Silas struggled to keep the two of them above water. "It's okay, it's okay, it's gonna be okay," he tried to re-assure Arael between half-strokes against the body of water. He had enjoyed swimming for fun and for low-impact exercise, but it was a lot harder trying to carry the weight of two people in full flight gear. It would have been alright to have unfolded wings but they were sore from impact and he didn't have enough space to move them with Arael in the way. What felt like a comfortable task quickly turned into a life-or-death battle, and Silas had no breath to spare on re-assuring Arael of the state of affairs.

By some miracle they reached shore. Never before had he felt so happy to be able to touch the sand with his soaked shoes. "Can...Can you stand?" he asked between breaths as the water grew more shallow.


Mars grinned as the younger shinigami scurried away to help her look for sleepover supplies. She started down the same hallway but hung a left toward the kitchen area. She frowned as she realized that all of the lights were off in their home despite the time. She flipped the lights on as her footsteps on wood became foodsteps on tile. "No one's home yet..." She reached for the pantry door. Focus was all she could do to fight the worrying unknown of where her friends were at this hour, so with that in mind she leaned inside to peer around for cocoa. Well, it was baker's chocolate because that was inexpensive and because it was much easier to please a crowd when some wanted a sugar shock shutdown and her partner wanted "Less sweet, more business."

Mars nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard Lea from down the hallway. Before she knew it she bumped her head on the shelf above but thankfully nothing went flying. She snatched the chocolate and sugar from the shelf below her and half-heartedly tidied the shaken things on the shelf above on her way out. She tossed the supplies on the table in the middle of the room and returned to the tree house entrance to congratulate her fellow shinigami.

"Nice work!" she applauded from the doorway. "Do you need help setting up or should I just start the cocoa? Also who wants cinnamon?"