as she turned her head and glared at him some more. After a moment she finally stuck her head up high and snobbishly and began to walk again.

[Jay]

The fact that he had gotten away with splashing the giant spider did nothing but make the Panpour laugh that much harder. However, after a few seconds, he seemed to relax again and ended up sitting down on Raphael's shoulder. It seemed that he was having quite an interesting time of it now. Raphael chuckled for a few more seconds before slowly starting to move through the sand again. It was getting hotter out, and though Raphael refused to admit it outright, he was starting to want to take a break. Not in this sand... was what came to mind after a moment when Raphael thought of what all could actually be in there. After a few seconds, he stopped completely as the flow of he sand seemed to change. His eyes scanned over the area and then quickly looked back at Sen. "Move," was the quick order as Raphael began to start shoving his way through the sand... or rather... quicksand... damn it.

[Lady Leaf]

Sen once again began to follow the larger man when he began to walk. Ada was still holding her head up snobbishly as they walked but soon enough she had lowered it. He hadn’t stopped walking again until he noticed Ada was oddly having trouble with the sand. Her feet kept sinking in forcing her to pull them out again. She didn’t normally sink…

Move? Sen had no idea why he was moving as he hadn’t even noticed himself sinking a bit as he stood there. But the look on Raphael’s face and the sudden command got Sen moving rather quickly. To where he was moving he wasn’t sure so he decided to go the same direction as Raphael. The more he moved the quicker he sank though he figured the sand was just getting deeper. Somehow he had missed the quicksand on the first trip through the sandy sea so he really didn’t think twice about it.

[Jay]

The sand continued to sink, but that was now the least of Raphael's worries as the sound of moving air hit his ears. As he turned his head, the pirate stared for a moment and all but gawked at seeing that they now had to deal with not only quicksand but also... a twister that was rushing and throwing up the sand in the dunes??? In half a second, Raphael had seized Sen's arm and was all but dragging him through the sand now. They had to get away as quickly as possible, and this sand was not helping and oh shit this was bad. Raphael's cool thoughts were crumbling to a general irritated odd fear running through him that simply had one goal: moving as quickly as possible. "Shen use Ice Beam and block that air if you can!" Raphael called. The Panpour formed an Ice Beam and shot it towards the twister making an ice wall.

[Lady Leaf]

Sen turned his head a bit at the sound of wind picking up. At first his gaze had been rather until it was suddenly changed to panic when realized why the wind was suddenly so loud. He stood in shock for a moment before Raphael grabbed hold of his arm and began to drag him through the sand. Sen had a feeling it wouldn’t matter how fast they tried to make there way through the sand, they were not going to out run a twister.

Even Ada looked rather paniced as she ran past the two men and stopped a few feet away. She was ready to use a string for them to hold onto if they got caught in the twister… though it most likely wouldn’t be much help if she got caught too.

Sen quickly turned his gaze to Raphael as the man called out the name ‘Shen’. He was almost going to protest that Ada couldn’t use a Ice beam attack when realized the large man had been talking to the water pokemon. ‘He said Shen, not Sen’ Sen’s mind laughed inside. Not to mention that Raphael didn’t even know Sen’s name was Sen…

“Will.. Will that hold?” Sen asked after the Ice wall was created. Sen had truthfully never ran into a twister before. He had only ever heard horror stories about how the powerful winds could tare through entire buildings. He had made him swear he had never wanted to see one up close. Sadly today he broke that promise to himself.

[Jay]

Raphael didn't answer the man he was still more or less dragging for a good time as they moved. The Panpour formed another Ice Beam and continued to make a rather odd shield of sorts or rather barrier between themselves and the harsh winds that were still managing to throw sand over the ice and making it 'rain' sand. "Not for long," Raphael finally called as he continued to fight his way quickly through the sand. This was a lot more than he had been after, and now it was harder and harder to keep moving. They just... had to get away. As he continued to move, Raphael began to find an incline in the ground making it easier to stand, thankfully. They just.. had to get away.

