cut our teeth and make our bones right here

Remi

Welcome to the wild, no heroes and villains
Welcome to the war, we've only begun

It's too optimistic to say something like, later, Remi will roll his eyes at Ronin's antics, because that implies far too many things about who and what later will bring. For now, it goes like this.

Lightning flashes from the bottle, charring the siren's left side. Thankfully Ronin is spared the scent of burning flesh (both his and hers) not just because of his inability to breathe beneath the surface, but because of the blood that hangs heavily all around them. (8). She isn't dead though, and currently neither is he. (5). Claws dig into Ronin' shoulder once more, inviting beautiful tendrils of his blood to pulse around them. (4).

There's a brief push against Ronin's legs, almost like a current. (2)

Gods, drowning is a terrible way to go. (1)

-3...-6....-10

wake the fuck UP

Should Ronin deign to wake up, he'll find his cheek on the wood of the docks, his silver chain sunk in the water, his shoulder badly broken, and a siren being torn to shreds by a wendigo who has torn out her larynx and discarded it nearby.

Higher and higher you chase it
It's deep in your blood, go and take it

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!