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Rain was surprised when she caused the otaku to stutter before he shot back a fair comment [color=lightseagreen][i]...no arguments there[/i][/color] the werewolf thought, it would have been unacceptable were it not for the fact Ryuu was not a member of her pack. Rain's eyes narrowed marginally at Vikki's terse response, although staying alive was a priority the werewolf realised she had been focusing on a bigger picture. Her ears twitched as the merwoman's voice reached her, over the clunking whir of the ships engine and the whoosh of water as waves troubled the surface of the sea and broke against the boat. She wondered whether the waves would slow the boat down at all...she didn't wonder long as she took in what the merwoman had said. 

[color=skyblue]"Of course he is..."[/color] Rain murmured under her breath, casting a glance at Sharon, it wouldn't take much to guess who was controlling 'Maruki' [color=lightseagreen][i]Another move on the chessboard...clever, not only does this delay our journey, it puts us at risk of losing support from another faction...or a potential ally...this could still work in our favour though if we get it away from Marcus's control[/i][/color] as Rain thought on it the damned sea serpent bashed at the boat again, the violent rocking caught her off guard and caused her to slide across the wet slippery floor boards, though she didn't move too far as she dropped into a crouch and dug her claws into the wooden boards to help hold her in place. With a shake of her head Rain flicked her drenched hair out of her face instantly looking at the others to make sure they were still aboard the ship...when she heard the screaming man she felt her stomach drop. [color=lightseagreen][i]Why? What could possibly possess you to come up here?[/i][/color] She thought as she hastilly made her way to the rail to assess the situation. [color=skyblue]"Stop flailing and swim for the boat!"[/color] Rain hissed at the crewman as her eyes focused on the dark shadow that was Maruki, swiping her hand out to the side she fired three large blunt blades of luna energy at the sea serpent to slow him down just as Ryuu slammed into the boats railing and in the next second had jumped overboard himself. She turned her head as Vikki sprinted past her yelling over the sound of the waves [color=lightseagreen][i]In charge of what?[/i][/color] she glanced over her shoulders at the few people left on the deck of the boat before looking back down at Ryuu.


As she watched Ryuu swim towards the crewman, Rain turned her head sharply looking for some way to help, when an epiphany hit her...a potentially deadly epiphany. [color=lightseagreen][i]Not heroic, logical[/i][/color]  [color=skyblue]"Don't get eaten!"[/color] she shouted at Ryuu as she sprung over to where one of the ropes for the pulley system above was secured against the side of the boat. [color=skyblue]"Everyone stay ON the boat!"[/color] Grabbing the rope she swiped at it with her claws catching it just above the tight knot that was threaded through a thick metal ring, pulling a good portion of the rope in towards her she sliced off any excess and hoped her quick calculations were right. [color=skyblue]"Anyone with a weapon keep an aim on it, see if you can get a shot at that crystal on its tail"[/color] The werewolf jumped up at the side of the boat, crouching close to the wall for a brief second before she propelled herself out over the water. As she hit the end of the ropes reach, her entire body jarred painfully and the pulley system creaked noisily overhead, ignoring her body's protests, she held the rope tightly in her hands as she swung round and used her body weight to make her arc towards Ryuu, catching sight of him propel the crewman aboard as she did. 

[color=lightseagreen][i]One less to worry about, one less to carry[/i][/color] As she swung closer her eyes darted between Ryuu and the dark shape of Maruki, drawing close to the otaku she gripped the rope tightly with one hand and reached for him with her other [color=skyblue]"Grab my hand!"[/color] She called to him [color=skyblue]"and for the love of Sirius do NOT miss"[/color] leaning further out Rain had angled herself so that she'd skim the water very close to Ryuu and even through the thrashing of the waves she could see him clearly and was sure he could see her...alongside that she was going fast enough to slice through any waves that sprung into her path, though the disturbed water was an uncontrollable threat to the success of this swing. Another was if Ryuu didn't grab a hold of her arm, she would probably end up hitting him instead...she really hoped it didn't pan out like that, werewolf strength and the speed she was going at...'ouch' just wouldn't be a strong enough word [color=lightseagreen][i]All this for a bunch of fish people...hot fish people...but fish people all the freaking same[/i][/color]