<b>Steven / Eleyna</b><br/><br/>Tentacruel was already struggling to acquire a new sense of balance with a fully grown woman on top of him when Jake landed on him too. The Pokemon sank a half meter, tentacles flailing in protest as he gargled. Growlithe, becoming aware of what was going on hurried to the edge of the boat, poking his eyes over the rail.<br/><br/><span style="color: blue">Growlithe, your on your own until the boat gets to shore!</span>Eleyna yelled at him, trying to keep her balance on the Tentacruel as it flailed. Growlithe barked in protest.<span style="color: blue">Alright, get on this thing, then!</span><br/><br/>Growlithe looked at the unstable platform of a bulbous Pokemon, and the infinite, terrible, all consuming depths of water beneath. He gave Eleyna a flat stare then sat down on the boat.<br/><br/><span style="color: blue">That's what I figured.</span>Eleyna mumbled.<span style="color: blue">Alright! Tentacruel, forward ho!</span>Eleyna gestured grandly. The Pokemon began inching forward with glacial speed.<span style="color: blue">Is this seriously how fast you're planning on going?</span><br/><br/>The Pokemon grumbled about having two fully grown human beings on top of him and the completely ridiculous notion of "speed." He had half a mind to go surging forward and throw them both off of him! He stifled such urges and continued with his measured movement, accelerating and slowing in turn as weight shifted. Feeling a moment of confidence he tried to get moving in earnest, but neither he nor his riders really knew what they were doing, and the change in momentum nearly flung both of them off. Eleyna held on as best she could, though the Pokemon's head was round, offering nothing to grasp onto.<br/><br/>Tentacruel paused for a moment, stroking his chin with a tentacle. He lifted the appendage and gave a snap as an idea occurred to him. Eleyna yelped as a Tentacle wrapped around her waist, and Steven with his Pancham, squeezing them together. The Tentacruel laughed at his own genius and launched forward. If they couldn't hang on to him, he'd hang on to them!<br/><br/>Eleyna grabbed her hat as the sudden burst of wind threatened to unseat it from her head.<i>Now</i>they were moving! The Pokemon dipped and struggled to keep himself above the waves, but they were moving! It was inelegant, perhaps a little silly, but it was an effective first step. Scyther flew above them, watching the water below.<br/><br/>With the sea spray and water rolling up off Tentacruel as he jetted through the water, none of his passengers were getting out of this dry, which didn't bother Eleyna much at all.<span style="color: blue">Hey!</span>She yelled to Steven.<span style="color: blue">That was weird, right? Back at the boat? You know, just so I'm not the only one who thought so!</span>She took a face full of seawater as the Pokemon dipped a little too much.<br/><br/><span style="color: blue">I know we haven't really worked together before... so sorry if this is all kind of abrupt!</span>She smiled awkwardly.<span style="color: blue">It's just... you looked more like a trainer, you know?</span>They were hit by another wave of water surging over Tentacruel.<span style="color: blue">Watch it you lummox! </span>Eleyna protested to the Pokemon.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><b>Tentacruel began learning Surf!</b><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>