it tried to swallow me, so i swallowed it

“I'm not going to die," she said. "Not till I've seen it." "Seen what?" Her smile widened. "Everything.”

[oceanfight]

[ k i s s ]

“I- uh- bounty?” Cora pretended once more as if she didn’t know what Daiyu was speaking of. “As I said, I’m glad to see you’re unharmed, though.” She herself tried to steer the other girl away from the part of their conversation that was painfully embarrassing, though her attempt wasn’t as smooth as Daiyu’s.

“Yes, I wanted a kiss.” she says bluntly, eager to see a new blush spreading through Cora’s cheeks, “I always land on my feet, no matter what the world throws at me.” 

[oceanfight]

[ of course she is, it’s a serpent! ] 

“I do. The ocean is always such a calming sight. But it’s really the endlessness of it that makes it so exciting.” She sighed, wistfully. Then she perked up when Daiyu mentioned the ship. “Did you really live on a ship? Oh, you must tell me all about it! All the adventures you must have had!”

“Where have you been to? Have you ever seen a sea serpent or a shrake? Do you know how to raise a mast? Do you exchange stories at night?”

“My, you are curious, aren’t you?” she didn’t mind answering the questions, she just hoped she could remember them all. “Yes, I live on a ship. Not as adventurous as you might think, we are a simple merchant’s ship. If I was a pirate this would be a different story, they know how to have fun.”

“Everywhere! Mostly Asia, but we know the european seas as well. A mast? Yes. Stories? All the time, not just at night... but a sea serpent, oh, I don’t think you are interested in that story.”

[oceanfight]

[ caught! ]

Her first mate was definitely always making sure Hei’s crazy plans were turned into real plans that would actually work. Hearing the sound, Hei was already softly following after it. “Come on.” She mouthed at Ghost. 

Daiyu’s footsteps were barely noticeable as she followed Hei, a ghost roaming the halls. Grabbing the captain’s wrist, she nodded to a closed room. “There.”

[oceanfight]

[ the sea, it calls me! ]

“Yes, I did actually. For a few months anyway.” She and her brother had managed to get jobs in a crew to make the passage to England. “It was fun, yeah, but I think there are…well like you said, full of possibilities. I’m sure you’ll find something you like here.”

“Really? And how did that happen?” people didn’t end up on ships by accident, there must be a good story behind that, “I am sure I will, and I do like a brand new adventure, but the still still beckons me.”

[oceanfight]

[ eternal booze ]

“Well to start with, I can only regrow bones on a good day.” Milo kissed her cheek, “And if you look here.” he pointed at one of the pictures. “That’s a liver. One day, all of yours will start to fall apart because of all the rum you drink. When that day comes, I will have no idea how to fix you because no one read me this book.” He wrapped his arms around her waist, clearly more interested in affection than reading. 

Well, she does enjoy her liquor. 

Snuggling into his embrace, Daiyu opens the book to the first page, intent on reading it now. “Don’t do that, it’s distracting,” pecking his nose, she adjusted their position so her neck wouldn’t hurt as she read, “I’ll read it for you.”

[oceanfight]

[ in love with the sea ]

Juno hummed to herself as she walked along the through the corridor Hogwarts was cold, the world was cold, and she tucked her cape around her elbows. The snow was beautiful, but still, she didn’t want to be here, she faintly wondered if she ran away would her Mother even look for her. She sighed hardly noticing another figure leaning up against the window until she spoke, and Juno’s lips curled, feeling similar as she’d grown near the coastline and among the estuaries of Wareham. 

“I do as well. Which sea are you looking for?” her smile was small. 

“All of them,” stretching herself up, Daiyu looked at the lake fondly for a few last seconds before turning to the girl, “I tried picking a favorite some time ago, but I couldn’t choose. I am looking for all of them.”

[oceanfight]

[ daiyu stay away from the angel girl ]

Henrietta turned to look at what Daiyu was looking at. The frozen lake actually got her excited in thinking about skating, since Holden would freak out at the thought of her swimming anyway. 

“I love the sea,” she gushed in reply. “I’ve always imagined what it would be like to travel across it. Long journeys with the wind in your hair. Reaching far off places and seeing all kinds of things along the way. It all sounds fascinating, doesn’t it?”

"Do you?” going through her mental roster, Daiyu recognized the girl as the youngest hufflepuff, the beautiful and tragic one. “I’ve lived on a ship for the past few years, why don’t you tell me what you think an adventure at sea would be like. See how much you guessed is actually the truth.”

Reaching forward, the tugged a lock of Henrietta’s blonde hair and twisted it around her finger, “The wind though, makes your hair dry. Yours is so shiny and soft, I would hate to see it destroyed.”

