Mr. Briney's boat was a sailing yacht, a little bigger than the average. Siam was invited to lay on the deck, as the trip would be a long and slow one. The sky was clear, the wind was cool, and the sea smelled wonderful, Siam was quite content to lay there on the deck of the boat and relax. After a while though, he began to wonder something, he held a hand up above him and click his pointer finger and thumb "fft"
he clicked his middle finger and thumb "tic"
he clicked his ring finger and thumb "tict"
he clicked his pinky finger and thumb "ltt"
Antony's head was tilted to the side as he did this, unsure what it was Siam wanted. Siam sat up and looked at the Zigzagoon, he patted the deck beside him and Antony bounded over. Siam stared at it for a moment, then pretended to shoulder bash the air beside him "fft". Antony cocked its head to the side again, Siam then switched the order; "fft", shoulder bash. The Zigzagoon's head straightened and it barked excitedly, "fft", Antony jumped forward as if Tackle'ing some invisible thing. The light pat it recieved on the head had it rolling on the floor almost instantly.
"tic", Head thrust.
Head thrust, "tic".
"Bark, Bark"; "tic" Headbutt. Pats.

Much to his surprise, it took no more than twenty minutes for this little brown ball of fur to learn what Siam meant when he clicked each of his fingers. Though Lucilla had a bit more difficulty understanding what was wanted from her, Siam didn't blame her, charades can only go so far to explain Razor Leaf or False swipe, complex moves that a human cannot easily replicate. He hadn't expected it, but he'd actually enjoyed getting his point across, after all they had been following his clicks before. Now the clicks actually mean something.

It was a little after noon, as Siam was sitting on the edge of the boat looking out, that he noticed something ahead. Ahead of the boat, but not in it's line seemed to be a circle of blue blobs. Siam waved to Mr. Briney and pointed it out "Looks like a ring of Tentacool, they're attacking something in the center but I can't make it out", Siam could, amidst this ring of blue blobs were two shapes, one red and one purple. The purple thing was hard to make out against the blue of the water, but stood out when a tentacool moved behind it. A Zubat was laying in the water, apparently exhausted and unmoving, just laying on the surface as these Tentacool tried to close in on it. Though the Purple spot may not have moved much, the Red was definitively active. Siam could faintly make out the outline of a Magikarp as it swum rings around the zubat, slamming into any Tentacool as it approached.

Siam raised a open palmed hand, and felt the boat slow gradually. There was a ladder over the edge, he made note of where. Siam removed the red cloak and dropped it on the deck, with a running jump he leapt overboard and into the clear blue. He was a good swimmer, and swam swiftly to the ring of blue bodies. As water soaked into his clothes and the bandages around his head, he could feel them weighing him down, but they also seemed to drain from him his headache and dizziness. He could swim hard and fast, power forward with head swinging side to side with no dizziness or sharp stabbing into his brain. He dove slightly and passed under the tendrils of the outer Tentacool, he passed inwards and past the Magikarp into the center ring. He bobbed to the surface beside the weak and unconscious Zubat which lay face up on the water. Siam blew on the little creature and it wriggled slightly. Looking back at the boat he could see; Mr. Briney with Peeko on his shoulder, Antony above the ladder and Lucilla wearing a red cloak. Unable to see much of a choice now, Siam grabbed the weak Zubat and swam to the outer ring, to the Tentacool. As he neared he flattened out most of his body on the surface but kept his legs bent. He had the Zubat that that Magikarp was guarding; and it was not happy. As Siam neared the ring or Tentacool he heard the -karp swimming up behind him, he braced himself and kicked off as it slammed into his feet. The force helped him out of the water enough that Siam landed on top of a Tentacool before sliding into the water on the other side. With only one arm to swim and an army of pissed off fish behind him, Siam sped toward the boat as fast as he could. He grabbed the ladder and was pulled aboard to safety, with a surprising amount of time to spare.

Name: Vipsania

Species: Zubat

Type: Poison/Flying

Nature: Bold

Level Met: 12

Characteristic: Capable of taking hits

HP 33, Atk 16, Def 17, 12, 15, Spd 20 ==+== | ==+==

Safe aboard the ship, Siam took the time to dry the Zubat and give it some fresh water to drink, before moving it below deck and out of the sun. Lucilla had followed him down, so he placed a finger above each of her eyes and pointed at the Zubat. The Nuzleaf nodded and sat down beside it, as Siam returned to deck. "Oh dear, I'll get you some fresh bandages lad. That was brave but foolish! Take the helm, we should be on a steady course, but you'll need to keep an eye out for hazards" He nodded to Siam and rushed below deck.

Standing at the steering wheel, it was nice to have the wind in his hair, Siam was content to enjoy the moment sailing. But a glimpse of red out of the corner of his eye grabbed his attention, when he turned to look it was gone. Then again, the same glimpse of red out of the same corner of his eye, but when he turned it was gone. The old sailor returned above deck in a short moment, but since he'd left Siam had seen the red glimpse twelve times, every time he looked it was gone. As the old man passed him the bandages, Siam moved away from the wheel, sitting down to apply the bandages to his head. As he sat there, he noticed the red glimpse again, this time on the other side of the boat. Not needing to turn away any more he simply watched the area, and watched as the Magikarp, not A Magikarp, THE Magikarp, passed up by the railing on the side of the ship, and seemed to scan the deck as it descended again. Then again it popped up, scanned, and fell into the water. Once done applying his bandages, Siam moved to the edge of the boat, and watched the Magikarp swimming along side it leap out of the water and stare him straight in the eyes.

Trying to discourage it, Siam swung a punch at the great red fish as it leapt again. But it spun in the air, avoiding the hit and yet still scanning the deck. Siam watched as it disappeared under the ship, and heard it splash down into the water again on the other side. He took the time to study the fish as it leapt about, what was it searching for? Why was it still following the boat? When an idea dawned on him, he traipsed down to below deck and gently scooped up the still weak Zubat. He carried her above deck and to the edge, where he sat with her in his arms. It took two more jumps before the Magikarp was leaping in front of Siam. It seemed to study the Zubat with interest in a couple leaps, then fell back into the water and returned to swimming, though it never left the side of the boat.

Name: Duilius

Species: Magikarp

Type: Water

Nature: Serious

Level Met: 15

Characteristic: Likes to Thrash about

HP 35, Atk 12, Def 25, 14, 15, Spd 33 **+** | **+**

They landed in Dewford not long before sunset, with the Magikarp still keeping pace with the boat. As Siam moved along the dock toward the pokemon centre; Zubat in arms. The Magikarp kept leaping over the deck in front of him, making passage difficult though not impossible. Upon reaching the other side, Siam heard the fish splashing about in the water behind him. The splashing subsided and was replaced quickly by a sudden and terrifying roar. A sound that froze Siam on the spot. He turned slowly to see a gigantic blue sea serpent rising out of the water. It leant down close to Siam, so close he could reach out and touch it, it unleashed a puff of exhalation, which made the Zubat cry out. Antony and Lucilla moved as close to 'between' the two as they could get. Lucilla pushed Siam backwards slowly, edging him closer to the pokemon centre, and as he got further from the Gyarados, he began to slowly walk backwards again. The Gyarados was staring now at Antony, and Antony at it. Siam didn't see any more as Lucilla pushed him gradually into the pokemon centre.