Arrika remembered Seth's somber look before she left with Sakiko, the words 'Tantari' and 'beach' giving him a faraway expression that quickly grew haunted. The Sheikah saw Sakiko's light as a blur, and dizzy from lack of air immediately interpreted that she had already died.

GIving me a second chance, Goddesses? I lied, I stole, I killed, and you're saving me one last time?

Sakiko swung around her arm, seeing a fuzzy, black 'blob' in the distance. Sakiko's heart raced with anticipation as she swam frantically to it, swimming as she had never done before. The mage immediately saw a drifting figure, following her aura-detecting skill.

The thin line of aura became stronger as she saw Arrika. Sakiko breathed a sigh of relief, releasing small air bubbles. That made her realize that she didn't have long to breathe, either. The mage extinguished the light from her hand, and grabbed Arrika's sleeve.

(sorry, not calling you fat here)The thief was heavier to pull than Sakiko had anticipated, and the mage felt a sharp pang of panic. They were both running out of time.

OoC: Yea you are. Jerk.

IC: Kobas... so you came back after all? Arrika said, not being able to reason clearly and thinking of her nightmares as someone reassuring pulled her upwards, if not barely. Conciousness was slipping away from her and in a manner of seconds all hope of ever seeing the sun again left her.

OoC: Just kidding! Not flaming. Don't shoot!

Sovelis reached Arrika and Sakiko, and turned Arrika over. "Sakiko! We need to get her back on the beach! Fast!" he said shakily. He held Arrika's head out of the water and tried to get back to solid land as fast as he could. No,no no no no no no no no!!! PLEASE, NO!!! Don't let me loose her! I...I can't loose her! he screamed in his head as he pulled the sheikah onto the beach.

Without even waiting, Sovelis pressed his lips over Arrika's and breathed out, into her mouth in an attempt to revive the girl under him. After he did that, he pushed hard on her chest, trying to get the water out of her lungs. "Breath Arrika...BREATH!"

ooc: *takes out a machine gun loaded with jelly beans.* Did someone say 'don't shoot'? Yea, Sovelis, take away my glory, now, are we? lol jk

IC: Sakiko floated along the water calmly, letting the waves take her back to the shores. The mage breathed hard, tasting the sweet oxygen in her lungs. She laid on the sand, her silver hair now jet-black from the wetness. Zeze ran over to them quickly, her emerald eyes wet with tears. She knelt by Sakiko,

"I'm sorry! I didn't realize she was falling, and-!"

The mage closed her eyes, choking up some salty seawater.

"Get me my robe."

The bard ran to the fallen pile of gray cotton, and retrieved it. Sakiko sighed,

"Give it to Arrika."

She knew that the Sheikah would be freezing. The mage wasn't cold at all - it was equivalent to her normal body temperature, anyway. Zeze ran towards Sovelis and Arrika, and held the robe.

"Let's wrap her around this first."

With that, the bard tightly wrapped Arrika within the robe, hoping the tightness of it would encapture the Sheikah's body warmth quickly. Anyone normal mortal who dived into such iciness would surely die quickly. The bard squatted by Sovelis, and muttered, "pardon me" and assured that all possible water was eliminated, she gently slapped Arrika's cheek.

"Ok, you're taking an awfully long time now!"

OoC: Well excuse me! Slap me and punch me when I'm passed out, huh? How about kicking me and breaking a few ribs next? Today was not fun... I'll rant about it tomorrow, so don't worry, Sakiko...

IC: The Sheikah started to cough up the water that had filled her lungs, forcing her eyes open as the three had barely dragged her soul back to life. She started to shake uncontrollably, the icy temperature of the water finally reaching her deadened senses. Edward Elric's silver watch was still clenched tightly in her freezing hand. "Ko-bas-" She managed to choke out, pounding her chest with her fist as she coughed and sneezed.

Ooc: If you truly want, then sure - let's push you off a cliff next, and see what gravity does. People learn faster when they actually get to see for themselves... "physics in action" Fun!

IC: Sakiko got up to her feet quickly, her heart beat slowing down and reaching a steady beat. The mage loomed over the thief, her face reflecting a mixture of anger and relief. She squeezed the water from her hair, and ignored the stare of Zeze, who had never seen Sakiko's hair black. The mage muttered,

"Glad you saved the watch."

She said it with such bitterness that Zeze wondered if the Hylian meant it with sincere relief or from an angry remark. Sakiko didn't know either - she was disappointed that Arrika valued her life to a watch left by a person no longer present. But then of course, Sakiko treasured no value in such items. She relied on her memory and feelings, which she was angry at, as the discovery of her amnesia left her forlorn.

Sakiko turned to Zeze,

"Get some dry desert wood - should be wasting away in the sun somewhere."

