A Miserable Fate [Leonora, Ru]

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The short moment of paint settling and falling off from edges made for quite the 'gruesome' looking scene. As if she had exploded into nothing but thick paint, but that was far from the truth. Within the painting, as in actually inside the artwork itself, laid Leo with the coconut in her hand, staring up at the uneven roof with the texture of rough paper and a floor smooth as marble. Raising her head up she saw Ru on the other side, poking at the wall between reality on the imagined world.

''I have acquaired the succulent brown rock! Oh right, Worried Ru can't hear me from here.''

She sprung up on her feet with ease and did a small twirl as she strutted over to the wall that acted as a watery portal. She tilted her head, smiling with a devious idea in mind. Leaning forward she slowly pushed her head through, where Ru is poking of course.

''Ta-daaaah!''

She announced by shoving her head out from the artwork and ending up getting Ru poking right into her right eye, not that she reacted to it.

''Guess who doesn't have to wait for five hours and fourty five minutes and thirteen seconds anymore! That's right! Yours truly, me! And you!''

Hoisting herself up halfway she sort of just relaxed within the artwork as if it was an awfully small pool. Showing off the coconut she grinned with pride.

''You shant worry about nutritions anymore Worried Ru! For I have slain the palm tree and obtained the irresistable nectar!''

She fully rose up from the painting, waving her arm to fan off some of the loose paint on her bright yellow sleeve.

''But don't think that means you are allowed inside! You're gonna need to observe the painting for at least twelve hours, inexperienced art appreciators will die and suffer and wither if they jump without knowing whats ahead!''

Spoken with a wide bright smile, gently tossing the coconut into the bluenette's long arms.

[Fox]

“WAAAAHH?!!?!?!!”

Ru flung himself backward onto his butt when Leonora’s head came through the painting - he had poked her in the eye - and stared up at her with big worried eyes. It took him a moment to process what exactly she was saying, and even then, he still didn’t entirely understand it. He picked himself up off the ground as Leonora pulled herself through the painting. He eyed the painting warily as if were some cursed object liable to trap him forever before glancing back to Leonora who was showing off the coconut that she’d grabbed earlier.

Of course, Leonora explained before he could even ask what the painting thing was about in her own way. His eyes bulged and he clasped his hands close to his chest fearfully as she explained.

“D-Die?”

He said it in an impossibly small voice. Somehow, reflexively, he managed to reach out and catch the coconut after fumbling with it anxiously for a second or two. He stared at Leonora and the painting for a solid uncomfortable moment before edging backwards just a hair. He glanced down at the coconut that Leonora had gotten for him. Uh… he needed… something to break into it with. Rock. He glanced up at her and pointed over to his pile of supplies.

“R-Rock. Er. Hold on.”

It wasn’t too hard to find what he was looking for. A thin wedge shaped rock and a bigger one to use as a table. Ru put the coconut on it and slammed the smaller rock into it, breaking it open in halves. He smiled, and glanced over to Leonora, offering one of the halves to her.

“Here! You should eat too!”

Honestly, they were going to need a lot more than just a couple coconuts if they were going to get out of here. Preferably, they’d have some fish too. But… Ru wasn’t sure how feasible fishing would be when neither of them could swim. Maybe they could catch crabs or other shellfish on the beach? His brow furrowed as he thought of other possible solutions.

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Ru | #87cefa | Post Count: 16

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She nodded overly enthusiastic at the idea of dying within the painting, with her large uncanny eyes it was impossible to determine if she even worried about such a thing. She then crosses her arms and push her finger up against her cheek, tapping her foot and pondering all of the sudden.

''WELL I meaaaaaaan, its only a theory of course! I dunno what happens to others when inside a painting! I have tried of course, but those trapped within the frames usually has been angry men that wanted my head chopped off, so I never went in with them to see for myself! Instead, I grabbed the paintings and tossed them away!''

Even explaining her questionable knowledge of her own ability she had that raw confidence still, perhaps it was the very same annoying confidence that gave her so many enemies to begin with. But that's another tale for another day, its feasting time! She plopped down on her butt and accepted the halved coconut.

''Ah yes, the irresistable nectar of the palmtree demon... with this we will stay triumphant!''

She slurped up the milk from the coconut with much delight, and once done she held the half shell in her hand. A lightbulb pops above her head, an idea struck that chaotic mind of hers!

