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After some weeks of spent on that godforsaken ship the crew was immediately sent on another mission,
This time on a planet called Polus.
Althought the planet was covered in both snow and lava, both at surface lever. A truly fascinating fenomenon that Blue desperately wanted to inspect.
But of course the crews safety and health came first, which came in the form of readjusting to the planets much heavier force of gravity.
Luckily for the crewmates, the mix of snow and lava led to some small hotsprings.
Not only did these pockets of water serve for relaxation and some breaks, but they also served to help get somewhat used to the planets gravity.
Most of the crewmembers adjusted well to the change, blue included, cyan and purple had both been having difficulties.
Purples was mostly because they kept on forgetting things were heavier due to the higher gravity, meanwhile Cyan would start to feel dizzy and nauseous seemingly at random and would often fall over or trip. They truly had the hardest time adjusting to the change and it was up to Blue to help them out.
But at this point they really didn't know what to do.
Prior space training was required for Cyan to be able to be here, and they had exhausted all available option, so as a last ditch effort....
They consulted this with red
"Have you tried the hotsprings?" Red recommended.
They had met up in the office to hold this incredibly small meeting, with Red and Blue at opposite sides of the table. Not on purpose.
"That will not help."
"How, aren't swimming pools used for joint pain or something?"
"Well yes but what Cyan is dealing with has to do with Polus' gravitational pull not their joints. In any case it might worsen the condition since swimming can cause them to feel much lighter and push our progress back. Not the mention how salty the water is, they'll be floating much more."
They contemplated for a moment, leaving an awkward silence in the room before Red spoke up again.
"OK, i hear an understand you, but-" Blue didn't want to hear what bullshit might come out of reds mouth "if they're gonna feel lighter in the water, like much lighter than how they are on earth, isn't that just resetting them? So they forget about earth's gravity or something"
For a moment they wanted to give up, maybe go an ask orange or purple or even Lime. But they thought for a moment, and while it truly seemed like a stupid idea it was the only option they had at this point, so
"Alright, I'll see if I can start it today"
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They could in fact start today. They didn't really need MIRA's permission for this, They just needed to report this later.
Either way, Cyan was ecstatic to go swim, heck they even brought swimsuits, not just for them and Blue but for all of the other crewmates, and some had already taken them for themselves.
When they had informed Cyan of the activity and asking when it would be ok for them to start Cyan immediately responded today, and the only free hour was at midnight. But they could sacrifice a bit of sleep. After all their crewmates health went before their's.
So now they both themselves in the nearest hotspring, Cyan had already jumped in there, regardless of the fact their hair was going to get ruined due to the high level of salt in the water.
Blue slowly entered as the water as it rose up to their chest as Cyan was jumping around.
"So Cyan" they got their attention "I've prepared some exercises we could do to help you"
"Oh yeah, tell me about 'em"
The hotsrping was small, enought for a group of people but not enough to properly swim, so most of the exercises were stagnant to one spot, such water jogging in place, jumping Jack's, leg swings, push-ups and Flutter kicks.
Cyan preformed wonderfully in all of these and managed to do so pretty quickly with minimal exhaustion
At this moment they were doing the Flutter kicks.
Cyan placed her arms on the border of the spring, their entire body in a laying down position while floating in the water, meanwhile Blue had their hands placed right on Cyans abdomen to add stability and anlthought the touchiness may have distracted Cyan in the beginning but they got used to it now, maybe a bit flustered.
"Annndddd that should be enough" Blue let go of the other and they fell somewhat quickly back into a standing position in the water, both feeling pretty relaxed "we should get going to the showers, but you did an amazing job, I'm proud"
That got them blushing like an idiot
"Oh thanks, ya'know I've loved swimming. Like I'm not good at it but I did do it a lot as a kid"
"Really?"
"Yeah, my parents would always take me to the beach every weekend but we stopped when I was like....ten I think, since the beach got to polluted for even fish to swim so yeah" they're tone slowly got sadder as they continued
"Oh...that's so tragic"
"Yeah so I kinda lost those skills.. I never learned to float thought but I tried that too much-"
"Pardon me for interrupting" Blue interjected, confusion tainting their voice "floating is something that should come naturally how come you don't know how to do it?"
