[Day 209] it's morphin' time!;

[notachickenhawk]

Who: Tobias and anyone who wants to play with a dolphin.
Open: Open!
When: 209
Where: At the lake in Dragonfield.
What: It's been stressful lately. It's time to be silly.
Format: Whichever.
Warnings: Possible ridiculous amounts of cute.


[Maybe it was due to the stress of dealing with the whole cure thing and the having to go find Ura and get back to the Bastion. Maybe he was just tired of thinking of how much he missed Rachel and the others. Or maybe he was just done with the weird animals here.]

[Whatever the reason, Tobias did something he didn't normally do - he morphed dolphin, splashing around in the lake in Dragonfield and nosing at rocks and basically making a bunch of noise. It is entirely possible for him to be seen flailing around, or occasionally in hawk morph resting. Is he going to use all of his morphs today on dolphin time? Yes. Yes he is.]

Comments

[amphibian]

[Some days are pool days, and some days are lake days—and sometimes it varies by hours or moments. It comes down to whether or not the ache of accumulated energy demands fresh air or training drills.

Today, she needs open sky and the bustle of the Bastion outside, not-quite-clear waters and fish swimming about and alongside and away from her.

The dolphin she sees flailing about the lake as she approaches, sweatshirt on over her swimsuit and towel slung over her shoulder, isn't what she expected as far as fish go.

She spends a few moments watching the dolphin, unaware of who it is, considering whether or not today should be a pool day instead. She considers the fact that she spent her pool's opening day making friends with a turtle, ferrying around a Pokémon, and racing a bird, and makes a decision.

Flinging her sweatshirt and towel aside, she hollers, loud and cheerful, as she sprints to the lake and cannonballs right in.]

[notachickenhawk]

[Tobias dives out of the way as she cannonballs, and then noses her to make sure that she surfaces properly. Hope you don't mind sort of rubbery skin, Aoi. But it's pretty clear to him that she's a swimmer, and so he turns and offers her his back. Want a ride?]

[amphibian]

[Of course she surfaces properly; who do you think she is? Rubbery-ish skin isn't an issue, but she jumps a bit at the nudge; for all she's seen on TV, she never thought dolphins were actually that friendly. Not wanting the start to be interpreted as fright, though, she pats the dolphin's head.] Hi there!

[When he turns around, her first though is that she's gone and upset him—but nope, he doesn't actually go anywhere. Hell yeah she wants a ride, even though it takes her a moment to connect the dots. Is that really okay, though..?

Just in case, she's very careful as she approaches and, gently, ready to back off if the dolphin starts to balk, grabs onto his fin.]

[notachickenhawk]

[He flicks his tail and they're off, taking a lazy glide around the lake. He could go faster, but he doesn't want to make her lose her grip and he doesn't want her to grip too hard. So slow it is.]

<Having fun?>

[Sorry about the sudden telepathy. Except kind of not.]

[amphibian]

[The sudden telepathy catches her off-guard enough to jump, but she doesn't fall off, at least. That's definitely Tobias's telepathy-voice, and she rapidly glances around in search of a hawk, but...nope, no dice.]

...Tobias? Hey, where are you? [Liiiitle slow on the uptake here, oops.]

[notachickenhawk]

<Right here.>

[He tilts his head back and chitters in laughter.]

[amphibian]

[YOOOOOOOOO

Another jump, but still no falling off, at least!] Oh! Nuh-uh, you're messing with me! [Well, probably not; that laugh was too well-timed. Her surprise turns into a bright grin.] Haha, thanks for the ride!

[notachickenhawk]

<Nope, it's me. I can change into a lot of different stuff. But no problem!>

[Nudge, nudge.]

[amphibian]

Hehe, that's so cool! So you can just be like, let's be a dolphin, and then bam! Dolphin!?

[After a moment's thought, she lets go and splashes backwards into the water.] Hey! Hey! Tobias, let's race!

[notachickenhawk]

<As long as I've touched it before, yeah.>

[He noses her in amusement.]

<Sure. On your mark, get set...>