''Coconut Destroyer Ru, I have a proposal! We will obtain many more of these delicious coconuts if we knock the palmtree demon down! Let's weaponize our heads and smash against the tree trunk with these battle helmets!''

Before Ru could agree or absolutely deny this ridiculous idea Leonora hopped up on her feet and shoved her head inside the shell of the coconut, which should not fit to begin with, but being a human made out of acrylic sure had it's benefits. Chaotic plans from chaotic minds...

''I bet I can bring every single coconut down with one charge! Watch me Ru!''

[Fox]

Ru stared at Leonora blankly when she confessed to murder. Or, at the very least, consigning some poor soul to live in a painting until the end of time. Ru wasn’t sure which was worse honestly. Leonora’s extreme lax and casual attitude about having done that might have convinced a stranger that it was a joke, but Ru had known Leonora for long enough to know that she was completely serious. Even if long enough was maybe a few hours.

He pursed his lips uncomfortably, pushing the thought from his mind. Not… not his problem. Anyway, Leonora had done it in self-defense. Probably. Although, the way she acted sometimes made her seem like the aggressor. Hm. No. No. He didn’t want to think about it. Nope. Done thinking about it for now. Ru sipped at the coconut milk and picked off the white fruit inside, chomping down on it. He looked up at her as she spoke his name, curious, at least, about her newest idea.

“I don’t really- Oh, alright…”

Ru didn’t have time to give a proper answer before Leonora somehow shoved the coconut onto her head like a tiny helmet. He was speechless again as she confidently declared that she’d get all of the coconuts down with a single charge. He smiled encouragingly at her, trying to make the best of it.

“I-It would actually be good if we could get more coconuts. Maybe other fruits too? Can I leave you in charge of that, Leo?”

He smiled hopefully. In her own way, Leonora was trying. She’d risked her life to get him this coconut, but hopefully she’d figure out a better plan for getting more. For his part, Ru just needed to finish making all of the different pieces. He was almost done with the ‘paper’ part of their lanturn, and he’d already finished most of the basket. Loading it with supplies would be the last thing they had to do. Hopefully, it would work. It had to work, right?

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Ru | #87cefa | Post Count: 17

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With her brilliant plan initiated she reeved up her arm, stretching her shoulders before making the greatest charge of her life. With just one look anyone could see that Leonora's body weren't built for anything extreme. Being slim with no muscle were bound to become a disaster for her running towards a thick solid palm tree with full force.

''You can count on me Coconut Destroyer Ru! I can already sense the demon trembling from my presence, bwahaha! Pathetic monster!''

Hyping herself up she shuffled her feet, cracking her fingers and further planted that makeshift helmet tighter on her head. She didn't realize it now covered her eyes and practically making her blind. But no worries! She knew which direction to go, in her mind it was crystal clear like an untouched lake in the middle of a divine forest! Now the demon had nowhere to go... that is if Leonora had any sense of direction to begin with, but she certainly believes she does!

''RRUUUUUAAAAARGH! CHAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...''

As she ran down towards the harmless palm tree she missed the mark by a long shot. But she kept charging, and when someone would expect the impact it never came, only the sound of the roar becoming more distant. 

But she is bound to hit something, plenty of trees between her and the beach she is directed at. However long she ran for certainly did not make her wonder, in her head it was all a dramatic brave approach to the enemy, the longer the run the more serious it gets! And that's when Leonora crashes into the ocean water. But she did -hit- something, and it just so happens to be clamping her body as she desperately screams for help. That is if her plead is too far away and cannot reach, but she could probably survive the ordeal for a day or so, probably...

[Fox]

Ru watched Leonora run off, instantly regretting the request that he’d made of her. He loved her enthusiasm, but it made him increasingly worrisome for her. She’d missed the tree that he was pretty sure that she had been aiming for, disappearing into the underbrush still screaming. Ru put his hands together as his brow furrowed in intense concern. The sound of her voice was getting increasingly further away. She’d… She would hit something before she ran into the water right? Right?

“...”

Ru shot to his feet and jogged after Leonora, feeling a lump of anxiety in his throat. Finding her trail and following it wasn’t very hard. She’d been charging blindly through the trees. He only got increasingly worried as he went further and further, Leonora having somehow weaved her way through the trees and other obstacles in her way.

When he could hear the sound of crashing waves on the beach, he knew that he’d done the right thing. He jumped when he heard a scream from Leonora and rushed out of the underbrush onto the beach, looking around frantically for her. He didn't see her! He didn't see her! Surely, she didn't run straight into the water, right?

