 That's Rough Buddy | Be the Flower | Moon & Stars
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Originally Posted by Ameh  Jay was in a rather precarious situation.
At the moment, his minuscule form seemed to be working to his advantage. As he fell forward, hands out in front of him, he realised that he was actually quite small enough that he wouldn't fall fully out of the boat. This, however, wouldn't stop the Tall Boy from doing whatever he was doing.
One of Jay's hands caught the side of the boat and locked onto it; the other, slipping past the wooden side, entered the water with a small little splash. He squeezed his eyes closed, just in case he couldn't stop himself from sticking his face in the water-
-and then the grip on the back of his robes was both holding him up and strangling him a bit. It took him a good long moment to realise, and for about half of that he was sure that time had just slowed down and if he opened his eyes he'd be just shy of dunking in the water. His robes had hiked up around his neck, and he let out a small choking sound.
This was it. This was how it was going to end. Strangled to death by a giant eleven year old holding onto his robes. The hand in the water flailed a bit, catching onto some plant life floating just under the surface, and a bit of it broke off in his fingers as he pulled his arm back to try and push himself off the side of the boat and up to standing again.
He wanted to liiiiiive. Heavy gasp. Thank goodness for Lantern Man getting them all straightened out. Jaemin indignantly pulled at his robes to get them straightened again and looked at both him and the Tall Boy.
"Thanks."
This is why you don't try and save people because then you end up accidentally choking them. Cornelius believed he had helped though, so when the guy with the lantern came by, he gave him an affirmative nod. They saved a life.
"You okay?" Cornelius asked as he took a seat, making sure to not be near the edges of the boat. This was like, what? Fifty near death experiences within the span of a month? That had to be a record. He wasn't even tempting fate.
And they were leaving! "Hold on," he told the boy. Moving boat equals a well behaved Cornelius. He treasured life, thank you.
"I'm Cornelius, by the way...Cornelius Baltazar."
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