BEACH EPISODE PART 2

[darknesshotpot]

⭐ Who: Dreamers Decadence, Flyhigh and Mind!
⭐ When: Sometime after Zeke's group hits Facet Lagoon
⭐ Where: Facet Lagoon
⭐ What: slacking off Stabilizing the beach that's already been stabilized!

[The fog between dreamspaces gradually fades, revealing the sapphire sky and gemstone-studded ivory sand of Facet Lagoon. It's as stunningly serene as ever, with no sign of the distortions that have been plaguing the rest of the Dream Sphere. There's not even a single cloud to mar the pefect sky. Ango runs across the warm sand, kicking off his shoes.]

Yes!! It looks like Zeke's crew already stabilized this place after all, so all we've gotta do is stick that unicorn horn somewhere, and then we can set up the beach umbrella and the frozen margarita machine...

[Ango catches Kozakura's disapproving look. At least Misfire is on board, but it only took the promise of an extra-large bag of Cheetos to get Misfire on board.]

...I mean, we can do research! Serious sciency stuff!

[Technically, they're supposed to be figuring out the effects of double-stabilizing an area of the Dream Sphere, but that kind of thing is way beyond Ango's pay grade. He and Misfire are here to provide dubious "support" while Kozakura does the science.]

I'm gonna check out the waves... for science, you know?

[The surfboard that materializes in Ango's hands hints at less-than-scientific objectives, though. He runs towards the water's edge and tosses the board into the lagoon. Is it just his imagination, or is the normally crystal-clear water a lot murkier than usual? Suddenly, a dark shape appears beneath the surface of the water... and something grabs Ango's surfboard and drags it into the shadowy depths.]

Comments

[flatcola]

Aha, yeah. Old.

[ Dua Lipa is... a singer.

Who is... white?

Kozakura's knowledge of artists younger than herself is somewhat limited, and she's a turbo-nerd who rarely knows what's popular anyways. ]

I'm gonna try to think of - of something. If it mashes up we just need the rhythm to match!

[ Someday has a pretty... fitting... tempo and rhythm? Maybe? God, she just picked through her fleeting memories of what she remembers other people liking that's danceable though... ]

[darknesshotpot]

[The speaker is powered by dream logic, so no matter what they think of, it will probably sound good... right? With the sum total of humanity's collective subconscious creativity to draw from, the Dream Sphere should be able to seamlessly meld together three wildly disparate tastes in music... right?]

I'm not old, I just have an appreciation for the classics. Like Guitar Wolf! Now that's music!

[The tempo doesn't match at all... but at least it's energetic, so maybe it will work. When Ango says that he can dance, what he means is that he can flail around in a sweaty mosh pit at an underground punk show and emerge with all of his teeth at the end of the night.]

[dullshooter]

[Good God. What a combination.]

Y'know, at this rate, that Torment'll be coming up to tell us to turn this all down.

[But he can work with this!! Misfire's sense of rhythm is about as good as his aim, so is it really necessary that he's provided with something someone'll be able to dance to?]

Whatevs - let's do this!

[And......go he sure does. Can it really be called dancing? It's definitely moving, and music is playing, but that's about it.]

[flatcola]

Work it dude.

[ Sigh. This is pathetic. They're all pathetic - and that's about all they can do to lure it out? ]

I'm ready to fight it at least...

[darknesshotpot]

[Ango's "dancing" is nearly indistinguishable from a seizure, but their audience is a sea monster, so how good does it really have to be?]

Something's coming! This dumb plan might actually work!

[A fish head rises from the water, massive jaws gaping to reveal jagged teeth. It looks almost prehistoric as it drags itself onto the shore with powerful fins, like some missing link between fish and land animals... and then, it stands up. Where the ventral fins should be are a pair of disturbingly humanoid legs.

Oh shit, it's a reverse mermaid!

[dullshooter]

[Flyhigh stops mid-dance to just...admire the thing.]

A reversemaid.

[No, wait, that sounds lame.]

Maidmer?

[That almost sounds lamer.]

Any ideas?

[He should probably start shooting the thing. And yet.]

[flatcola]

[ Perhaps the frantic movements even look like... wounded prey? Torments are strange and inconsistent at times, so perhaps that's the goal. ]

...whatever it is, please just kill it.

[ Kozakura grits her teeth and fires a blast. ]

[darknesshotpot]

No, wait, if we can catch this thing, we can probably sell it to that Ford Pines guy at the DU - he's so into reverse mermaids that he's got a tattoo of one wearing high heels and fishnet stockings...

[Oh. Yeah, wow. Ango's not one to judge, but that is definitely a sex thing.]

...Actually, on second thought, let's kill it. With explosions and fire, if possible.

[Unfortunately, Ango's skill set is lacking in both explosions and fire, so he settles for throwing his knives at the mermaid before running away.]