Unroutine Test of the Bathosphere

9 October 2017

20:04 Dusk_SunRichy wants to have fun

20:08 < Dusk_SunRich> I meant safe, silly fun. I'm in no mood for lewds

20:14 Dusk_SunRich and Gyro getting into shenanigans. Maybe Gyro is testing new gear

20:37 GyroFeather had invited Dusk out onto a rather secluded part of the beach with the idea of testing out a new machine he'd been working on. The work had been much slower going with talons instead of magic than he'd dealt with before, but the device was finally ready for a test run, and hwo better to test it with than with one of his good friends. He'd built it out here, as moving it to the water would have invited too much suspicion before he was ready to reveal the contraption to the world.

20:40 Dusk_SunRich Indeed, was all too happy to go to the beach, and to try out some new stuff! Despite knowing who Gyro is, or was, he was also happy to keep that a secret, at least for now. The cinnamon pony happily canters through the sand, chuckling as the water laps at his hooves as he approaches the Gryphon and his newfangled contraption. "Heeey, buddy! What you working on, this time?"

20:48 GyroFeather 's device is beached on the sand beside him, a rather large metalic object, big enough for at least 2 ponies to fit inside, with runes etched into the side of it that obviously carried some power, shimmering in the light. "This? I call it a water cairrage. This sucker will allow us to go for a dive beneath the waves without having to get my feathers all wet and salty." He explains with a grin across his beak.

20:52 Dusk_SunRich says "Ohhh, that's really neat! But, uhhh..." Dusk blinks as he circles around the bathysphere, curious. "Where are the windows? How will we see what's outside? And...what about Leviathans? Any defenses?"

20:55 GyroFeather leads Dusk around the sphere and then gestures to the crystaline windows in the side, made not from glass, but rather from a thick layer of clear quartz. On the front is a rather large one, giving a fairly decent view of where they're going. Gyro snorts at Dusk's other question though, and says, "Leviathans? Cmon, everyone knows that those are just old mares tails. They dont really exist."

20:56 Dusk_SunRich nods. "I...guess so. But hey, it's better to be safe than sorry, right?" Dusk starts to giggle as he was more than eager to test this out. "So, where are we headede, then? Around the beah area, or deeper, or-"

21:05 GyroFeather flutters up onto the top of the vehicle and pops the top ope with a twist if the hatch. "We'll find out how well this holds up. Just a bit around the beach, and then we'll take her deeper. Now, just go ahead and push us out to where we're floating, and then climb on in. " The gryphon says, before then disapearing out of sight with a clang as his paws hit the metal.

21:51 < Dusk_SunRich> (Sorry, having dinner with Pyth. He had a rough day

09:05 < Dusk_SunRich> hey

09:07 < Dusk_SunRich> Yep

10:34 < Dusk_SunRich> So...whatcha wanna do?

10:37 < Dusk_SunRich> I think Dusk needs some fun

10:38 Dusk_SunRich soon follows suit, raring to go for an underwater adventure with hsi bird companion. "This is going to be great, buddy! Get to see all sorts of neat things, cramped up in a tiny metal ball, probably going to have to snuggle each other, and..." he snickers as he brushes by the Gryphon, trying to get comfy in this ofdd vehicle...

10:51 GyroFeather 's vehicle could have fit 2 ponies easily, but Dusk was certainly more than the size of your average pony. He groans as he feels the stallion cuddling up close against him and pressing into his feathers. Then Gyro shfts around and closes the hatch behind them, sealing them inside the metal object. He then shifts back to the controls and eases the throttle forward. "Should be pretty good! Lets just hope we dont spring a leak."

10:53 Dusk_SunRich snorts "If we spring a leak, I'm going to plug it with your butt." The big pony snickers as he moves about some more, gingerly hugging Gyro from behind as he braces for impact with the water. "So...how do you drive this thing?"

11:06 GyroFeather has his talons around a strange blue glowing abll and another lever that he's pushing on. "Oh, this lever here controls the throttle, while the ball is for everything else," he says. Once the water their in is deep enough, about 100 ft off shore, he pushes the ball in, and they begin to sink down below the surface of the water. The window in front of them glints as the rays of light from the sun filter in through the surface of the ocean.

11:08 Dusk_SunRich lights up. "Ohhh, so you can adjust to make this thing go any direction? Neat..." He was about to comment about something about ball fondling, but he soon becomes fascinated by the rippling, serene waters about them. No dealing with being wet, no holding thier breath, just...enjoying the vast waters in each direction...

11:14 GyroFeather nods his head and then demonstrates, by moving his claw placement an eigth around the ball. The vessel reponds by tilting to 45 degree angle, causing gyro's weight to fall onto Dusk. "Yep, it'll respond to try and match the inclination of my claw," he explains, before righting the vessel once more. THe magic written intot he shell seemed to make it rather responsive to his controls.

11:17 Dusk_SunRich giggeles, "Hehe...this is...ooof!" He blinks a bit when his gut was used like a pilot seat, but the cinnabon of a pony didn't seem to mind. Instead, he happily wraps his hooves about Gyro's waist, holding close as he gazes out the window.
"You're amazing, you know that? Most wouldnt even dream of this, much less build something to make this a reality..."

11:26 GyroFeather nods his head and flicks his tail back and forth. "Ya, well thats what I do. I thought I'd lost this sort of thing...back when I lost my magic, but Saewin taught me something griffon's call High magic. Its a closely guarded secret. But certain runes of power in combination with stones charged at ley lines can yeild all sorts of interesting effects." Gyro explains and shifts his wings as he leans into the hug.

11:28 Dusk_SunRich is giddy. "Hehehe...still, this is great! Uhhh...you don't happen to know other tricks with those runes, hmm?" The big lug smirks as he plants a playful kiss on top of the bird's head. "But for real...maybe we should go a bit deeper? The water looks nice, but...not too much is happening here, yeah? We might find some treasure, even!"

11:32 GyroFeather squawksd at the sudden kiss and then tilts his head back to cast Dusk a look. "Other tricks such as...?" He asks. As he shifts he accidentally orrients the sub around, before with a sheepish smile he turns back to navigating. "Perhaps we might. Oh look! There's a pretty school of fish up there!" He points, watching the scales glisten in the light. "Man...I wish I could fish through this."

11:33 Dusk_SunRich thinks, "Hmmm...you could get a trawling net or something. But...hey, at least it's nice to see them like this..." He starts to purr in delight, enjoying the scenery as he also clings to the bird for warmth. "I could find a zebra that MIGHT get us soem gilly potions. So we can breathe in the water. Buuut...that would make this kind of moot. And it's tough to swim fast enough..."

