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[a_silent_due]

[behold, a sea horse!ridin' mermaidn!Kanda.

With a lasso.

Roundin' up a couple of these:]

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[callmeclariel]

[Swimming by, swimming by~]

You sure you can handle that?

[a_silent_due]

[peers off his beeyooteeful sea horse........ then looks away, most definitely not blushing.]

That the new fashion? Put some shells on, woman.

[callmeclariel]

[There is a glare here, which might look a little more ridiculous given the underwater state of her hair, floating around like its own octopus.]

Shells? I have a bathing suit top on and you want me to downgrade to shells? How is that better?

[a_silent_due]

[SILENCE, WOMAN. CRACKS THE WHIP.]

Just ---- sew some in. Weave some algae, or. Tchh.

[callmeclariel]

Sew some in?

[She supplies the equivalent of a frysquint.]

You know, if it makes you uncomfortable I could just swim somewhere else.

[a_silent_due]

[cough]

It's a free ocean.

[callmeclariel]

Then I'll just stick around for a while.

[This accompanied by some swimming here and there.]

Need any help?

[a_silent_due]

[oh so manry on his mount.]

Ever ridden a sea horse?

[callmeclariel]

[A pause in swimming to consider this. Being aware that there's a curse on sometimes makes her reactions a little less than genuine, but Claire doesn't think it's overall a total loss.]

About as often as I've ridden a real horse.

[a_silent_due]

[unfortunately very sure he is Made for This Life [TM], Kanda... abandons his sea horsie, swimming by and taking it to a halt, nodding from the pony-thing to Clariel over there]

Tail on the side. Get up. Can't herd off a horse.

[callmeclariel]

[Really this shouldn't be so complicated, but Claire has never been particularly graceful outside of cheerleading - and that kind of grace is a stretch - so it takes her a moment or two to get situated and not nearly fall off as soon as she gets up.]

Now what?