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Underwater Basket Weaving and Other Aquatic Arts!; Tuesday, Fourth Period [06/07].

Hopefully, everyone would have received the very lovely personalized little scrolls of messages that Sidon was very proud of himself for having written and sent out to everyone via either squirrel or crab, that cordially invited them to gather not at the beach for class that week, but rather in the DANGER SHOP!!! (yes, that was precisely how it had been written), so you knew it had to be good if they were going to meet in the DANGER SHOP!!! instead, right?

Right!

As a matter of fact, when they arrived, they would find themselves in a beautiful mountain vista not too dissimilar from the mountains surrounding Sidon's home, where clear and pristine pools of lakes were scattered among the rocks and trees and fed by a collection of waterfalls, some wide and roaring others small and trickling, from varying heights, all into the wide, deep pools before them.

"Hello again, my wonderful water weavers! And welcome to another exciting lesson in the Aquatic Arts! Today, we'll be covering an Art that is held in particular high regard among my people, and that is the Art of Diving! Everyone!" He made a dramatic swing of his arm in the air to beckon them into the water for taking a moment to jump up to an impressive height, even high enough that he could get in a good flip, before he twisted into a perfect dive into the water. He emerged a moment later with a wide, shining grin and called out, "If you'd like, there's a quick passage that will take you up to where I shall demonstrate, but if anyone would like to take a shortcut, hop on in and we'll give you a taste of waterfall climbing as well as waterfall diving! Just climb onto my back," because that was definitely a normal thing that happened in most classes, your teacher telling you just ride on his back, no big deal!, "and you'll see what I mean!"

And with that, whether solo or with a few brave passengers, Sidon swam up the waterfall with confidence, throwing in a few more flips once he breeched the top with a perfect landing to set anyone who may have been with him down and grin at the others as they took the more conventional route, and got started.

"Now," he declared, "the Art of Diving! Feel free to start with a smaller waterfall if you're less confident or new to this, but don't be discouraged! You've got this! I believe in you all! Just keep in mind these basic steps, and by the end of today, you'll be able to best some of the best Zora in diving! Now, to start, we'll do a few tumbles into this pool to get used to it..."

And with that, Sidon was on his way to giving some of the basic instructions and tips on how to improve one's dive or to merely boost up the confidence to try them! There was a large pool with an edge that made it easy to practice from the ground, as well as a few rocks with more elevation if you wanted to move up a bit, and, of course, if you were really ready for something a little more fun, there were several waterfalls from this point at varying heights just waiting to be dived from! Sidon will even give you another lift up the waterwall to get you back up to the summit faster!

(Although if anyone wanted to try the waterfall climbing themselves, he would be very encouraging, though he was pretty sure anyone else but him would need special armor to do so!)

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Ready to dive in!

Liberty Hazlett

Liz Sherman

Josephine Jones

Tahani al-Jamil

Hannibal Lecter

Kurt Wagner

Hitch a ride on your teacher or scale the easy trail up the mountain to the summit where everything was all set up for practicing, and watch as Sidon breaks down the basics of a good dive for you, complete with multiple demonstrations.

Which meant a lot of diving off the side of the biggest waterfall, and then showing back up again with a burst of water and showmanship a second later as he raced back up it because he was not in the least bit shameful about showing off to an extravagant degree.

Hannibal had absolutely no qualms about riding on Sidon's back, since the man was offering.

It was actually quite exhilarating.

It was quite exhilarating, and, honestly, Sidon was always a little disappointed that more people didn't take him up on the offer more often enough!

Truly, one of Fandom's great tragedy was its entire lack of waterfalls, much less one large enough for a nine foot tall Zora to get a good run out of.

Even with the height of the waterfall, Sidon made short work of the trip, making sure to get some good air off the edge when they hit it and to land in a way that Hannibal could find himself back to his feet on the shore without trouble.

"Wonderful!" he declared proudly. "Was that your first experience with waterfall climbing, Dr. Lecter?"

You know, what with all the vast opportunities out there for it...

"It was," Hannibal answered. "Thank you for the opportunity; I somehow doubt I would be able to do that on my own."

"Now they do say," Sidon imparted with a grin, eager for any chance for a ~~lore drop~~ story, "that the armorers know of an ancient technique that may bestow upon a Hylian with such abilities, should they wear such an armor. Unfortunately, however, I do not know where such armor would exist, if it does at all, and it may not work for a human as it would a Hylian! But I shall be sure to keep an eye open!"

"What are the differences between Hylian and human?" Hannibal asked.

There's something for every level of skill here on the summit, from anyone who just wants to sort of tumble into the pool from the edge to anyone who wants to dive with the big Zora and take on a mammoth waterfall! It's the danger shop, too, so there's no need to worry if you're taking on more than you can dive!

Sidon would also be happy to field any attempts at a diving competition, too, although this truly was his element.

Jo knew that this would be safe that she wasn't really diving but diving into a pool freaked her out just as much as swimming did, thanks to all those times that she had been pushed into the pool at Malory Towers.

