While it's not something Blubby would likely admit, he sometimes enjoys some... Rather childish things. One of his favorites is a pool of some kind of purple goop he found out in the ocean, a few minutes' walk from the shore. He's not sure what it is, but he does know it's safe to be in, and with the privacy being in such an isolated place brings, he can safely play without worrying about being caught.
As carefree as a child playing in mud, Blubby splashes around in the goop, stomping it with his paws or even just rolling in it, coating his body in the stuff - it was always easy for him to shake off, so he didn't mind getting "dirty" in this way. And, of course, he gets bubbles involved as well, either blowing some outside the goop and pushing them down into it or simply dunking his snout and puffing out some air. The goop adheres to the bubbles too, rendering them purple and a bit heavier, floating more slowly than normal.
The goop's consistency happens to be just right to act as a sort of underwater quicksand as well, and while it's easy to escape, the dragon sometimes lets himself sink into it. Below the surface it's extremely hard to see, even with his goggles on, though through practice he's become able to make out about a foot in front of his face. Down there, he tends to blow more bubbles to watch them very slowly ascend, as well as simply stroll around once he reaches the bottom about 10 feet down. For a little while, he'd mime a gasp when he surfaced as if he didn't still need to hold his breath - until the time he accidentally did it for real, ending up hacking out a lot of air and needing to rush for the real surface. Still, that hasn't dissuaded him from his goopy dives.
Today, in the interest of getting a better look at bubbles emerging from under the goop, Blubby's brought a big novelty straw with him. With one end in the goop and the other in his mouth, he bubbles away like always, watching his air rise up into view. As fun as all this is, he'd probably enjoy it more if someone could join him for it, but it's just too embarrassing to admit he likes this...
My character: Hey, I'm not one to judge. I'm willing to admit that I've done a few childish things myself. So I don't see why I should be offended by it
My character: Hey, I'm not one to judge. I'm willing to admit that I've done a few childish things m
Also, part of my friend group bro code is that we don't judge others based on their interests. So needless to say, you shouldn't be ashamed of this around me and my friends
Also, part of my friend group bro code is that we don't judge others based on their interests. So ne
S: on a causal day on the beach, Blubby, a blue dragon, is going to the ocean for a dive, but not for what you might think. He has a sort of...childish mind to stuff sometimes, so when he discovered there was some purple kind of goop underwater, he was gonna go play in some and have a great time. As that was happening, I was at the beach myself, looking out at the water and wearing some goggles on my forehead. I wasnt aware of Blubby yet and I havent seen him a good while too
L: Not yet noticing you either, though happening to come into your line of sight, Blubby is wading into the water, wearing his goggles as well and... Carrying a large novelty straw in his mouth, for whatever reason.
S: I happened to turn around and thats when I finally see Blubby! My tail immediately began to wag happily before I waved at him, i was curious about the straw in his mouth too
"Hey!! Blubby is that you?? Its me Emilio!!"
L: "Mm?" Blubby looks over at you, and his tail starts to wag as well as he takes the straw out of his mouth. "Oh wow, it's been a long time! How have you been, buddy?" He starts coming over to you, walking a little awkwardly as he holds the straw in a paw now.
S: I happily ran over to Blubby and I wrapped my arms around him in a hug, my tail wagging the whole time
"Good! Its been so long since ive seen you! Honestly I missed you so much!! I hope you've been well too, and um...whats with the straw?"
L: Blubby hugs you back, but blushes. "O-oh, this is for, um..." He pauses, then sighs a little. "If there's anyone I should be able to tell, it's you... There's this pool of goop of some kind underwater not far from here, and I was... Going to play around in it. I'm gonna use this straw to blow bubbles in it."
S: as Blubby told me this, I couldnt help but giggle a little, but not in a mean way
"That actually sounds kind of fun! I bet it makes you feel like a kid again. I didnt know there was goop underwater"
L: "I-I didn't think you'd feel that way! Yeah, it's this weird purple stuff, whatever it is it's harmless. You can come with me and try it out too if you want!"
S: "Hmm, well I was gonna go for a swim anyways, so sure! I don't see why not, I was actually gonna be worried I was gonna go swimming by myself since none of my other friends were available today..."
