♑ & ♉ | On golden sand is where I lay if I only had my way

[420]

Who: Gamzee Makara (420) and The Summoner (rebull)
Where: Starts at the lake and then to the beach.
When: Backdated to the 17th, after this convo.
What: Summoner and Gamzee giving their new seatroll bodies a try-out.
Style: [Totally self indulgent bracket nonsense]


[All in all, it doesn't take Gamzee long to get to the lake. In fact, he's finding it a little hard to stay still. Maybe it is the effect of not having any calming sopor in his system for once, or maybe it is just cause holy fuck, getting the swim like a seadweller? That sure is some motherfuckin' miracle what he dreamed of for ages. Or perhaps it is cause all his normal energy is stuck in less than five feet of troll instead of the normal slightly over six feet. Yes. That surely is a very logical explanation that Gamzee will totally buy.

He's currently wearing some of Feferi's clothes, mostly on account of having tried his own clothes on but having found them far too big. His normal shirts are practically dresses like this and his pants, well, getting them to stay up on his hips was just a lost cause! So he's just wearing one of Feferi's colourful skirts over one of her bathing suits. He can't complain. Actually, these skirts are pretty fun; breezy and stuff. His fins keep waving in obvious excitement as he waits for Summoner to join him.

This is going to be fuckin' amazing as balls.]

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[rebull]

[Yeah, Summoner's been feeling kind of ridiculous in this body. Everything feels slower some how, compared to his higher metabolism. This body has colder blood and no wings, less energy necessary to run in general. That and he's got no commune so it's just... kinda cold and quiet. Having a hard time getting used to it. But talking to people helped, and not wearing all that cold highblood armor was good too. First thing he did when he realized what was going down was get some other threads- like that nice little two piece he made the earlier post with.]

[For now though, he's wearing some rather comfortable black pants and a rather dark red tank top, the attire looks strange on Dualscar. No where near as pompous as his usual outfit, but it's comfortable, even if it's cold as hell too.]

W-well hey! [Man what even is that accent? Weird, but he's got so much experience holding back his stutter, this ain't so bad, granted, it's kind of caused by this bladder system he's got now. Eh.]

Hope I didn't make ya wait too long. [Summoner smiles wide, walking out from some trees, heading closer to the lake. It's strange to see Feferi's body like this, he hasn't seen her in a while.]

[420]

[His fins perk right up at the voice, and gamzee turns his head into his direction, swaying a little. Wow, it is still weird being in this body. The center of gravity is way off. Much lower and rounder. And these boobs. Man, boobs are just kinda fuckin' distracting when you can all fuckin' feel them most on your husk and bounce and it kinda makes someone wanna give them a comforting pat so those fuckers know for sure they ain't gonna fuckin' fall off and oh wow, summoner is here. Right.

His glazed expression turns to a smile when he recalls when they were talking about.]

Naw, brother. Up and feels like you got to bein' here right on fuckin' time.

[rebull]

[Tell him about it! Trying to manage this body has been crazy. No huge horns, no wings. He has to rely on other things to deal with balance. He still moves oddly and ducks and tilts to try an accommodate for his horns because it's just second nature to him, even though in this body he doesn't have them.]

That's always great with you, kiddo, never late, never too early. [Smirks, moving closer to the lake, eyeing it warily.] You ready for this?

[420]

What motherfucker am I to all be dictating when a brother should be getting his arriving on at or not.

[Really, that is just silly. And if you wait long enough people will show up anyway.

His fins perk up widely when Summoner nears the lake, laughing a little.]

Ready? Fuck, been all about wanting to do this shit since I were all like half as fuckin' tall as I be now.

[He had very unrealistic dreams as a kid.]

[rebull]

Swim you mean? [Smirks, glancing back at him.] Or like, breathe under water and swim, or uh, something? [He could swim anytime right? Or did Gamzee have some weird fantasy of being a seadweller so he could swim out to sea or something?]

[420]

I swim plenty, brother.

[Really, he loves swimming! Feferi usually is his swimming buddy even.

He reaches up to touch a fin.]

