LEARN 2 SWIM WITH SORA

[destiny_key]

Who: Sora and YOU!
What: Sora teaches people to swim with their fabulous new mer-bodies and shenanigans happen.
Where: Inside the carnival
When: The day after everyone becomes mer-people

It started out unofficial. Sora didn't even post a sign, really. He started with just one person who had marveled at his skills, and then the number grew until he had a small class of people. He supposed he did have a bit of a benefit, having had fins multiple times before, and he was absolutely happy to help anyone who needed it.

Yes, that's right, Sora is teaching people how to swim with their new bodies. Anyone is welcome, whether he knows them or not, and he'll teach them all about the ways of being a sea creature; it's really not that hard at all!

Comments

[otokogi]

Mitsuki... is failing as a merman. It's a good thing his life doesn't seem to depend on his ability to stay moving in the water because he would be belly up pretty much immediately. Sure, he's a dancer in his regular body but even getting to the skill level he's at took him years of exhausting work. Trying to learn how to move in a brand new body? What did he do to deserve this?

This is why his main form of locomotion is a combination of tail swishing and dragging, using whatever objects are nearby to stabilize himself as he gets used to how swimming with a tail works. He's using this to attempt to get to the cookhouse when he sees a small group of people watching another person. He recognizes him a little, having seen him around the games when he goes to hang out with Chiaki, but he doesn't really know him. That's not going to stop him from scooting up to the side of the group to see what he can learn, however. The teacher--Sora? He thinks so--clearly has some confidence in what he's doing, and that alone tells Mitsuki he's probably worth listening to.

His own practice isn't going as well, though. He can't seem to stay straight. Every time he picks up even the slightest bit of speed, he ends up aiming downward again. Sighing, Mitsuki rights himself and tries again.

[destiny_key]

Sora thinks he's got a pretty good grasp on the carnival and its workers at this point, having been here a month now; usually he can recognize people, at least by their faces, if not by their fae markings. Which is why it's weird that he's somehow never seen this guy before.

The poor guy is definitely struggling, though, and Sora, in his kindness, can only leave a friend upside-down for so long. Making sure the rest of the 'class' is in good shape, he leaves the front of the crowd, and swims over to the new guy.

"Hey! You, uh, you need some help?"

[otokogi]

Mitsuki didn't mean to make himself the center of the instructor's attention but Sora's not wrong. He's a little embarrassed when Sora comes over, but he only pauses for a second before nodding. Pride goes before the fall, or in this case the crash into the ground.

"Yeah, I think I might, thanks. Your instructions were really helpful, though; this is very kind of you, holding a class like this!"

It's not Sora's fault Mitsuki can't make his bottom half work properly anymore

[destiny_key]

"Uh, well, it's not really a class..." Sora answers sheepishly. "Some people asked for help, and then some more, and then there was a crowd. But I wanna help everyone if I can."

Sora swims a circle around the guy, looking him over.

"So, what are you not getting?"