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event } ya gotta be a dolphin

WHO: All the little fishies!
WHAT: An underwater adventure
WHERE: Kupra City, or you can stay on Navi if ya want
WHEN: Dec. 20-Jan. 2 16
WARNINGS: Use ‘em in your threads if needed! And if you end up taking an extended dip in the big drink, please report it on the death page.

[Hello, passengers! Hope you're all ready for an announcement, 'cause Navi's voice is getting beamed into your head right about ... now.]

Attention, passengers.
We'll be landing soon on the planet Umora, at Kupra City.
We'll be docked for two weeks, local time.
Please stand by for atmospheric entry.

[Is it just your imagination, or does Navi sound more tired than normal? Either way, it's now time to BUCKLE IN, CHAPS. It's not a particularly rough landing, just your standard amount of turbulence, though it may seem a little jarring to those who aren't used to space travel.

Upon docking underwater and disembarking, passengers will find a bank counter just past the terminal, where your new windfall of Navigems can be exchanged for credits (the universal currency).

Have fun! And do try not to drown … ]

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"Hardwired instinct, I'm sure you can understand at least that much."

And if not well that's his problem not hers. Besides she's got a mission and she intends to see it through. It has nothing to do with glory. She just can't stand the idea of demons even mostly lesser ones having free run of her world unchecked. And she is something of an adrenaline junkie. Good luck trying to squish her though if it came to that. She's taken on bigger and stronger and come out at least mostly fine.

"Not like I knew you were here until I boarded. And I can't have them stop and let me out now can I?"

"I only got instincts like that around money."

Even Satan wasn't as hostile as Lady had been, and he'd wanted to publicly execute Mammon before. Plus Mammon knows deep down his brothers really do want him around, even if he annoys them. He has no such guarantee with Lady. She could try and stop him, but if his big crime was just existing, they were going to have a problem for a long time.

"Bet they'll turn around for you."

He can probably hear her sigh from where he's sitting. She likes money plenty but it's never made her kill another human. Plenty of demons though. It's a job though right? But ding ding he at least got that much right, it is largely just for him existing. Granted the demons in her world are little quicker to attack and try to eat her than he is though.

"Not like I'm going to ask. I already paid for this and there aren't any refunds."

Mammon doesn't usually kill humans. It's happened a few times but that was back when the rules were different and humans were a much more popular Devildom dish than they are now. Now that Lord Diavolo wants peace between the three realms Mammon is keenly aware that he's not really allowed to kill humans. Not unless he has to out of self-defense. So far Lady's been a big thorn in his side but he doesn't know if she's capable of killing him.

"Well ya wasted your money. If there's any treasure I'm takin' all of it, just you watch."

Ah well, that's one of her best traits being a thorn in the side of someone she knows. And since her normal side isn't present, he'll just have to do, won't he? But she'd bet she could hold her own in an actual fight. Besides she tends to grow on people after she shoots them a few times it's like a tradition.

"I bet it's set up so something like that can't happen. Wouldn't want to upset the tourists now would they?"

Lady, that's his job! Not the shooting or the fighting but the being-annoying part is basically Mammon's raison d'etre. Just please don't shoot him for it.

"Maybe, but they never had the Avatar of Greed on one of these things before."

Oh, he's plenty annoying have little fear of that. That doesn't mean she can't prod back if the mood suits her. And if it does well tough, she's doing it anyway.

"Watch them assign you a section and confiscate whatever you find if you try to go to another." The thought makes her laugh. That would teach him. Play nice with the people Mammon and maybe you'll get to keep whatever "treasure" you find.

As long as he keeps his record! Pushback is a normal part of that, so bring it on, Lady.

"You think that's gonna stop me?" It might, in fact, stop him given that he doesn't usually threaten innocent humans. Usually. It is a different case if gold's involved (although even then he's unlikely to hurt anyone for it).

"So if it ain't for me, you're here for the treasure, right?" He settles down in his seat as the tour guide explains the emergency procedures for the submarine/bus and points out the exits. He's not paying attention, of course, crossing his legs and linking his hands in his lap as he slouches casually. "Maybe I'll just stick to your section, since you've been such a jerk to me."

Never fear she will.

"Not in the slightest. I'm looking forward to it actually." Because she totally has at least one of her gun on her simply out of habit that's ready to fire at a moment's notice right now or anything. (She definitely does.)

"Something like that." Lady is at least paying attention. She'd like to know exactly what to do in the event the submarine/bus starts taking on water. Somehow drowning in whatever this thing was made out of didn't sound very pleasant. "Watch me get the lone dude of a section."

She really hopes that wouldn't be the case but it would serve him right if it were.

She can try, but shooting the greedy scumbag is probably going to be more disruptive than letting the greedy scumbag do his thing. Well, he's gambling on that, anyway.

That's not a very good deterrant and Mammon smirks, not looking at anything in particular. "If there's treasure I can sniff it out. Don't worry about that. And don't even think about goin' into mine. I could eat ya if I wanted."

It will really depend on how much of a nuisance he makes himself. Though she has been trying not to shoot certain kinds of demons just because she felt like it.

"I'd really like to see you try. It could be fun."

And Mammon has gotten a bit less annoying since he made his pact with the human exchange student. That's growth on both their parts, sort of!

"I ain't here for you to have fun with."

