[Ethulai]

Prompt # 13 "Jᴜsᴛ ɢᴏ ᴀsᴋ ʜɪᴍ ɪꜰ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɪᴛ!"
Professor Richards will give you his fan, but the sun on the island has been unbearable, and he's gonna need another way to cool off.
How does your kalon beat the heat?

"Why don't you ask your boyfriend if we can have it?"
"Kid, one more smart mouthed comment out of you-"
"No! Seriously dude, the logical conclusion here is for you to go and use those charming manners and ask him yourself. You'll have a better time of it than I will!" Radford argued. He swore he could hear Shark's teeth grinding.
"Listen, I'm busy and can't afford to wander around the island looking for Mon-,uh, I mean the Professor and I don't have anything to offer him in return. You're smart, kid, you'll figure something out."
"But!-"
"I've seen you whale watching together it's not like you're strangers." Shark added grouchily.
Radford sighed. He could either stand here arguing with the mechanic for the next hour, or find Monty and convince him to give up his hand-held fan. Since he possessed a healthy dose of self-preservation, he chose the latter.

"Hey! Professor!"
"Why, hello there Radford, how are you today?" Monty asked. He was lounging under a palm tree with his fan and a copy of Master and Commander.
"Fine, dude, cheers for asking. Umm. The mechanic thinks your fan would come in handy for repairs."
Monty almost dropped his book and looked around in a panic.
"Oh. He's back at the ship, is he?" he said dejectedly while pushing up his glasses.
Radford wondered whether thoughts of harm could be projected over long distances.
"He's too shy to ask you himself." he responded treacherously.
Monty brightened. "Oh, he doesn't appear to be the shy type. Well of course he can have my fan. Happy to be of service! I will miss the little gizmo though," he sighed sadly as he passed the fan over.
"About that, Professor, I was wondering if you were interested in trying an experiment?"

Radford returned to Monty after dropping the fan off to Shark. After making sure they both had plenty of water, had slathered themselves in sunscreen, found a quiet nook under the shade of some palms and made themselves comfortable he explained what they were about to attempt.
"I'm intrigued! Mind over matter, yes? We won't know until we try so let us begin!" the Professor said enthusiastically.
They spent the rest of the afternoon practising meditation, attempting the cooling sitali and sitkari breath.

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[Lepid]

As Fawkes walked away from Shark, he couldn’t help but smile fondly at the idea of that grumpy mechanic having a crush on someone as unexpected as the professor. He had absolutely no idea how he was going to get the fan from him though and cool him off. He could always swim but he didn’t look like the “social type” as people on earth called it. Fawkes decided to scope out the island and come up with a solution before finding the professor so he could make a simple trade with him. Many people were on the shoreline playing beach ball, laying out in the sun, or playing in the ocean.

Fawkes shook his head as he also started to sweat. He saw a wonderful icecream truck though and ordered a chocolate milkshake. He happily slurped on it and suddenly the idea came to him! Fawkes immediately went to find the professor and upon seeing him, he explained that Shark really needed his mini-propeller. The professor looked willing to, but explained that he needed to cool off. Fawkes laughed and dismissed the professor. “Come on, I know the coolest place on this island!”

Fawkes led the professor to the ice-cream truck and gestured inside. “It’s practically a freezer!” Fawkes looked very happy and proud. “And if you get cold then you can crack it open a bit. Also there’s all the ice-cream that you can eat!” He exclaimed. The professor seemed mildly curious and decided to camp out in the refreshing cold ice-cream truck for a bit. Fawkes gave Shark the propeller and when he asked how he got it, Fawkes pointed to the truck. “He’s in the ice-cream truck! It’s so nice and cold.” He grinned as Shark stared for a moment, unsure of if he was serious or not before chuckling at the idea of the professor in there. “Thanks kid.” He said before shooing him off.

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How does your Kalon beat the heat?
Carson has his own fancy fan he uses to cool off, maybe it could be used when it cools down for the fixes!

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How does your kalon beat the heat?

The sun blazed down on the poor kalon as she attempted to find a better source of cool, walking down the sand. There had to be something. There were no shady trees as one would suspect, no, the palm trees were too tall to provide adequate blockage from the sun's rays. She thought about going into the ocean for a bit, but the waters were far too rough for her liking. Just when it seemed she had lost hope, she spotted a truck in the distance - perhaps ice cream?

Much to her relief, it was exactly what she had anticipated - colorful images decorating the outside as previews of the selection they had. She didn't care at this point about flavors or sprinkles, however, and made her choice quickly.