She stood on the very edge, terrified to try and attempt to dive.

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Libby was significantly less nervous about this than Jo clearly was, but she was also fairly new to it, and figured maybe they could help each other out in this situation.

So she sidled on up next to Jo and gave her a soft, encouraging smile, all the while working her hair into a long braid because she was learning that long, wet, sodden hair could be almost as much of a nuisance as not wearing a swimsuit.

"Your first time, too?" she asked.

Jo nodded, shivering a bit as she tried to work up the courage to try diving, "I ... I used to get pushed in the pool all the time back at my old school, because I was afraid of the water and didn't like swimming as much as all the other girls' did," she admitted.

Libby frowned at that, shaking her head a little, because that was the kind of story her parents would tell her about what real schools were like as an example of why home schooling was better (among many), the ones she never really believed to be true, but then there they were.

"That's horrible," she said. "I'm sorry that happened to you, Jo. But at least I'm pretty sure no one here will push you in. And I've never done diving before, either, so it's new for me, too. Maybe we can figure it out together?"

Jo bit her lip, hesitating as she took a moment to look down at the pool and then nodded, "I'd ... I'd like that, thank you ...I ...it just looks so intimidating from up here, one of the times I got pushed in, it was in the deep end of the pool... I thought I was going to drown,"

"Oh no," Libby gushed out in sympathy for hearing that. "That would have been so scary! That's awful, Jo! But....I don't think it's too deep here, I think Mr. Sidon would have made sure of that, and I think, when your teacher is a giant shark man, drowning is one of the least things we'll need to worry about. He definitely wouldn't allow that."

Jo hesitated, staring down at the water again before looking back at Libby and then nodded, a bit more reassured that it wasn't too deep, "okay ... I ... I think I'm ready to try diving," she told her.

Libby smiled at Jo to hear that, giving her a nod back. "On the count of three?" she suggested. "We'll go together?"

She almost wanted to add that, that way, if they did drown, at least they wouldn't be alone, but that didn't really seem helpful since Jo was definitely genuinely afraid, and honestly? That made it even more admirable that she was going to do it. It's easy to do things when you weren't scared, but doing them despite your fears? That was real bravery.

Jo nodded, “okay on the count of three,” she tried to feel more braver than she felt but at least she was attempting this and making an effort, she never used to do that.

Vi went up to the biggest waterfall, looking out over the simulated landscape before flinging herself off the edge.

"Ha-ha!" Sidon called out when he spotted where Vi had gone and what her intentions had been. "Yes! Now that's the spirit!"

Sidon? Big fan of just flinging oneself off of edges, especially nice and high ones into water!

Kurt looked around as he stood at the edge of one of the waterfalls after porting himself to the top. He had to remind himself for a moment there wasn't any danger involved and then with a slow deep breath jumped off the ledge and dove down into the pool below.

"Marvelous form!" Sidon called out encouragingly, with an extra pump of his fist for good measure. "Fantastic job, Kurt!"

Once upon a time, believe it or not, Sidon himself was not a very good swimmer at all, much less a good diver, so he's proof positive that anyone can do it!

Or so that's what he believes, anyway.

After class, Liz took the opportunity to approach Sidon, since she had told both Steven and Summer that she would see if there was anything that Sidon knew about the Eos Gods that would be able to help them.

"Um ... excuse me Pr ... Sidon?" Liz corrected herself in time as she approached him.

There was a faint extra curve to Sidon's grin as he seemed to have caught that small correction and rather appreciated it, but, then again, it was almost always grins and smiles with this one. "Ahhh, yes!" he said, grinning down at her. "Liz! Hello! And with a new haircut, as well....I believe? Forgive me, it looks different, but I am not as familiar with hair," he gave a faint chuckle, running a hand along the smoothness of his headtail. "Though I know enough to know that it looks marvelous! Did you have any questions or concerns regarding our diving adventure today?"

"Thank you, it is new," Liz nodded, smiling, "I got it cut on Sunday, Summer and I went to a Space Spa," she explained.

There was a pause, "actually I ... I was hoping to ask you about Prompto ... I ... do you know about his situation back on his world yet?"

She figured she should probably ask if Sidon knew what had been happening with Prompto before she started asking about the different Eos Gods.

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"Ah, yes!" Sidon's beam brightened even more at this question. "The wedding! Between our very good friend Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum and the Oracle Lady Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, joining in blessed matrimony for the peace of their respective kingdoms!"

Well, looks like someone was a bit behind in his plottiness!

"I hear it's to be quite the event! In fact, Prompto said he would get back in touch with me if he figured out a way that I may attend without causing too much of a stir. As I'm sure you well know, their not particularly used to a lot of...non-human entities in that world, but the kingdom of Lucis and Zora's Domain have long since forged an alliance! Well," he broke off with a small chuckle here, "a bit longer for us Zora than for the Lucians, since it's been thirty years since we made that pact for me, but far less for them!

