2nd Invasion

[moemoetentacles]

[Squid Girl had a pretty decent meal of seafood at one of Mayfield's fancy restaurants the other night thanks to Finas, but she's hungry again and wondering where exactly the restaurant caught all of those lobster.  After all, more than one person told her that there's no ocean anywhere near Mayfield, and that's the only place she knows of to catch them in the first place.  So naturally she ends up in the park, since the pond located there is the only terribly major body of water Mayfield has.  She's determined to catch herself something good to eat for dinner today.  Maybe even for the next couple of days if she's lucky!

Unfortunately, she's already managed to forget that Mayfield has stripped her of all of her squidlike abilities - most notably, the ability to breathe underwater and the use of her tentacles.  Any normal person would just be able to swim to the other side of the lake after diving in, but Squid Girl has no idea how to swim like a normal person at all, so instead she just ends up desperately flailing around in the middle.  Unless somebody dives in there to save her, she's fairly likely to drown in the most pathetic fashion imaginable.

Later on, Squid Girl can be found wandering the streets of Mayfield, still hungry and soaking wet.  It's after sundown now, and the mid-fall evening weather has gotten rather chilly.  She was in that water for a while earlier, and this weak human body of hers can't stand up to cold temperatures the way she's used to.  So she's trying to walk back home, shivering and staggering down the street as she goes.  Every once in a while she trips and falls over, only to slowly work her way back to her feet and continue on toward Stone Street.]

((OOC: For purposes of future continuity and avoidance of crazy time paradox, only the first person to rescue her from drowning or warm her up afterward will count officially for CR purposes as having saved her.  I'm more than happy to tag this out with everyone who posts, though, as I want her to meet more people.  She will definitely remember everyone's kindness, though!  Just make it obvious somehow which of these you're responding to when you comment~

Also, Finas-mun - by all means, let's finish tagging out that restaurant encounter even though I've just posted past it with this.  I think that scene will go some hilarious places before it's all said and done.))

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[striped-biceps.livejournal.com]

[The park. One of the many places Cyuss likes to go, because his drone family isn't there. They still freak him out, despite how long he's been in Mayfield. One thing he never expected to see, though, was a woman drowning. Damn--she must have been attacked or something, she looks so pathetic!

So naturally, Cyuss Warren decides to save the day!]

Hey! Hang on!

[And it doesn't take him long to rip off his shirt he's done this before and dive into the lake after her! Because he's not the kind of person who would just watch someone drown!]

[ooc; Hope Cyuss is okay for this? >>; I caught up on her show today, pff.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[Burbles and flails around, not entirely aware that there's someone coming to save her just yet. Drowning is a pretty new sensation for her, so she's panicking more than a little over it.]

[striped-biceps.livejournal.com]

[Saving drowning people is a new thing for Cyuss, too. Luckily, he reaches her, but...he doesn't know where to grab her, so he tries grabbing her arms and pulling her up to breathe! That works, right?]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

"Ow ow ow ow!"

[Her arms are pretty thin and weak, so it hurts a little as she's being hauled up out of the water, but at least she isn't choking or sputtering anymore. There are a few wet, strained coughs as she instinctively climbs up onto Cyuss as best she can. She's still disoriented, but solid objects are definitely preferable in this situation.]

[striped-biceps.livejournal.com]

Hey! Watch it! [Before she can get too comfortable climbing, Cyuss just pulls her to his chest and holds her there. It might be awkward, but he doesn't have anything for her to hold onto save his tail, and he only needs one arm to stroke back to shore anyways.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[Now she's sort of gotten her bearings, so she just clings to him as the two of them are headed back to shore.]

[striped-biceps.livejournal.com]

[It doesn't take long for our favorite not!tiger to drag our favorite Squid Girl to shore. He's got strong legs and an arm with stripes on it. As he starts to pull her onto dry land, though, he doesn't sound very happy.]

What the hell were you thinking?! You shouldn't be out there if you can't swim!

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

I can swim! My tentacles just don't work!

[striped-biceps.livejournal.com]

Your what?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[She points at the ten arrow-shaped formations hanging from her head that in some manner pass for hair.]

"My tentacles! They haven't been working right since I got here! They haven't been working at all!"

[striped-biceps.livejournal.com]

Wait, those are really tentacles! Damn, that's uh...so, why were you out there if they don't work? [He sounds kind of amused/surprised, trying not to freak out.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

I, uh... I kinda forgot.

[striped-biceps.livejournal.com]

You forgot...what exactly?

[help-me-eirin.livejournal.com]

[running into her as she walks home!]

Oh dear, you look cold. If you walk around like that you're bound to catch a cold.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

I-I'm fine...

[help-me-eirin.livejournal.com]

That's no good at all. I can't have my pet walking around dripping water like that.

[that said, she'll try to dry you off with her sleeves.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[She lets her, but keeps on walking anyway - straight into a stop sign.]

[help-me-eirin.livejournal.com]

[just staring for a bit]

...are you alright???

[if anything, her expression is a strange mixture of amusement and concern.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

"S-s... so dizzy... why am I dizzy?"

[Stands back up and shivers, trying to warm herself up by quickly rubbing her hands against her arms.]

[help-me-eirin.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, you're freezing. What happened to you?

[she follows suit, trying to help warm her up similarly. Yay body heat?]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[Yay body heat indeed! It's starting to work a little, at least to the point where she isn't shivering anymore.]

"I was trying to catch some fish for dinner."

[help-me-eirin.livejournal.com]

You don't have to catch them yourself. You can just buy some from the store.

hurr wrong account

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

...Really?

d'oh

[help-me-eirin.livejournal.com]

Really! I can show you how.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

I don't have any money, though.