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[goldenglasses]

Who: Vash, Sam, & Nami
Broadcast: None
Action: Water Temple
When: Right now

[Vash floats near the water temple. Having heard of there being a treasure possibly from home inside. It was an interesting prospect.

Having not even thought to ask if anyone wanted to join him on this dangerous adventure he hesitates a bit as he wonders how risky this might be.

Then he starts forward. He's Vash the Stampede! How dangerous can one temple be? He'll probably survive just fine!

Probably...

Of course, having two guardian angels who looks suspiciously like a pirate navigator and a American hunter would probably greatly up his chances at survival.]

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[namisan]

[Nami has already been through temple adventures and she's still in a vile mood about it. She's here again because Sam had an interest and maybe she'll have better luck with the treasure this time rather than, y'know, it gifting her yet again her own damn weapon.

Yeah, she doesn't know it'll be empty yet. Shh.

Vash stands out even amongst all the nearby coral with that bright red coat floating around him, and she slows, squinting at him.]

...this is the guy who managed to set my kitchen on fire. What do you think are his odds?

[collegedropout]

[Sam stands with his majestic hair in a ponytail, for the sake of... not letting it just float up around his head, and puts a judgement set of hands on his hips as he observes Vash with a wince. And then a straight face.]

... Pretty bad, I think.

But — there's no fire down here, so... what's the worst that could happen?

[sam those are words nobody is allowed to say in any situation]

[goldenglasses]

[That's when rocks fall and everyone dies thanks to Sam's words. Or at least they may eventually fall.

And yea of little faith! He'll be fine! Ignore the fact that the desert dweller is having trouble just getting to the door with his pathetic doggy paddle. He'll get there eventually.

Once he does he stops to look back before entering. Just to see who else might be there or a sudden change of heart is impossible to tell at the moment. Either way he grins brightly at seeing his coworkers from the Space Bar and waves excitedly.]

Oh! Hey guys! You here to check out the temple too? [Spoken light and easy as if it was just a normal non-dangerous temple behind him.]

[namisan]

[Look, the pathetic doggy paddle is just kind of adorable, all things considered. She gives Sam a Look-- like really. You said that-- and then smiles cheerily at Vash, waving a hand in the...uh, water.]

Something like that. Are you waiting for anyone?

[collegedropout]

[Sam just gives a grin at Nami's look. You know you love me.

And after a moment of studying Vash's... technique, he sighs.]

... Or are you learning how to swim?

[goldenglasses]

[He first nods to Nami.] No, I wasn't waiting for anyone.

[Then he turns to chuckle at Sam's question.] Yeah, I am actually. Is it that obvious?

[namisan]

Let's just say if the water behaved normally here I'd probably lock you on your ship for your own good.

[Sigh. It's a very overdramatic sigh, mind.] You won't make any headway in the temple scuffling around like that. If you're intent on going through and not just practicing how to flail, maybe you better come with us.

[collegedropout]

[Sam is so much more friendly and welcoming, excuse her and her drama-sigh.

It's a sigh of love, promise.]

We don't mind having some extra company, is what she means.

[goldenglasses]

[His thought was to go alone and avoid leading people into danger, but if they're going anyway.]

Sure! The more the merrier! Let's go in! This should be fun. AHHH HAHAHAHA!

[Doggie paddle towards the entrance. He's really hoping this place isn't as dangerous as he has heard. He prefers keeping his airhead act around as long as possible, but he will likely need to drop it soon.]

[namisan]

[Nami knows this is at least partly an act, but that doesn't make it less annoying. Ugh. But also.]

Is this your first time swimming?

[Because she's gonna overtake him pretty easily right about now.]

[collegedropout]

[Sam proceeds to swim much more gracefully after Nami, sorry Vash.]

Also, I'd be careful raising your voice in here, when the trials start.

Might be traps that could catch things like vibrations.

[That would be a shame huh.

A SHAME]

[goldenglasses]

[Vash watches how the two swim carefully and tries to copy them. It's not perfect, but he's getting better.]

Let's see. This is how many days since we landed here? Ooh, about my fourth time.

And vibrations? Does that still work when we're underwater? I mean, how bad could these traps really be anyway?

