pearly whites
@shinkusame:
Swords sink, but bodies float.
In between them both he swims, soaring for the surface with a handful of pearls clutched in his glove. They’re common enough, three whites and a pink, but he doesn’t intend to exchange them for any prizes.
No, these are his to keep.
Moments after cresting through the water, the world explodes. Well, no. Someone’s just dived in, and between the mouthful of sea in his nose and throat, Yagen manages to blink back enough salt to find that he’s lost all but the pink pearl in his hand.
His face falls slightly.
Meanwhile, the errant diver’s bobbed back up to the surface, enough for him to glimpse bright red hair and a set of sharpened teeth. Like fangs, but this time he bites first.
‘You know, I was only three short.’