But ain't ever up and like this. Always fuckin' wanted to though. [He laughs for a moment.] Kinda fuckin' silly shit, I guess. Just thought like maybe the ol' goat wouldn't be staying out so long if I could keep up on him.

[He shrugs a little, his smile never changing while he speaks. Because while it might sound like a horrifying prospect to some, it had been daily life for him for quite a bunch of sweeps. And you get used to just about everything if you let yourself.]

[rebull]

How's it silly? [Smiles at him, putting his hands on his hips.] Swimming is pretty cool, not much of an interest for myself, um, but I have my reasons. But there's nothing wrong with wishing for something like that. [A pause. "Ol' goat". Right, Gamzee's lusus, hm? Probably was aquatic knowing indigos, poor kid.]

Ah, he missed out, his loss, right?

[420]

Guess it just all seems sort of motherfuckin' silly to be wishing for shit what ain't gonna be and let it harsh your chill.

[Because there certainly had been a time when realizing he hadn't magically woken up with miracle fins and gills or just sprouted them randomly during the night had been a constant disappointment to him.

And then he discovered drugs and really all that silly shit stopped mattering.]

[rebull]

Some things are never bad to wish for. And you can still dream, you know? Ain't nothing wrong with dreams. Heh, possible or not. [He sure knows what it's like to have those after all. He'd like to keep those though. Nothing against your sopor, but Summoner's not really into being on it all the time. He and Disciple dabble though, it's not so bad.]

Had a few similar dreams myself. [Moves to the water a bit more and peels off his shirt. The clothing he's been wearing hasn't been any of Dualscar's seadweller attire, but it's good. Lysunder's found out about 'swimming suits'. He made sure to get one.]

[And no, not... a bikini this time. We're all right.]

[420]

What kinda shit did you get your dream on for?

[Once Summoner starts nearing the water and stripping, he follows. Luckily with Feferi's outfit, it is rather easy to get ready. Just kick off the shoes and drop the skirt and tada instant swimsuit.]

Hehe, check it. My fuckin' hooves are tiny.

[just look at these tiny little feet Feferi has. So tiny. Not at all like huge clown feet.]

[rebull]

Lots of things. I have a lot of interests. [Looks over his shoulder at him/her with a smirk.]

Most of them are over the top and considered ridiculous but heck, I am okay with being stubborn. I will work hard to make my dreams become a reality, this I'm sure of.

[His attention are now brought down to- uh- Feferi's feet. Yes Gamzee, they are rather small.]

Hard time staying up walking around in them things?

[420]

I swear they all be like half the fuckin' size of my normal feet.

[He reaches down trying to pull up one of his legs to give it a good look, though he doesn't have much luck. Apparently Feferi's bones and flexibility obey the laws of physics. boo. Eventually he just sets it down rather than topple over.]

Yeah? What be your biggest one?

[rebull]

Dream?

[Said calmly in return as he starts to move out into the water. Normally he's always immediately too cold when he starts to swim, but in this body it's immediately relaxing to feel the water touch his skin. It's almost a bit hard not to just dive right in.]

[420]

[Gamzee makes a soft noise in confirmation while he starts to wade in too. He's quite used to cold temperature swimming so that is nothing unusually. The only unusual thing is the instinctive flare of his gills as he wades in deeper. He stops when he is about mid thigh though, glancing back at Summoner.]

Mine is to stay here forever.

[Cause really, when you go about asking some other dude for their dreams, you really should give your own too.]

[rebull]

Heh- [The kid would want that, wouldn't he? Same goes for a lot of people here he supposes... Part of Summoner wouldn't mind it either but forever sure is a long time. Though- he wonders what happens when you grow old here, do you die?]

Uhhh, well uh, when I was just a grub I wanted to fly. [Smiles, getting deeper.] And we know how that went, which is pretty amazing and cool. Otherwise?

[A pause, sliding his fingertips over the surface of the water.]

Otherwise I just want everyone to be equal, and happy. [Said in the simplest of forms, but, that's really all there is to it. Summoner gives a nervous laugh, rubbing the back of his neck.]

I'll keep trying at that one though. Heh.

[420]

[What has he got to return to except a future full of death and culling. And spiffy codpieces. Maybe if he knew about those he could be swayed. Maybe.

