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[fatedsacrifice]

[The scene is of water and Noctis is visible, working on perfecting his craft of fishing here in this strange new land. He casts the line with his right hand and it goes out pretty smoothly. And as he talks to the camera, the bobber is bobbing along pretty well at first and only the side of him is seen since he's not looking directly at it.]

I'm studying agriculture, but it seems I wasn't able to get a lot of information on the different fish here. I know they got pretty big back where I'm from so I was kinda hoping someone could tell me how big they get here if anyone knows.

[And then the bobber goes down quick and Noct pulls back with the rod. And the next thing that's heard is splash and the camera falls off its perch to reveal a pale hand coming up out of the water and onto the deck after a moment or two. Next heard is spluttering accompanied with slight swearing but there's no one on camera.]

What the hell was that?

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[plate_builder]

[Oh no, Reeve hadn't intended to watch the video, but it was his new friend. And now he was snickering at the video. Which was probably not polite.]

Seems you might have almost caught something. Or been caught by something.

[fatedsacrifice]

Blue eyes blinked and Noct hoisted himself up onto the pier, realizing he could hear Reeve.

Oh that's just great

So he sighed and didn't look at the camera, trying to laugh it off at this point. "Ya..whatever it was, was heavy and huge and snapped my line like a twig. I'm lucky it didn't break my pole."

[plate_builder]

"I admit, I've never fished in my life, so I don't know if that is impressive or not. But maybe it's a sign that we shouldn't fish here?"

If the fish hauled Ignis in, that was.

[fatedsacrifice]

Well now Noct had a score to settle but he didn't mention that to Reeve. But if his tail got hauled into the water, it was totally on with this fish. "I guess. I used to call myself the 'King of fishing' back home. But this one pulled me in this time."

Which was his sideways way of trying to tell Reeve a little bit about who he was in his past and his fishing hobby.

[plate_builder]

"I suppose this is the Emperor of fishes then, given it didn't let itself get caught."

Oh it was probably wrong to tease but he was quite amused here.

[fatedsacrifice]

Noctis had to laugh good naturedly. If Reeve was picking on him, he was used to his friends making fun of him back home too, so this was welcome banter. "This one outranks me for sure. This time."

And of course that meant a rematch.

[agrii]

It might not have been there when Noctis made his way down to the water, but sitting at the edge of the deck now is what looks like a tightly folded, little package. Even in low light, it is hard to miss; it's screaming yellow.

Unfolding it will reveal what looks a lot like an emergency airline life vest, complete with a whistle and...oh, well, whistles everywhere where the life vest might have been blown up. All of the instructions and cautionary notations on it have been replaced with quickly painted, three-eyed smiling faces.

[fatedsacrifice]

Turning around, Noctis saw a very yellow package at the edge of the dock. He gave it an odd look at first and then picked it up. How the heck did it even get there in the first place? He turned it over and over in his hands until he unwrapped it and he had to laugh a little.

"Uh..ya. That's..helpful." Though he really wasn't sure what to do with the thing. "What's with these eyes?" And that was him asking no one in particular.

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[small_compromise]

Are you all right?!

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[fatedsacrifice]

[Noctis blinked at the new and unfamiliar voice.]

Ya I'm good.

[He then tried a smile and nodded.]

Thanks for checking up on me.

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[small_compromise]

[The girl looks relieved once he responds.]

Oh, I'm glad to hear it. What happened?

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[fatedsacrifice]

[Noctis lowered his head a little and looked a bit sheepish.]

Got pulled into the water..by whatever's in there.

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[small_compromise]

[She winces a little at that.]

It must have been big... Please be careful! My brother nearly got caught up by something huge that lived underwater and it was difficult trying to get him free. That wasn't here, but still...

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[fatedsacrifice]

Ya..it really must've been.

[Cue all the embarrassment over here as Noct feels like an idiot. But he did listen to what the other was saying and he felt bad. It was really touching to have this unknown person worry so he laughed a little because of feeling awkward.]

Sorry you had to see that but I'll be more careful next time.

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[burnyoudown]

[Kavinsky was a rude fucker, which was why he was laughing at Noctis's expense.]

I'm assuming you're still alive and in one piece, yeah? I don't know shit about the fish here, but I'd guess they get pretty damn big if one just pulled you in.

[Or rather, he knew something about the fish, but just whatever was included in the basic information. He'd been working his way through the info on all the different types of animals since he'd arrived, just in case he needed it someday.]

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[fatedsacrifice]

[He'd had people laugh at him before so he wasn't going to get mad about it. The guys back home would've busted his balls nonstop for days more than likely had they seen something like this happen to him. But to the new person he shrugged because alive was a relative term to him, not that he'd ever say as much of course.]

From what little I could tell, it seemed pretty strong so it had to be pretty big.

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[burnyoudown]

Good thing it didn't decide to eat you. Maybe it was like a goldfish.

[You know, how they could get ridiculously big if they were released into the wild. Or rather, maybe it was the alien version of a goldfish.]

Personally, I wouldn't feel too comfortable about taking a sudden swim. I've been catching up on the land animals but not the aquatic ones. Who knows what's out there.

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[fatedsacrifice]

[He shook his head. That same thought had passed through his head in regards to getting eaten. Noctis didn't think there was a giant species of goldfish round, especially the man eating sort of variety but then again, who knew? This place was weird in more ways than one with huge green lobsters.]

Not like I had a choice to land in the water, but ya.

[A small sigh came out and he nodded at the man speaking to him.]

I'll definitely have to see if there's some sort of information about how big things in the water are. It is an ocean so I'd imagine things get to be a good size out there.

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[burnyoudown]

Yeah, I know.

[He could make some kind of comment about how there's probably more information floating around about fish and other animals than there is about how they were going to get home, but... he pushed that bitterness aside.]

So'd you do a lot of fishing back home?

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[fatedsacrifice]

[He nodded.]

I did, used to make it a regular hobby back home.

[Death kind of put a damper on all of it.]

What about you? Did you go fishing back in your world?

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[kyley_b]

Dude! You okay? [Because he will absolutely run down there to help.]

[fatedsacrifice]

[Oh hey it was the kid he was supposed to take fishing..ya good example there Noct. So he turned from the camera.]

Ya uh..I'm okay. Thanks.

[kyley_b]

You sure? Did you catch the Loch Ness monster or something?

[fatedsacrifice]

What's a Loch-ness monster?

[kyley_b]

This like, bigass long-necked monster... thing.

I mean whatever you caught there must have been huge.