12789/sailing just like a mortal

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sailing just like a mortal
Date of Scene: 04 March 2021
Location: Somewhere, on the athlantic ocean
Synopsis: Pseidon and Rave meet again, talking about various things on the sea and planning something.
Cast of Characters: Poseidon, Rave




Poseidon has posed:
Water to the north, water to the south, water to the east and west. An infinite amount of water below, an infinite amount of sky above. No landmass in sight, yet the ocean is as flat as a table, the waves barely noticeable. The sun shines bright, mid afternoon as it is, with barely a few clouds in sight, the perfect day with the perfect weather.
Allowing the sea breeze to push it forward, a small boat is gently floating on the waves, slicing the water surface with its wooden hull, cutting through the waves as it sails towards an unknown destination. To move it, a white sail, no flags or colors to identify the boat itself, which is probably large enough for no more than five people. Yet just one is aboard, wearing a pair of shorts and nothing more, leaning backwards on a comfortable seat that, somehow, managed to be on an otherwise quite simple wooden boat. The white hair of the man fall behind his shoulders, leaving his ageless face fully exposed to the sun. Is, Poseidon getting a sunbath?

Rave has posed:
Water water everywhere, a flash of light and streak on the waves, Rave was on the move! What were the odds of her encountering that single boat in the middle of the entire ocean?

Perhaps they were magically assisted, or he was simply sitting on her usual path as she sets off.

Her slowing turns down to a spash as transition from high-speed water travel comes to falling beneath the surface.

Emerging to the side of the boat, the bluenette lifts her swimsuit-wrapped form with her arms to lean over the edge.

"Oh hey! It's been a while."

Poseidon has posed:
"uh huh, unless someone is firing a torpedo at me for no reason I'll get a visit..." Poseidon mumbles, feeling more than seeing something approach thanks to his connection with the sea he's sailing upon.
And in fact, a visit it is! One that even brings a smile to his face "definitely so! For mortal standards, at least. It's what, a year? Two?" then, as if remembering manners, he waves his left hand towards all the empty space on the boat "feel free to hop aboard!, it's good to see you again Rave"

Rave has posed:
Hauling herself out of the water, the girl with the glowing eyes and hair hauls herself up, pulling her now soaked form onto the wooden boat and stretching out. "Well this is more comfortable than dangling myself over the edge of the water. Not that I think I'd get eaten by a shark out here with you nearby."

"I'd ask you what you were doing out here, but this is kinda your thing."

Poseidon has posed:
"in fact it is, it would be surprising to find me on top of a mountain or something... Well unless that mountain is home, even if that's more of a parallel dimension..." Poseidon chuckles, then peers at the wooden floor of the boat "want a chair?" he asks, summoning a longchair just in case in front of him. "what are you, doing here anyways? It doesn't happen just everyday to see a girl running on water like it was concrete, after all..."

Rave has posed:
Chairs summoned out of nowhere? Sometimes divine power was kind of awesome. Happy to move over towards the chair and settling herself down, the speedster chuckles.

"Chasing better weather, exploring the world..." a pause as she stretches out, gesturing to her pale skin. "A little sunbathing. I am powered by light after all!"

Poseidon has posed:
Poseidon chuckles too, closing his eyes and stretching on his chair "uh huh, Apollo is being nice today, isn't he.." he even glances towards the sun, briefly, and chuckles again "when humans still believed it was a carriage, oh, I miss the good old times... I mean okay, shorter lifespans, prejudice, wars, a terrible lack of personal igene... But the things they believed in! Truly amazing. Now they believe in all the wrong things like, the power of rap and that drugs are great but, they don't believe in me... Bah..."

Rave has posed:
"So if it's not...does he just let the sun travel and it gives him his mojo? Kinda like me...but way more?"

Shrugging, she listens to the rest, giving a little giggle and shrugging her shoulders. "Well, not everyone is lucky enough to have met and hung out with you. It makes you very more open to belief."

Poseidon has posed:
Poseidon shrugs "sun still does its stuff regardless of Apollo's intervention, but he made sure noone messed with it, in a way. Like I do with the sea, they'll still exist after me, and I do not derive my magic from the sea itself, but when there's a searelated problem I intervene, as a guardian of sort we could say?" he pauses, thoughtfully staring at the sun. Without blinking. Without crying.
"one would also think that being part of the pantheon of one of the first civilizations would help. One would think that after stranding Odisseus for twenty years people would remember. But, well" he shrugs again, then smiles amusedly "maybe I should appear in public more often though!"

Rave has posed:
She laughs lightly at that, gesturing to their surroundings as they bob on the water. "I mean, even I heard of the Odyssy, homer wrote a whole thing about it."

