If I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes too.
JJ MAYBANK / FEM!OC
OBX SEASON 1
FIRST DRAFT ⸻ 05/08/20 → 07/17/20
EDITED ⸻ 02/09/23 → 04/19/23
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The HMS Pogue is as she remembers. Of course, when she was twelve it was Big John's – John B's father (she knows she can't speak on that because her mother named her Kathryn with a 'y', but who names their son after themselves?) – but it's still mostly the same. By that, she means that it's in no shape to work, but it somehow does. She isn't particularly at ease on it.
And anyway, she thinks it might be cursed, because the second they get on it and into the marsh, they realise that there is one teeny tiny problem.
"There's only one tank, and it's a quarter full. So only for one of us," Kathryn says, inspecting the tanks under the beating sun. She turns to John B, lips pursed. Kathryn turns to John B, lips pursed. "Nice job John B. Real nice."
John B, sitting next to her, rolls his eyes. "You think you could've handled that?"
Kathryn shrugs, looking smug. "Maybe I would have."
Kie, on her other side, sighs. "Does anybody know how to dive?" she asks. Nobody answers. "Anybody?"
"It's kind of a Kook sport," answers JJ, standing in front of them. He's staring at Kathryn intently.
They turn to her, but she shakes her head. "Don't look at me like that, I barely know how to swim." It's a lie. She's a great swimmer. Like everyone, actually. Since they were born on an island.
"Yeah you do," JJ fires back.
"What I mean is, diving is very different from just swimming," she clarifies.
He hums, but doesn't add anything. Surely this counts as progress.
"I... read about it," Pope says, reluctantly.
There's silence.
"Great, Pope read about it, so someone's gonna die."
"Come on, Kie," Kathryn takes his defence. "At least one of us gets the idea."
"Look," JJ butts in. "Y–you put the thing in your mouth and breathe. How hard could it be?"
Pope takes in a deep breath. "If you come up too fast, nitrogen gets into your blood... And you get the bends."
