Stupid fish. It's just a stupid fish. No way was some stupid fish going to get the best of her.
The agitated koi beside her swishes its tail in agitation, sending out another wave that washes over her and shoves her out of her rhythm. Ugh, if she didn't know any better she'd think the stupid thing was mocking her.
Maybe calming them was the wrong approach. Maybe the best way to stop these things was the old fashioned way. It was two on two, but she was betting if she and Tobias teamed up on one, the other would swim away rather than help its friend. They could just take it out right now. They could just turn it into filet of fish and cook the stupid thing with tartar sauce and see who was mocking who when the stupid thing was-]
<Get a grip, Rachel.>
[... she hadn't meant to say that out loud. Think that out loud. Whatever. Why was this so difficult? Why couldn't she just-
The fish starts swimming faster, urging its more placid friend to do the same. Great. Great, now she was messing up what Tobias was doing too. Typical. Of course she couldn't do this, it didn't involve bloodshed and that seemed to be all she was good for, even Jake had known that at the end.]
<I can't do this. I have to bail. I'm sorry.>
[It felt pathetic. It felt like losing. And even as she suddenly twisted around and started swimming back toward shore, there was a part of her that didn't just feel frustrated, it felt vengeful.
Sorry for the moving-based delay, SHOULD FINALLY BE TAPERING OUT NOW
[She says it a little too insistently.
Stupid fish. It's just a stupid fish. No way was some stupid fish going to get the best of her.
The agitated koi beside her swishes its tail in agitation, sending out another wave that washes over her and shoves her out of her rhythm. Ugh, if she didn't know any better she'd think the stupid thing was mocking her.
Maybe calming them was the wrong approach. Maybe the best way to stop these things was the old fashioned way. It was two on two, but she was betting if she and Tobias teamed up on one, the other would swim away rather than help its friend. They could just take it out right now. They could just turn it into filet of fish and cook the stupid thing with tartar sauce and see who was mocking who when the stupid thing was-]
<Get a grip, Rachel.>
[... she hadn't meant to say that out loud. Think that out loud. Whatever. Why was this so difficult? Why couldn't she just-
The fish starts swimming faster, urging its more placid friend to do the same. Great. Great, now she was messing up what Tobias was doing too. Typical. Of course she couldn't do this, it didn't involve bloodshed and that seemed to be all she was good for, even Jake had known that at the end.]
<I can't do this. I have to bail. I'm sorry.>
[It felt pathetic. It felt like losing. And even as she suddenly twisted around and started swimming back toward shore, there was a part of her that didn't just feel frustrated, it felt vengeful.
Over a stupid fish.]