Realization.

[Lacey]

Mizuki didn't turn to see Perth clear in the face. She remained staring out to sea, the moon. Her other hand dropped down from her ear as she pondered. She then turned to him, her hand still in his poised hand. She removed it, and looked him straight in the eye. She still felt the warmth of his hand on her own, but she ignored it. She turned her whole body and bend back to lean on the wooden structure. Mizuki breathed in heavily, about to answer his question. When she looked up at him she didn't see Gavin anywhere. She remained calm and didn't show that she was worried.

"Hey...Perth...where's Gavin...?" she asked more out of curiosity than worry. Mizuki knew that Perth was trying to get to her, but she barely even knew him. She didn't know how far he would go to just be alone with someone. Perth was sweet and handsome, but did Mizuki really know him? She slowly moved past Perth towards the Main sail, looking around carefully and sniffing the air. Her throat stung as she sniffed thoroughly, remaining thirsty. She heard another bump against the ship and froze. Her head turned slowly to the side of the ship, a rope dangling. She turned back to face Perth, her face still unreadable. Was Mizuki in trouble?

[Señor Sunday Friday]

Perth looked at the rope, "That... well... I'm going to just tell you now because lying's not going to do anything positive... I had to get Gavin away so I could think for just a few minutes without him yelling at me for this and that." He explained, shaking his head in a manner that simply made you want to feel at least a little pity for him and perhaps get to know him better. "Gavin's just hanging out elsewhere untill he's ready to come back." He said with a slight shrug.

"Shut up with your puns!" came the shout, "And someone get me-" Gavin's voice from at the side of the ship was cut off as a wave crashed against him and the spray went up onto the deck. Things weren't looking up for Perth at the current moment.

Perth looked over towards where the rope went overboard, "Yeah... he's over there..." he said, making no movement to go get Gavin back up onto the ship, he figured the guy would be perfectly fine untill they got to Twilight Moon, it wasn't like he was actually going to drown or something, the most that would happen was that he'd lose that little flute of his and that was something that would work in Perth's favor... yay. "So have you chosen a teacher yet...?" he asked as if Gavin wasn't hanging off the side of the ship and being buffeted by waves.

[Lacey]

Mizuki was shocked, appalled. She narrowed her eyes at Perth, a small wrinkle off anger kneaded into her brow. She dashed over to the deck directly above Gavin in a millisecond. She removed her sword from the sheath and closed her eyes tight. Please Valryn, give me the strength, Mizuki thought. She held the sword flat and then pointed straight to the middle of the sky. A bright glow sprung forth from the black sword. The glow transformed into a tall shiny staff, tiny silver chains attached all over it. Mizuki slammed the butt of it on the boat creating a shutter of wind blow. The giant ruby on the head of the staff glowed bright scarlet. Mizuki kissed the ruby gently and closed her eyes, holding it horizontally parallel to her chest. Her eyes glowed fiercer with each second.

She removed her hands from the staff, but it remained in the air. It was levitating. Mizuki jumped onto the staff and flew up into the air, her body moving flexibly with it. She peered down at Perth, a bit pissed. Mizuki then dived down to the water next to Gavin. Her hair swirled all around her, the spray from the sea splashing her. She took hold of the rope that was saving Gavin from death and pulled.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

"I didn't kill him, atleast! Which is more than he would have been able to say if he was given the chance!" Perth said, grabbing hold of the rope and helping Mizuki pull Gavin up, he wasn't going to let a young lady do all the work- that would have been inconsiderate... and Perth.. was not inconsiderate.

Gavin's hands continued to hold tightly onto the flute as he felt himself being pulled up, another wave hitting him like a bag of really painful things that are not fun to be hit with (bricks were too cliched). He gritted his teeth despite how tired he was, and not only was he tired now, but he was soaked to the bone and freezing. Gavin wouldn't have died if he was dumped in the water, there were plenty of things that made sure of that but unfortunately they would not help him out of his current situation. His vision grew darker and cloudier as the blood continued to flow to his head and well.. three... two... one... and he was out, his eyes drifting closed and his flute slipping from his grip, falling to the water.

Perth's eyes seemed to run out of focuse before they grew wide, he let go of the rope, "You pull him up!" he shouted to Mizuki as he ran to the edge of the boat and dove off, what had just happened? Well, werecats were known for seeing into the future, either at will or not so and Perth so happened to see what kind of shit he'd be into if the flute was lost... and it had to be stopped. He splashed awkwardly into the water, swimming down with his eyes open to the stinging cold liquid as he looked for the glimmer of the instrument, taking longer than he wanted to in order to find it, then it caught his vision, it was far to his left and already rather deep. He started swimming and he wasn't at all a strong swimmer but he decided he wouldn't surface untill he had that instrument, he'd be dead if he didn't have it... so well, yeah. His hand stretched out for the instrument, just a little further.

