Diving with Regina
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Harry Leferts
Laying back some, Harry looked up through the opening in the roof of the grotto that he was in. It was not too big, about the size of a living room. Above his head, anemones waved in the current as fish swam here and there. Looking over, he smiled some at Regina, "Do you come and do this often, Regina?"
Regina smiled a bit and nodded, "I do, Harry. Because this is rather relaxing and nice."
Just considering her words, the teen nodded, "It is rather nice." Bringing up his arm, Harry checked both the time as well as the air he still had. According to what he could see, there was still three hours or so of oxygen. And by that time, it would be getting on to late afternoon. With a sigh, he sat up and looked at the Re-Class beside him, just floating on her back as she watched him in curiosity, "We should probably get going, though I do want to come back to this."
Softly smiling, Regina flipped over and also moved until she was beside him, "Yes, I suppose that is true." Her expression suddenly brightened, as if a wonderful thought had just occurred to her, "Um, Harry? Do you want to see the outside of the island?"
That made Harry blink in confusion and it took a few seconds for him to realize what she meant, "Wait, you mean the seaward side of the island?" At her nod, he smiled behind his mask, "Actually? I wouldn't mind that. And I'd be pretty safe with you there."
Needless to say, that made the Abyssal very flustered. But she smiled just the same and lead him out. Partway though, he stopped and looked at the nurse sharks that laid against one wall and waved. After all, Harry had pet them earlier. And from what Regina had told him, a number of come to live where under the Abyssal buildings over the lagoon with the Abyssals sometimes treating them as pets.
Once they were outside the grotto though, Harry turned towards Regina with a small smile on his face, "So... where to now?'
Instead of telling him though, Regina swam in front of him and crouched down before looking over her shoulder with a giggle, "Just hop on, Harry and I'll take you there." Eyebrows raising, the thirteen year old boggled for a moment before he shook it off. Swimming over, Harry sat where her tail met the rest of her body, which also had a small amount of Abyssal steel that went up her spine. Looking over her shoulder, Regina smiled, "Okay, you have to hold on tight."
Wrapping his hands around her midsection, he chuckled a little, "Yes, Ma'am. Holding on tight, Ma'am."
Much to his amusement though, that just made her blush before she poked her fingers together, "A-ah, um..." After a few moments, Regina looked back at him again as he shifted a bit due to the scuba gear, "O-okay then, d-do you have a good hold?"
Unable to help himself, even as he found her expression cute, Harry nodded, "I do, Regina. Let's go!"
And with that, Regina turned back and pushed off the floor of the lagoon, raising a cloud of sediment that was blown away by a sweep of her tail. Said tail continued to powerfully swing from side to side as the two were propelled over the seabed by it. From where he was, Harry was laughing which made Regina smile, "Um, you like?"
She could practically hear the grin in the wizard's voice as he answered her, "Are you kidding? I love this, Regina!" Just shaking his head, Harry continued, "This is just plain awesome!"
A smirk appeared on the Re-Class' face, "Well, we're not at top speed..."
For a moment, Harry blinked as he wondered why she hadn't gone as fast as she could with him. And with widening eyes, when she glanced at him, he realized why and took a deep breath before pressing himself as close as possible, his arms holding on to her midsection, "Well then, I order you to go as fast with me as you can."
That turned out to be right thing to say as Regina's smile widened before she turned back to where they were going. Bringing up her arms, she held them together slightly behind where her head was. Harry only had a moment for his eyes to widen before she sped up, her hands breaking the water slightly to lessen the issue with speed for him. He knew that later he would need to see the footage to guess how fast she was going at the moment, but part of him suspected that it was at least fifteen knots.
Right then though, Harry realized that she was heading towards the surface as fast as she could. And then the two of them burst from the water and into the air. Tightening his grip as they finished their arc, droplets of water trailing from them, Harry laughed as loud as he could as they headed back towards the surface and splashed down, their bodies cutting through the surface easily. It was not the last time that they did this either as they began to head for the entrance for the lagoon. Each time was accompanied by either laughter from Harry, or loud whooping.
Eventually, however, they did reach the end of their trip and Regina slowed down. As they entered a gap in the wall around the lagoon, Harry looked around. He noted that the "Floor" of the gap was mostly flat and sloped downwards towards the open ocean. And along it was a continuous slow motion avalanche as grains of sand slid down it. But what caught his attention was that it was both wide enough for a large boat, but also the sides looked steep, "Was this cut?"
