#clan piranha

[agbpaints]

Got a bit of a rag tag group of reinforcements for my growing Rasalhague Dominion cluster! About half of these are mechs I actually intend to use in games (as previously mentioned the Horned Owl is a favorite design archetype of mine, the Summoner is about as idiot-proof a heavy cav omni as you can make, and the Piranha is cheap fill with a heinous close-range bite) but the Hellbringer, Huntsman, and Mist Lynx feel a bit more awkward to me. Idk they'll probably take to the table at some point

[brutalgamer]

MechWarrior 5: Clans to present an all-new experience for consoles and PC in 2024

Don’t let the “MechWarrior 5” designation fool you, Clans is something brand new, bringing turmoil to the Inner Sphere in 2024.

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[c-billbaby]

"Waaaaaaahoo!" Gemma cried as the Tiburon darted through the valley, its arms flailing at the squad of battle armor latched onto it, their lasers and claws cutting into its thin armor. "Have at 'em, lads!" Gemma herself had her armor's battle claw dug deep into the internals of the 'Mech's shoulder and was riding it like she was trying to tame a wild beast, her right arm raised and the blunt nub of the laser where a hand would be on a person firing off red beams into the sky.

The Sea Fox Tiberon came cresting a small rise and turned hard, but it still couldn't shake the quartet of Inner Sphere Standard Battle Armor that was chewing it up like piranha on a sack of meat. Gemma knew that any moment someone would hurt something very important inside the clan machine and her ride would be over, leaving her and her swuad to go hunting the rest of this star, provided any were left after The Bloody Gash's conventional 'Mech troops were done with them.

She was just about to let out another whoop and go digging herself when she saw the forest coming up fast. Oh no. The bastard was going to car wash his problems away. With a shriek of despair she leaned forward, bracing the shoulder of her battle armor before her as the 'Mech entered the trees at over 90kph. Branches slammed into her and her visor was filled with nothing but a blur of leaves and broken wood. Over and over again she was buffetted and bashed about.

The feet of her armor slipped with the repeated impacts and she found herself flopping about atop the Tiberon, only still on because her armor's battle claw was stuck in a thick bundle of myomer muscle and wire inside the 'Mech. She was not too proud to scream in terror and her visor bounced off of jagged strips of ripped open armor, the edges of which she knew were sharp enough to go straight through her face and into her skull if the visor broke.

But it didn't. The venerable IS Standard was built tougher than that.

Eventually she emerged back into the light and the open plain of the valley, and she regained her footing. A quick look told her that the rest of her squad hadn't been so lucky and were lost somewhere in the forest behind. "Not so easy to lose Captain Gemma Orlais, is it Foxy?"

She rammed the muzzle of her laser into the hole her battle claw had made in the 'Mech's armor and cut loose a long burst that she held until the safety cut in to prevent her from melting the barrel. Somethingside sparked and fumed, then the Tiburon jerked once to the side and fell skidding to the ground with Gemma surfing it to a stop as she had a dozen or more times before on 'Mechs both larger and faster than the battle scout that was her current prey.

Gemma jumped off and turned towards the cockpit, but it was buried in the ground. Dead or alive, the MechWarrior inside was not going to be getting free any time soon. So, satisfied with a job well done, she turned away from the wreckage to head back towards the forest and the rest of her squad.

Movement out of the corner of her eye caught her attention and she turned to see the Tiburon's leg moving. That wasn't good. She turned, preparing to leap back onto the 'Mech when the whole leg shifted and she saw, crushed underneath it, several suits of Elemental battle armor, the feared toads of the Clans smashed to pulp when the Tiburon fell on them. They must have been on their way to answer a distress call from the MechWarrior, looking to clean her squad off of him, but luck was not on their side and the sudden fall and skid must have taken them by surprise.

But now it is Gemma's turn to be surprised, and not by the two smashed suits of elemental armor under the leg, or the two she now sees smeared across the ground in the runnel left by the skidding 'Mech, but by the fully intact one throwing the Tiburon off of itself and stalking directly towards her.

Gemma waved, "Hello there! Rough day?" Then without waiting for a reply she fired her laser at it for a full burn and ignited the jets in her armor to propel herself away. The laser went wide as the Elemental roared up into the sky itself, chasing after her. When she hit the ground it was right on top of her, its own laser coming up towards her faceplate.