11:38 GyroFeather shakes hsi head at the suggestion and chuckles. "A trawling net...nah I dont think that would be a good idea for a long dive. Fortunatly, I think we're over a ley line though, and so shouldnt have to worry about power...though I havnt fully worked out how to feel out where they are. ANd nah, the point of this is for me NOT to get my feathers wet."

11:41 Dusk_SunRich nods, "Yeah, yeah...don't want to mess up your pretty plumage and your cute paws..." He then blinks a bit as his gut suddenly starts to rumble a bit. "Ooog...remind me to grab a snack when we get into town. Had me walk all the way to the beach early in the morning..." He seemed to contain his hunger for now, but he does give Gyro a tiny nibble on his cheek. "Maybe crystals that are sensitive to magic, then? That way, we can pinpoint the laylines fi we have a sensor array?"

12:02 GyroFeather shivers as he feels the belly rumbling up against him, and then groans. "Dont worry, I packed snacks for you, you big oaf. There's a hatch below your hind right leg that'll have supplies for us." He explains, before shrugging his shoulds. "Saewin said something about an inherrent sense that us birds have for navigating...but its not been anything I've quite been able to work out yet."

12:04 Dusk_SunRich considers, "Hmmm...fine, then. I'm sure you'll figure it out, buddy." He sighs before reaching back to rummage through the supplies, grumbling as he notices that it's more first aid stuff than food stuff. Still, he decides to hold off on lunch for now, as he was more keen on looking about. "Mmmm...what are the odds that we find seaponies, or a massive pearl in an oyster?"

12:17 GyroFeather was pretty sure he'd packed plenty of food, though perhaps he'd given the stallion the wrong compartment. He doenst notice though, and faces out towards the ocean. He shifts the vessel around and starts running crosswise to shore now, towards the peer where they could see the tops of boats. "Well maybe we'll find the latter, but sea ponies dont really exist, cmon, don tyou know that?

12:19 Dusk_SunRich chuckles. "Hey, the sea is really big. And besides, some legends are based on some sort of truth! Might not be what we know of, but come on! What about that sense of discovery?" He smirks as he points at a cloudy part of the waters in the distance. "Bet there's something over there!"

12:35 GyroFeather breaks into a chuckle and shake shis head. "Oh come now, if I had no sense of discovery, why would I have made this in the first place? I just dont expect to see anything so strange and crazy," the gryphon says. Then with a motion, he orients the sub towards the cloud and steams full speed ahead.
As the bathysphere makes its way towards the cloudy waters, Gyro can see an outline towards the seafloor. It looked like...some sort of wreckage. Maybe an old ship?

07:24 < Dusk_SunRich> (Ah)

08:20 GyroFeather points a claw towards the rotten wood strewn about the floor with barnacles coating it. "Hey look, wonder when this one sprung a leak, it looks fairly old, and I dont remember losing a ship out here in years," the gryphon says, flicking his tail against the belly of his partner.

08:21 Dusk_SunRich thinks, "Hmmmm...maybe it's an older ship. I mean, it looks mostly rotted through. Can you make out a name, or even where it's from?" Dusk shivers a bit at the teasing tail, but he only presses his snout lightly against the window, squinting to make out any details

08:25 GyroFeather drives the tube down to where they're only a few feet away from the wood, where they cna see the magesty of the wrecked boat. It looked nearly 150 ft in lenth, and 40 across, based on the great big shell of wooden girders that had mostly survived the rot. Gyro flicks a switch and a powerful spotlight comes to life, hilighting the hull. "Hmmm...I think I see something...over there, but I cant make it out." he says, pointing towards a spot on the ship.

08:52 Dusk_SunRich and gyro soon can make out the lettering on the side. *STK Tailwind* Hmmm...Gyro would know that this is an old Gryphon ship, at least from the lettering. "Tailwind? Must have been a fast boat..."

08:55 GyroFeather snorts and then offers, "Well, she doesnt very fast anymore. A gryphon ship to, and coming into port, it certainly had to be carrying cargo then." The bird navigates deeper, bumpint their hull up against stom of the supports as they find their way down into what remains of the cargohold, collapsed in on itself. Likely if anything too valuable had been lost, the expense of a gilled dive team would have been possible at this level. "Wonder what's left..."

09:33 Dusk_SunRich grins. "Well, if it's soemthing too valuable...yeah, it's likely taken. Unless the whole crew went down or somethng..." As they travel through the wreckage of this large ship, Gyro can notice some faint glint of what looked like...hmmm, what was that?

09:48 GyroFeather nods his head in response, and then spots the glint of something metallic. He brings the ship in closer to observe what it was. At first, he figured maybe it was a fish, but nothe object was metalic, and after all this time the only thing that would still glint is gold. In fact, there appeared to be a couple bars there, half embedded int he sea floor. "Hmmm...looks like they might have missed a bit though...but I...didnt design any sorts of manipulators..."

12:34 Dusk_SunRich furrows his brow, thinking a moment. "Well...we DO have its location. Maybe we can come back with tools, or maybe potions? Besides...this place doesn't look too safe. Ship seems a bit unstable." As if on cue, one of the support beams creak loudly, making the whole ship seem to shift a bit.

00:37 GyroFeather snorts at the stalion and gives a shake of his head. "Oh come now, this thing has stood for ages, i'm sure it'll continue to stand," he says nonchantly, "The chance of us being here at the exact moment of colapse is soooo unlikely," but I suppose yes, we should mark this down." He says and then pulls out a pen to make some notes, comparing it with his compas and depthometer. Gyro then eases them backwards, towards the exit of the hold.

01:34 Dusk_SunRich breahtes out a sigh of relief, but...why did he get that feeling that something was watching them? Still, he clings to Gyro quietly, as they soon leave the confines of this ship.

04:54 < Dusk_SunRich> (Mlem)

13:17 < Dusk_SunRich> (Hiho

13:17 < Dusk_SunRich> (You doing okay? )

13:18 < Dusk_SunRich> (Cool beans

07:10 < Dusk_SunRich> (Yarr)

07:12 GyroFeather hardly even notices the other stallion's distress as they pull free from teh wreckage. "I really ought to make something to manipulate objects...though I'm not sure how I'd go about doing that and maintain the integrity of the vessel..." he says with a frown, and begins to navigate even deeper.

07:14 GyroFeather shrugs hsi shoulders. "I dont think I could make something easily manipulateable. Best I could get maybe is a static hook to manouver around and maybe latch on to something...but then we'd be prone to getting stuck too."