Glancing back at him, the Abyssal nodded, "As a matter of fact, it was." She gestured around them and continued, "Back when we took the area over, Lady Wanko ordered us to dig a channel, which we did by hand since we did not want to disturb a lot. Any living coral we moved elsewhere and deposited while the dead stuff we simply used for building material." Regina then gave a small shrug, "It works well enough for Submarines and such coming and going."
As he considered that, Harry gave a small nod, "I can see that." Finally, they were through the gap and Regina came to a stop. Understanding what was unsaid, Harry let go and looked around their surroundings. They were at the edge of the outer coral reef and Harry could see how it dropped down fast and he was unable to see the bottom, "How deep is it here?"
Head cocked to the side, Regina considered that before giving a nod as her Imps checked the depth charts, "The water depth is about... four hundred meters or so."
That made Harry blink some as he looked around when he noticed a shadow nearby. It did not take it long to resolve into a Great White that was swimming past, "Uh... Regina?"
Just blinking at him, Regina tilted her head before turning back to the shark that came closer to them as if to examine the two. However, the Abyssal kept herself between it and Harry and said predator decided not to try its luck with a much worse predator. Soon after, it vanished into the ocean and Harry relaxed some which she noticed, "Is something wrong?"
Scratching the back of his head, Harry weakly chuckled, "Sorry about that, Regina. But... that was sort of scary since those things sometimes attack humans."
Her eyes meeting his, she shook her head, "I would protect you against something like that, Harry. And if it even tried... it would not get a second chance." Briefly, her eyes glowed and Harry relaxed still further. After all, there were fewer things as powerful as a protective Re-Class. Just nodding, he paused though at her next words, "Thankfully, it was not a ground shark."
For a few moments, Harry went through that bit of information in his head before he remembered something he read in Fantastic Beasts and his eyes widened, "Wait, you mean the Timor Sea Ground Shark? Which looks like a Wobbegong, can grow up to twenty feet, and is able to disillusion itself?"
Regina nodded with a small smile, "Yes, those are a bit more tricky. But thankfully, they live further down, though..." Frowning, she tapped her chin in thought, "Sometimes they eat humans."
All the thirteen year old did was give her a look, "Riiiight..."
It was two hours later that Harry and Regina stumbled out of the lagoon, large smiles on their faces. Stretching a bit, the Abyssal happily hummed as she looked towards the wizard who was taking off his mask, "That was fun."
Laughing, he grinned back at her, "It was at that, Regina. That was awesome from beginning to end. I've never done a tropical dive before outside maybe Okinawa once, but that? All that was wicked."
Eyes lighting up, Regina gave a small nod, "I'm glad then."
Now pulling off the hood of his wetsuit, Harry let out an explosive sigh before running his hand through his hair, "Just got to put my gear away and then shower or something. Get all the salt off my skin before it dries too much and irritates it."
About to say something, the Re-Class paused and considered things. Poking her fingers together, she blushed, "W-well, I, um... have something like that. I'll show you after you put everything away..."
Very intrigued, Harry gave her a look and nodded. A few minutes later found him walking behind Regina to a wooden structure about fifteen feet from her home which looked like a derrick, and which had a wooden fence around the bottom that stopped at what was about neck height for a Re-Class. Looking up, Harry's eyes widened a touch at the sight of the giant rain barrel that was at the top, which had a pipe leading from it, "Is that... and outdoor shower?"
Slowly, Regina nodded some, "Mm-hm, it is." Upon catching his gaze, she poked her fingers together, "Um, sometimes when I come home from a patrol, I need to wash up. So I just use that instead of the communal showers. I-it works just as well and is kind of nice since I can just enjoy myself. And usually, the rain barrel is full of water from rain, o-or I can just fill it up from my own water tanks. It is also heated by the Sun, so the water is always hot."
Just smiling, the wizard shook his head, "Well, that means that we can rinse off the salt at least. And we don't need to change out of our swimsuits either..." Looking up at her, he chuckled a bit, "You wash my back and I do yours?"
Rapidly, Regina just nodded and opened the shower booth. Noting that the floor was basically a hunk of coral rock that had been partially buried, Harry stepped inside as did Regina and he realized that it was big enough for the two of them. That was, before Regina turned on the shower head and warm water fell on the two of them, already washing the salt from their bodies to his amusement. Turning it off, she soaped up a cloth and handed it to Harry before taking another.
Granted, it was more for Harry's benefit as she did not need to worry about salt on her skin, but to Regina? If it was for the thirteen year old boy to make him comfortable, that was enough. Soon, they started talking about the big fish that Harry had caught outside the reef and how he was going to cook it. Something that the Re-Class was well and truly looking forward to...
