[the last thing Rin manages to embarrass them both with before the the initial exit opens all the way, and they emerge onto the waiting platform. the door closes behind them, and Rin already feels -- better, even before the platform submerges. when they're finally released into the water, it's hard to say if Rin can't help showing off, or simply can't help himself after so many days trapped on "land" -- he shoots straight off, powerful legs and arms propelling him through the water like he doesn't even need the suit's modifications for speed. it's not a graceful stoke by any means, more like something with serrated teeth and designs on the horizon]
[the shallows are safe, Rin knows, and he's following the map inside his helmet to the sunken wreck just off of them, dangling precariously off an underwater ledge into the Kelp Forest. try and keep up, Karkat]
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[the last thing Rin manages to embarrass them both with before the the initial exit opens all the way, and they emerge onto the waiting platform. the door closes behind them, and Rin already feels -- better, even before the platform submerges. when they're finally released into the water, it's hard to say if Rin can't help showing off, or simply can't help himself after so many days trapped on "land" -- he shoots straight off, powerful legs and arms propelling him through the water like he doesn't even need the suit's modifications for speed. it's not a graceful stoke by any means, more like something with serrated teeth and designs on the horizon]
[the shallows are safe, Rin knows, and he's following the map inside his helmet to the sunken wreck just off of them, dangling precariously off an underwater ledge into the Kelp Forest. try and keep up, Karkat]