07:15 Dusk_SunRich frowns. "Hmmm...good point..." He then blinks as he thought he saw...something moving, near the ocean floor. "H-Hey! Did you...see that?" He points at...wait, where'd it go?

07:28 GyroFeather looks down where Dusk points and then turns back at the stallion with a grin on his beak. "And here, me being the one who hates the water, you'd think I'd be the jumpy one. And yet, you've been a little skittish all morning.

07:29 Dusk_SunRich is nervous. "I'm serious! I saw something!" He looked visibly worried as he looks through that window, but now he was unsure...

07:54 GyroFeather snorts at the stallion once more, and continues moving deeper, down towards the spot where the pony saw whatever had frightened him.
At first, the two see nothing but...silt floating in the water, but...there were no fish to be seen, which was...odd...
**THOOMP!!!**
A sudden impact crashes into the vessel, jarring Dusk back into the wall, head smacking hard against the metal!
Gyro can feel a knot in his gut as suckered tentacles start to wrap about his invention, as a huge octopus tries to find a way to crack open this hard shelled prey...

09:20 < Dusk_SunRich> (Moop)

14:48 < Dusk_SunRich> ((Hiho__

14:56 GyroFeather finds himself thrown into Dusk hard as the creature attacks his machine, fortunately for him giving him a rather soft target to land against, and cushioning his own blow. Then, they find themselves staring forward into the gaping beak of the octopus, where the high beams illuminate the belly within. The inmact causes the control ball to slip, pushing htem further intot he jaws. "WHat the hell is that?" The gryphon cries out, trying to get reoriented, as he graps his steering system again. Ducking back on the throttle, he throws the ship into hard reverse, pulling against the tentacles.
The ships thrusters tug hard against the tentacles, causing some suckers to peel off, but the massive cephalopod only wraps more of its arms about the metal hull, beak attempting to crush the metal plating. The strain of both thrusters and the iron grip of this massive beast makes the whole ship groan and creak, though thankfully there are no leaks thus far. Even so, the beak manages to slide slowly over the whole bubble, it seeming to opt to simply swallow this prey whole and try to digest it!

15:06 GyroFeather was fairly sure that the vessel would hold against the powrful coils of the squid, even if the shell was creaking, as it was made to go far deeper inot the ocean than they were yet where the pressures were enourmous. Still, the sharp beak filled the entire vission now as it climbed over the window, while the slippery sack within glowed. The highbeams illuminated the octopus like a lamp, making it easily vissible to any other creatures taht lurked nearby.Try as he might though, he cant manage to pull the tentacles free of their hull. "Uhh...any dieas Dusk? I hope it gives up soon."

15:10 Dusk_SunRich groans. "Oooog...uhhhh..." Dusk thinks a moment, realizing that this may have been a very tricky predicament. They can't exactly win in a fight against the tentacles, but... "We...could try and get inside this thing. Our thrusters will work independent of the water, right? Maybe we can...at least give it enough of a bellyache to spit us out?"
That...spunded like a crazy idea. But maybe if they can crank up the highbeams, this giant octopus might get cooked from the inside? Better than just straining on the thursters...

15:20 GyroFeather turns and offers the stallion an incredulous look. "Are you crazy? What if we get inside, and then that thing refuses to spit us back out?" He squawks, and jiggles iwth the controlls a little more. He twists and turns the machine in the grip, and yet, the more he moves, the more they seem wrapped up in the mosterous cephalopd. The beak scrapes over the ouside of the ship now, having managed to get them halfway inside where one could see half digested fish in its belly. "Maybe...we're bright enough that something will try and eat the squid instead?"

15:24 Dusk_SunRich sighs, "It's better than nothing! Uhhhh...let's hope that we don't get devoured in thr process!" Dusk was rubbign at his head, he was definitely going to feel this in the morning, should they survive this ordeal. But maybe Gyro had already hit the nail on the head, as a sudden shudder shakes the whole ship! Ink from the octopus squirts all over the window, blinding the passengers from the outside world as...wait, was that a tentacle arm?? It vanishes into the cloud, but...at least it looks like that whatever was going on, this predator was more interested in fleeing now, rather than having a meal.

15:30 GyroFeather shudders, dazed from the next blow, this time causing the gryphon to hit against the metal, leaving a swelling lump on his head. Still though, they hear the popping noise of tentacles leaving the hull of the ship, even as its sent careening through the water. Thinking fast, Gyro kills the light and the thrust, letting the ships humming and bulbs die down so that it would hoefully be near invisible to whatever creature had attacked. "I...hope its more interested in that octopus...whatever that was."

15:34 Red_Tide was out there. It was weird, but Gyro could have made out the...distinctive noise of gulping! Whatever was out there, it definitely seemed interested in eating the octopus first. A severed tentacles rests on their window, what seemed to be the remains of that would-be predator. Then...quiet. At least for a moment, before the ship suddenly lurches again! A massive, red flipper covers the viewing port, as...wait, why were they moving again?? At least this time, there were no menacing beaks, or...looking into a canvernous belly. But the creaking of the ship was steady, as whatever this creature wa seemed to be dragging them...towards the surface?

15:38 GyroFeather squawks from the sudden motion and then springs into action as its clear they're bring dragged. Switching the engines on, it takes a moment for them to fire up once more, while the high beams reflect back into their eyes, temporarily blinding them as it bounces off the red flipper. Gyro shakes his head and pulls back on the throttle, pulling them back and away from the flipper, which seemed to lack the grip it needed to hold onto them once they began to apply some force.

15:42 Red_Tyde 's flipper suddenly seems to recoil, as if surprised by the sudden motion! But as Gyro backs away from this massive figure, he would see that it was...some sort of...shark...and yet...a pony, too? While its belly was distended from that last sashimi snack it seemed rather irritated by being blinded. It swims towards the ship, though slowly as it shields itself with a flipper from the light. A white, teardrop necklace, the size of Gyro's head, starts to glow, as it seemed...to try to speak to them? But whatever it was saying, it made no sense...
"U-Uhhh...Gyro? What in Luna's name is that?!" Dusk looked positively shocked at the sight before him, as he moves forward to get a better look...