She grabbed it with her battle claw and wrenched it upwards so the beam fired up and away and instead of directly into her faceplate visor. But even as her claw crushed the clan weapon to scrap the elemental's own claw punched into the side of her armor and latched on. There was a great tearing as the bigger, stronger armor hefted her bodily into the air, visor to visor.

She could see a shadow there beyond the tint and the fog of sweat and rage inside, and it seemed to be smiling. The crunch and tear of metal near her ribs told her that her enemy was still very much trying to peel her open to get at the soft flesh inside of her battle armor. Gemma never thought she'd have to do this.

She let go of the elemental's laser with her claw, but it brought its damaged arm around to guard against any blows against it. Gemma however was not trying to do anything to it. Instead she reached for the chestplate of her own armor where she traditionally kept her last ditch weapon.

The elemental continued to lift her higher and higher, and something in the right side of her armor gave. She could feel air against her bare skin and then the hard coldness of one of the pincers of the clan battle claw. Now she was staring down into the faceplate of the elemental and seeing the reflection of her own armor's chest plate and the neon pink letters mirrored there.

LET'S BE FRIENDS! Right across the front of an antipersonnel mine. Her claw found the rigged up ripcord trigger for it and pulled.

Boom.

Warning. Catastrophic damage detected. Administering morphine. Error: Morphine supplies depleted. Seek immediate medical assistance.

"Probably shouldn't have partied that hard last night," Gemma groaned at her HUD, whose flashing warnings were superimposed on a clear blue sky above. The IS Standard had held, barely, but she was done, all controls unresponsive, laying on her back in the middle of a field. She could see smoke trailing up from her prone form.

With a groan she twisted her head and bit down on the emergency release, which set off explosive bolts at the front of her armor and sent it flying away, a twisted hunk of steel done no favors by taking explosions from both sides, and she pulled herself free and into the open air. The elemental was thirty meters away, its entire left arm and shoulder missing. Idly, she noted that arm was still stuck in her own armor, leaking blood from the severed stump at the end.

Gemma was about to go digging for her radio when she heard a hiss and pop from the elemental. "Oh come on," she grumbled and turned. A hugely muscled woman was climbing out of the clan armor, her left arm a blackened, bleeding stump. Several injectprs ripped put of her skin as she pulled herself free of the crippled machine, obviously part of that clan black box thing that kept its elementals full of an entire cocktail of drugs to keep them fighting past normal human limits.

"We could talk about this," Gemma offered the woman, but if she heard she made no indication, instead bellowing a cacophonous roar of defiance and charging right at her, one gigantic hand raised up like a claw coming for Gemma's throat.

Gemma sighed and pulled her howdah pistol, which was really just an anti-materiel rifle she'd taken an angle grinder to until it could fit comfortably strapped to her thigh and could generously be called a handgun and more accurately called a huge mistake. The elemental had the audacity to look surprised before the gun barked and her face, along with most of her upper body, turned into a moist red cloud and fluttered to the grass atop the rest of her.

The recoil sent the gun flying from Gemma's hand and off into the field behind her somewhere, but she ignored it and sat down in the grass with a sigh of pain and exhaustion. Then she pulled a fine fat Phactian cigar out of her cleavage and stuffed it between her teeth with a grin. "All's well that ends well."

[cal-1maf]

The Piranha is one of the funniest designs Battletech has put out. The best minds of the Clan tech caste really decided to give it the head of a fish and the abs of an Adonis. Lovecraft behavior.

[cloudcountry]

You should rant about hyenas

THANK YOU

okay so i have no idea how long this is going to be but i should start by saying that there are four species of hyenas!! first we have the spotted hyena, which is probably the one you're most familiar with.

next is the striped hyena!!

then the brown hyena!!

and then the odd one out, the aardwolf!!

they are all good silly little guys and let me tell you why

actually let me clear something up first I CHANGED MY MIND. hyenas make that laughing noise NOT because they're happy. its actually a sound they make mostly when faced with conflict. it can indicate fear and frustration. not only can they emit this sound when facing off with a potential meal, they can make this sound when fighting for a piece of the food. so no, hyenas are not laughing because they're happy. its the opposite.