[namisan]

[He's a fast learner. Nami figured this. She might be tsun about it, but she'll be obvious about her movements so he can learn, at least.]

Well, I guess if you're going to learn to swim, a planet where you can breathe underwater is the safest course. And don't get me started on traps in these places. This is my second visit. It's probably not the traps that are gonna get you.

[collegedropout]

[Aw, Nami, Sam knows you're nicer than you tsun.

But he follows third in the line-up, smiling a bit at the exchanges.]

Nami here is going to be our secret agent. She's got our intel.

Also, pretty sure she's got a vendetta against the place now.

[goldenglasses]

Ahhhhhhhhh what do you mean it won't be the traps that get us? I mean that's exactly the whole point of traps is to "get someone" what can be worse than that?

[namisan]

Monsters summoned by said traps. Some of them really like the colour orange, just so you know.

[Oh you think she's kidding. Did we mention her hair seems to have been cut right back to short again this week...]

[collegedropout]

Oookay, let's just not summon monsters, yeah?

Try to keep things quiet and stealthy.

... And not orange.

[goldenglasses]

Yeah, I'd rather not run into any monsters. Or traps. Or anything overly dangerous. Sounds scary.

But I don't think we can avoid orange. I mean, Nami's hair is a nice shade of it. I guess we're lucky she cut it recently if they're attracted... to... the... color... ora--ooooh. Ah. Um--

ANYWAY!!! So you can count on me! Mr. Stealthy! They'll never see me coming! I'm basically part cat with how silent I can be! Sneaky too! Just suddenly behind you and you'd never know how I got there! Everyone on my ship could tell you how silently I move through the ship! Almost like a ghost even! A ghost silently drifting sneakily through the ship! They forget I'm there sometimes I think. That's how quiet I am! [Maybe one day he'll shut up.]

DW you failure of a thread tracker

[namisan]

[Imagine that. Even under water you can really sense the temperature dropping all around them as Vash stumbles around the orange fiasco. And as he rambles on, she glances back at Sam with raised eyebrows.





......gonna let you ramble on a while there Vash, but eventually there's this drawled:] So anyway.

[Because here they are at the first door. She knows what kind of traps are in this thing, and to be fair she reaches out and pushes the door open with pressure on the right part of the door. Only to find--

--huh.]

The floor's different.

[I'm not gonna be much use as your trap guide after all guys, sorry.]

[collegedropout]

[Sigh. Sam lets Vash ramble on as well, as he pays attention to the door instead.

... No offense, Vash, he's just multi-tasking.]

What kind of different is different?

[VASH PAY ATTENTION THIS SHIT IS SERIOUS BRO.]

[goldenglasses]

[Vash doesn't seem to mind being ignored. It's the best strategy to take anyway against it. Although he stops instantly once Nami mentions the floor.

His eyes quickly scan the room. To be fair, he was looking during his ramblings as well, but now he's gotten more serious as now his guide can't tell them for sure what to expect.]

Wait. [He squints. Still getting use to the slight blur looking through water adds to his vision.]

There. Do you see it? [He points at a near invisible wire just inside the doorway.] Pretty sure that's a trip wire. Probably not a good idea to swim too close. They usually don't lead to good things when they break.

[namisan]

...yeah, that definitely wasn't there before. [Also, making a note: Vash has good eyes. She can barely see that and he pointed the damn thing out. Squint.]

Agreed. Is that the only one?

[collegedropout]

... Huuuh.

[A+ Vash, good lad. He looks around the area, squinting through the water.]

I'm betting that's the way we need to go, actually. If there aren't traps, there aren't treasures. I wonder how far the range is for setting it off.

[Maybe setting it off from a distance, is what he's thinking.]

[goldenglasses]

I would say as far back as you can shoot it, but guns don't exactly work underwater. [At least not most weapons Vash is use to. He hadn't felt the need to test an electronic laser one underwater for some reason.] Unless you guys know a better way to throw something a fair distance under water? [He's been no good at throwing very far since coming to this planet. He's also no expert at water so he's happy to bow to their knowledge.]

There's one more on the other side of the room. Do you think we could get past them without breaking them?

[namisan]

I can break them both from out here with some relative safety.

I'm not so concerned about our ability to get past them as our ability to get past them on the way back if we happen to be in a big hurry.