[Lacey]

Mizuki lifted Gavin with ease, she was a vampire after all. She just let Perth go, and focused on Gavin. Her eyes were filled with worry. She stopped pulling when he was at the top side of the boat. She then grasped his shoulders and pulled him over the side carefully. He was still warm against her fingers, but only by a few degrees. This wasn't good, at all. She untied him fast, but easily, she didn't want to hurt him. She then took him back into one of the cabins and closed the door with a swift slam. She ran a warm bath and set him on one of the benches. She swiftly removed his clothing, a bit of a blush on her cheeks. She felt bad for stripping him, but she didn't want him to die or get deathly sick. She put him into the bath tub and checked his heart-beat several times. He was breathing heavily and his heart was pumping at a sudden fast and slow rate. She left his wet clothing to dry on the sides of the tub and left a towel he could use on the sink if he regained consciousness before she arrived back. She touched his forehead and his body temperature was slowly increasing. She then left the room in quick haste to check on Perth.

Mizuki was at the side of the ship in a few seconds, Perth hadn't come up yet. The boat was still moving, on course. Mizuki took off her suit, she was comfortable with her body and didn't care ((BRA AND UNDERWEAR ON HER!!!!)). Her hair got tied back into a ponytail. She then dove into the water and searched for Perth. The water felt luke warm on her skin, a little refreshing. She swam deeper and deeper, looking all around. She heard something behind her and she swung around to see what it was.

[Ladd Russo of the Russo Family]

A small flitting thing of a jewel-like green color darted along the mist above the water, watching. After all, it wasn't every day one got a show like this.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

Spirits moved through the water, moving around Mizuki as she swam. Further away was Perth, left behind by the ship and someone would probably have to go out later and find him, in the mean time it was probably best that Mizuki try to get back on the ship which was something that would prove to be quite the task since the ship had high, smooth wooden sides that had no hand holds. Perth kind of figured that if Mizuki was kind enough to pull Gavin up than atleast the student could throw the rope down to let him up. Little did Perth know that nobody was there now to throw a rope or pull them up.

Gavin was the unlucky unconcious guy whom would wake up naked in a bathtub with no clue about how he got there, things could be worse though... waking up with a hangover, in a toga, on a ferris wheel in rural illinois and finding the name 'Marla' tattooed on your ass was a hell of a lot more dissorienting, especially when you're normally from North Dakota. Just ask Joel. But that was completely not even relevant in the current situation.

Gavin's eyes opened slowly, wondering where the hell he was because of course he had never been in the cabins on this ship, all he knew was that it was some kind of moving room and... wait... he looked down and his face adopted that lovely, 'WTF' expression, "What the-!" he tried to figure out why he could possibly be naked and in a bath tub, his clothes lined the edge of the tub, dripping with milky gray water and icy cold. He didn't even want to approach the question of who was the person who stripped him because it simply didn't seem like anything that would have a proper or good answer to it. Wait... HIS FLUTE! He got out of the bath tub, figuring he was pretty much well alone at the current moment, so wether or not he was naked didn't necessarily matter and he started tearing apart the room, looking for his flute because obviously due to the hang of the clothing on the edge of the bathtub... the flute wasn't in there, "I'm going to kill that cat!" he shouted, grabbing his wet and cold clothes, putting them on- he didn't have anything else to wear and he wasn't going to go gallivanting around the ship naked or in a towel.

Perth had the flute in hand which was pretty much a good thing but his lungs were screaming from strain as he started swimming to the surface, not really thinking of the fact that the ship was moving and so therefore would be far away from where he was at the current moment, leaving him to drift or attempt swimming back to Twilight Moon Academy... neither of his choices appealed too much... but he had the flute back... so at least he wouldn't be killed by Gavin... he'd just be killed by drowning or hungry sea-beast before he even got back to TMA. Lucky him.

[Ladd Russo of the Russo Family]

"Hey, Perth, naked woman, do you need some help?"called a high pitched voice, though admirably loud for a creature that size. Sprites and fairies learned early on to shout and shout loud, since humans couldn't hear for crap. Gerro hovered more than six feet above the water, wary of any peckish carp or mariliths...

[Lacey]

Mizuki heard something above the water, it left a shadow in th light of the water. Mizuki turned to look upward, seeing a small figure. She still didn't hear or see Perth, nothing. She swam upward quickly, and bursted out of the water, water splashing around her. She looked up at the creature with curious eyes, was this a student at Twilight Moon Academy? She rotated her legs in circles, treading water. She looked around for Perth, her brows ruffled.

"Do you know where Perth is?" Mizuki asked, her soprano voice chiming. Her voice was filled with stress and worry, she was breathing heavily. Her eyes kept opening and closing, her eyes focusing in and out. Her throat burning heavily now, which she knew would lead to more pain. She sniffed the air and smelled Gavin, he was okay. Her eyes shut once more.

"Perth. . ." and with that her legs stopped moving and she plunged under the water. She was mostly muscle so she sunk fairly fast. Her hair swirling around her in clumps. She was out of energy, she was conscious, but she couldn't move anymore. Maybe she would never be able to become a member at Twilight Moon. And with that she fell deeper and deeper, hitting the bottom of the ocean floor.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

Perth surfaced, gasping for air as he saw a little green glow, of course he then started swimming towards it, it was in the same direction of the ship, he didn't know what the thing was, he just hoped that it wasn't something dangerous... or irritating. He swam mostly with one hand since the other was holding the flute and was generally useless. He half flailed, half swam after the ship that was steadily moving away, it wasn't a comforting sight... all he could hope at the current moment was that Mizuki would be on board to throw down a rope to help him get back up on deck.