"Hey! What can I get for you today?"

"I'll just have a strawberry cone, please."

"Coming right up!"

The kalon running the truck swiftly put together her treat, handing it to Iris as she exchanged it for a dollar bill. Surely a nice, cold ice cream would help? That's what Iris had wanted, anyway, but quickly found out that she could still feel her face roasting in the intense heat.

She looked around, then back at her ice cream.

"Ah... Whatever." She dismissed as she took the cone, smushing it right in the middle of her face. She was astonished she would ever think to do something so juvenile... But hey, it did the trick alright.

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[ ❧ ] the easy part was getting the propeller. all you had to do was mention shark's urgency (perhaps a little exaggerated in your retelling, you admit), and make a couple carefully placed bribes via whale and dolphin merch (and a few of those bright and colorful floral shirts you've seen monty wearing every time you've seen him), and he handed it over with a chipper attitude and a smile. you also recall his cheeks looking a little rosey, as he asked you to tell shark hello for him, though it very well could have been sunburn in reality. guess you'll never know.

...staying cool, on the other hand, has proven to be no easy task, especially in this absolutely life-draining heat. you wake up and the heat just immediately absorbs all your energy. luckily for you, a local store selling goods clearly marketed at tourists was selling inflatable pools, and you couldnt pass up the opportunity to grab one, and snag a couple arm floaties while you were at it. hopefully they wont mind, you think to yourself, as you walk towards where monty and shark would be respectively, only your bags of goods and pure determination to keep you company.

as expected, shark flat out says no when you hold up your purchases and make your preposition, including the shark-themed arm floaties, but monty, you discover, is much more eager to get out of the heat and cool off, even if he has to wear whale-themed floaties on his arms. you have your own set, a pair of pink flamingo arm floaties that fit snug as a bug in a rug.

you spend most of the rest of the day idly chatting and learning more about your avid whale-watching friend.

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How does your kalon beat the heat?

Snag, snag, snag. This whole vacation had just turned into one gigantic snag. Nothing was going right. Sweaty and tired, Sycamore just blinked in disbelief at Shark until his words had actually settled into her mind. Another task, another item to gain before they could make any headway in getting back to her kind of civilization. Back to her beloved plants and her writing. She groaned deeply as he mentioned the nerdy-looking professor, ignoring the way he stuttered over his misspoken words. At least the geeky guy didn't look like he'd be too hard to win over, if this fan was really so important to getting the boat up and running again.

Sycamore watched him stroll about with his tiny fan for a while as she hatched a plan in her mind. She wasn't about to go into this without some sort of plan in place, after all. "Hmmmm," The heat seemed to melt her brain as she watched him, struggling to come up with an idea.

He wanted to cool off, right? Why not stick to the basics? The answer hit her like a brick to the head.

A slight smirk played over her lips as she stood and made her way over to the professor, doing her best to look innocent and sweet. His tropical shirt made him stick out like a sore thumb, definitely a tourist even among all of those who had piled off the boat. If his mind was as fried by this sun as her's was, this should be a rather easy task to complete for Shark. Just a little hand fan, right?

"Hey there...," She paused as she searched her memory for a name, "... Richards! How're you holding up?"

He looked at her in confusion, like he wasn't sure what to do with her but he definitely looked a little worried. Sycamore tried not to grin at the thought that he should be nervous. "Shark sent me over here to ask to borrow your fan. I guess we need it for the boat." She batted her eyelashes and pointed to contraption he was holding with what looked like a death's grip. His eyes wandered between her and the fan, like he was deciding how well this would turn out for him if he said 'no'. "Please?" She added, tilting her head a little.

"I suppose I could, but... it's so hot..."

"Oh, don't worry about that! I had a great idea!" Sycamore assured him brightly. His face brightened, and he nodded gently as he gingerly handed her the fan. She held her prize tightly.

"So what was your idea?" He asked.

Without a pause, Sycamore grinned as she realized he had no idea that she had him right where she wanted him - directly next to the water. With one swift move, she pushed him into the deep blue ocean waves. He sputtered for a moment before surfacing dripping wet, his hair covering his spectacles. "Hey!"

"Well, aren't you cooled off?" Sycamore cooed. The professor stared at her, clearly speechless.

Victorious, she returned with the little fan to Shark, dropping it at his feet without a word. Her eyes narrowed as she prepared herself for whatever else he might want before the needy boat could get back to the seas.

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How does your kalon beat the heat?



"My Ice cream stash will definitively beat the heat!!"

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prompt 13: Professor Richards will give you his fan, but the sun on the
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