Elsewhere Ain't life a bitch

[Bastian Wakefield]

It is dangerous to be out to sea alone. When fishing, setting pots and hauling, counting and measuring he had a crew of two other guys but that wasn't neccesary today. The current season was on hold while the fissing comission tallied the numbers to decide if fishing could continue.

Bastian wasn't fishing, he was scouting. He knew these waters pretty well, he had maps and charts. Right now he was looking at a deep ridge where he was sure he could strike and find some lobster.

The boat rocked on the waves, he wasn't anchored, the water was too deep but he was far enough out that he wasn't in any danger of drifting into anything.

Chowdah Girl was a small boat compared to some of the other lobster and crab boats. There was a long deck stacked with lobster traps. At the fore was the wheelhouse, his boat wasn't modernized like a lot of the boats in the harbor. He wasn't using computer guidance, everything was maps and charts which were piled in a mess on his dash. Down below was a small galley with a crew quarter fore that had four bunks but to the aft was the captain's quarters which was large enough to hold a full sized bed. The rest of the room was a jumbled mess of all of his things after he cleaned his apartment out. For the time being Chowdah Girl was his home.

Bastian was bundled in a knit sweater and an orange beanie over long messy hair. The air had a bite to it. He was in the wheel house pouring over a map and taking notes.

[Kailani Aukai]

Attire with short black flippers on her feet and a divers bag tied around her hip, a knife strapped to her thigh

Normally Kai did not swim this far out to sea, it was far more dangerous but she had been deeply entranced by watching seals playing and swimming, so she swam out into fishing zones which made her have to swim carefully to avoid the ropes that had buoys attached to them. She'd rather not get tangled up in them.

As she swam and dove, finding some large shells that were empty but when she came across a rather massive giant clam shell she had a wicked idea of a prank to pull on the ship she saw above. It had yet to click which one; a boat she often tangled lines on because they tended to drop too close to where she knew an octopus called home.

So, she swam slowly with her prize, her feet kicking the flippers until she broke the surface, her flaming red hair spreading around her as she got the shell on top of the water.

Kai then tried to use the water to gracefully lift the large shell up and then over onto the boats deck...instead, she lost control of the wave and it took and just chucked the shell over the man's head which landed right back into the water's with a loud splash!

Her eyes were rather wide at that, a hand pressing against her face now at the ocean being a jerk to her.

Kai Cinder Water control Critical Failure xD

[Bastian Wakefield]

Bastian prided himself on knowing the sea pretty well. He liked to think that she was his mistress. The sea had been part of why his ex had left him. She had thought that he was too focused on his work, maybe he was.

The wave splashed the wheelhouse and made the boat bob. A wave out of nowhere. The sea was unpredictable but that was weird right? It caused him to come out of the wheelhouse and look around. The sea was a bit choppy but he couldn't see any rogue waves that would account for the one that had splashed the wheelhouse.

He had not spotted her, at least not yet. No doubt he'd have a heart attack if he did catch sight of her dressed as she was in these frigid waters.

“"Weird."” He said as he searched his pockets for a pack of cigarettes. It was a nasty habit but it kept a man warm on a night like this.

[Kailani Aukai]

Kai Cinder Water powers; Complete Success

Kai shrunk down to just having from her nose up sticking out of the water when the man stepped out. Oh boy, what was it about boat captains that entranced her so? Perhaps it was genetic or some latent nature that she had buried deep down inside her. It didn't matter as she watched him pull out something from his pocket.

As he was distracted, she moved her hands, to and fro which now caused the ocean waters just around his boat to start making it rise and fall like a toy boat in a bathtub. It made her smirk a little as she tried to shake him about- maybe even toss him overboard!

That idea alone tickled the primal part of her brain about chasing after a sinking man.

With these thoughts though, she continued to make the waters just around his boat dance and sway while she dove back down with a splash to get even closer to the vessel that she was tormenting to learn it WAS the one she often found. That made it even better as she stayed just a little to the port side of the boat so that she could surface and cough out some water from her lungs; hopefully he did not hear the wrenching she was doing just to be able to toy with the man more.

[Bastian Wakefield]

The boat started to bob unexpectedly causing Bastian to stagger back against the wall of the deck. He almost took a spill over but caught himself. He had spent his whole life at sea, he prided himself at having a good set of sea legs. The problem was that the jolt had caused him to lose his smokes over the side, his last pack.

“"Fuck"” He said with annoyance.

What the hell was causing Chowdah Girl to dance like this? Maybe a whale? It wasn't unheard of to see one in these waters. He wasn't concerned, it wasn't like he was caught in a squall all the way out here alone.

He walked to the aft so he could check the knots on the lobster pots. The last thing he needed was to lose them.

He sang a tune low as he worked staggering now and then to keep his balance.

“"Farewell and adieu to you Spanish Ladies, Farewell and Adieu to you ladies of Spain."”

[Kailani Aukai]

Kali Cinder Siren song; Complete Success

Once she had finished coughing up a lung essentially and clearing the salt from her body, she breathed in the sea air while moving to use her upper arm strength to climb onto the port side of his boat to watch him. He started to sing; he did have a cute voice but the siren, well, she took it as a further challenge.