“Leo?!”

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Ru | #87cefa | Post Count: 18

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Oh the humanity! Oh what a terrible string of events! But really the deviant of a girl had it coming. With a reckless sprint with no use of the eyes only could end poorly, and she did that by having her entire front crashing at the rugged texture of a big creature! Indeed there are massive fishes in the water, but by the beach other variants existed, in the form of ... crab?

Indeed, a massive crab at three meters height held Leo up in the air with both of it's massive pinchers, one pulling one of her legs with the other pulling an arm, giving that flexible acrylic body of the deviant a painful stretch! Usually, the human body would be torn in half from such intensive pulls, but luckily for Leo her body could take a proper beating! That is if she could outlast the pain. Her eyes totally whited out, her mouth fuming with foam and her unrestrained arm waving around desperately.

How it came to this could be seen easily if taken a proper look at the crab, for it's shell is marked in paint with an uncanny resemblance of Leo, if she were flat. And the crab is not having any of that! It clearly have been angered and will not stop tormenting Leo! Leo finally sees Ru emerging from the bushes, like a hero in shining armor! Her tears are flooding!

''Oh Brave Ru-YOOOUW- I may be -OOOOW in a bit of a piiiIIIOOOOOOUW-ckle! May I ask- GAH!- for assistance- YOWOWOWOW-! STOP THAT YOU IMBECIIIILE!''

She retorted with both words and.. well, more words, she couldn't do much when apprehended in such overwhelming manner, plus theres water beneath the crab, falling down into it would make matters even worse.

''Uff! If only I had the strength to overcome this monster! Oh what does a damsel in need have to do for some NYUOOOWH! No, not 'nuowh', I meant to say altruistic aid from someone wonderful!''

[Fox]

The sound of Leo’s voice drew Ru’s eyes to a sight that he wasn’t quite sure what to make of. An enormous crab had Leo hoisted high into the air with its pincers, clearly set on ripping her apart. Ru stared in wide eyed confusion until Leo snapped at the crab for hurting her. He shook his head and glanced around, trying to think of what to do. He definitely had to help her! Eventually, he had an idea - though it was gonna be weird!

“Don’t worry, Leo! I’m coming!”

Turning his lower body into jelly, Ru surged up high into the air and awkwardly walked on huge jelly stilts toward the crab. He practically fell onto the crab’s back, but the crab’s large pincers were occupied with Leo. Wrapping his long arm around one of the claws, Ru used his natural strength to pry it open until he was red in the face. It was just enough to where Leo was yoinked out by the other pincer trying to pull her apart.

“You’re free! Well. Kind of,” Ru chuckled as he pulled himself over to the other pincer. The crab tried to grab him with its now empty pincer, and did, earning a loud yelp from Ru - at least until he turned that part of himself into blue jelly and slipped out. “He’s so angry!”

Ru didn’t waste anymore time as he grabbed the pincer still holding Leo and pulled it open slowly, but surely.

“Guh…Go Leo!”

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Ru | #87cefa | Post Count: 19

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Leo watched Ru approach at high speed! At least the amount of speed a slimey lad can do, which totally looked amazing in the deviant's eyes, truly a hero! But that short moment of admiration were cut short as the angry crab waltzed around with its many legs, furiously tugging on Leo as if she were some stretch toy, which by the by, she's not!

''O-ooouh- oooooh! I can see the light, the light! It is befalling over me like an eclipse! Oh oh!''

Bantering while Ru doing his darn hardest to aid her Leo really did not know the appropiate times to being out her soap opera sequences. But to her surpise Ru pryed that pincer off her leg! Leo cried with a cheerish yelp, now dangling by her arm and seeing how skillfully Ru slips through the crab's angry jabs. Leo already feeling so exhausted swiped some vibrant sweat from her forehead, nothing much she could do from her position, but Ru's struggles shall not go in vain she thought!

''Oh oh oh! I will go alright! Check this out!''

With a wink and a worrisome thumbs up the deviant  leaned her body down, stretching her petit arm as far it could go until she hovered her face infront of the crab's pair of eyes. She waved at it before giving it a WALLOP of a kick right inbetween the eyes!

''Next time just stay in the ocean! HI-YAAH!''