15:42 < Dusk_SunRich> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/274421202540429313/370310754207006721/Red_Tide_Basic_Ref.png

15:42 < Dusk_SunRich> https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/274421202540429313/370310780777660416/Red_Tide_Sketch.png

15:55 GyroFeather 's eyes open wide as he finds himself staring down some weird type of shark seapony and turns back to Dusk. "Uhh...I....I think we found your seapony...though I'm not sure I like it..." He turns the vessel away, and guns the throttle, begining to speed off, but she seemed to catch up to them, and cuts them off, no matter the turn. Fruatrated, teh gryphon growls, finally tops fighting it, knowing that they'd have think thier way out of the situation. Somehow that pulsing light though, continues to grab his eyes, and he couldnt turn away.

16:00 Red_Tide is moving. With the ship finally crawling to a stop, this massive seapony starts to close in on them. Though this time, instead of trying to grab the ship, it simply...floats in front of them, as it taps at the large crystal on its neck. "Ahhh...hello? Can you,,,understand this language?" She gazes into the window of the ship, rather curious as her golden, predatory eyes seem to engulf their vision. "Please, do not be...alarmed? Afraid? Hold on...yes, afraid! Do not be that! I have been...watching you go through our domain, in this metal tub. Are you looking for something?" She tilts her head as she tries to see if anyone is inside.

16:05 GyroFeather shrinks back as those slitted hungry eyes seem to focus upon him, pearing down past the glass into the tube beyond. His body shudders and he turns his eyes to focus on Dusk, as if curious if he could hear it too. The gryphon's heart pounds in his chest upon encountering an alien intelligence down below the sea. "Dusk...are you alright? You've been rather quite..." he whipsers to the large pony. He didnt know how to respond to teh creature, as there was no way she could hear him through the hull of the vessle, even if somehow he could hear her own words through it, though he wasnt sure his ears were actually picking up any sensations.

16:09 Dusk_SunRich groans, "Y-Yeah, I'm just...oooog, still...ringing in my ears. Doesn't help that there's some voice in my head..." Dusk still seemed rather out of it, that head smack into the bulkhead did a number on him. But now the shark pony seemed to perk up, as if...she COULD hear them? "Ahhh, a...Dusk? Hmmm...but what does a time of day have to do with anything? Do you have to be home by dusk? It isn't even....hmmm, according to local times, it is still...ahhh, not even...noon? Yes, midday." She seemed to be either having a tough time comprehending this languae, or something is translating for her. Maybe it's that gem. And indeed, it felt like that the voice wasn't even coming from outside the ship, but rather, right next to him. Maybe it's some sort of trick...

16:15 GyroFeather cant help but chuckle at that comment, but at least it confirmed that it was indeed a voice in his head, reading his mind. The thought make him reel backwards though, as the realization makes him worry about what she's getting from his mind, and in the process bringing all hsi fears to the forefront, including the thought that she was going to eat the both of them. It takes him a moment to gulp and force those asside, turning his attention fully back towards her. "I uhh...thats my friend's name here...Dusk...and I'm Gyro...we werent really looking for anything...just exploring really. There's no purpose behind our trip other htan that, and triying to test out this new vessel..."

16:19 Red_Tide blinks at that as she looks...puzzled. At least for a moment. She then backs away a bit, forcing a smile as she tries to look...more friendly. Though it doesn't help that her teeth were pointed, and huge compared to them. "Ahhh, so...names, then! I am...hmmm, in your language, it is Red Tide. I have been...yes, exploring as well, though...not in a metal tube like yours." She then blinks again, looking at the runes. "Hmmm...runic propulsion, and...ahhh, leyline travel. Simple, if ineffective for exploration." At least her techincal lingo seemed to work with whatever translator she has. "If this is a...yes, prototype, then it's a good start. Are you a scientist? A...what some would call a an engineer?"

16:25 GyroFeather shudders, staring at the sharp points that line the creature's giant mouth, each one glinting in the beams of the light. He nods his head politely at her name and listens to her musing, frowning. "But...I thought that sort of thing was well...more regulated to gryphon knowledge...they jealously guard that secret..." he protests and then at her further question shrugs his shoulders. "I mean...I wouldnt call myself a scientist, more like a tinkerer, I like to mess around with designs and such, make different and novel devices. This is the first of its kind as far as I know..."

16:31 Red_Tide examines it. "It is a very good craft, yes. And..ah" Red Tide then takes the ship in her flippers, making it lurch again as she seems to be examining it from different angles. "Yes. Gryphon technology. Sturdy, efficient. Lacks utility. And...first of its kind? Hmmm..." She seems to be lost in thought...before shaking her head. "In recent times, yes. Records show that this...bathysphere was first made two thousand years ago.
Though it was much more limited." Red Tide then starts to frown as she notices the beack marks on the hull. "Reinforcement is needed. Your ship is sturdy, but...there are bigger creatures in the ocean."
At that point, Dusk starts to groan as he felt a bit seasick. "Could we at least...oog, get to shore? I'm kind of...done exploring, Gyro..."

16:40 GyroFeather finds hismelf jostled around the sphere along with the earth pony as its tilted this way and that. At one point their even inverted in the other's flippers, causing himself to have the wind knocked out of him when the heave pony lands on top of them. He's coughing and breathing hard as she finally lets them go, though not after a long and thorough examination. He frowns as she seems to peer through them now, staring down at the ball. "Oh cmon you big baby, she said its not even noon yet." He then turns to address the shark and shrugs. "I'm sure she'll hold up just fine, THere's plenty of metal between us and the outside, its almost a foot thick."

16:46 Red_Tide grins. "I would like to conduct some tests with this...vessel, though...it may endanger you and your assistant." Dusk then starts to dry heave in a bag, he was obviously not used to being tossed around like this, at least not in the water. "H-Hooog! H-hey! I'm no assistant, I'm-" She then pauses a moment, as if to think of something. "You would be well compensated for your troubles. I have noticed that you were looking atthe wreckage of a...Gryphon ship, if designs are conistant with the data. I can...retrieve? Yes, salvage it for you. Would that be a fair exchange? I will take you to this shore, if you like." She seemed earnest, and if she had wanted to eat them, she would have done it by now.

16:57 GyroFeather frowns as he hears her words, and even more dreadful, the fact that she said it might be dangerous. He bites down on his beak, wondering what it is that she might have in mind. Though, the sound of his partner's heaving draws his attention backwards. "Oh cmon, you big baby. Surely you've spent some time in the sea before..." Hs says with a graon. That promise of treasure did seem tempting...and well... "Whats this test you want to run with us then? I'd like to know exactly how much danger you'd be putting us in before we agree to that," he respons, even though he knows that treasure was likely a hefty sum.

