#002 // in person

[infiniillusion]

[Even though by now several people had told Kanda the ship was likely going to sink, now that it was actually happening it was still a surprise. He generally didn't like boats, and being in one huge as this almost felt as if a continent was sinking. Unpleasant

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[whitefacedclown]

[The last thing that had been on Allen's mind was the fact that he really should have gotten something to help him for when the ship was completely under. Instead he had been trying to get the people off the ship, which he was still trying to do. Stopping for the moment he looked over, the ship had started to sink faster, he was sure of it.]

Hurry up, come on, this way.

[He followed the group of people, making sure that kids stayed with their families and so on. Once he felt like they were safe he started to run back, innocence activated once again as he used the cowl to grab onto the side as he realised there wasn't much left he could do. Looking over he was sure he spotted someone he knew...with some sort of duck... thing. Making sure to focus as best as he could he realised who it was and not even trying to hold back the laughter and just let it all out.]

[infiniillusion]

[Meanwhile Kanda had settled himself on the ship's safety fence so he could properly react if the ship started turning vertical, completely ignorant of all the rushing and chaos - it was starting to die down by now, though.]

[And then he hears someone laughing and it sounds like Beansprout, and when he looks around he spots the brat looking right at him.]

[Cue bitter look.]

[Because Kanda genuinely sees nothing funny about it. Therefore he assumes Walker must have gone mad out of stress or fear or whatever it is, and the laughter is just a hysterical outburst of it.]

So you finally lost it.

[whitefacedclown]

No, I have not lost it. I'm just laughing at your duck thing. You really know how to sink with style.

[He chuckles slightly, keeping a rather firm grip on the fence, or at least his cowl does that for him.]

I'm surprised they didn't put you on a boat, after all your hair can mistake you for a woman.

[infiniillusion]

...It doesn't sink, idiot.

[Well, of course it might for a short while, with the ship pull and everything, but it's definite to float right back up. All thanks to ducky.]

[...you did not just go there. Cue twitching and growling.]

Want to die?!

[pickldpineapple]

[Well like with most problem Mukuro has come by, he planned to solve it in the best way he knew how: Lie.

In this case he was going to lie himself into a child... because he is THAT good of a liar... or more appropriately, illusionist. The child Mukuro heads to the lifeboats alone, when he is forced to pause to look at...

Oh dear god what is that?]

. . . . .

[And he is just going to stare. Stare and silently judge you Kanda.]

[infiniillusion]

[What is it with all the brats staring at him this last fifteen minutes? Kanda senses that look soon enough, and he is not amused the slightest. In fact, he glares right back at the kid, and glances around for anything he could throw at him. It's rude to stare at people, you know.]

[pickldpineapple]

[Oh he feels that glare. He feels it and is thriving on Kanda's irritation like a leach. He smirks, holding back the urge to simply crack up laughing at this. How could one wear such an expression with that... THING!]

Kufufufu, I don't believe I've ever seen a grown man garbed in one of those... Where did you even find such a thing on the ship?

[infiniillusion]

[Well, technically, he's ten or something. But he's not going to say it, of course. So he just scowls. What's wrong with having a floating ducky in a boat that's about to sink? Nothing. It's perfectly logical.]

[Stupid kid.]

My closet.

[Glare.]

[nec_metu]

[Lenalee had been running all over the ship, helping people where she could but primarily searching for her comrades. The sinking ship held little danger for her, unless she became trapped inside once it was completely submerged. Otherwise she could kick her way through anything in her path, and comfortably hover above the water for a time once she was out. While she knew that Allen and Kanda were more sturdy than most, she still refused to leave the boat without knowing for certain that they were both safe. Pride or not, she could carry at least one of them if necessary, though both at once would be pushing it.]

[Except when she finally finds Kanda... he seems to be wearing an inflatable duck. So perhaps his pride won't be much trouble after all.]

Kanda, you have to get on a lifeboat! I can carry you out to one that's already left if they won't let you on, they aren't all full.

[And... well, she has to ask.]

Why are you wearing that?

[infiniillusion]

[Talk about saving grace descending from the sky, except not. He scowls and takes a step back. Being carried by Lenalee is embarrassing enough, but the lifeboats? No. He might have considered it otherwise.]

[Defiantly;]

I'm not getting into one of those.

[They're for ladies and wimps goddammit, he's quite sure there are still some around in this chaos. And he's neither. Plus stubborn.]

[The question does catch him offguard enough to answer it without consulting logic, though, and so he does, scowling to the side with a bit of embarrassment and grumbling under his breath;]

I can't swim.

[nec_metu]

[Lenalee stares at him, aghast.]

Why not? Everyone has to!

[And he is going to whether he wants to or not, but she is a bit curious as to why Kanda would refuse in the first place.]

[The seconds admission surprises her, though. Lenalee tries not to let an amused smile show.]

The water here is freezing, that won't help you much. We need to get to the lifeboats.

[She makes a grab for his hand, tugging insistently.]

[infiniillusion]

There's not enough of them for everyone. Save place for someone more delicate.

[Almost sneering a bit as he says this. And no, he does not find anything amusing in it and scoffs more at the way Lenalee's lips press together as if trying to stop a smile. But he doesn't comment on it.]

Tch. I don't mind cold as long as I'm not sinking.

[Urrrrg very reluctantly making a couple of steps to follow with the tugging and then stopping again. Um, no.]