Seaside 5: Kinda like One Piece without the anime

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

[Workout Beach]

"Ink oars?" Beth briefly imagines how that would even work. Would she have to, like, draw them in the air? Would the ink itself not dissolve in the water? "...yeah, no magic. Let's just hop in and do this!"

Just getting the boat across the water isn't a big deal on its own, but the fun part - racing through the winding course that the buoys suggest - promises to be pretty intense. The long oars provide quite a lot of resistance. As suspected, Beth can pull strokes easily, but not very steadily and not with perfect timing. "I think you're going to need to set the pace for us. I'll have to get used to accounting for depth on both sides... let me know if I'm pulling us too much one way or the other or something like that."

"So... you said your girlfriend lives around here?" Beth says between breaths while trying to line up for a starting position. "Do you two go to the same Ink Magic school?"