17:01 Red_Tide watches "Depth tolerance, mobility in currents, as well as...ahem, sinulated attacks." She smiles a bit awkwardly at that last part, as her tail fin flicks idly. "Any damages to the ship, and possible injuries to the crew, will be compensated in accordance with Lapanis law. Do you accept?"

17:05 < GyroFeather> (Simulated attacks? :D

17:05 < Dusk_SunRich> (Gnawing on it like a toy. Then maybe have them for dinner)

17:06 < GyroFeather> (Goody~

17:07 GyroFeather frowns at the shark pony, and then turns back towards Dusk. Part of him wants the money, and another part of him really wants to toy with his companion. After a moment of deliberation, Gyro nods his head emphatically. "Sounds like it might be a useful thing to test for, so tha ti know where to improve."

17:11 Red_Tide grins. "Very good! I'm looking forward to seeing what this ship can withstand!" With that, she suddenly takes the sphere in her fins, as Red Tide suddenly starts to dive deep into the water.
"Hey, don't I get a say-aaiieeeeeeee!!!" Dusk suddenly squeals like a colt, gripping at Gryo tight as he tries to brave himself. "Darn it, Gyro! I want half when we're done!"

17:20 GyroFeather grunts as he feels the gravity shift as they accelerate, and hten grunts as Dusk wrapps his hooves entirely around him, forcing the air from his lungs. He watches the ocean rip by through the windows and chuckles at hte stallion, shaking his head. "Its my vessel! you're just along for the ride. I'll give you 1/3 of whatever is left after repairs," the gryphon responds, steadily conquiering his tinge of doubt as a grin spreads over his beak. "Should still be a decent amount."

17:22 Dusk_SunRich snorts. "A third?! I'd rather just...ahhh!" Dusk yelps as his ears pop uncomfortably, making him cringe as they careen down the trench. They must be at least 3000 feet under the sea by now! The vessel starts to groan and creak...

17:27 GyroFeather had pretty good confidence in his vessel, even as they got deeper into the water. Afterall, it was made with an alloy that he'd developed...even if this time he'd had to outsource the craft to some other unicorns given his present inability to weave magic into the metalurgy. It certainly wouldnt be a type of material that the shark pony had seen before. They'd long since past the drop off, and continued to head deeper and deeper into the ocean. Gyro frowns a bit as he feels his ears pop. Welp, looks like the air systems were pressurizing htem a bit more. But they should be fine.

17:32 Dusk_SunRich finds it felt like an eternity, but at last, the Gryphon finally finds himself at the ocean floor, the ship none the worse for wear. Still, their ears did hurt a bit, maybe he would need to tweak that. "Hmmm..." Red Tide then starts to peer into the ship again, nodding in satisfaction. "Depth tolerance is impressive. I will need specifications of the material used." She then starts to swim upwards, trying to get back to a more stable depth for thier next test...

17:38 GyroFeather frowns a and rubs his ears with his talons a bit, groaning. "It really shouldnt do that...I need to take a look at the runes governing the oxygen systems...as the pressure inside should not increase..." the gryphon says to himself. He takes a look backwards at his companion with a grin. "See, easy peasy~ We'll have htat money soon.

17:42 Dusk_SunRich groans. "I would hope so. This is turning to be a real pain..." He honks how nose, trying to get rid of that popping as the two finally make it to a shallower part of the water.
"Now...this is a very strong current. Attempt to navigate it and make it to me..." Before they could even respond, she let's go, the sudden current carrying the vessel away as the water seemed to rush about them!

17:49 GyroFeather shrugs his shoulders at dusk as they make thier way back through teh water. The pain in his ears begins to subside as they reach a more natrual depth, where the currents are invariable quicker. He's let hismelf relax and drift off to an almost translike state. Suddenly though, their swept up by the current. Gyro tumbles forward, hitting the globe. The motion causes them to rock back and forth, twisting all around as he struggles to get a grip on the controls. The small vessel responds well enough, but without stable occupants, its motion's not stable either. It takes a long couple rocky minutes before gyro manages to get himself stable enough to begin to veer it around. Once their purpendicular to the curren though, they hit a snag as the force is enough to cause them to slide backwards without being able to turn. Once they end up a little further down where the current slows, he's able to get them pointing towards the shark, where he steadily makes a slow headway.

17:52 Dusk_SunRich yelps. "Ack! Easy, you said? You're trusting a shark to make this easy??" Dusk growls as he is jostled about once more, making him have a headache. Fortunately, he was also a great seat to lean against, as the two seem to make it ever so slowly back to Red Tide, who was waiting patiently for them

17:58 GyroFeather laughs and shrugs hsi shouders at the other's complaint, and steadily strains the engine's power to get towards the shark pony. "Relax, we're doing just fine, and we've only one test leftLittle does he know though, that the pair have been dragged off of the ley line that had been keeping the reactors topped off. Finally they reach her and he nestles the vessel in her fins. "Alright, well onto the final test then?"

18:03 Red_Tide smiles. "Hmmm...very well! But keep in mind that once we start, it will continue until...as you say, dusk." She then flashes her teeth, opening her mouth wide as she chomps into the ship! It make a horrific screeching noise, enamel on metal as she bites down hard onto the vessel, trying to see if it ould fail. But this alloy was not just tough, it was nearly unbreakable! Despite the nasty noise outside, it was holding strong. And oddly enough, despite the lack of leyline, the reactor seemed to be doing just fine. It must have been the innate magic nearby...

"A-Ahhhh! Gyro, what did you sign us up for?!" Dusk was looking scared stiff, staring down that cavernous maw with gill slits showing through. Even her tongue was getting into it, trying to pry for an opening...

18:08 GyroFeather turns his head with a bit of puzzlement as she speaks and shows off those shapr teeth, ebfore he's greeted with a loud earwrenching noise. He shudders, hearing the scraping sounds as the teeth bite into the metal, leaving minor surface deformations, but holding strong for the moment. Gyro squawks, barely able to hear dusk's voice over the constant grinding noise of the tube. "What? Thats not! Actually I dont think we need to do this...You know, we'll take less money...because if this doesnt hold up well...I dont know how we'll get free of here!" The gryphon calls out and then suddenly pulls back on the reverse, trying to escape her maw.

18:12 Red_Tide seemed to only tighten her grip on the ship, as she seemed rather frustrated with how tough it was. Hmmm...maybe this allow can be of use, later? But now she was getting into it, as she suddenly flicks her tongue to spin the ship around, causing it to slide right into her gaping maw. The teeh now line all about the window, which was...holding up oddly well. Before Gyro can respond, she suddenly snaps her jaws shut, clamping the ship down tight as darkness envelops them. "Ahhh! I told you this was a bad idea! Now we're gonna die, and for what?? You just wanted the cash!" Dusk growls as he baps Gyr upside the head.