The kick got it flinch and stumble back a bit, but far from defeated, and instead becoming into a steaming hot red angry creature with it's eyes glued at Leo. It took aim with it's unoccupied pincers, and right as it jabs Leo lets herself get yanked back up by the stretched arm, making a big fool out of the crab as it jabs right at itself! That time definitely hurt, and it recoiled with such revolt that it flung it's pincers upwards, tossing Leo right off the pincers and high up into the air, until she falls somewhere on the beach. Where Ru ended up? Hopefully not in the water! But after hurting itself the crab crawled deep into the water with haste, and Leo stuck halfway into the sand with her legs flailing.

''AAAAAAA NOT- AGH-GAIN!''

Recalling back to her time arriving to the island, getting stuck in the sand made her remember why she is here to begin with.

[Fox]

Leo kicking the crab between the eyes was not how he’d imagined her escape. He watched appalled as she did it, holding onto its claw for dear life as the crab flinched and flailed around angrily in retaliation. He clung desperately to the one claw as the crab jabbed itself in the face. It recoiled again, earning a terrified squeak from Ru as it threw its claws up into the air. Leo flew off somewhere, but Ru managed to stay grappled on thanks to his strength.

Unfortunately for Ru, he immediately started to think that he should have let the crab fling him off when it started retreating down into the water. Slinging himself around in a desperate move, Ru turned his arms into jelly and awkwardly slingshotted himself up into the air toward land - hopefully.

“AAAAIIIIIIIIYYYYGGGGHHHHHH!!!”

Ru transformed into a small little jelly blob and bounced across the sand of the beach before rolling to a stop, feeling extremely shell shocked. He jiggled with fear, too stunned to even move as Leo flailed around with her lower half sticking out of the sand. He’d almost died. Again. Twice! In the same day! Ru melted into a nervous puddle as a mixture of relief and terror swept over him. Was it always going to be like this? Maybe he shouldn’t have left the monastery.

“G-Guh…”

Leo’s constant flailing did eventually make Ru force himself to pull himself together. They… they were gonna get out of this. Together. Reforming into his humanoid body, Ru picked himself up and walked over to Leo, grabbing her ankles and pulling with all his might to pry her out of the hand.

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Ru | #87cefa | Post Count: 20

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Her legs kicked, swung, spun even in all sorts of penicky manners. Leo with a stuck upperbody could barely do anything other than feeling the wind and the dusts of sand hit her legs, all the while getting a mouthful of coarse rough sand. Her muffled screaming kept going until she just sort of stops and letting her legs just lazily stay there. She thought about eating a tunnel for her to crawl through, since she can't stick herself to a surface of particles. But once Ru grabbed those ankles she lit up with another form of panic!

T-THE LOATHESOME CRAAAAAB!

In pure horror she thought both of her legs is about to become crab food! The return of the angry crab is nothing short but the end of Leo's pitiful life. Her legs sprung around, making it at first hard for Ru to pull, but those long arms of his proved to be effective.

With a comical *pop* Leo got unplugged from the ground and rotated in the air and landing right infront of Ru with her torso and face down against the sandy beach. But she's quick to realize there is no crab here! Only the amazing Ru! Hopping up on her two feet and saluting with her one arm she stood firm, mouth open as a waterfall of sand ran down from her mouth.

Wait- one arm?

She blinked and looked at the stub of am arm on her left, rapidly dripping of blue paint down on the sand. The crab must've clung to the very end of the struggle, making the fling severe her acrylic arm!

''Ah... It appears my left arm is not optically discerned, infact, I feel a great amount of pain right about now.... *inhale* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-''

She screamed out, jumping and flailing her limbs up and down, waving her stubby left arm as her eyes widened up way beyond they should. The pain is not a joke, she's just awfull at registering such damages to her surreal body.

''M-MUH AAARM OOOOUH MY AAAAARM! I am in so much paaaain oh god help meeeee! Wait! Now I remember! Brush! Gimme a paintbrush!''

Breaking her dramatic reaction she asked for a paintbrush, to herself? She told those words as she searched her big pockets for a few seconds before revealing a murky half beaten up paintbrush! Tapping it against her vibrant tongue she dabbed it with a thick layer of paint and drew it across her stubby arm, quite literally painting her arm back slowly but surely.

[Fox]

“L-Leo! Stop kicking- Ow!”

Ru’s efforts to pull Leonora out of the sand were successful - at the cost of a kick to the face. He sprawled backwards as she popped out of the sand where she made a rather dramatic landing. Well, maybe that was just normal for her. She hopped to her feet in the blink of an eye and saluted him as he sighed softly and picked himself back up off the beach.

