[center][h1][color=00aeef]Link[/color][/h1][/center]
    
    [center]Word Count: 192 [/center]
    [center][color=00aeef][b]Level 5[/b] [/color] - (57/50) + 1[/center]

[center]Location: The Bottomless Sea ~ The Maw[/center] 

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The good time Link had been making came to an end as the drumbeat of the hanging monster caused the junk sea to get choppy. He and the little monster that had taken him hostage were forced to hunker down and hold on for deal life whenever the shockwaves moving through the junk passed through them. After a few cycles he added it to the rhythm: BAM, BAM, lift, place, BAM, hop. When the thing turned its hateful orange eye toward them Link spun around and held on tight, the kite of his back completely obscuring both their forms, but this only took up more time that they could spend getting somewhere more stable. 

The little monster, too, was getting very twitchy. It had obviously believed that they would reach somewhere else in a timely manner and had never expected to be subject to conditions like this. It made its displeasure about their pace known by bopping its hostage on the head with [i]the bomb[/i] every time they had to stop. Sakura's manner of encouragement was far more appreciated as he continued fighting against the waves and hiding from the monster looking to crush them flat. She was going faster that him now, though whether that was from a rekindled confidence pushing her forward or because of his passenger he wasn't sure. 

He just had to hope the others came up with some way to distract the creature from these shockwaves and then double time it to the sofa when that opportunity presented itself.