18:12 < Dusk_SunRich>

18:16 Red_Tide rumbles softly, pupils narrowing as she starts to swallow. The thick muscles slowly drag the ship down her gullet, feeling it almost stick in her throat...

18:21 GyroFeather shouts in terror as she shifts them around in her muzzle so tha thte revere propells them right up against the throat. There's a lurch and a loud pressure waves as the creatur gulps, sending the back of the vessel down the throat. The sub's engine spits water back against the flesh, massaging it as it struggles to free itself from the confines. At least the pressure had been brought on relatively slowly. The weakest part of the ship was the quarts, and one good suddne impact could fracture its structural integrity. He turn sthe high beams on, showing the glistening teeth within the water as they scrape agains the vessel. Gyro squawks from the blow and says, "Well...but...she didnt try and eat us initially..."

18:26 Dusk_SunRich yelps, "That was then! This is...ahhh!" He yelps as those teeth finally vanish behind a wall of flesh, as they slowly plummet down that thick tunnel. Red Tid elets out a loud moan from the thruster massage, making ehr rub over that bulge as she flicks her fins about in delight. Her heart was thumping all about them as the slip into her chest, making the ship slowly spin from the undulating tugs...

18:36 GyroFeather screams in kind as they disaper down the rippling pink tube. Along the walls they can see veins illuminated by the bright lights from the vessel, while the top of the throat continues to stay only inches in fornt of them as it thrusts them down. Soon enough, they find themselves splashing down into the belly, where the already half digested squid rested, looking rather runny and falling apart, especially as the metal vessel settled on top of this. "We'll...get out...its just...just an interesting long term trip..." the gryphon says with not much confidence in his voice. His metal was plenty susceptible to a strong acid, and well, if the creature had a gizzard with stones in it, it'd quite likely pulverize the windshield.

18:40 Red_Tide has them now. At last, with a heavy sigh and a tasing pat on her stomach, she starts to swim off into the deeps. As she promised, she starts to search for that wrecked vessel, albeit with a full tummy and a bit of a funny light in her gut. The good news was that there were no stones in the gut. The bad news was...well, it didn't take long before they find themselves sliding through that second sphincter, passing through into the slippery intestines. "Ahhh, are you still alright? I wanted to simulate a realistic situations. If you sccumb to the acids, you will be compensated." She seemed to take this deadly situation, for them, in stride, like it was a minor inconvenience.

18:53 GyroFeather frowns as in addtion to the bright lights of hte headlamps, there is little whisps of blue and green, while a deep red rustlike look begins to taint the acids around them. The magical force in the alloy was slowly deterioriting as the component that kept it all locked in reacted with teh acid, leaching from the metal, and leaving it much weaker than it had been before. It cant come soon enough when they head into the intestines, and hte acid is neutralized to a base. They cant see anything in the thick murky chyme as they're steadily drawn through the creature, leaving a detectable lump on her abdomin. "Y-yes...we're still fine, but we did not agree to this! You could have killed us!" he shout in irritation.

18:56 Red_Tide smiles. "I told you there would be danger. And in accordance with Lapanis law,you did agree to this. Now, could you write down what is happening to the ship?" She starts to search for anything of value as her intestines start to squeeze and slowly knead the ship through her tract, bufferimg them in a thick layer of slowly coagulating fecal matter.

19:01 GyroFeather hmmphs at her and then turns to DUsk. "Well, we made it through at least...we're through the worst part of it all," he says with a frown. "Though...there's been a fair amount of damage to the hull. its going to be difficult to replace that..." the gryphon grumbles siwshing his tail. Its completely dark insde now, and he switches off the beams, as ther'es no way for them to see. Little did the two know that it had only been a couple hours, and even as the ship came to a stop against her tailhole, it wasnt what anyone would call evening yet.

19:15 Red_Tide had already taken the time to get her loot in a pile, only a few hundred meters from shore. But it was still only after three, and she wasn't satisfied with the results, not yet. With a solid clench, she expels her load, the ship looking sorry and dented as she looks over the damage. "Hmmm...hull is compromised, acid damage extensive. Testing should be aborted, but..." She then smiles impishly as she licks her lips.

19:15 < Dusk_SunRich>

19:15 Dusk_SunRich looked like he was losing any appetite as he smelled...sometjing foul seeping through the cracks. "Half. Or I'm eating you and not letting you go..."

19:26 GyroFeather couls smell the stench leaking through the airtight seal in the hatch, degraded by the trip through the foul insides of The creature. As she cleans the dented vessel off, there miracuously are no cracks, though the damage from the acids looks incredibly extensive, and in fact, would leave the object vulernable to her teeth. Gyro squeals as he hears her words, and then shouts, "Wait, alright, we'll forfet this portion of the test, and take whatever's left...I'm not sure she can hold up to another round." He's begging at her to let him do it, only to momentarily distracted by Dusk. "W-what?" He asks in confusion.

19:46 < Dusk_SunRich> (Getting ready for work

07:38 Red_Tide grins. "Ahhh...but this might be overkill. And...yes, it's obvious that your vessel is severely compromised. Perhaps this was damage enough." Red Tide starts to giggle as she hears the two bicker in that tiny ball, making her slowly grasp the ship in her fins, slowly pulling it in half!

"You heard me! I didn't sign up for this, and after everything that happened, you're lucky I haven't-" Dusk was suddenly cut off, as water floods the tiny chamber, submerging the two in sea water. But that sensation is brief, as Red Tide's gem glows brightly, a huge, shimmering bubbe surrounding the pair as she slowly cracks and crushes the vessel out of curiosity. "Hmmm...a vulcanized rubber or perhaps a thick layer of lagquer will prevent rapid deterioration. Still...a very fine vessel..."

12:57 < Dusk_SunRich> (Moop)

13:42 < Dusk_SunRich> ((I demand sacraments))

11:16 GyroFeather squeals as he suddenly finds himself awash in the salty water, that was exactly what he'd been trying to avoid all along. The steched steel creates some ruptures, but yet the vessel has some integrity left instead of splitting entirely apart, though it certainly would not allow the two to survive a second trip through if she chose so. Gyro claws his way inot the bubble at the fore of the ship and drags Dusk with them, where the magic of hte ship strains, keeping enough air refreshed for them to continue to breathe. "I! I think you made your point! We'll fix it up better for next time!" The gryphon cries out towards the see creature as his heart pounds in his chest.

