Yeah, so Koa's not, like, loving this. What had seemed initially like a Cool Zone for Cool People is beginning to feel more labyrinthine than Queen's Gambit, despite not having walls. Any sense of spatial orientation fades the deeper they go, until Koa, too, is not entirely sure where the laws of physics end and gravity's pull begins.
Not that he's going to tell Tal this. Having gotten them into this mess with his enthusiasm and penchant for exploration, it's the Dragoon's responsibility to get the pair back out. Luckily, he has a plan - thanks to Safrin, in fact. The memory of gazing upon constellations with the goddess humming reassuringly against his mind, Koa forces himself to relax, his eyes glancing across bioluminescent creatures that shine and wink like stars. There- a familiar-ish pattern, five in an arc with a sixth in the middle. Like all constellations it isn't perfect, but the boy remembers noting it when they swam in. The disc, he'd mentally dubbed the arrangement, thinking it looked like a frisbee waiting to be thrown.
Now he begins to swim up towards it, gesturing for Tal to follow along and hoping the water that brushes his legs doesn't host any particularly mouthy fish.
Not that he's going to tell Tal this. Having gotten them into this mess with his enthusiasm and penchant for exploration, it's the Dragoon's responsibility to get the pair back out. Luckily, he has a plan - thanks to Safrin, in fact. The memory of gazing upon constellations with the goddess humming reassuringly against his mind, Koa forces himself to relax, his eyes glancing across bioluminescent creatures that shine and wink like stars. There- a familiar-ish pattern, five in an arc with a sixth in the middle. Like all constellations it isn't perfect, but the boy remembers noting it when they swam in. The disc, he'd mentally dubbed the arrangement, thinking it looked like a frisbee waiting to be thrown.
Now he begins to swim up towards it, gesturing for Tal to follow along and hoping the water that brushes his legs doesn't host any particularly mouthy fish.