[oceanfight]

[ delight ]

Seeing the wistful look, Dayo felt sorry for her. He knew what it was like to miss home. “Ah, you clearly don’t know the fun that ice skating is.” He held out his hand for hers. “Please allow me to introduce you to that delight?” 

“Ice skating?”  accepting his hand, she let him take the lead, “A delight, huh? That sounds promising.”

[oceanfight]

[ i am too pretty to be ignored ]

She was beautiful, James knew that. He also knew this was a dangerous situation. Either way, he was in trouble. “But it would be a better world if we did not need to pick up weapons, Miss. Especially beautiful women.” He bowed his head slightly, trying to concede that she was attractive so she wouldn’t be offended.

“So, you think I am beautiful. Good,” looking him up and down, Daiyu tried to understand why he wasn’t falling for her tricks, confused as to why a beautiful man like him wasn’t more comfortable with flirtation. The head bow, especially beautiful women... dear god, is he a romantic? “I see, you are one of those man who like to play the hero. If I had tripped, or was attacked by someone holding this knife, you would be a lot nicer. It’s the adrenaline of the save, you enjoy that feeling, right? Being the savior?”

[oceanfight]

[ not a one trick pony ]

Evie hummed in agreement. Very dangerous invaders. “So, how did you learn to throw like that?” It was better to deflect the attention onto the other woman. “Do you know anything else?” She couldn’t hide her excitement at the idea of learning something new. 

“My husband owned a pub, and men get very rowdy when they drink.” she did learn some good tricks there, but most of her knowledge comes from her life before her husband, and her life in the ship. “I know lots of things darling, what would you like to know?”

[oceanfight]

[ come on, fun plan ]

Hei laughed, but she was also making note of the idea. Not for now, but maybe when they were ready, it’d be a wonderful distraction. Anything that went missing would be blamed on the nifflers, at least to start with. “Who said we can’t come up with plans?” She joked, although she knew they relied on Lavinia to perfect plans. 

“Lavinia, pretty much every other day.” she joked, her laughter abruptly cut off when she heard something that sounded like tiny excited footsteps. “Did you hear that?”

[oceanfight]

[ bounty ]

“Oh, no,” Cora shook her head with a little chuckle. “I’m sure you’ve seen many an interesting thing.” After all, the woman had been planning on stealing a pirate ship. Certainly she’d had a life of adventure? “It was…” Cora hesitated, still embarrassed. “In port, once. You ran by and told me you were planning on commandeering a ship. Were you successful?” She’d conveniently left out the bit about being asked for a kiss.

Now she remembers, just before she joined Hei’s crew she ran into this lovely girl near the port. “Aren’t you forgetting something, because I remember I left without getting my bounty.” and she, in turn, is conveniently moving the conversation away from the pirate ship she had wanted to steal, Lavinia will have her head if she destroys their alibi so soon.

[oceanfight]

[ don’t study, have fun ]

“I would much rather flatter you than do anything else.” Milo sighed longingly, as though imagining the scenario. “Well, I should think that’s obvious, my love,” He peered over her shoulder, “If you’re all going to rely on me, I have to learn them.”

“But you are so good already, I can’t imagine there is a lot more to learn.” Milo has always been there to save them in scrapes, make sure they finish each trip in one piece. “What can these books teach you that you haven’t already learned in action?”

[oceanfight]

[ not as fun ]

“I can understand that.” Annie said, coming to stand beside her. “Are you part of the merchant crew that just landed?” They had made quite an entrance into the school, a merchant crew full of magical people was a surprise after all. Not to mention their…strange ways. “It must be different being here, but the land has its own beauty too.”

“Yes, I am one of the merchants.” the word merchant is so ugly, why can’t they just say they are pirates who are taking a little vacation? It’s not that she has a problem with deception, but merchants are such a boring group. They have rules, regulations!  “I know, it’s fine and so full of possibilities, but, have you ever lived in the sea miss?”

[dearemma]

This movie has a lot of problems but this scene was a masterpiece.

[oceanfight]

The lake was frozen solid, not a peep of current could be seen. It had been like that for a few days already, but everyday she would watch it and hope for sight of water. Perched against a window, Daiyu pouted and stared into the snowy landscape.

 “I miss the sea.”

[oceanfight]

[ flattery will get you everywhere ]

“Have I told you how beautiful you are yet today?” Milo instantly sat up and smiled at Daiyu. “Because right now you’re the most beautiful woman on earth.” He wrinkled his nose at her protest. “It’s not that bad. It’s about healing. Isn’t that interesting?”

“Are you trying to flatter me into doing this? Because if you are, continue.” flipping through the book, she scanned the spells quickly, still not finding anything that catches her eye. “To some, this doesn’t really excite me. With you around, who needs to learn healing spells.”