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Monthly Challenge: Face your Fears

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I fell asleep before I could upload it last night, AM I NOT A RIOT??
Kasper rolled a 6 so ....the following happened..



tl;dr: Kasper falls into a pool and later cannot return to his solid form. Decides to give up and die but Lynn helps him out and he's just a tiny bit less bitter about things.

Kasper didn’t expect to work with Lynn of all people, he vaguely remembered her help when he thought he was going to die back in Japan. He would have almost died after anyway until at least someone decided to give him water. Nevertheless, he walked through the doorway with her and everything went black. He woke up only because the sun was in his eyes. This startled him because last he remembered it was midnight and they were supposed to have entered a room, but when he opened his eyes wider...he was met with the breathtaking view of the ocean with the sun high up in the sky.

He looked around abruptly, and realized this was some beach and behind him was a forest and beside him was Lynn...still sleeping on the sand. Unsure of what to do, he gently prodded her awake. They soon decided it would be best to stay near the beach area and look around to figure out what they were supposed to do. But when it was clear the beach would give them no answers and all around them was just the ocean, Kasper looked back at the forest. It would definitely get cold soon after the sun would set and right now they had no food, no shelter...nothing.

It took them both a lot of convincing each other to head into the forest. They'd been talking to each other, trying to walk carefully under the heavy canopy of the dense forest when Kasper stepped on a slippery rock. Unable to keep his balance, he felt himself fall down and soon his body plunged into a deep pool. In the distance, he could hear Lynn calling out for him but she now seemed so far away. He swam around and attempted to climb back up but the rocks were too slippery to grab a good hold of. He also wasn't able to use the water to raise him up as high as he wanted. So he waited..and waited...

Eventually his ability's second nature kicked in and he felt himself melt into his water. With this he swam further into the pool and found out it was much wider and deeper than he thought. He found more openings as he swam along and finally found one that he was sure he cold fit past. When he tried to swim past the hole his body did not return to normal as he broke past the water's surface. It was still its watery form. Feeling a sense of dread, Kasper tried again and again but his body could not fully leave the water, and it could definitely not return to normal. Panic turned to anger, which turned to panic again, and then to depression. His pessimism won and he floated down to the bottom of the water, dreading this demise. In this form he couldn't even speak, couldn't even ask anyone for help. He could hear Lynn's voice but if he tried to swim up and grab her attention, it would not fare well. This was the end of his life as he always knew it would be, he'd die a lonely person and spend the rest of his life in this pool. 

As it got darker, Kasper could hear the nightlife come alive. Yet he was disillusioned and defeated, he had no drive. Who even knew him? Who would honestly miss him? He didn't even have close friends. He felt a bit bad for leaving Lynn alone up there, who knew what was there but he couldn't care at that moment. 

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Kasper would not be able to recount exactly how he found himself back on the ground but there he was and beside him a panting Lynn, drenched to the bone. Later inquiries provided him with the knowledge that she'd jumped into the water to escape the critters on the land. The sudden jump must have startled him awake. Lynn just wanted to escape this place, Kasper did too but he was stuck. He still approached the female and did his best to beckon her to follow. After her initial scare, she followed him to the other opening and peeked out. Realizing that the opening was in a rock formation nearby the beach, she eventually crawled out. Understanding that this was Kasper, she reached out a hand to help him out but Kasper declined, knowing he had no choice in the matter.

Nevertheless he was dragged out and to his surprise his entire body left the water. He was once again a solid human, but why now? Was it the rush of optimism when he realized he wasn't alone? When he walked back out the door, would he admit to himself how happy he was just to be patted on the back by the master agents? There was still the underlying bitterness Kasper felt when he was stuck alone in the water, but maybe if even just a little...some of it was gone. 



i focused so much on doing the bg because i realized the kasper part would be really vague. so lmao.

www.deviantart.com/art/rock-te… used this rock texture and some many underwater cave refs 
Lynn belongs to Kai-Haruru

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nikkaroo's avatar
looking at this makes me sad all over again
oh kasper ; ___ ; Feng would honestly miss you ; __ ; you were a reliable teammate to her and she looks up to you as a fellow Elementalist.
/just weeps a little more

on a side note this is SO PRETTY HNNNGHHHH amazing work thereeeee especially with the colours and the subtlety of Kasper's water-form