with that out of the way, hyenas are very good hunters!! they are NOT just scavengers and i will not stand for people perpetuating this notion that hyenas are nothing without lions!!!! hyenas are very tough and perfectly capable of standing on their own (even though they're incredibly terrified of lions whaghwa)

also you're probably wondering why the aardwolf is here since he doesnt have hyena in his name. but he is a hyena!! he actually eats insects instead of the typical hyena diet!! that little cutiepatootie spends his days eating termites C:

now, onto not so nice stuff. im sure we're all aware that hyenas run a matriarchal society. female hyenas are bigger and meaner than males, so they often have the hehe last laugh C:

except its not funny, because the males are plagued with diseases and injury. their teeth get worn down far faster than female hyenas because they're stuck eating the bones from the meals. as a direct result of this treatment, male hyenas live about half as long as female hyenas do. to add insult to injury, when they reach the age of 2, they are kicked out of their clans and left to fend for themselves. they can either guard their original clan from a distance, or make a huge, tiring, dangerous journey to find a new clan. if he does the latter, he will be shunned and pushed aside and attacked by the new clan until joining the hierarchy as the lowest ranking male.

they can eat said bones because of their bite strength which, as i mentioned before in my piranha post, is 1,100 PSI (pounds per square inch.) they are not picky eaters at all.

spotted hyenas can run at speeds of up to 40 mph and have a shit ton of endurance so uhh,,, dont get chased by one?

THIS PART IS KINDA GROSS SO DONT READ IF YOU'RE SQUEAMISH :C (its about childbirth!!!)

OH YEAH and i almost forgot to mention!! since female hyenas have quite a bit of testosterone, they develop a pseudo-penis. and they give birth out of it. yes. they birth babies from their pseudo-penis. no the opening is not any bigger. yes it can split open at birth. yes the baby hyenas can suffocate.

and on that note i think i should spare you!! i'll write up a part two if i remember anything else C:

[smashmallowsblog]

I think among the members of the Foot clan Xever can swear or insult everyone else in their original language, and only Anton could have an idea of what he is talking about.

Xever:*Offends Anton in some way*

Anton: Do que você me chamou,sua piranha?

Xever: *gasp*

[austinramsaygames]

My other tournament musings.

PREV / NEXT

I won another Alpha Strike tournament! This has me at 3 for 3! It was IlClan era (a first) at 150 PV with a weird twist: it had Aerospace units allowed AND the first one was half price!

Summaries of each match

The First Match

This was against a Kodiak, Supernova, and Viper in a capture the flag match. My plan was to stay out of LOS as much as possible and lure the two assault mechs away from their flag, then dive said flag with the Piranha before skeddadling away back to my deployment zone. I REALLY did not like my chances in actually trying to kill the two assaults. I put the Piranha up the centre, the Adder on the left, and the Incubus on the right keeping either LOS breaking hills or 3+ hexes worth of woods between them and the enemy.

Unfortunately I did not win a initiative even once the entire match and that was a huge problem for my very squishy list. The Sabutai alleviated that a bit since Aerospace move after all mechs have gone so I still had some say in the final move. When I did finally manage to draw the two assaults away and dive the flag, I knew the Viper would be able to jump behind the Piranha at short range but I hoped the TMM 4 would protect it (the TMM did not protect it).

After the Piranha died I pretty much figured that I had lost the match because I wouldn't be able to grab the flag now and didn't think I would be able to kill the assault mechs. What ended up happening was it became a brawl. I baited the assault mechs further away with the Adder while the Sabutai and Incubus killed the Viper. Then the Incubus started working on the assaults from behind with the Sabutai helping while the Adder slowly died (slowly due to some bad dice rolls from my opponent). In the end it came down to my Incubus and the Supernova at short range with everything else dead. The dice favoured me for my boldness and my Incubus remained standing on the very last turn.

The Second Match

This was a scenario with 5 points that had to be held to score at the end of the round: 2 on each side's half of the board and the 5th in the very middle. Since the objectives got scored every turn it meant that I NEEDED to hold the objectives on my side of the board. So the first turn my Incubus and Adder sat on my objectives while the Piranha dived onto the centre one that my opponent couldn't reach with his Locust. I knew I couldn't hold any single point with the Piranha, so after he moved up his Wolverine to take it, I then dove his back left objective where his Locust had moved to hold it and the Warhammer that previously held it had moved up. This gave a nice little space where neither could shoot at the Piranha, which wiped out the Locust AND scored on my opponent's objective while he got the centre. The whole time the Sabutai was whittling away at the Warhammer and Phoenix Hawk, while the Incubus and Adder worked on the Wolverine.

