a ship on a ship

[rollin]

Who: Misaki Yata and Haruna
When: 03/08
Where: on the ferry to Palaméde
What: Yata gets on a ship to meet a ship.
Rating: PG for Yata's potty mouth

[ The wind in his hair, the smell of the sea. Yata's used to the feeling, but the crisp, white uniform reminds him this isn't home. Palaméde is but a speck to him from the deck. What will he find there? He barely knows where he is, and with too many things happening at once, he doesn't want to be anywhere else. He'd rather be back at Caissa, looking for the jerks who thought it'd be funny to bring him here.

They're gods, Hero. What can you do?

He scowls. ]

Guess they ain't turning this boat around either, huh? [ The three-legged crow perched on the bars caws in reply. ] Jeez. You'd think they'd give us a rundown before shipping us off.

[ The crow caws again and flashes him a picture of Asuna. Yata squints. ]

How do you have that? And I ain't asking her! I can't rely on her all the time.

[ Then the crow flashes a picture of... Haruna? Yata quirks an eyebrow. ]

Who's that?

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[daijoubou]

( Two can play the same game, actually. Haruna, being a warship herself (or at least, she used to be one), find the most tranquility by just standing close to a sea. Today she plays it rather differently than usual though; instead of just hanging out by the pier, she's making a step on one of the many ferries. )

It's really nice here isn't it, Kirishima? ...Kirishima?

( Oh god it happened again. Just when Haruna thought she had it well, her lovely mechanical bear carrier is on it again. The bear is running around on the ship cheerfully -a bit too cheerful that it tackes a random, poor guy in the butt while it is running around in trance. Maybe a little too hard that it's enough to make that guy stumbles out of the ship.

By the way, this 'random, poor guy' happens to be Yata.

So... whoops.

She's sorry for this, Yata. Probably. )

[rollin]

[ Yata does not yelp. He screams. What the hell just hit him? First, he shows up naked in a room with a pretty girl, then she tells him he's the chosen one, and suddenly, he's being thrown off a boat? Can't this day give him a break!?

Fortunately, his reflexes are quick enough for him to grab onto the rails. So he's just... hanging on the side of the ferry with one hand. He'd honestly just climb back up himself, but it's too slippery for him to do. ]

Help! Help! God, I'm gonna kill the jackass who did that...

[daijoubou]

( Oh shit shit shit. Y-Yata should not be really worried about that, because Haruna's already on the move to rescue him... After she let out a yelp first, of course. There's going to be an arm; a rather feminine one extended to grab Yata's arm before it tries to pull him out of his sorry situation. )

H-Hold still! Haruna's pulling you!

( While she's indeed used to be a battleship, she's nothing but a normal girl here, so unless Yata actually tries to climb up himself... This will not end well. At the worst case scenario, both of them would end up as the trendsetters of Heroes Who Swim In Inappropriate Times And Moment.

Her carrier is probably already treading elsewhere at the moment while she's doing this, so the real culprit is out of the picture for now. Fortunately. Or this will be a pain to explain to Yata. )

[rollin]

[ Yata's too concerned about his own well-being that he fails to notice the smoothness of Haruna's hand or the pitch of her voice. He takes her offer without hesitation and uses it to pull himself up. But once he's got a safe grip on the rails...

GASP.

His face, red. His palms, sweaty. That's not good. ]

Th... Th-th-thank...

[ yata stop being dumb ]

[daijoubou]

( The moment his face is clear to her, Haruna's making a blink at Yata. Gosh, she didn't expect this to be a... teenager or sort, considering the scream that he let out earlier. He's not too half-bad looking to some extent-- Not that she had a lot to compare Yata to.

Probably to add an insult to his injury, she immediately graces him with a warm smile as she tries to pull him up further. )

It's fine! It's all in a day's work for Haruna!

( Stop being a horny kid and just keep yourself alive for the time being, Yata. )

[rollin]

[ NO. STOP THIS. HE'S NOT A PERV!! HE'S GOING TO GET A HEART ATTACK. ]

A-ah... Yeah.

[ Miraculously, he manages to keep holding on until he pulls himself back on the deck. Whew! That pretty girl almost killed him back there. (No, Yata was still just being dumb.) He can't exactly look her directly in the eye, but he can manage a quiet, ]

H-Haruna. [ Huh. The name is familiar. SHE'S CUTE. Why is this his life? ] You saved my life back there, so... I owe ya.

