"You have got to be kidding me," Pappug grimaced. "This has got to be the…what? Seventh time this month?"
"Ahehe!" Keimi laughed nervously. She tried to sit up, but slipped on the various amounts of fluid swishing around her. She wrenched her hands into the fleshy ground beneath her, and tried to push herself up. But she had gripped a bit too hard, her fingernails biting into the plump floor. The dark cavern they were in convulsed, and with a deafening groan, Keimi and Pappug were tossed around.
A giant fish had swallowed the pair. Speifically, the Kowarui. Its name was actually rather ironic. For a fish named 'Little Trouble', the baracuda was ginormous. Pappug and Keimi were settled in his stomach, and they still had enough space to stretch out comfortably. Keimi imagined that the cavern was easily the size of a house. Perhaps even the Mermaid Café could fit within the beast with room to spare. However, Madame Shyarly's customers might not take so kindly to that. Keimi giggled lightly, imagining the shark woman beckoning in patrons from the beast's toothy maw.
"This isn't funny," Pappug hissed. Keimi stopped immediately. Her teacher was right. Hachi was gone for the month. He was visiting the surface for a bit. With no one to save them, what exactly were the two in for?
"Well it can't be worse than Omachi!" Keimi said optimistically. They'd been stuck in the Omachi sturgeon for about 3 weeks, living off scraps of the fish's half-digested meals. It hadn't exactly been pleasant.
"Don't jinx us!" Pappug cried, taking her fisted hand, and slamming it down on a piece of driftwood. Keimi yelped and shook out her battered hand. Honestly, the starfish was too superstitious.
"I don't think that counts," Keimi huffed, "it's not really wood.
"Bah!" Pappug spat, "It all comes from trees…"
Keimi sighed. They would get out. Eventually. Regardless if she acidentally cursed them or not.
A.N.: (•ˋ _ ˊ•) So…They've been shorter before. Hope it's an alright changeup from the longer stories. Reviews, Favourites, Subscriptions, Reader Birthdays, and Requests are welcomed and much appreciated! I'll see you next time for Fisher Tiger!