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Asahi didn't get far before Duncan caught him, and from there on out, the chances of escaping the ace's adrenaline fueled grip were slim. If Asahi did make attempts at it, Duncan hardly noticed. All he saw was his next hit; another dive, another rush.

With the eyes of his classmates at his back, Duncan scaled the tower in record time, a human-shaped King Kong carrying a very reluctant, very pissed damsel. Rin was gone by the time he got to the top, which meant she avoided being thrown off the damn thing herself — at least [i]for now[/i]. Duncan might've not remembered her right then and there, but once the memory surfaced, Rin would go [i]under [/i]the surface, stat. He never left a prank unrepaid.

[color=0099aa][i]"See?"[/i][/color] Duncan breathed out, turning around atop the tower to let Asahi take a better look at the scenery around them.[color=0099aa] "Pretty damn cool up here, huh?"[/color]

If Asahi was about to say something, Daisuke's shout drowned it out. With a grin, Duncan leaned over the edge and cupped one hand over his own mouth in turn. [color=0099aa]"You got it dude! Watch this and fucking [i]weep[/i]." [/color]

Right [i]after [/i]he made sure Asahi got into the water. Duncan yanked his fellow student off his shoulder and, before the poor guy could get a word in edgewise, shoved him off the tower with so much force he practically sent the poor guy [i]flying[/i], much further away from the shore than he'd intended. [color=0099aa]"Oh, shit. Sorry man! You know you weigh like [i]nothing[/i]."[/color]

Having heard the satisfactory splash of Asahi making it down, probably in one piece considering he wasn't any old human either, Duncan rolled his shoulders and gave a thumps up to a mostly imagined audience of his fellow students. He took a few steps backwards, ran up to the edge and kicked himself off, diving down head-first as far away from the tower as he could muster. 

This time there was no fear, no pain, just a pleasant sinking feeling in his stomach, followed by the shock of cool water against his skin and the triumph of success as he broke the lake's surface in one clean line. Duncan was in no hurry to resurface, eager to see whether his ability to hold his breath had improved along with the rest of his body, so he kept diving and diving, kicking himself further away from the light at his back. The deeper he dove, the further behind he left all the world's noise, the steady hum and drum of water the only sound in his ears. He could practically [i]feel [/i]his thoughts dissipating, dissolving into the water around him. There was a part of him that never wanted to surface.

... But if he didn't, he couldn't get back up there and do all of it [i]over again![/i]

[color=0099aa]"Yo, Dai!"[/color] Duncan gasped once he got back to shore.[color=0099aa] "You're up. We're what,[i] 0-80 now?[/i] C'mon."[/color] He wiped his face with one arm, only to suddenly peer past his friend.[color=0099aa] "Wait, where's Haruko? She's gotta see this. I'm gonna do it [i]backwards [/i]next. With a somersault.[i] Three. [/i]Standing on my hands. Race you up."[/color]

Duncan slammed a hand into Daisuke's back, then called over to the others as he started for the tower. [color=0099aa]"Come on, chickenshits! The water's [i]great[/i], and the work ain't going anywhere!"[/color]

The rest of Duncan's cigarettes lay abandoned in the soaking wet pocket of his pants, discarded on the grass. He'd be upset once he realized as much — but for now, he'd found another addiction to tide him over, and he [i]was [/i]going to make it everyone's problem.[/color]