So what he does is just smile at Summoner's dream, nodding.]

Yeah. Yeah, I want that shit too. Would up and make all motherfuckers a load fuckin' happier is what I think. There be no reason why any of us gotta be unequal to any other of us.

[rebull]

Yep! And there's always hope that things will change. [Turns to give him a bright smile and a thumbs up.]

Especially when we still got people believing and interested in such a thing! Like us two, hey kiddo?

[420]

Yeah. And ain't just us motherfucker either. I got some understanding that most of my motherfuckin' ninjas all be feeling that shit what you be fronting. They just aren't always all the best at fuckin' saying so.

[A very naive and optimistic viewpoint, but this is Gamzee, after all.]

[rebull]

Heh, yeah, they sure do. And a lot more where that comes from back home. [Because there's still a "back home" for him after all. And though he knows here that his rebellion won't necessarily win, it does at least change the world enough that he can accept it. Even if well, you know, Alternia gets destroyed.]

[There's an audible glub as he sinks down more into the water, closing his eyes and smiling.]

There's a hell of a lot of good to go around, Zee, that's for sure. You just have to know where to look, heh. And it seeeems like I'm looking in the right place right now. [Glances Gamzee's way with a wide smile before splashing at him with a hand.]

[420]

[When Summoner looks at him, Gamzee automatically turns his head to look behind his own self, assuming that Summoner is looking at something there. As a result, he doesn't see it coming. The water. He never saw it coming.

The cool water suddenly splashing at him makes him jump. And remember how Feferi's feet were all sorts of tiny? And his center of gravity was all sorts of different right now?]

Wo-woaah.

[SPLASH, belly flop face down, no points.]

[rebull]

[A glub and laugh, shaking his head slightly.] You, Zee, looking at you.

[He manages to say before Gamzee's flopping down on the water. Summoner laughs, raising up a little before plunging down in the water, looking Gamzee's way.]

[Weird, seeing and breathing under water...]

[420]

[It sure if weird. Gamzee, in fact, has the biggest, wide-eyed stare where he is just sort of floating under water, his mouth partway open and the water filtering gently through his gills. This is just.... this is amazing.

Seriously. It leaves him speechless.

Wait, can they even talk like this? He just doesn't know!]

[rebull]

[Okay, he is also kind of freaked out by the sensation of filtering water. There is an obvious pause of surprised wonder that passes between the both of them before Summoner finally focuses on Gamzee and opens his mouth.]

Wow, this, is pretty cool.

[Talking under water how the fuck it's like more high pitched and weird and whaaaat.

[420]

[He just laughs in surprise and then his eyes widen further

wait.

fuck.

did he just sound like a fuckin' dolphin.

oh god he did holy fuck yesssss.]

[rebull]

[A pause of his own, slowly turning his head a little, keeping his eyes on Gamzee.]

Whoa... [He understands himself, sure, it just... sounds strange. Yeah, gonna pop up over the surface again, shaking his head and wiping his eyes.]

[420]

[Gamzee notices Summoner surfacing again and he takes the hint. He too pushes up once more. Once he is above the water, it takes a moment, his gills contracting awkwardly, releasing little glubs until he remembers lungs are a thing.]

Holy shit.

[rebull]

[A smile, sliding his hair back and out of his eyes. Kinda nuts how easy his eyes adjust to being wet and then not. Barely feels that soggy feeling that makes it a little painful to blink.]

So that's pretty awesome. I'll take my flight over it, sure, but uh, gotta say I'm liking feeling the opposite.

Pretty sweet, hey Zee?

[420]

[Gamzee reaches up, touching his fin in sheer amazement. He doesn't exactly have flight to compare it to. Fuck, what does he even have? Voodoos. He's got the wicked ass voodoos in his pan, but he'd sure as fuck trade those for these.]

This shit's amazing. Just--

[What do you even say to that, man!]

Seadwellers are lucky.

[rebull]

No wonder most of them stay in the sea, hey? [A small smile. Part of him is happy they do, anyway.]

I stay in the skies a lot, I bet it's the same thing? Sometimes I wonder about other trolls that have had wings, if they do the same thing.

-Er... Did, the same thing, heh.