11:21 Red_Tide She then pauses, grumbling as she tries to run her tongue over her teeth. "Would you do me a favor, and pick out this...hmmm...it feels like a piece of metal..."

11:29 GyroFeather quivers in the front of the ship, sitting in that pocket of air and then looks over at Dusk, and clenche shis beak. "Well...if you want to earn that half share instead of a third share, then I think you know what you need to do. Would you retrieve that bit of ship?" THe gryphon asks in a rather commanding tone, as he stares at his waterlogged companion. The water has the griffon shivering as it steals his heat away from him and he can taste the heavy salt in the air. "Its going to be hell building a new one..."

11:35 Dusk_SunRich huffs. "I...ugh, I swear you're useless..." Dusk was grumbling as he prepares himself, clambering out of the ship with...huh, at least the bubble around his head was still intact. But now the ship was starting to fall apart, as Red Tide fidgets with it some more. The massive shark opens her mouth wide, patiently keeping still as the brave pony dives into her maw. He soon finds the offending piece, a scrap of hull that fell off the last time. He grunts as he tries to get leverage to pull it out...

11:38 GyroFeather snorts at the stallion as he grumbles and then counters, "I built the ship and piloted it, and took you down for free. As my first mate, I get to order you around." His voice has a little bit of odd cheeriness to it, as if he enjoys that thought. "Now...Hurry up and take care of her before she decides not to let us go..." As Dusk disapears, the gryphon winces as he hears the creak and groan of metal around them, straining and stetching.

11:44 Dusk_SunRich finds It took awhile, but Dusk finally manages to yank out that sharp piece! But in doing so, he loses his grip, sending the pieces right to the back of her throat. This causes the giant shark to start to cough, sending the poor stallion right out her mouth for a brief moment! "Aaaaaaaaaaahhhh!" He smacks right into the hull of the creaking ship, which is clutched in her finds as she holds it close to her chest, trying to fight off that coughing fit. **C-CRAACK!* Her sheer streength shatters the hull, this time pieces of the ship sinking quickly as Gyro finds himself floating in open waters...

11:52 GyroFeather grimaces as he hears teh noises of Dusk smakcing into the ship, followed shortly by the steady rending of the vessel appart, sending the metal sinking down into the abyss. He manages to pull himself out of one of the cracks and holds his breath, surrounded in water now. He was pretty sure those bubbles would be fading soon with the destruction of the vessel's engines.

12:14 Red_Tide finally clears her throat, looking disappointed as she saw the ship wrecked on the floor. But now she had two air breathing land dwellers, deep underwater. And...hmmm, what do they taste like? Her mouth opens wide again, a torrent of water sucking them into her maw as she snaps her jaws shut, tongue daning under their bodies as she concentrates a moment. The bubbles that were disappating were replaced by...magic helmets? Or at least...some shimmering fiend that durrounded their head. "Mmmm...I should have taken you out of that silly vessel sooner! You're...tasty!"

12:18 GyroFeather turns to look up towards the surface and begins to paddle his wings and legs as hard as he can, but soon the whirlpool of her maw drags him in, forcing his wet body up against her tongue, pushed against the soft plate. The large taste buds feel rough against his soaked feathers whie he fights. THere's a little glow as the new helmets emit some sort of lights that dimly show the quivering flesh around them. "T-tasty? But! You've tested the vessel integrity and it failed! You need to let us out now...and give us that treasure."

12:26 Red_Tide gulps, **Gluck!** She tilts her head back, murring as both the tiny morsels get sucked down her gullet, the light shining briefly through her gills as they plummet easily down into her gut.
"But I'm keeping you both until the evening! It is...our allotted time, and...I wish to make the most of it!"

12:32 GyroFeather feels himself pressed up against Dusk as that tongue forces them together in one mass back down towards the gullet. It squeezes the two of them right up against each other as they're steadily dragged down towards the stomach. The smell of bile steadily grows stronger, making the gryphon feel queasy. At the same time, he tries to force his claws into the walls of the gullet in an effort to halt himself. "But...no! You have our vessel till then, and now its at the bottom of the ocean!"

12:34 Red_Tide by now was busy with trying to mess with said pieces, looking a bit bored as she attempts to make sense of the runes. At least she had something tiny to work on, and...
"Do me a favor, and clean out my stomach? I think there are little rocks in there..."

12:40 GyroFeather soon finds him and Dusk plopped down into the stomach, where at least it seemed ot have largely cleaned out from their first time through, for now anyways, where the water is just that. The folds of her belly ripple around them, though its expanded enough that the two are not forced to touch the folded fleshy walls. Its hard to see in there, in the dim light, even as their eyes begin to adjust. He turns to Dusk with a fearful look and asks, "W-what do we do now?"

12:43 Dusk_SunRich snorts. "What do we do? Well, we're at the mercy of some giant sea pony. She has us right where she wants us,and thanks to whatever mercy, she isn't trying to kill us. So...why don't YOU do what she says, and hope this place isn't our graves,hmmm?"
At this point, Dusk starts to grumble add he looks about, deciding to help with...cleaning...

12:59 GyroFeather frowns, folding his feathers down and looks towards the pebbles that the pony has in her belly, bits of ship and rock littered the ground as the gryphon sighs. "I really hope that she lets us go...What are we supposed to do with these anyways?" He asks, lifting up a rock, and then looking around. He casually tosses it over his shoulder. "They're as stuck in here as we are..."

16:39 Dusk_SunRich rolls his eyes. "Well, here's a thought. Maybe use that gut of yours to hold them. You got a gizzard, don't you?" Dusk seemed a bit miffed at the situation, but...he was already sifting through the rocks, treating this more liek a treasure hunt. His hooves tickle at the folds, making Red Tide giggle and force her stomach to shift and churn. "O-Ohhh! Yes, just like that!"

18:35 < Dusk_SunRich> ((Hallo))

23:43 GyroFeather makes a face at that, and then glares at the stallion inside the dimly glowing stomach. "Ugh...I mean...yes but not like a song bird...its just for compressing prey's remains..." The gryphon protests. And yet, after a moment, the bird leans down on the shifting flesh and takes a stone into his maw before gulpping it down. It makes a bulge in his neck on the way, before settling invisibly in his stomach for the moment. Each one of them was about the size of his balled up claw.