After Scoring that point the Warhammer turned around to reclaim its point, so the Piranha ran away to finish off the Phoenix Hawk and the Sabutai went back to the Warhammer. The rest of the board was far less dynamic as the Wolverine, Adder, and Incubus all shifted one hex to get their TMM while remaining on the objective and trying to get partial cover and woods protection.

With the Phoenix Hawk dead the Piranha moved to score on my foe's back right objective while also getting a rear shot on the Wolverine which was still trading shots with the Adder and Incubus. The Sabutai managed to kill the Warhammer as it took a last shot at the jet that had been harassing it all match. The final turn saw all four of my units ganging up on the Wolverine and clearing the board.

The Final Match

This was a stand up fight against a Nova, Executioner, and Warhammer (odd to see a normal Warhammer with two Clan mechs). In a turn of fate opposite to the first match I won initiative every single round in this game which was EXTREMELY useful for my speedy little guys.

Like in the last match the Sabutai whittled away at the Warhammer while the Piranha got behind the enemy line for back shots at short range, the Adder plinked away at long range, and the Incubus traded fire at medium range. I methodically worked through the foe with my forces; first the Warhammer fell, then the Nova (trading itself for the Incubus), until it was just the Executioner. My opponent knew that there was no way he could get his hands on the Piranha since I kept winning initiative, but we played out the match until the assault mech fell.

SUCCESSES

Winning Initiative. This is just luck but I was the one who took advantage of the opportunity it presented by diving my Incubus and Piranha when I had the opportunity.

Taking advantage of the half price Aerospace. Only one other player brought Aerospace which meant that I effectively had an extra 31 PV over all of my opponents. The Sabutai did a great job dealing out damage even with just staying on dealing Strikes the whole time. That 7 damage at Medium is no joke, and hitting TMM1 targets was pretty devastating. Aerospace is also very versatile. While I only did one Strafe, I could have used it more if there were better opportunities or brought bombs if I was more worried about high TMM low health units.

Increasing Skill to 3. This was the first tournament where all my units had Skill 3 and it felt great. It was a slight bonus but it made even Long range attacks feel viable since it meant hitting TMM1 units in the open on 8s.

MISPLAYS

Relying on TMM4 at short range. I didn't really have much option when I dove the flag with the Piranha because I had to leave it in the open to grab the objective and the Viper with 16"j movement would be able to get just about anywhere. I thought the high TMM and my foe's jump penalty would protect it, but it was hitting on 10s and was rolling like 7 damage. It only needed 3 of those to hit, and it got them.

Not diving the Incubus with the Piranha. This one is a little trickier. The very low PV of the match means that I was never going to have a lot of units but taking Clan mechs and an Aerospace unit meant I was going to be few in number AND low health. In the second match I had to leave the Incubus on its objective and that ended up working out ok, but in the other two matches it should have backed up the Piranha as one of the two died because it didn't. It would have been great to have pairs like in previous tournaments but the PV limit just didn't allow it.

LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS TOURNAMENTS

Making use of bait. I learned this accidentally with the Hatchetman in my first tournament. The Adder only had TMM2 so was a more enticing target than the TMM3 Incubus and TMM4 Piranha, so I used it to draw fire and movement away from the other two, both of which did more damage. It also helped that the Adder had the same damage regardless of range so I didn't mind keeping it at Long and in the open to make it seem like a better target than the Incubus at Medium in woods. Its 4 armor and 2 structure helped it weather this tactic.

SURPRISES

Aerospace is more fragile than VTOLs. I was surprised at how fragile the Sabutai ended up being. I pretty much kept it at medium altitude so most attacks against it and by it were at medium range, so it was almost always getting hit on 8s. Not such a big deal against enemies that had 4 or less damage at medium, but I was trying to go for the low TMM targets with it and those often had 5+ damage (the Kodiak with 7 was very scary). VTOLs feel like they should be about as tough, but they often have TMM4 AND a bonus for being VTOLs, while Aerospace are all just TMM2.

This tournament didn't feel as satisfying to win. I think all of my opponents were quite new to Alpha Strike so that certainly contributed but the small PV size and boards also meant that the games were less dynamic. I DID win an IWM Lightning which is neat! Looks like it could be pretty scary for Classic Battletech!