Has he though? Has he bothered to check with anyone if that is true? Because Lady's pretty sure she and the rest of the passengers would say he's still very annoying either way. Whereas she has actually managed not to shoot a demon that isn't actively threatening someone in years.

"Oh well I guess I'll just have to make my own. The horror." Yes that is sarcasm a ton of it too.

He has not. Checking his assumptions against reality isn't exactly his strong point. Still, he's pretty sure he's a little better than he was! The power of spending time around decent people.

"Just do it far away from me."

She's decent people. He's still obnoxious as hell.

"So do me a favor and stay away from me."

She hasn't been very decent to him! He's allowed to be!

"Fine, I will! And you stay away from me!"

He sounds like a petulant schoolchild when he "says" it. He might as well have stuck his tongue out at her.

That's not how he gets her to be decent to him if that's what he wants. It just means she's more abrasive because he's abrasive.

There is a definite desire to roll her eyes, but since he can't see it she just barely curbs it. No point if he won't get the full effect.

"Perfect."

Of course, this means the rest of the trip is spent quiet save for the noise of the sub/bus. Not that she minds, Lady actually prefers the quiet wherever possible. Just the chance to be alone with her thoughts as it were. It's nice. Though she does tune back in when they arrive at the "dig site" and their guide it giving final instructions. Death by drowning is not her idea of a good time.

"Jerk." Mammon may mutter this aloud, causing the tourist sitting next to him to shoot a confused look his way.

Forgive him for not knowing how to get her on his side. He has his pride, he'll have her know!

He wouldn't know if he rolled her eyes, but he could probably get the general feeling due to their open connection. For the moment he doesn't reply to her, just huffing as they travel along.

She has to actually bite her tongue to keep from immediately throwing back an answer to him. She's only a jerk to assholes. To say she was never a jerk would be a complete stretch though. Just can't not have the last word, can he?

Getting her on his side is complicated. It usually involves life or death situations and lots of exchanged bullets. He'll get used to it. Not to say it isn't possible to do without it but it's going to be significantly harder. But she gets the pride part, she has plenty of pride herself.

But the continued mutual ignoring works fine for her as they travel. It's only when they stop and people start shifting to get into some semblance of a line to exit that she even considers saying anything to him again. And ultimately decides against it because they've already agreed to stay out of each other's way and she fully intends to follow through on that one. No need to make this little excursion a complete hell for herself.

Hey, he's not an asshole. Well he sometimes isn't. Usually when he is it's just about money or valuables, like it is right now. He doesn't appreciate how she just attacked him based on being a demon, and at the moment he doesn't see any real reason to try to appeal to Lady. He just wants to get his greed on, and maybe screw her over a bit if he can.

The group shifts into a locker room and begins stripping down and stepping into frogsuits. Mammon follows suit, stripping his clothes for a locker before slipping into the wetsuit and equipment. He'd only vaguely listened to how it operated, but it couldn't go too badly. Right? After all, the employee who makes the rounds and briefly assesses them all gives him the thumbs-up.

As they prepare to enter the water Mammon hesitates. He thinks hard for a second, then sends a thought to Lady:

"Hey, if anything happens, I'll bring you back."

Says the asshole. Demons in her world are generally a lot more stabby and a lot less cowardly. Granted there are exceptions to the rule, but she doubts he's gathering demon parts to raise a long-sealed demon king to take its powers too. If only because he seemed genuinely distressed that she attacked him on top of surprise. And his opportunistic side could use some serious work.

Of course, she doesn't expect that the little trip to the locker room would result in her locker being next to his. Just what she needs. Keep her eyes straight ahead she changes from her regular clothes and into the wetsuit and dive gear. Remind her why she's doing this again? Oh yeah, it looked interesting in a touristy sort of way. Only to glance his way at the thought.

"Yeah well same."

She moves past him and enters the water. It's not like it'll keep them from communicating and what else was she supposed to say? Thanks?

She's stuck with the wrong demon for stabbiness. And the wrong demon for gathering demon parts to raise a demon-king to steal from, because anything he'd want to steal from a long-sealed demon king is probably easier to get to without them there to defend it. And his opportunistic side is just fine, thank you very much!

He refuses to glance over at her, focusing entirely on his own suit. Damn, this thing isn't very roomy...and all he gets is a bag, not even pockets? How's he going to haul back all the treasure he finds?

"Yeah right. You'd leave me out there in a heartbeat." He has no idea how well she can handle herself, but even if he knew, he'd be skeptical she'd help. Not that he needs it, of course!

Well the stabbiness wouldn't be overly helpful if he were stabbing her. And she's quite happy he isn't into stealing powers from long-sealed demons kings. Somehow she doesn't think Navi would appreciate that anyway. Especially when it tends to involve a lot of destruction of the immediate area of where the ritual is taking place. She has her doubts still about his opportunistic side.

It's a mutual refusal to look at the other as they change. She's not shy but this still isn't her idea of fun on a regular day. (Okay she catches a glimpse for a moment out of the corner of her eye as he's trying to get it over his shoulders once his arms are in the sleeves. Just she's going to pretend she didn't, nothing to see there.)

"I wouldn't actually." And since that's dangerously close to saying she wouldn't leave anyone from the ship behind (yet) she continues, "Why would I want to litter a perfectly good ocean?"

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