Was it really a joke if she was talking with the deity responsible?

"But I mean...you could. Thor turns up in the public spotlight all the time, it probably added to this whole Viking resurgence thing people seem to be loving lately."

Poseidon has posed:
"yeah but Vikings are all about the spotlight!" says a god which was part of a pantheon requiring sacrifices and all sorts of worships. "I could go do something like, I don't know, stop a bank robbery or something like that? It'd be fun..."
With just an idle gesture of his left hand, Poseidon commands the boat to turn, altering its course for someplace else "how have you been anyways?"

Rave has posed:
"I'm a performer," she points out, Rave giggling and shifting herself to lay in the opposite direction and prop herself up with her elbows. "The spotlight isn't so bad."

Talk of stopping bank robberies has her nodding, another grin from the lounging girl. "I mean, I always found it fun."

Poseidon has posed:
"I had my fair share of spotlight back in the days... But, well, in this case, it could truly be helpful. The more people believe in me, after all, the more good I can do to the world..." Poseidon explains, then tilts his head to the left, his shoulder quickly covered by a waterfall of white hair "a performer? Of what kind if I may ask?"

Rave has posed:
"I should almost be offended," Rave jokes lightly, idly bending her legs at the knees to let them rest above her as she lounges. "Music. I sing, I make music...probably not the kind you're used to. High-energy stuff, exciting...like me!"

A wink, she closes her eyes. "Even before my gifts emerged."

Poseidon has posed:
Poseidon hmms thoughtfully "well, in my defense, I am not very, knowledged on modern stuff... I mean I listen to music of course, but I am more of a..." he pauses, trying perhaps to find the right words "lets say everything before the 2000? From Sinatra to Clapton, the Eagles, Bach, Dolly Parton, Ray Charles..." well that's a mix of genres!

Rave has posed:
"Forgive me if I didn't bring any instruments or mixes with me, you'll have to come to my show or check out my social media." A pause, there's a little grin. "Not a lot of room for carrying stuff in a suit like this."

Poseidon has posed:
She said it, social media! He flinches "what's that, that thing that keeps kids glued to their phones now aday? Social media?" he inquires, before thoughtfully looking at the wooden floor of the boat "I could summon something... Oh, or I could indeed come to one of your shows it'd be even better probably. If you want you can even use it as an advertisement thing!" he states jokingly "even gods come to my shows, or something, I don't know how advertisement is done now aday."

Rave has posed:
"That'd be a heck of a selfie," Rave muses aloud, grining a little. "I mean, how would that even be tagged?"

She could sing of course, or show him a video...but it was different without the music, and she wasn't carrying a phone either in her bikini while running and swimming the ocean!

Poseidon has posed:
"Don't worry, I'll come to the show. You can tag the selfie however you like! Whatever that means..." Poseidon replies with a wide smile. "you know what, one of these times, I'll truly show how oceans are..." he adds, tapping with a fingertip against the wooden side of the boat "I'll visit your musical world, and allow you to visit mine, if you want!"

Rave has posed:
"I'll hold you to that," Rave chuckles, pushing herself up to rest on her forearms now. "Always exciting to see something new, especially when you can see a lot of the world just by running to it....I guess I kinda break the odd immigration and tourisim law by running right into some places though..." trailing off with her musing, the blue-haired girl grins. "Anyway, yes. You can show me how things 'truely are' sometime."

Poseidon has posed:
"well, it's difficult to run there, you'd need waterbreathing to do that effectively not to mention, that moving through the ocean is a bit like flying, in a way." Poseidon states with a new smile, his eyes staring up at the sun probably to guess the time now "and I'm afraid I will have to leave soon, there are things I should do before nightfall..."

Rave has posed:
Taking the hint and herself not really wanting to try and navigate without light if she could help it, Rave climbs from the chair back to her feet. stretching her arms above her head. "I look forward to seeing it, but I'll leave you to your god stuff. Look me up sometime on land, otherwise I'll see you out on the waves some time!"

Rave has posed:
"I'll go my own way," she answers, glowing brighter already as she braces herself and giving one last little wave. "Till next time!"

Then in a flash and a rock of the boat, Rave was off in a rapidly accelerating bolt of blue.

Poseidon has posed:
Poseidon stands as well, allowing the two chairs to vanish, as will probably happen to the boat once he's gone. "I look forward to our next meeting, then. Please be safe, Rave, and you do know how to find me if you ever need it" does she? Maybe! Probably? In any case, an ocean-blue robe appears on Poseidon's body, just to give him some form of decency again, and he bows his head in a polite farewell before just vanishing. As the boat will once Rave hops off!