[annislittleshopofhorrors]

Ok I regret turning on my anon asks.

Please stay calm. Seriously, what changed? Do we know more? Nope!

Do we know how much time they spent together? No! Between 1 hour and 1 week, everything is possible.

Do we know when the pic was taken? No, we just know around NYE.

Is it suspicious that this pic is cropped? Yes!

Does a cropped pic look lousy? Yes, but it reminds me of the scare video in Lisbon with the screen in the background.

Is it strange that he posted that pic with the ugly shoes, even though he has tons of other Dodger pics on his camera roll? Yes!

Again is it strange that he posted a pic which was taken like 3-4 weeks ago and not a recent one? Yes!

Look at his IG profile, does this look like a "never happier" man in love? How many couple pics did he post? How many pics of him and her clan?

Think about it! It smells fishy. 🐟 (Is it a piranha? It's baiting)

But again I want to thank him for the timing when the pic was posted. Thanks for giving Europe and America (again!) the chance to discuss this shit together. 😌

Oh can anyone please tell me when these racist flyer thing was?

[nintendouniverse2023]

Scene I did my OCs in my AU, for their designs and anything, I thought it would be fair if each of the Mario Characters a redesign in my version. Some I design them will be the same but change it up a little bit. Bio: Waluigi is the twin brother of Wario. Unlike Wario he didn’t care about earning the family respect as long as he stick to his game on tennis. By the time he reached adulthood, Warios parents kicked him and Waluigi out and had to rent to an cheap house. This lead to Wario to leave Brooklyn and ran across the country striking a treasure hunt and savagely fought weakling and pirates. When he return to Brooklyn, he was getting bored and tried after the adventure and settled down and gained an idea after watching a best video game commercial. Decided to make the best ones ever and called his gang. He tries to get Waluigi to join but he rather refuse. Wario and Waluigi would ended up getting into a heated fight and would ended up sucked into a World of Mushrooms and Koopas and were separated from each other while, During the time on Waluigis first few years in the Mushroom World he went on to be a strangely successful tennis player and popular dancer. After being reunited with his twin and cousins, Waluigi would joins them into any sporting and go kart events.

After Mara arrived at the Mushroom World, Waluigi would be happy to train her and so her many other adventures to this Mushroom World just as long if anyone don’t get on her bad side.

Appearance: Looks the same like my style of Luigi except a Purple Sweater and Black Pants

Voice Actor: Troy Baker

Age: 27

Height: 6.2 ft

Weight: 193 ibs

Personality: Classy, Athletic, Narcissistic,

Favorite Foods: Tacos

Family: *Parents* Wario Sr and Walseen, *Twin Brother* Wario, *Cousins* Mario Mario Jr, Luigi Mario and Mara Mario

Allies: Team Wario Ware, Rara *Not related but a third partner Mona, Captain Syrup *Girlfirend*, Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Mario, Luigi, Mara, Amatory, Gill Koop, The Toads, Toadette, Toad aka Captian Toad, Kong Clan, Some of Warios Squad and Yoshi.

Enemies: Lulu *sometimes* Bowser and the Koopa Empire, Bowser Jr, Kamek, Koopaling’s, King Boo and his Ghost Army, King Bob-mom, Petey Piranha Plant, King K Rool, Kremling army, Krusha and Klump

Likes: Tenniss, Dancer, Cooking Tacos and Ramen

Dislikes: CHEATERS!!!

[deathblade-oc-kingdom]

the

Gotura, Hanibe, Notimeo, Shark:

2, 10, 13

Hanibe -

• I actually don't know about her orientation. I've never really thought that much about having her in a romance. There's been a couple passing ideas but honestly, she's doing fine on her own. She doesn't have an opinion because she doesn't feel like she needs to be in love (it would disrupt her work hours if she had a partner).

• She doesn't really celebrate Pride herself. But occasionally she gets commissions to paint inventions in certain colours sometimes. She also has a little bi flag in her workshop for Gotura. She's supportive but would rather work. But she will take a break to visit Gotura for Pride.

• Probably not. Again, she's too busy with work to care.

Gotura -

• She's bi. She's my Bi-con. She doesn't really have an opinion about it.