“Cruel and cold like winds on the sea
Will you ever return to me
Hear my voice sing with the tide
My love will never die

Over waves and deep in the blue
I will give up my heart for you
Ten long years I wait to go by
My love will never die ”

A lulling lullaby came from the siren, the scales on her arms and legs shimmering as her voice carried beautifully with the waves. Her pitch and tempo the perfect rate to seduce any sailor at sea as she clung to the side of his boat. She didn't need to do this, to seduce with her voice and lure a man to her but yet she could not resist the innate call in her blood with how much time she spent in the icy waters.

She was of the sea and her voice easier carried around the swirling waters in this area as her eyes watched to see how the man reacted to her song.

[Bastian Wakefield]

“"What the..."” He said when he heard the song.

Every sailor knew at least one tall tale about sirens, only they thought they were tall tales. The sailors that actually believed in them were often made into the laughingstock of the community. Bastian didn't believe any of it. Everything was perfectly explainable by science, there was no more wonder and fantasy in the world but still he heard her voice, it had to be the sweetest thing he had ever heard.

He looked around. Was he going crazy?

He leaned on the rail over the side and caught sight of a flash of red in the water, her song grew louder as he neared until he actually saw her. His eyes went wide in surprise and wonder. Still though he tried to explain things in his mind. She must have washed off of another ship, she was lucky to be alive in these frigid waters.

Thinking quicly he tossed her a life preserver. Her voice was so beautiful... It was distracting.

[Kailani Aukai]

The sight of the sailor coming to her made her smile, she easily swam in the waters as the waves lashed at her face. She now just hummed the tune so that it carried on the air as she moved closer and closer still until she got to the side of his boat.

Her eyes stared up at him, the water settling as she softly hummed to fill the sea air with the alluring tune that she had going on. The man seemed to enjoy it which was a boon in her book as her hand then reached up to his. She didn't think much of the life vest; she was the best swimmer in the ocean, so she knew that she was safe.

[Bastian Wakefield]

“ "How the hell did you get out here?! It's freezing?"” He pulled her up. Where the hell was her boat, probably already sunk he supposed. He lifted her with a groan, he was quite strong but still lifting someone out of the water at that angle was difficult. She was still humming and singing, she was probably delirious. He needed to get her downstairs to the bunk to get dry and warm.

[Kailani Aukai]

Kai Strike (Pulling) 6 passes against Human DC 1
Kai Cinder Ocean Magic: 4 passes; Complete Success

“Not for me it is, ” her voice sang to him as she reached for his hand, a mischievous smirk on her face now as she had his hand and then reached with her other hand to grab his forearm and pulled him down into the ocean water where he'd crash into but find himself not wet in the slightest as the Siren laughed as she formed a whirling bubble of water around them but the center had air.

It was limited air but she couldn't help but pull him down into her world, a laugh leaving her as she kept a grip on him with one hand while the other pressed against the inside of the water bubble. Around them, he'd easily be able to see the clear waters under the ocean; schools of fish swimming around, a whale off in the distance and under them his traps and rocks. “Stay in the bubble sailor...I don't think you wish to drown. ”

[Bastian Wakefield]

“Holy... What the...” He panicked, at first he wasn't even sure what he was panicking about. She had pulled him off of the boat, his boat. How was he not wet? What the hell was he in and? Too many questions and not enough answers. He took a deep breath and looked around with wide eyes. Whatever was happening it was awesome, terrifying but awesome.

“ "Who the... How are you doing this?"” His voice still held the edge of panic. He was trying to play it cool but there was no way this was actually happening. It wasn't everyday some hot redhead pulled you into the ocean. Sailors spoke of temptresses in the sea but he had never thought that it was even remotely possible.

[Kailani Aukai]

Kai laughed, a smile on her face as she kept the bubble going around them as she leaned in close to the sailor. There was a playful smile on her face as she leaned up close to his cheek to press a small kiss to it if he didn't protest to it.

“I'm magic...I can do a lot of things, sailor, ” Kai told him honestly as she let go of his hand to point out in the distance for him to be able to see the whales swimming out in the sea, “Have you ever taken a look as to what the world looked like under the water? ” she asked softly, her voice holding that alluring note to it as she went from looking out to see to looking at him again.

[Bastian Wakefield]

“ I uh... ” He started. He was trying to compose himself, he still had yet to decide if this was real or not. Either he had died or he was halucinating, yea maybe that was it. He blinked a few times, nope she was still there, still beautiful. He understood now the old fisherman's tales. He needed to get his head right. If this WAS real and it seemed that it was then freaking out wasn't going to help anyone.

“ I've seen nature documentaries but... I've never chilled in a bubble with a magical redhead. ”

[Kailani Aukai]

Kai giggled, her hand moving to take his hand to place on her chest. It was the easiest place to put it given the situation going on right now. He looked like he didn't believe she was real so she wanted him to feel the warmth from her skin radiating into his hand.

“This is better than a nature documentary isn't it? Look up and you will see your boat and down you will see your traps...look around and you'll see the ship wrecks filled with other creatures not as friendly as me, ”Kai told him, her tone playful but also a slight warning in it to not go into shipwrecks in these parts.