23:57 Dusk_SunRich watches. The stone plops into his gut, but...at least they were smooth. And while the bird was doing that, Dusk was sifting through other bits,grinnibg as he pulls up...ahhh, was that a gem? "Hey, look! Got me a topaz!" It wasn't terribly big, but it could fetch a modest price. Now the massive shark was lounging on the sea bed, humming as she rubs over her belly, glad to have tiny cleaners tickling her insides. She would want them back, and soon!

00:02 GyroFeather rolls his eyes as he sees the gleaming stone in Dusk's hooves. The gryphon wanders over to him and then stuffs it down the other's gullet. "Well, I'm not carrying that for you," he responds with a grunt, waiting till he feels the swallow of the stallion. "If you can eat a horse, you can hold a couple of stones yourself."

00:08 Dusk_SunRich growls a bit as he takes the claw, gulping over it as the stone plops into his gut. "Ugh...I swear, I'm going to need a good meal once we're done." "Done? Well...do you want out, friends? Have you cleaned up in there? I can let you come back, and pay well!" Red Tide was already opening her mouth, relaxing her esophagus as she looks towards the nearby shore

00:11 GyroFeather kicks a couple more stones around and takes another one into his beak, gulping it down. He can feel it grinding up against the other one deep inside himself. "Ya...I know what you mean...I could eat a whole horse." As he hears that voice, the bird looks at all the stones around them still, but shrugs his shoulder at the stallion besides him. There's a gleam in his eye, and it looks like gyro very much intends to claim taht they are done.

00:14 < Dusk_SunRich> "Mmmm...could use these for decor. Ahhh, I'm not finished! But my bird friend could...heh, maybe use a break?"

00:14 < Dusk_SunRich> "A break? Well..." She giggles softly as she starts to exhale, the current tugging on the bird. This was his chance!

00:18 GyroFeather frowns and narrows his eyes at Dusk as the other ruins his plan. "H-hey, we could have just said...its not like she can feel them anyways..." he protests in a much quieter voice. Suddenly though, the current is dragging on him, forcing him up and out. Gyro swims along with it, blasting on out of her belly and into teh water in front of her. The lumps in his chest grind uncomfortably as he flails, trying to right himself, before coming face to face with the large sea creature.

00:22 Red_Tide examins him. "Hmmm...let me see. How many did you get?" She asked a bit curiously, as her massive flipper feels over his chest, grinding the few stones inside. "Well...it's not much, but...better than nothing. You may keep them, as souvenirs!" Red Tide seemed rather pleased, as the same flipper suddenly lifts up the bird,breaching the surface to reveal...
That wreckage of the ship,more or less intact, lying on the sand. The sun was starting to slip below the horizon...

00:28 GyroFeather scoots back as the flipper nears him, but he's certainly not quick enough to evade it as it pushes into his crop. He frowns as he hears her words, hoping that perhaps she would et him go, and then she does indeed. He rides the flipper and gasps the fresh air as they breach the surface. His eyes fall upon his wrecked ship and he folds his crest down, knowing that a hell of a lot of work was left in order to fix that up. "So...that gold then?"

00:31 Red_Tide points. "Ahhh, right behind that outcropping. I didn't want...scavengers? Yes, thieves touching it. You should be...happy with that, I hope." She gingerly sets down the bird on the warm sand, as she starts to sink back into the waters. "I am...looking forward to the...next one! hough...I promist op be more...methodical? Yes, that. Less damage, I should hope..."
Now the bird was pretty much alone, and...well, if that Gryphon wreck was any indication, he should have some serious capityal to make a small fleet of improved vessels!

00:34 GyroFeather nods his head in thanks to the large fishlike creature and steps forward onto the sand. "Right well...I may...not be quite as interested in letting you tear taht one apart I'm afraid...I think I've learned my lesson there," teh gryphon explains, turning to face her now from teh safety from the shore. "I do hope you intend to spit my companion out though...I should like to still have him." He makes his way over to the gold, and whistles impressidly. Yes this would more than make up for what he had to do to make a new vessel.

00:37 Red_Tide didnt stay to watch. But as Gyro was inspecting the gold, Red Tide had already vanished into the deep blue sea, and...wait, did she still have Dusk?? Great...now it means that the poor stallion wa imprisoned, or worse...shark chum! But...this gold! All this, and...wait, there was a chest, too! Maybe this WAS his lucky day! And...well, he can find new friends...right?

00:45 GyroFeather frowns as he turns back to see that the seamoster had run away from him. He pops opent he chest, takes a look inside, and then turns back towards the ocean. The bird dives down under the water, searching to see if he couldnt see where the creature had gone off to, but wihtout his bubble, he could only stay down as long as he could hold his breath.

00:47 Red_Tide was below the surface. The chest contained...well, it looked like some serious loot! More gems, and a good few golden coins. A veritable jackpot for a local noblebird! But as he dves down into the waters, he can barely see waht's ahead. Thankfully, he can see the familiar gemstone glowing, as Red Tide was back to...well, lounging, as her belly had tiny, imperceptible lumps. Was Dusk...giving her a massage?? Typical colt...

00:54 GyroFeather has to rise up to the surface and take a couple gasps of air once more. The gryphon then dives one more time to get a better look, though as far as he could tell, it seemed perhaps like the stallion was not really fighting, just massaging her. Gyro dives a little closer this time, though if he find shimself satisfied, he's very well likely to take his share and go home.

00:56 Red_Tide moans, "O-ohhhh~ My, aren't you the firesty little one!" Red Tide squees in delight, making an odd, deep thrumming tone as she felt her belly slightly kick about. It seemed that Dusk was working hard to keep this shark satisfied, but...well, it sounded like they weren't fighting. Then again, if he WAS fighting, even his huge hits might not do more than tickle her...

01:02 GyroFeather manages to swim down beneath the surface deep enough to tap the shark's nose with hsi talon to get her attention, though soon after he starts back up towards the surface as his lungs burn. The bird certainly wouldnt have much of a chance to do anything with Red Tide unless she willed it.

01:03 Red_tide shrugs. "Hmmm? Ohh! Well...yes, I will let him go! But...ooohhh....can't I just...keep him longer? He's got some nice...massage? That's what it's called! Whatever it is, it...feels good!" Red Tide seemed blissful, as her flipper idly shoos the bird away. Hmmm...mayeb she was spoiled, but...at her size, and intellect, she might have every right to be

01:06 GyroFeather sighs and retrns to the surface as he's shooed away and returns to the loot. THere he begins to divide up the shares, maybe stashing some of the more valuable bits out of sight so that Dusk doesnt realize how big it was. After all, if he was going to be dividing it up himself, why shouldnt he get paid for his work.

01:17 < Dusk_SunRich> (Scene for now)