• Celebrates Pride. It's not the same as it is in the human world but the wyvern clans usually all gather for a night of feasting.

• If she wasn't settled down, maybe. I still don't have much of an idea about Gotura's youth so who knows what that crazy girl got up to when she was little.

Notimeo -

• Straight. Also doesn't have an opinion about it.

• Goes with Gotura to celebrate Pride (we love a supportive husband).

• Not open to it. He's got eyes for one wyvern and it's Gotura.

Shark -

• He's gay. But he can't be with the man he loves (Piranha) due to legal reasons. He's kind of annoyed about that, he would've asked Piranha to marry him if it weren't going to cause issues.

• Absolutely. Pride is a surprisingly big event where he lives. He celebrates with Eel every year if they can get the day off.

• Depends. If he found the right set of people, maybe. But he's happy with just Piranha.

[greyias]

@villainship replied to your post “First time running Terror from Beyond with...”:

Show us where the deco went! -R

​Sorry for the delay! I got distracted with running weeklies, and forgot to finish my decorating. I decided to splurge a little and spoil the Clan Piranha guildship with several.

As you can see, interior design is my passion.

I also put one in our super sekrit wookiee hugging room.

[brutalgamer]

Here's the first look at Mechwarrior 5: Clans in action

Piranha Games is back once again with more mechanized action, as Mechwarrior 5 spins off once again into the new standalone “Clans”.

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MechWarrior 5: Clans Review

While it might be slightly confusing, the series has been known to have multiple games bearing the same number in the game’s title, but doing very different things with the subtitle. With this, MechWarrior 5: Clans is not an expansion or DLC to MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, it is a game that stands on its own over its sandboxy predecessor. And let me tell you, MechWarrior is back in a big way.…

[themaidenofwords]

Writing Idea

Write out a memory or short scene in the tone of a foreign accent. Practice balancing clarity with making the accent obvious.

A story sort of in this vein is below. Let me know what accent you think I was going for/ if I depicted it accurately.

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Ay, I twas but a lass. Nary as tall as the wild mountain thyme. The wind could’t’ve knocked me clean over, but my brothers an’ sisters were wont to do it more. There’s nary a quiet moment with twelve lads an’ lassies runnin’ about. If you need a moment ter yerself, you just hide best ye can. One morn, I was doing just that. Hiding that is. Mum had given ter me a grand chocolate bar. All ter myself. Twas a reward for sommat or another and I was sure as not about to let on that I had it. The clan could be worse than piranhas when chocolate was in the waters.  

I had found myself a roost in an out of the way closet. The door was shut and the bare bulb alight. The chocolate twas in me hands and on a journey to me mouth. Bare inches away it twas when the door slammed open. 

“Found you!” my brother, a mere lad of nine, hollered louder than the banshee of the hills. His eyes locked on the unwrapped chocolate in my hand all a sudden an’ they grew larger ‘an than his face could ‘old.  

I did the only thing I could. I licked the chocolate up and down. “Mine!” I yelped.  

“Is not!” the lad yelled. Now, ‘e didn’t have a lick of proof, an’ my lick had just staked a claim, but It didn’t seem to matter. 

I made a break for it faster than a skinned hair. Out o’ the closet an’ down the stairs with the lad nipping at my heels. I shoved a piece of the chocolate in my mouth as I ran. The lad hollered.  

We tore through the house an’ out the back door. The sky twas as blue as the painted bowl in Mum’s cabinet an’ the dirt as brown as the sweet in my hand. I figured that my chocolate tasted better ‘an the ground though.  

“I want some!” the lad shouted. 

“I already licked it!” I yelled back. 

“Don’t care.” 

We ran circles in the yard—around the tree an’ through the grass—lookin’ madder than the hatter. That chocolate twas mine an’ no one was gettin’ it.  

Finally, we ran straight to the loch down past the fence. I was about’a initiate my grand escape plan when the lad ran straight inta me. Down I went and up the chocolate went.  

It’s moments like that when time seems ta stand still. I watched every second of the chocolate bar with its nibbled edge slide beneath the murky waters of tha loch. The lad is quiet for a moment beside me. Then, he turns and asks,  

“If we find it, can we still eat it?” 

[of-oceans-and-skies-alike]

It's biting hours!! I approve

(whoops, forgot to clan that one)

The Piranha has been sedated.....for now