L: "Glad we happened to run into each other then! Like always, I'm up for making bubbles for you, so don't worry about air. How about we head in?"
S: "Alright, I'm probably still gonna be nervous about submerging tho, like i always do"
L: "And I'm ready to help you out with that, I'm sure it won't take long. Let's see if you can at least get into the water first." Blubby starts going into the water.
S: I nod before heading into the water myself, looking ok for now
L: "Hm, maybe you won't actually get nervous today..." Blubby continues forward until only his head is still above the water.
S: "You never know, it useally happens at the last second..."
I kept following Blubby, floating on the surface by his head
L: Blubby soon has to tilt his head back to keep his face above the water. "I'm gonna have to go under soon... Heh, here's a funny idea." He lifts up that straw and holds it in his mouth, this time angling it so he can breathe through it sort of like a snorkel.
S: as I see this, I couldnt help but laugh at it a bit
"Heh, thats not a bad idea, using it like a snorkel, it looks like its working"
I looked down at the water, of course nervous to dive as I whined a little
L: Hearing that whine, Blubby stops, sitting to raise his head as high as possible while taking the straw out of his mouth. "Okay, sounds to me like you're starting to get scared."
S: "Ugh...yes I am... I swear i always get nervous when I submerge under for the first time for the day...always... I dont know why I feel extra nervous for some reason"
squirtlerocks07 and I did an RP based on this. S: on a causal day on the beach, Blubby, a blue dra
L: "Well, the sooner we can get that first one out of the way, the sooner we can start having fun together. Be brave, Emilio, you've done this a ton of times before and you can do it again!"
S: "I-i know, its always easier for me to go underwater if im with my Treecko buddy, i dont hesitate as much...but me and you havent gone on a dive together in so long, and I want to, I truly do...I'm just gonna have to try and be brave..."
L: "You know it's gonna be worth it, we just have to get this done with. Remember, I can basically give you as much air as you want, there's no possible way you'll end up even getting low on breath."
S: "Thats true, I dont want to push myself, but its been happening to me so many times lately... so thats why im extra nervous today... but I just have to try and tough it out"
L: "Just get it over with as quick as you can, I think that'd be the best way. I'm right here with you, don't worry."
S: "Alright alright...im just gonna do it"
with a couple deep breaths, I then hold one last one, pinch my nose shut and finally dive underwater
L: A bit surprised at how quickly you went under, Blubby takes a quick breath before joining you. He smiles at you and nods, before putting the straw back in his mouth to properly fill up with a huge breath.
S: I looked at Blubby fill up as little bubbles leave my mouth
L: Soon, Blubby's fully ready, and takes the straw out again. "Alblrigblht, fobllow mble, itbl's noblt veblry fablr." Blubby starts walking along the bottom.
S: nodding, I swim down to follow Blubby, trying to remain calm
L: The water's gradually getting deeper... There's no sign of the goop just yet, but Blubby clearly still knows where he's going.
S: as the waters get deeper, I was starting to get scared again, knowing this goop was probably pretty deep underwater, I whined out bubbles again and stopped swimming, my face turning a bit red from the anxiety
L: Blubby notices you've stopped after a couple seconds, and comes over to you with a look of concern. "Yoblu dobling okblay? Dibld yoblu geblt toblo scblarebld agblain?"
I take the bubble and inhale it, my blush fading away and calming down a bit
L: "Itbl's noblt mublch fablrthbler noblw, jublst hblang ibln thblere abl liblttlble loblngeblr." Blubby resumes leading the way.
S: with another whine I follow Blubby once more, hoping it really isnt that much further
L: And thankfully it's not, as up ahead a pool of some kind of purple goop comes into view.
"Thblat's iblt thblere!"
S: "Whbloa" I curiously swim closer to it, looking down into it
"Thblats defiblnitely publrple gbloop..."
L: "Yeblp, anbld itbl's fubln tblo plblay arblounbld ibln!" Blubby hops into the goop, making some of it splash around.
S: I shrug and hop into the goop myself
"Iblt fbleels squblishy, lblike sblime alblmost! I lblike iblt!"