[Lady Leaf]

"That's reassuring" Sen half joked as he tried his best to keep up with the other man. Not that he had choice being dragged anyways. At least Sen was able to keep a rather light hearted view on the situation though despite his jokes he was rather worried if they would be making it through this or not.

"Well we can't die here. Well actually, you can, I can't. I'm too young." He then teased as he found the sand below his feet start to thin. It was making it a bit easer to walk but was it really enough to get away? All he could do was keep trying. There wasn't much he or his pokemon could do against such winds. He also needed to start keeping is mouth shut. The sand flying around kept getting into his mouth every time he breathed. Along with his nose, his eyes, and most likely in his ears too. He would need one long bath if they got out alive. At least he wasn’t worried about the heat anymore.

[Jay]

Raphael just kept moving. Even as Sen spoke, the muscular pirate just kept moving as his Panpour continued to dish out ice and make a barrier of sorts. It was a good ten minutes until the winds finally died down and it seemed that they were out of immediate danger. Shen had continued shooting out ice beams more or less because he could then and there despite the lack of immediate danger. Raphael sighed as it seemed that they had managed to get away. "This sand is worse than the sea in some respects," he sighed a bit.

[Lady Leaf]

Red Hair / Purple Eyes / Pale Skin

“In… some respects?” Sen asked, half out of breath as they finally slowed to a stop. “I think… I’d rather…” He sucked in a deep breath suddenly and let it out again in an attempt to catch his breath. Yet even in his exhausted state he still wore that goofy grin upon his face, “stick to the city. Only trouble I find there is someone trying to kill me for snatching their wallet.” It took him a moment to realize he had just admitted to stealing but by then it was too late. Once the truth was out, the truth was out. Not that it mattered anyway. Raphael wasn’t the first to know he profession and wouldn’t be the last either. He just didn’t normally admit it until he was certain his company wouldn’t be sticking around anymore. All he could do now was let his smile grow just that much bigger.

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[Jay]

Raphael didn't say anything when Sen had admitted to stealing. He was a pirate after all, and it wasn't like he hadn't run into just general thieves and things while spending time on land. However, he was reminded of a particular city on an island far far far away that was noted for thieves... they were even considered demons by some, yet most were sure that they were, in fact, human by all other aspects aside form nature. The people there set fire to just about everything at one time or another, and it resembled nothing but a perpetual hell of sorts with its inhabitants being as was stated, demonic, by nature. This was where he had met Lark, a particular young man whom would join the crew for a bit before going on his own way..... Damn nostalgia. Shaking his head a bit, Raphael found himself half laughing. "To get by, eh?" he asked with a general smirk on his face.

[Lady Leaf]

Red Hair / Purple Eyes / Pale Skin

“Sometimes it’s the only way,” Sen laughed a little. For him it was the only way but hey… who was judging it anyway? After that he looked back up at the sky and sighed seeing how bright the sun. Another heat way… At least with the twister the winds had kept them cool. Now they had used a bunch of energy and the sun was out to take it’s toll on them. He never, ever wanted to travel through these sands again. Ever. Wait… was he feeling… regret? Nope, that wasn’t it. He was just feeling stupid.

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[Jay]

Raphael was beginning to feel the heat setting itself on him, but having been on a ship and in such weather, it didn't bother him as badly as it would have most. "So what exactly is your full story?" Raph finally asked looking back a moment as Sen as he continued to push his way through the sand rather carefully.

[Lady Leaf]

Red Hair / Purple Eyes / Pale Skin

Well, that was a rare question. Even more so that Sen was actually planning on answering it. Though he didn't see why not. The man knew he was a thief and so he really didn't have much else to hide. He just didn't really like talking about himself.

"Was saved by a gang of thieves when was ten," Sen replied with a shrug of his shoulders, "Couldn't remember even my own name so I joined them and been with them ever since." He really didn't feel like going into any more detail then that. As far as he was concerned his life was rather boring and would amount to nothing. “How about you? How’d you end up becoming a sailor?”

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