Laying back some, Harry looked up through the opening in the roof of the grotto that he was in. It was not too big, about the size of a living room. Above his head, anemones waved in the current as fish swam here and there. Looking over, he smiled some at Regina, "Do you come and do this often, Regina?"
Regina smiled a bit and nodded, "I do, Harry. Because this is rather relaxing and nice."
Just considering her words, the teen nodded, "It is rather nice." Bringing up his arm, Harry checked both the time as well as the air he still had. According to what he could see, there was still three hours or so of oxygen. And by that time, it would be getting on to late afternoon. With a sigh, he sat up and looked at the Re-Class beside him, just floating on her back as she watched him in curiosity, "We should probably get going, though I do want to come back to this."
Softly smiling, Regina flipped over and also moved until she was beside him, "Yes, I suppose that is true." Her expression suddenly brightened, as if a wonderful thought had just occurred to her, "Um, Harry? Do you want to see the outside of the island?"
That made Harry blink in confusion and it took a few seconds for him to realize what she meant, "Wait, you mean the seaward side of the island?" At her nod, he smiled behind his mask, "Actually? I wouldn't mind that. And I'd be pretty safe with you there."
Needless to say, that made the Abyssal very flustered. But she smiled just the same and lead him out. Partway though, he stopped and looked at the nurse sharks that laid against one wall and waved. After all, Harry had pet them earlier. And from what Regina had told him, a number of come to live where under the Abyssal buildings over the lagoon with the Abyssals sometimes treating them as pets.
Once they were outside the grotto though, Harry turned towards Regina with a small smile on his face, "So... where to now?'
Instead of telling him though, Regina swam in front of him and crouched down before looking over her shoulder with a giggle, "Just hop on, Harry and I'll take you there." Eyebrows raising, the thirteen year old boggled for a moment before he shook it off. Swimming over, Harry sat where her tail met the rest of her body, which also had a small amount of Abyssal steel that went up her spine. Looking over her shoulder, Regina smiled, "Okay, you have to hold on tight."
Wrapping his hands around her midsection, he chuckled a little, "Yes, Ma'am. Holding on tight, Ma'am."
Much to his amusement though, that just made her blush before she poked her fingers together, "A-ah, um..." After a few moments, Regina looked back at him again as he shifted a bit due to the scuba gear, "O-okay then, d-do you have a good hold?"
Unable to help himself, even as he found her expression cute, Harry nodded, "I do, Regina. Let's go!"
And with that, Regina turned back and pushed off the floor of the lagoon, raising a cloud of sediment that was blown away by a sweep of her tail. Said tail continued to powerfully swing from side to side as the two were propelled over the seabed by it. From where he was, Harry was laughing which made Regina smile, "Um, you like?"
She could practically hear the grin in the wizard's voice as he answered her, "Are you kidding? I love this, Regina!" Just shaking his head, Harry continued, "This is just plain awesome!"
A smirk appeared on the Re-Class' face, "Well, we're not at top speed..."
For a moment, Harry blinked as he wondered why she hadn't gone as fast as she could with him. And with widening eyes, when she glanced at him, he realized why and took a deep breath before pressing himself as close as possible, his arms holding on to her midsection, "Well then, I order you to go as fast with me as you can."
That turned out to be right thing to say as Regina's smile widened before she turned back to where they were going. Bringing up her arms, she held them together slightly behind where her head was. Harry only had a moment for his eyes to widen before she sped up, her hands breaking the water slightly to lessen the issue with speed for him. He knew that later he would need to see the footage to guess how fast she was going at the moment, but part of him suspected that it was at least fifteen knots.
Right then though, Harry realized that she was heading towards the surface as fast as she could. And then the two of them burst from the water and into the air. Tightening his grip as they finished their arc, droplets of water trailing from them, Harry laughed as loud as he could as they headed back towards the surface and splashed down, their bodies cutting through the surface easily. It was not the last time that they did this either as they began to head for the entrance for the lagoon. Each time was accompanied by either laughter from Harry, or loud whooping.
Eventually, however, they did reach the end of their trip and Regina slowed down. As they entered a gap in the wall around the lagoon, Harry looked around. He noted that the "Floor" of the gap was mostly flat and sloped downwards towards the open ocean. And along it was a continuous slow motion avalanche as grains of sand slid down it. But what caught his attention was that it was both wide enough for a large boat, but also the sides looked steep, "Was this cut?"