L: "Nblo clblue whblat iblt reblallbly ibls, bublt itbl's prblettbly grbleat!" Blubby starts stomping around to make the goop splatter about.
S: I giggle out some bubbles as I splash some of the goop around too
"Thblis ibls prbletty fblun ill adblmit!"
L: "Anbld chbleck thblis oublt, iblt woblrks wiblth mbly bublbles!" Blubby puts the straw in his mouth and dips the other end into the goop, blowing through it. When his bubbles come up, they're coated in the goop, floating slower than normal.
L: "Unbltil noblw Ibl alblwaybls hblad tblo publt mbly snblout inblto iblt inblsteblad anbld cobluldbln't seble thble bublbles webll, thblis woblrks abl loblt bebltteblr!" Blubby blows some more bubbles in the goop, grabbing one as it floats out to play around with it.
S: "Ablh I sblee"
I grabbed one as well to play with it, giggling out bubbles as my face turns a little red again as I splashed around in the goop too
L: "Oblh, hblere, yoblu're loblokiblng abl biblt rebld agblain." Blubby makes another bubble for you, handing it to you before making another he pushes down into the goop.
S: I take the bubble and inhale it, my face returning to normal
"Thblanks" I said before going back to playing in the goop
S: "Rbleally? Hblmm, thblat miblght be inbltresting tblo tblry oublt"
L: "Miblght tablke soblme woblrk foblr yoblu tblo geblt unblder thblougblh, Ibl'm hbleavbly enblougblh thblat Ibl cabln jublst siblnk." Blubby stays in place, and sure enough, he's gradually sinking deeper into the goop.
S: I was a little nervous to go under the goop as I watched Blubby
L: "Dobln't ble scblarebld, itbl's fiblne! Tablkes soblme woblrk tblo geblt bablck oublt, bublt itbl's noblt thblat hblard." Soon enough, all of him that's still above the surface is his head.
S: "I-i... um..." i still wasnt sure if I could go under the goop, and was a bit worried when I only saw Blubby's head in the surface, I wanted to try it but maybe I just needed a little more encouragement
L: Blubby partly pulls himself from the goop, getting about half his body above it, since he has a feeling that him being mostly submerged was part of the issue. "Ibl thblink Ibl cabln evblen stblill giblve yoblu bublbles doblwn thblere, sblo dobln't woblrry. I'lbl stblay clblose sblo yoblu dobln't loblse trblack oblf mble."
S: I sigh out a few bubbles in thought before I hugged Blubby
"Mblaybe I shblould tblry hublgging you thble whblole tblime, iblll hblelp...I wablnna gbli unblder the gbloop"
L: "Thblat soblundbls liblke thble wably tblo dblo iblt. Jublst keblep hbloldbling mble, anbld webl'll gblo doblwn toblgetblher." Blubby is gradually sinking again, this time not stopping himself and starting to bring you with him.
S: I was still nervous but I kept holding onto Blubby as we sink down into the goop, my face turning red once again
L: Seeing your face going red, Blubby makes another bubble for you, even though his horns are now starting to show some blue on them.
S: I took the bubble and inhale it, my blush going away as I nodded to Blubby, still sinking down into the goop
"Thblanks...bublt yblou shblould be cblareful tbloo yblou kblnow..."
L: "Ibl shbloulbld stblill ble fiblne foblr abl loblng tiblme..." Blubby's back to being submerged up to his head in the goop again.
S: "Oblk...iblf yblou sblay sblo..." eventually even my whole body was submerged in the goop aside from my head
L: "Jublst ablout thblere... Dobln't ble scblarebld!" Blubby soon goes entirely under the goop.
S: I kept holding onto Blubby in a hug as my own head slowly goes under the goop as well, I whined just a bit but I kept calm for now
L: It's extremely hard to see under the goop, but you can just barely make out Blubby in front of you, and he smiles at you. "There yoblu go... Whblat do yoblu think?" Because of how much thicker the goop is, there's fewer bubbles to obscure his speech and yours.