He dusted the sand from his long sleeves as Leonora let a deluge of sand out of her mouth. It took him a moment to realize that she was missing something. Both Ru and Leo looked down at the stub of her arm. Ru’s eyes went wide as he questioned what he was seeing. What. That wasn’t real. That was just Leo messing with him again, right? He glanced back up at her face as she spoke, unleashing a scream that ignited Ru’s disbelief into full blown panic.

“AAAAAAAAAA?!!”

He also screamed, more out of sheer terror and not knowing what to do than pain.

“Your arm!! Leo, what! How?! Paintbrush?! O-Okay?! OKAY! I’ll! Paintbrush!”

Ru frantically glanced around as if a paintbrush would just magically materialize on a deserted island. What was he doing? He spun around to Leo, holding up his hands helplessly.

“Leo, we don’t have a-”

Ru’s words died in his throat as Leo produced a paintbrush from her pocket. Or what was left of one. It looked more than a little worse for wear. Watching her in disbelief, Ru waited with bated breath as she tried to paint her arm back on.

“Is… Is it working?”

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Ru | #add8e6 | Post Count: 21

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Swished and swoshed, those swift swipes of of the beaten up brush splattered plenty of vibrant goopey paint on the ground and on herself. But despite the messy way of adding strokes she slowly formed the stub of her arm longer, smoothing out the edges, much like smearing the paint across the canvas she brought her arm back. Finishing the limb off with a satisfying five flick rhythm for each finger.

Flick~

Flock~

Flack~

Fleck~

Fl... Fluck? That sounds inappropiate.

Leo laughed out and spun the paintbrush between her newly painted fingers, showing off the amazing ability to seemingly fix her body with mere paint. 

''Ahaha eheheh ho! It works like a charm! Everytime! Never a miss~! I once had to paint my entire lowerbody!''

It seems she has already forgotten the 'trauma' of losing a limb, or rather she is used to it. Pushing the paintbrush back into her shorts she pointed up at the sky.

''I never travel without a paintbrush! And whenever I panic about not having one just tell me to check my pockets!''

Not telling directly, but she has once or twice forgotten she had one on her during desperate moments, nothing wrong asking others to be their reminder, right? Leo looked around, seeing the crab is gone got the odd paint girl grin victorously, clenching her fist close to her chest.

''Yush! One great enemy down, onto the next! Which is... escaping the island...''

She falls down on her knees and starts to wail uncontrollable, clutching her fingers into the sand and turning more blue.

''UWAAAH! We're still on this dumb island! I just wanna walk into some cafe or a bakery for a change! I am tired of visiting those prudish skeletons! Waaah!''

She sulked and sniffled heavily, eyes splashing blue paint like faucets, even hitting her fist into the ground in such dramatic fashion.

''Wuuaaah! And that idiot crab flung me so high into the air I thought I got sent to heaven! I was in bliss! Daaarn you crab! Darn you!...Wait a minute!''

She shot up, a lightbulb popping above her head and her sad expression turning back into a bright grinning sun. Staring at Ru she pointed up at her lightbulb.

''Ooooh Ruuuuu~ I have an ideeeeaaaa~! You are making a blimp or some sort, right?!?!''

She asked with an increasingly inflating excitement, nearly bursting with enthusiasm. If she weren't holding back she'd be holding his shoulders and shake him violently demanding an answer.

[Fox]

It was working! Ru’s face brightened up going from worry to relief in the span of an instant as Leo used her newly repainted fingers to twirl the paintbrush around. He smiled - and then immediately winced when Leonora described the time that she had to repaint her entire body. Wasn’t that terribly painful? Ru decided not to dwell for very long on that particular detail and made a mental note to grab some paint brushes the next time either of them reached civilization again. Leo’s brush was looking like it was on its last legs.

“I’m glad you’re alright,” Ru said with a smile, “I’ll be sure to remind you if you forget!”

Of course, as if on cue, Leonora’s mood swung in the entirely opposite direction from triumphant to despair. The smile on Ru’s face faded as quickly as it had appeared as he frantically fussed over her in worry. How did he calm her down? He racked his brain for an answer, but he should have known better by now because Leo’s demeanor swiftly swung back to the other extreme. He blinked at her as she stared at him. He wasn’t so sure he liked that look.