The bard saluted, truly elated of Arrika's recovery. She scampered off, and found some dry bits of wood polished by the sand and shiny by the sun. Zapheta handed it to Sakiko dutifully, which the mage muttered a small thanks. Sakiko strew the wood on the sand, first digging a small pit and surrounding it with pebbles from the shore. She set up the wood carefully, forming a pyramid shape, which she coated the tip with oil.

Sakiko looked at the shivering Arrika, then back to Sovelis.

"Well, now begins a true camping trip. As peaceful as an idyllic field, don't you say? Does anyone volunteer to light this?"

Arrika did not respond and stared out towards the sea, shaking and refusing to let the watch slip from her grip. Sakiko obviously didn't understand why she decided to keep it for so long in the first place. You could call the Sheikah materialistic, but what that watch represented was someone she would throw her life away for just as easily, and he would do the same for her.

Sovelis knelt next to Arrika and wrapped his arm around her.(Yes..arm. The other one is on the ground...) He hugged the girl close and closed his eyes. "Arrika...what on earth made you do that? You..you almost drowned...why?" he asked, pulling her as close as he could as he opened his eyes. "I know that the pocket watch means the world too you...but thats not a reason to be so reckless, alright?" Sovelis sighed and tried tow arm himself and Arrika up, pulling his cloak over the both of them.

Arrika finally seemed to wake up, staring at Sovelis as if she had just noticed him. "I'm sorry... Please don't be mad at me..." She said to all three of them in a way that was very unlike her. She buried her head in his cloak and bit her lip, still shaking and trying not to cry. She'd almost died... and for a watch? Was her life worth a silver chain and a watch that wouldn't even open? Her grasp tightened and she debated whether she should throw it away into the sands at that moment.

Aureliano was not able to do anything for Arrika because of the baby. He was forced to sacrifice Arrika's saftey for the baby. Though he did not feel happy, he had no other choice. The infant has learned to crawl, and would have done so if Aureliano would have left him on the floor.

"Arrika, I am sorry. I hope you understand." He simply said, hoping she would not be angry.

Aureliano took out Melqi's cloak and tossed it at Sakiko, despite her lack of coldness. He then proceeded to untie the leather throng from his chest and put Aureliano III in his arms. The baby had not shed a tear throughout the whole commotion, and looked at everyone with his bold, clairvoyant eyes.

Ooc: the song wasn't all my idea.

IC: Sakiko caught the cloack Aureliano threw at her, and wrapped it around herself, although she felt she didn't need it. The mage smiled slightly, despite the gravity of the situation. As she saw that Arrika was freezing to death, and no one volunteered to light her wood, she decided to light it herself. Sakiko - still uncomfortable with making fire from magic - took out an old fashioned match. She began to strike it against a rock, and it immediately caught flame. Carefully, she lit the wood, and soon, it was blazing.

The mage edged away from it slightly, feeling the extra heat unnecessary. She sighed as she felt Arrika's emotions, and she felt rotten. Sakiko reassured as best as she could,

"Don't worry about making us worry, Arrika. All's well that ends well, right?"

Zeze clapped.

"Bravo, Saki, bravo! Bloody well in cheering up the camping trip, eh?"

Sakiko threw a dirty look at the bard.

"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me Saki, huh?"

Zeze shrugged, and examined Arrika and Sovelis carefully. A smile crept up her face, watching the two embracing each other. Shame she didn't know about this eariler. The bard poked the fire, and looking in another direction, she softly sang,

I think I got me a beauty,
but I dunno surely,
cuz she stays for a night,
then disappears outta sight.

But then maybe it's cuz
she's not a person,
maybe it's cuz
I'm so lonely,
I dream abouh' her every night

Arrika's eyes glanced toward the singing bard/thief/whatever she claimed she was today. She wasn't annoyed, nor particularly happy. Just neutral. And numb. Yes, that was the word. She was emotionally and literally numb and stolid. A second later she became aware of the Tempest next to her and unconciously scooted closer to him, still shaking slightly.

Sakiko rolled her eyes.

"Arrika, please stop being stupid. The fire is here for a reason."

Zeze smiled, and said in a high-pitched voice,

"Aw, come on, Saki, maybe she only wants an embrace - c'mon, she just came back from death, and she'd want to be with her-"

Sakiko wacked the bard on the head soundly.

"Seriously, Zeze, you need to shut up. And you, Arrika. Fire. Now."

The mage didn't want the thief to catch a cold - the sneezes would be a terrible thing to tolerate.

Aureliano slowly made his way beside Sakiko, and nudged her lightly with his elbow. "Leave them alone, Sakiko. Let them be." He whispered in her ear. He thought it was comical, Sovelis being very old, and Arrika around his age.

Aureliano could not judge them though. True love conquers all He thought to himself. "Hey Zeke, you ok?" he asked the bard dreesed in thief attire. The solid smack her head had recieved from Sakiko looked quite brain-rattling, and he was worried for the bard's psychological well being.