Splashmother's Landing: Quest for the Starry Sub

Wading around in the water seemed like a good idea at first, and sure, the ravenette has managed to collect a few more ingredients since his fishing escapade (1x anchovy, 2x horse mackerel, 1x squid and some strange sea vegetables), but he's starting to get sick of the feeling of his clothes sticking to his skin. He'd taken off his shoes and socks and even rolled up his pant legs to wade through the shallows, but the rising tides still soaked through his shirt and pants. Eugh. Now he's going to have digital salt and sand grit in his clothes.

"Maybe I should go back to my boat or scavenge around the plants here..." the man mumbles to himself as he picks up his bucket of goods. He at least has more than enough protein and some sea vegetables (not that he knows what they are...? they look similar enough to some real-life sea plants like seaweed and anemone, but with some differences), but the vegetables he's gotten thus far are honestly unappetizing ones. Not to mention they reek of the sea and it isn't as though they have any condiments or fire to get rid of the fishy stench. Someone (Jinyu) suddenly calls out to him, prompting Astrum to glance up just as a blonde man with a large frame came running up to him.

"...Work... Together?" the ravenette squints at Jinyu, sizing him and the man's catches up. ...Sure, Astrum is eyeing those berries with interest as well as the sea grapes. Both would actually be pretty good in a sandwich... The salty umami of the sea grapes paired with the sweet tanginess of the berries... But, combine all of that with the fish? They'd need a good way to get rid of the fishy smell from everything, first... Astrum opens his mouth to decline the offer to work together, when Jinyu breaks off apparently to grab something else...

Oh. A coconut crab.

...Yeah, alright, they can so team up.

"...You know what? Yeah, sure. Let's team up. You've got some pretty good ingredients there already," Astrum says with a grin as he claps a hand on Jinyu's shoulder. Between the two of them, they had a good number of ingredients... But they still needed condiments and something to substitute as the bread.

Is it possible to get sea sick in a video game? It sure feels like it.

Her stomach turned end over end, the sensation of nausea and wanting to vomit overwhelmed her senses above all else. Pale golden orbs shifted to her Marshtomp, casting him a sickly look. Jethro beamed though, eyes wide as a Mantine leaped out of the water and flew for a minute or two before splashing back into the vast body of water. Eyes filled with amazement, turning back to his trainer to only meet the unwell gaze. His smile reminded, though his shoulders shrugged. “At least one of us is having fun,” the hybrid grumbled.

Suddenly, I loud roar erupted from behind them. It caused both Rhaenyra and Jethro to turn, bath pairs of eyes falling upon the common blue scaled serpent known as Gyarados. People, or NPC, began to panic, scattering from the ‘scary’ water serpent as it let out another might roar as it flailed. Rhaenyra grunted, motioning with a nod to the water and flying type. “Take care of it please,” the wolf woman grumbled sickly, eyes widened as she quickly turned back to throw up over the ships side.

Jethro nodded, waddling up to the might creature in the water. A green health bar appeared above it and the battle music began. The gyarados casted him a leer, Jethro flinching at the sight but other wide unharmed. Jethro turned, picking up a barrel much like he would a rock and throwing it at the serpent. The barrel crashed into the creature, emitting a screech and flailing about in pain. Once recovered however, its mouth opened wide aiming to bite down on him. This surprised him, his arm getting caught in the creature mouth. Jethro closed his eyes tight to endure the pain, though his flipper like arm came up only to come crashing down upon the creature’s head.

This happened for several minutes, the pair exchanging blows. And at one point, both were breathing heavy and exhausted. In the end, Jethro won the battle. The gyarados fell, leaving behind a nice piece of scale for the Marshtomp to pick up and give to his master who still was leaning over the shops side up chucking every so often. “Thanks,” she grumbled, feeling her own type of exhausted despite not aiding the pokemon at all during that encounter. Good thing her pokemon have some brains of their own.

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