"Still..." he said, tilting his head thoughtfully with a finger curled to his chin, "it is a bit strange that I haven't heard anything from him regarding the wedding plans for a while now. It's been, what? Two weeks' time now since they set off on that particular adventure?"

Liz's expression faltered a bit as she realised that Sidon didn't know about what had been happening, in truth she had completely forgotten about Sidon in all of this and hadn't even thought to check in on how Prompto's best friend was doing ... she'd been too caught up in her own world.

"I ... I'm ... " she started and then stopped, "the wedding ... it didn't happen, it was ploy by the Niflheim Empire so they could attack Insomnia ... it's ..." Liz had to remember to breath as she felt a rush of the crushing emotions of despair she hadn't been feeling for a few days return, "we've, we've lost contact with them ... " it was here she had to stop, taking deep breaths, the tears she had managed to keep at bay for the last few days were threatening to return and the last thing she wanted was to break down crying again, especially in front of Sidon.

Sidon blinked a little at this news, his expression immediately gone crestfallen and concerned. And the almost ever-present smile on his face replaced with a worried frown. "Well," he said, that boisterous voice gone a bit reserved, "that certain explains why the updates seemed to have stopped. I just assumed they were all quite busy with the arrangements. Or perhaps they were experiencing some kind of their own time disparity, you know how it can be sometimes between universes! Mmmmmm."

If Sidon had a more humanoid brow, it would certainly be furrowed at that moment! Since he didn't he just lowered his head a little, stroking his chin as he considered this, and then looked to Liz, and managed to find a small smile, a soft and encouraging one, with a faint nod to convey his understanding at how distressed this might be making her feel.

He, after all, was certainly no stranger to losing contact with those one loved, but considering his contact had been stifled for more than thirty years now....mentioning that didn't seem very helpful.

"Is there anything we can do to help?" he asked instead, which was far more useful anyway.

"I ... that's what we thought at first, that they were just busy but then we were able to talk to them through Shane's ... uh Shane Gooseman's communicator but now he's lost communication with them and is trying to get it back." Liz paused, taking another deep breath to calm herself, "Summer told me they've been hearing snippets of their conversations, they're okay ... or at least doing as well as they can be in the circumstances, Summer's being trying to set up a portal so we can get resources to them but it's taking longer than expected,"

She paused, "actually, I ... I was hoping to ask you if Prompto ever talk about the Eos Gods? We think there may be a connection since it seems every time we hear them, they've been interacting with a God and I was wondering if you knew any of their names?"

"If there's one thing I can be certain of," Sidon smiled softly down at Liz as he listened to her explain the situation, "through all my interactions with any of them, is that there is absolutely no getting a Lucian down! Whatever trials they may be facing now in their own world, I can only have the utmost certainty that they are fighting like hell to do what they must! We mustn't lose faith! Although we may have to strive to be patient."

He knew that was a little bit of a difficulty that humans tended to have, but he couldn't exactly blame them. When your lives were so abysmally short, it made sense to him that you'd want to make sure to shove as much life into those meager years as one could!

"But speaking of faith," he continued, once again with a hand to his chin as he tried to think back over the decades, especially back to when he and Prompto did spend more time together as part of their tightly-knit little group of friends, and then he shook his head, "I can't say I can really recall much. Obviously, in our dealing of peace and alliance with Lucis, I've learned a bit about the political side of things, but, besides the Oracle, there doesn't seem to be as much regarding their gods there. She, of course, can commune with them, but the position seems to be one that is more to serve the people as a sort of divine communicator more than anything else. And I know there's a Ring involved somehow, that's what gives the Kings of Lucis power over the crystal that protects their city, but, beyond that? I'm afraid I can't tell you much more, Liz, I'm terribly sorry..."

Liz knew it was going to be a bit of a longshot but she couldn’t help but deflate a bit as she heard that,
“Oh,” she said a bit quietly, “I mean, no that’s okay …none of us really knew about their religious beliefs, so we weren’t sure about how to go about exploring the Gods angle,” she explained and paused.

“well I know Prompto said before I lost contact that they were going to go around to the tombs of Noctis’ ancestors, I think it was so they could give him their powers?” she said, “do you think that could that be to do with the ring?”

"The tombs of his ancestors?" asked Sidon, with a tone of marvel and excitement to his voice. "Well, then! If anything,I suspect they should have quite the story to tell when they get back!"

Oh, Sidon, you had no idea.

"But if I recall correctly," he added, going thoughtful again, "the Ring is tied to Noctis' legacy as the future king, and I believe I recall it bring mentioned that certain powers are tied to it, but beyond that, I don't believe he went into much detail. It certainly seems, though, that lineage and acenstry is important to the crown of Lucis, so that would make sense."

OMG baby Sidon is the most adorable! His little tooth gleam!

Baby Sidon gets me every single goddamn time. Half the reason I haven't played Hyrule Warriors yet is because my HEART CAN'T HANDLE it XD

I mean, LOOK AT THIS:

OMG Eeee!

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