[semi-open] 💣 they're gonna clean up your looks

[fullgauntlet]

Who: The PLUS ULTRA! crew & friends.
Status: Semi-open.
Where: The Mighty Explosion God Ship Bomb!! ship that is docked in Eltrut or Elah. Or the small cottage the crew owns in Elah.
What: A catch-all mingle log for March for the PLUS ULTRA! crew and any friends happening by. Some Manta Board quest prompts have been included too.
Warnings: Tba.

⛵ Like the rest of the ships around the docks lately, the explosion of sea slugs has taken over the hero's ship as well. It's covered in what seems like hundreds of playful and colourful sea slugs. They are all over the deck, climbing up the mast and leaving strings of sticky slime all over the place. The slugs will either need to be removed somehow or killed. And the sea slug slime mopped up...

If crewmates and friends are looking for partners to go harvesting underwater pineapples with the ship can also be found in Eltrut waters where the special pineapples can be found. Go swimming or diving to collect as many underwater pineapples for the ship stores as possible.




🌼 If not on the ship, the crew can sometimes be found at their small cottage on the paladin's leviathan, Elah. The cottage is small but happens to be well kept despite four very unruly and busy teenagers living inside it. They have a small garden growing outside as well as various plants and pots all over the terrace.

And they seem to be preparing to build some kind of new addition to the cottage soon too as there is a pile of stone and wood stacked up outside. And an apple-shaped sheep keeps walking around too. Baaah.

Comments

[seasaltkeys]

[And just like that, the Land of Dragons gets a little bit weirder. And it was probably one of the more normal worlds.]

That's wild...why would you even go to a place like that though? Sightseeing?

[treebornekettlegirl]

[That's the power of *~ALTERNATE UNIVERSES!~*]

No, Pop heard about some 'ancient battle grounds'. He didn't know a single thing about it, he just thought it sounded cool. And he didn't bother to learn how to speak the language, much less read it. So neither of us knew it was cursed until...

[Ranma waved her hand over her body to make her point.]

[seasaltkeys]

[The expression on Roxas's face is probably inscrutable right now. Those sure sound like choices that were made.]

So your dad got cursed to?

[treebornekettlegirl]

[They sure were! Not good ones, but choices nonetheless.]

Yep. Only he fell into one that cursed him to turn into a panda when he's wet. We've been cursed ever since.

[seasaltkeys]

I guess that doesn't sound too bad.

[Relatively speaking. Other cursed individuals that Roxas has encountered don't have that option usually.]

So, will you change back when you dry off? And can you get un-cursed?

[catsgothistongue]

[At Roxas' question, Ranma decided to answer that with a physical demonstration. Popping out his thermos, Ranma poured the hot water down his head. Just like before, Ranma changed nigh instantaneously back into the form the keyblade user was used to.]

Hot water fixes it. And I hope so. Back home, a cure was nonexistent, or something'd always destroy or ruin it. [Status quo is god after all.] Since getting here, I've been trying to find a cure for it, but you saw how well that's going.

[seasaltkeys]

[It takes Roxas a minute, because, yeah, that's super weird. The world just keeps getting weirder and weirder.]

I guess that's something we're going to have to keep an eye out for.

How do you even cure something like that?

[catsgothistongue]

[Okay Mr. My-World-Operates-Under-a-Monarchy-Heralded-By-Mickey-'Hot Diggity Dog'-Mouse. Sit up on your high Horace all you want.

A dry and flat look washed over Ranma's face. Ironic considering he's soaking wet, though the water wasn't cool enough to trigger the curse again so he shook himself dry.]

If I knew the answer to that, do you think I'd still have it in the first place? Izuku thinks that this world could have something that'll get rid of it. So in the meanwhile, why don't we focus on curing something else?

[A cheeky grin came over him.]

Like floating on your back aimlessly. Do you actually know how to swim? [Because when people can't swim, they'll do one of three things: A. Stay out of the water, B. Float on their back to keep themselves up, or C. Let their pride obstinately make them jump in and immediately drown because they have all the buoyancy of an anchor.

Akane.]

[seasaltkeys]

[Ranma, he is trying to help! It's not his fault that working for an evil organization for a year and then going back to dubious existence didn't leave much for expanding his worldview.

But there are more important things right now.]

Yeah, I do! I just like floating the best!

[catsgothistongue]

[Don't you guys travel from worlds to worlds?! You can't get more expansive than that!

Squints.]

Uh-huh... So by swimming, do you mean you know how to swim, or is all you can do is doggy paddle? [Nothing's slipping by him! You can't fool him!]

[seasaltkeys]

[Organization XIII. Failing young keyblade wielders for who even knows how long Xehanort's even been around.]

I know how to swim. I can do all the basics.

[He won't fail Nimona like this.]

[catsgothistongue]

[Just like his father...]

Prove it.

[Remember that challenging glint in his eyes back at the ski resort Roxas? It's back again, and about time too.]

[seasaltkeys]

Fine.

[He looks around, considering. They are anchored right now.]

I'll do a lap around the ship!

[catsgothistongue]

[See that smirk and how it's growing more mischievous?]

Just a lap? That's all you got in you?

[seasaltkeys]

I could do more. More than you, anyway.

[Quantity, not quality in this case.]

[catsgothistongue]

Oh-ho?

[An amused chuckle as he dangled himself upside down, holding onto the ladder with his feet so he can get his face closer to Roxas'.]

Is that a challenge?

[seasaltkeys]

[Like Ranma didn't goad him into this. But he does have to make up for his snowboarding performance.]

You know it is.

[And he might already be moving into position to start.]

(1/2)

[catsgothistongue]

[No response, at first.

SPLASH!]

(2/2)

[treebornekettlegirl]

[And out comes Ranma, girl and all.]

You're on!

[... Looks down with realization.]

... Damn, wasted that hot water for nothing... Eh, whatever. How many laps?

[seasaltkeys]

[Well, now he's gotta do more than one. And he'll just keep working his way ahead.]

We'll do three laps!

[treebornekettlegirl]

That all?

[She turns to get ready, smirking all the wall.]

Prepare to taste salt water! On your mark!

[seasaltkeys]

[It seemed like a fair amount.

But Roxas is just going to steal a page from another book here. He's learning.]


Go!

[And swimming as hard as he can, he takes off.]

[treebornekettlegirl]

[She could totally destroy him. But she decided not to show off yet and followed after him at a decent pace, her arms and legs moving through the water smoothly. Propelling herself after Roxas, it wouldn't take long for her to catch up to be right beside him, sticking out her tongue before attempting to take the lead as they circle the corner.]

[seasaltkeys]

[He's still kind of new at this, but doing his best. He's going to have to ask Nimona how to go faster in the water, since he can't exactly do the whole shapeshifting thing.

He's dropping behind a bit but still keeping pace.]

[treebornekettlegirl]

[Good thing Ranma's humble and isn't a showboat-

Oh wait. She is. She turns on her back, arms crossed behind her head. Smirking at Roxas as she passed him, her legs continued to kick and paddle until she circled the ship.]