S: "Hey, yblour speech is clearer dblown here! Oh! Sblo is mine! Wow surprisingly, iblt feels good... niblce and warm... I kind of likble it! Just wish i coubld see better...even wblith goggles on i can hardly see yblou"
L: "Yeah, itbl's really hblard to seble in thblis... It geblts a bit eablsier once yoblu get usbled to iblt. But yeblah, it's reblally niblce to ble down hblere."
S: "I thought it wblas gonna be wblorse... but itbls really not that babld... I feel reblally comfortable dblown hblere in the goop"
L: "I like tblo just reblax down hblere sometimes, thble goop feels soblrt of liblke a spa." Blubby reaches the bottom and stands in place for a moment, trying to look around.
S: standing on the bottom beside him I try to look around myself
"I can see hblow you cblould compare it to a sblpa... it rbleally dbloes feel good..."
L: Blubby blows a few bubbles, watching them slowly rise. "You knblow, maybe we cobluld gather soblme up to enbljoy in a moblre convenient spblot..."
S: "Hmm, thblats not a bad ibldea... wble could probably do that, thblen wble woblnt be under two surfaces, heh..."
L: "I'll seble if Cirrus cabln hblelp out with thblat sometime, hble'd get it albl easy. For noblw, let's just reblax for a biblt."
S: "Ablright..." I close my eyes and decided to just relax under the goop for a while, even as my face turns red once more
L: Blubby sits down to relax as well, not yet noticing your red face this time.
S: a while has passed as we relaxed for a under the goop, my face turns fully red and eventually I was uncomfortable, grunting in strain and opening my eyes before looking up at the goops surface, wanting to leave as ive had enough
L: Hearing your grunting, Blubby looks over at you. "Want to hblead up? I kiblnd of do toblo."
S: "Ybles, lets get out of hblere"
I then try my best to start heading back up, not even waiting to get a bubble, it was very slow going, but I just hoped it wouldnt take too long
L: Blubby pushes you up from below to help speed you up, then jumps up and starts to swim up himself, able to do so thanks to how thick the goop is. "Remember, dobln't gasp whblen you sublrface. Made thblat mistake mysblelf once."
S: "Right" With Blubby's help, I was able to easily go up to the goop's surface, my head sticking up out of it and back into the water, and i don't gasp, but I did mimic one for fun without actually inhaling
"Ablh fblresh....wablter, heh..."
L: Blubby pretends to inhale as well when he surfaces into the water. "Noblw thblat Ibl thblink ablout iblt, thblis cobluld soblrt oblf ble abl poblol foblr fiblsh... I'lbl hblave tblo tebll Coblndublit ablout thblis stbluff." Blubby blows another bubble for you.
S: "Oooh, ybleah I beblt thblatll be inbltresting to hblim, iblf wblater breatheblrs likbld hiblm cablnt breblathe ibln thblis stbluff"
I grab the bubble and inhale it, my blush fading away as useal
L: "Yeblah, wble shbloulbld sublrfablce, mbly bublbles arble goblnna stblart geblttiblng leblss hblelpblful soblon." The blue tint is a bit higher on Blubby's horns, as he pulls himself out of the goop to start walking.
S: "Rblight, anbld i sablid I dibldnt wblanna publsh myblself tbloday"
I easily swim up towards the surface and exhale to breathe normally once I do, but I wait for blubby to come to shore to make sure he's ok
L: Soon, Blubby surfaces at the shore and exhales too, breathing heavily for a moment. "Thanks for coming along with me on this, I've never gotten to play in that goop with a friend before!"
S: I head onto the shore and smile at Blubby
"No problem! That was a great time! And don't worry, I won't tell anyone your secret, I'm not a snitch, it be pretty embarrassing if anyone found out we like that stuff, heh..."
L: "Yeah, just... If anyone asks, we tell them it's some weird interesting thing we found and don't care all that much about."
S: "Right yeah, you know its been so long since ive seen you, so how about we just hang out for the rest of the day and catch up a bit hmm?"
L: "Sounds good to me, let's just relax. Should be easier now that we don't have to hold our breath!"
S: "I thought it wblas gonna be wblorse... but itbls really not that babld... I feel reblally comfor
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