“Yes…” Ru answered slowly, watching her enthusiasm levels crash through the sky like a rocket, “A paper lantern, but kinda the same idea as a balloon?”

He narrowed his eyes at her, more worried than anything else that he was about to get dragged off onto another hair brained and dangerous scheme.

“What’s your idea?”

-~-

“L-Leo, I’m not so sure about this anymore…!” Ru whined as wind whipped his blue hair all around him.

Looking down, all Ru could think was that this cliff was a lot higher than it looked from the beach. He clung to the side of the completed basket for dear life as it teetered on the edge of the cliff with one hand as the other held the torch that was going to light the fire that would sustain them in the air. Below, the massive orange pufferfish looking sea king floated idly in the bay.

“Y-Ya know, I’m sure there’s a better way of doing this, so why don’t we- W-Wait, where’d you go? L-Leo?!”

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Ru | #add8e6 | Post Count: 22

Notes: Cutting ahead with nom's permission.

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Sometimes a genius needs a fellow genius to bounce off their ideas on, to exercise cooperation and sharing thoughts with one another is the key to any successful execution of a plan. To Leo, this is the most brilliant idea she's had for weeks! She still believes her attempt to slingshot herself across the ocean with a palm tree was the way to go...

However! Both Ru and Leo set their eyes to the inner part of the crescent shaped island, standing on a lone cliff and watching the huge Fish King below. Lucky for them that such a cliff is tall enough to hover over the Fish King's back, but its even more lucky considering this Fish King is taking a nap within the circular bay.

Leo peeked down, grinning with her bright white teeth showing her devious intentions. She looks back at Ru, who finalized the preperations for their 'blimp'.

''Oh there's nothing to worry about! What's the worst that could possibly happen? We just need to hit at the right moment and land with perfection with hopes it doesn't leave us flattened!''

With high risk comes high reward, and tonight their reward is freedom! Sweet sweet juicy freedom! The idea of such a thing got the deviant riled up more than needed, that she has already begun walking back and charging up a spring, out of Ru's line of sight.

''Aaaaaalright! Let's show the world the power of two brains combined can achieve! LET'SA-''

She shouted and ran forward with all might, taking aim at Ru and their vessel in which he sat in, grinning wide through the entire sprint!

''-GOOOOO-GURHK!''

With a crash Leonora pushed against the side of the wooden basket, head first, with enough force to just tip the basket over the cliff. Leo rolled into the basket with a half flat head and starry eyes, nearly knocking herself out. But that can't be helped, for both of them began to fall down! It wasn't a far drop, and before speed accelerated the bottom of the basket plopped ontop of the ozersized pufferfish. For a few seconds the basket just sort of sat there, awkwardly ontop of the Fish King, seems like it did not notice something landing ontop of it. Leo pushes herself up and rubbing her head, looking at the unmoving monstrosity with a disatisfied expression.

''UGH! Like, c'moooon, we don't have all day! Sheesh, good thing I came prepared...''

She shuffled her hands into their strapped down sack of goods and resources, pulling out a wood pike that she has carved out. With zero hesitation she jammed it down into the orange skin of the sea creature, waiting for a response.

''...Hm, maybe it's having a bad day? How about another one-''

Then suddenly, everything around them began to move upwards? The cliff grew, the distance of the island's thick jungle all raised up.

''Whoooaaa, hey, I didn't know this island could do that! Who would've thought, a growing island! That's funny!''

Being the naive fool she is Leonora is in for a surprise. One moment they sat in a wooden basket ontop of one of the most fearsome creatures in this world, then in the next moment they felt the pressure from below finally released. The sheer force behind the inflation sent the tiny vessel way up into the sky with amazing speed! So fast infact that Leo turned into a flat image of herself on the floor due to the gravity!

Then, silence, the speed halted, the sound of wind whiplashing ceased, they came to a complete stop high up in the sky. Around them, nothing but blue and the few ocassional clouds. Leo, pulled herself off from the floor and watched the scenery, with wide beady eyes of awe.

''W-whooaaaa! It worked! Ru it worked! MWAHAHA! We are flying!... Aren't we?''

Leo then took another look around her, seeing the scenery now moving upwards, meaning they began to fall again.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A A A A A A A

Leo on the top of her lungs screamed in fear as they began to fall down, along with her eyes falling out from her sockets. She may be brave, but she doesn't know how to operate a paper lantern nor how to deploy it from the basket.