Seeing how stupid they sounded Cyan quickly went to correct themselves "no like, I can float but not on my back, ya'know? He...hehe"
"Well my point still stands. Could you demonstrate what you mean?"
"Uhh sure yeah" Cyan threw themselves onto the water back first and immediately went under. Blue quickly went to help them but their help was not needed as they quickly reafined their composture. Cyan pushed themself onto their back.
They managed to keep that posture for about less than a second as their head and chest quickly went under again, triggering their fight or flight response, with their legs kicking wildly (even hitting Blue in the face) before appearing back on the surface.
They coughed repeatedly, trying to get their hair put of their face and try to open their salt filled eyes.
The doctor quickly went back to them, patting Cyan on their back while whispering things thay neither remembered.
In a couple moments, Cyan managed to open their eyes and stop coughing.
"See can't float, not even in incredibly salty water"
"Yes I noticed. Definitely odd" Blue reached out to vaguely place their hands on Cyans back and the front of their thights "how about we try this again, but this time i help you"
To say Cyan was almost completely red was an understatement bit they obliged. The Gemologist slowly leaned back and Blue got a better hold of them. One hand being placed behind their neck meanwhile the other was placed right under their hips.
"Alright, how about you extend your arms and take some deep breaths" Blue suggested and Cyan started to follow their orders. One arm rested on the water as the other one was the same, except right next to Blue.
They started to breath in slowly, taking big breaths and big, calm exhales. As they did this Blue slowly let go of one leg and moved his hand to their back while the other hooked around one of Cyans legs.
"I'm going to start letting you go so try and move your arm and leg to float"
And so they did as ordered, but sadly they started to sink a bit. To counter this Blue raised his knee so it was right under Cyans back.
It still wasn't working well. Cyan was doing as much as they could with their arms, but it still wasn't enought, and if they did more they would be splashing water around and not actually floating.
"Alright" Blue sighed "I'm going to fully let you go so take a deep breath"
And as they did before, they obliged and so Blue let go.
And they immediately sunk.
And so they tried multiple times.
Some Blue would let go immediately, so they would let go slowly, but it always had the same result of Cyan almost drowning.
At this point the doctor didn't know how many attempts they had done, or what time it was, or how they were holding Cyan bridal style in their arms, with them barely touching the water.
At that point they had partially given up on the whole floating thing, they could always revisit it later on but for today it was concluded.
Right now thought Cyan was yapping on about some old story on when they were little and learning to swim to which Blue found endering. Both the story and Cyans enthusiasm.
As they did before, The doctor placed their knee on the gemologist back to free their hand that held their head, so they could get rid of some stray hairs covering Cyans face. They would most likely have to undo all of their tiny braids and spend hours getting rid of the salt, but right now they were more concerned about telling the story of how the almost got dragged under the waves of the sea when they were six.
After some more time, they found themselves closer to a wall than the edge. Blue had their back to the wall in a slight sitting position, meanwhile Cyan was almost sitting on their lap, with Blues arms wrapped behind their knees, allowing both of them to be at eye level to each other.
"And then- wait no what time is it"
"I'd say...about four in the morning possibly"
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"Weren't we supposed to be done at like... one?"
"Yes correct!' Blue got up immediately thinking Cyan was holding on. They weren't. They fell back into the water and failed around, trying desperately to find something to grab onto before Blue dived down a bit and placed a hand around their back again.
"Are you alright"
"Yeah you just caught me off guard" Cyan placed both their arms around Blues neck to stabilize themselves.
"Glad to hear that. Let's get going, we need to shower. And the salty water is going to be an annoyance-"
Before the doctor could properly finish their sentence Cyan had cut them off by kissing them. Not a proper on the mouth kiss, but instead a quick peak way to close to the mouth.
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"Sorry was that uncalled for I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable"
"No its quite alright, truly don't worry" Blue pulled them a bit closer "but as I was saying we should get to the showers"
They placed Cyan on the edge, and they both quickly stood up, both taken a bit aback at the sudden change but adjusting quite fine by the time they reached the showers.
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"Ah glad to see you two up early for today!" Red greeted cheerfully, like a person who slept nicely "how did last night's training go?"
Both Cyan and Blue stood in the laboratory facing red, having just left the showers
"What time is it?" Cyan asked
"Uhh it's recently six am why'd you ask"
And blue responded "fuck....nothing don't worry about it"