[ His face is still red. ]

[daijoubou]

( WELL HE BETTER HAVE A SPARE HEART BECAUSE HARUNA SURE AS HELL IS NOT GOING TO STOP AT THIS POINT. Look! She's still giving him the ~goddess~ smile here. )

Yes, that's Haruna's name. You don't need to thank her at all! ( 'especially since she was the one that almost killed him' should have been said somewhere there, but... Well, let's not.

Nonetheless, the redness on Yata's face is making her a bit curious- if not worried. Cue Haruna's going even closer. Maybe even as far as merely ten centimeters away from Yata's face.)

Are you alright? Your face is all red..?

( To hell with his private space because she's Haruna and she doesn't really know how a lecherous, young virgin fuckboy would act around a cute girl like her. )

[rollin]

[ Not lecherous... but definitely a virgin fuckboy. He leans back on the rails, teeth clenched and eyes wide. ]

I'm fine! It's just hot. Outside.

[ IT'S WINTER. He slips out of this situation and goes to the side, away from Haruna. Still in her vicinity, though. ]

Um... [ Come to think of it, she looks... familiar. Yata squints until his Carrier, a three-legged crow, perches on his shoulder and squawks. ] Aaah! That Haruna!

[daijoubou]

( Close enough, tbh.

Yeah, she's totally not buying that. But whatever that floats Yata's boat.

Anyway, Haruna was about to say something about it, but end up not letting out a single sentence due to Yata's sudden outburst. Yata's squawk is countered by but another one from Haruna's end. )

Y-Yes!?

[rollin]

[ Ugh, now he looks like a creep. This is awkward. Tugging at a lock of his hair (and man, he misses his hat), he looks away. ]

I— [ How to explain... ] D-do you know Asuna?

[daijoubou]

( On the scale of 0 to 100, Yata's definitely scoring -5.

Fortunately, Haruna doesn't really pay attention to that kind of score, especially when a certain sweet roommate's name is brought up there. Haruna even clasps her hands together ecstatically for that. )

Yes, Asuna is Haruna's roommate! Are you Asuna's friend as well?

[rollin]

[ Holy shit he's her roommate. Cue kneejerk reaction. ]

No! I mean, I know her b-but I dunno if we're friends. I mean, she said she'd help me out with stuff, but I dunno...

[ SO FIDGETY. Why is he rooming with girls... Someone up there must really hate him. (teddy probs) ]

[daijoubou]

( JUST HOW MUCH 'DUNNO' IS HE GOING TO SAY NOW!? That's borderline laughable, Yata. )

Then you can tell Haruna as well and Haruna'd help you out with your stuff! Asuna's friend is basically Haruna's as well!

( Congrats, he's definitely walking the right path of the Harem Protagonist. )

[rollin]

Eh? Ah? [ He points at himself, incredulous. ] M-my friend?

[ He's not ready. She's so nice!? But he doesn't want to talk to girls. How the fuck does he even talk to girls... Please hold as he screams silently on the inside. ]

[daijoubou]

( )

Of course! ( Nods nods. Or... ) Or...do you consider Haruna not good enough to be your friend?

( This part is where Haruna makes a small pout, maybe even batting her eyelashes once or twice like she belongs in a badfic out of fanfictiondotnet.

Okay, not that dramatic, but she's still looking at Yata with puppy eyes. )

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[rollin]

[ Kneejerk reaction: ] It's not like that!

[ He just doesn't know her that well. Not everyone can immediately warm up to a moeblob, ok. ]

[rollin]

[ With a scratch of his head and a long sigh, ] Do what you want, but it ain't safe on the deck. You can probably tell...

[ Since her Carrier practically threw him overboard, but he doesn't know that. ]

Anyway, I'm going back in.

[daijoubou]

( O-Oh well, that kinda makes her sad. But being that kind of a girl, she quickly puffs her chest out in total determination. At the very least, Yata didn't refuse her offer so at least that's... something.

She does roll her eyes back and forth, scratching her cheek with a finger nervously. She may as well sweating nervously now. )

Y-You're right. We should go back in, r-right?

( Unfortunately for Haruna, it seems that her carrier decides to stick its head from behind one of the pillar now.

Unfortunately for Yata, it's running to tackle him again for some unknown reason. God knows what's happening on Haruna's mind at the sudden appearance of the mechanical bear now. Aside of the [internal screaming] of course. )

[rollin]

[ Fortunately, he lands on the deck.

Unfortunately, metal hurts like hell. His screams of pain and agony would have nearly pierced the eardrums of everyone on deck if it weren't for the winds of the sea muffling Yata's usual ruckus. It's honestly a miracle he's still alive — that bear felt like a cannonball. ]

Wh— AAAAAAH! So it was this bear!?