Gavin moved out of the cabin in a fit of rather amazing anger, his flute was gone and his student was gone, and the rapist was missing and why the hell did he wake up NAKED IN A BATHTUB? He stormed down the hallway, "MIZUKI!" he shouted, "WHERE ARE YOU?" He paused only a matter of seconds to wait for a response, "PERTH! WHEREVER THE HELL YOU ARE, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" he was livid. He moved up to the deck of the ship, looking for his flute when his eye caught Gerro out over the water. Nobody else might have known who the little green light was, but Gavin sure as hell recognised it, that's kinda when he realised something... why the hell was Gerro out over the wa-... ter... He clenched his teeth, nothing was going right and it was all that damn werecat's fault!

[Lacey]

Mizuki still couldn't move, the air in her lungs burning with the thirst of blood. She hadn't fed in almost two months, fearing killing any humans she was close to while feeding. The waves kept pushing her further and further way, her eyes shut tight. Sand was starting to cover the top of her stomach and her feet. Is this how it would end? Being exhausted and being buried alive? She has never tested her skill of not breathing for this long. Her lungs were burning, almost as much as her thirst.

Mizuki was at ease with dying, but not this way. She was hoping that Perth was okay and that Gavin wasn't ill. Mizuki also wanted that tiny green man to make sure they were fine. With that she swifted back a few more feet down the river, farther and farther away from Twilight Moon Academy. Farther away from Gavin. And farther away from Perth. . .

[Ladd Russo of the Russo Family]

"Perth, wish you were on the boat. Out of the water. That you and your unclad student can fly! Something!" the sprite said in a mixture of anxiety and exasperation. "Half of my magic is useless if I don't have a wish!" He heard Gavin shouting... maybe if they couldn't help themselves, Gavin would. As loathe as he was to ask help for his arch-rival. So smug and angry and dry on that boat, pah. Rolling his red eyes at Perth, Gerro had to admit that at least his hated rival could take care of himself... unlike a certain drowning werecat.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

"I wish... me and Mizuki were back on the boat!" Perth said, looking towards Gerro as he flailed about, obviously not finding enough breath to wish his student into clothing because doing such a thing would be far too logical for Perth to ever do. Perth slipped under the torrent of water a bit, splashing his hands up to keep his head above the waves, the flute in his hands glinted in the light. It was the big explanation for all this trouble, Gavin's flute. Perth gripped the little delicately decorated silver item tightly in his hand, not willing to let it go lest he arrive without it and be brutally beaten and sliced and burned and diced to death by a very unhappy Gavin.

Gavin was pacing back and forth- he didn't have his flute- no doubt that damned werecat was disposing of it at this very moment. There was absolutely nothing he could do without the instrument- his magic didn't work without the little silver thing, call it a major flaw, really. He needed any instrument with the perfect weavings of magic and spells to make everything work it's best and normally it was hard to come accross such an instrument or someone who could enchant an instrument in such a pristinely perfect way. He narrowed his eyes, that little silver flute was the last thing he had of home and he intended to keep it untill he was able to return home and leave this whole damned world behind... of course there was no real way he could escape banishment... they certainly knew how to make everything seem possible while it was completely impossible in cold reality. Yeah, reality was a bitch.

[Ladd Russo of the Russo Family]

Fulfilling wishes on his own was as easy as swimming on dry land. There was no substance. But once a need was out there, someone wanting something very badly, he felt like he suddenly had to swim or drown. Thankfully, this was one he fully intended to grant. Perth and Mizuki appeared on the boat, safe and even dry.

Gerro, anxious to see the result, flew after them and landed on the rail of the ship. He was just a bit woozy, this recent after full moon, but that didn't stop the wide smile on his face or the mischievous glint in his red eyes. Hair wet from the waves' spray lay bright green and splattered across his forehead, and his small little clothes were dripping.

"This a new teaching program? 'Natural selection learning' sure would remedy the rooming issue," he said with a grin, waving his wings slowly to dry them.

[Lacey]

Mizuki remained unconscious, happy that she was out of the water. This did leave her bra and underwear soaking and uncomfortable. She wasn't breathing still, this calmed her thirst a bit. The wind blowing on her pale skin, paper white. Her thick lashes had bits of water scattered upon them and in her hair. Her hair was all clumped in pieces, a few underneath her and scattered around her head. Her ears were listening intensely, to Perth. She was so happy he wasn't dead, but was worried about what Gavin would do. Why was the flute so god damn important? She also focused on the tiny voice that spoke so loud.

The wood underneath her back was so uncomfortable, especially on her waterlogged skin. She actually felt cold, which wasn't good at all. This was terribly bad for a vampire. Especially when she isn't breathing, and thirsty. Mizuki focused on trying to regain consciousness. She focused on her right hand, a shake, a wiggle anything. Nothing happened, she kept trying. Listening to Perth and the green glowing thingy.