Glancing back at him, the Abyssal nodded, "As a matter of fact, it was." She gestured around them and continued, "Back when we took the area over, Lady Wanko ordered us to dig a channel, which we did by hand since we did not want to disturb a lot. Any living coral we moved elsewhere and deposited while the dead stuff we simply used for building material." Regina then gave a small shrug, "It works well enough for Submarines and such coming and going."
As he considered that, Harry gave a small nod, "I can see that." Finally, they were through the gap and Regina came to a stop. Understanding what was unsaid, Harry let go and looked around their surroundings. They were at the edge of the outer coral reef and Harry could see how it dropped down fast and he was unable to see the bottom, "How deep is it here?"
Head cocked to the side, Regina considered that before giving a nod as her Imps checked the depth charts, "The water depth is about... four hundred meters or so."
That made Harry blink some as he looked around when he noticed a shadow nearby. It did not take it long to resolve into a Great White that was swimming past, "Uh... Regina?"
Just blinking at him, Regina tilted her head before turning back to the shark that came closer to them as if to examine the two. However, the Abyssal kept herself between it and Harry and said predator decided not to try its luck with a much worse predator. Soon after, it vanished into the ocean and Harry relaxed some which she noticed, "Is something wrong?"
Scratching the back of his head, Harry weakly chuckled, "Sorry about that, Regina. But... that was sort of scary since those things sometimes attack humans."
Her eyes meeting his, she shook her head, "I would protect you against something like that, Harry. And if it even tried... it would not get a second chance." Briefly, her eyes glowed and Harry relaxed still further. After all, there were fewer things as powerful as a protective Re-Class. Just nodding, he paused though at her next words, "Thankfully, it was not a ground shark."
For a few moments, Harry went through that bit of information in his head before he remembered something he read in Fantastic Beasts and his eyes widened, "Wait, you mean the Timor Sea Ground Shark? Which looks like a Wobbegong, can grow up to twenty feet, and is able to disillusion itself?"
Regina nodded with a small smile, "Yes, those are a bit more tricky. But thankfully, they live further down, though..." Frowning, she tapped her chin in thought, "Sometimes they eat humans."
All the thirteen year old did was give her a look, "Riiiight..."
It was two hours later that Harry and Regina stumbled out of the lagoon, large smiles on their faces. Stretching a bit, the Abyssal happily hummed as she looked towards the wizard who was taking off his mask, "That was fun."
Laughing, he grinned back at her, "It was at that, Regina. That was awesome from beginning to end. I've never done a tropical dive before outside maybe Okinawa once, but that? All that was wicked."
Eyes lighting up, Regina gave a small nod, "I'm glad then."
Now pulling off the hood of his wetsuit, Harry let out an explosive sigh before running his hand through his hair, "Just got to put my gear away and then shower or something. Get all the salt off my skin before it dries too much and irritates it."
About to say something, the Re-Class paused and considered things. Poking her fingers together, she blushed, "W-well, I, um... have something like that. I'll show you after you put everything away..."
Very intrigued, Harry gave her a look and nodded. A few minutes later found him walking behind Regina to a wooden structure about fifteen feet from her home which looked like a derrick, and which had a wooden fence around the bottom that stopped at what was about neck height for a Re-Class. Looking up, Harry's eyes widened a touch at the sight of the giant rain barrel that was at the top, which had a pipe leading from it, "Is that... and outdoor shower?"
Slowly, Regina nodded some, "Mm-hm, it is." Upon catching his gaze, she poked her fingers together, "Um, sometimes when I come home from a patrol, I need to wash up. So I just use that instead of the communal showers. I-it works just as well and is kind of nice since I can just enjoy myself. And usually, the rain barrel is full of water from rain, o-or I can just fill it up from my own water tanks. It is also heated by the Sun, so the water is always hot."
Just smiling, the wizard shook his head, "Well, that means that we can rinse off the salt at least. And we don't need to change out of our swimsuits either..." Looking up at her, he chuckled a bit, "You wash my back and I do yours?"
Rapidly, Regina just nodded and opened the shower booth. Noting that the floor was basically a hunk of coral rock that had been partially buried, Harry stepped inside as did Regina and he realized that it was big enough for the two of them. That was, before Regina turned on the shower head and warm water fell on the two of them, already washing the salt from their bodies to his amusement. Turning it off, she soaped up a cloth and handed it to Harry before taking another.
Granted, it was more for Harry's benefit as she did not need to worry about salt on her skin, but to Regina? If it was for the thirteen year old boy to make him comfortable, that was enough. Soon, they started talking about the big fish that Harry had caught outside the reef and how he was going to cook it. Something that the Re-Class was well and truly looking forward to...