"Then let's get you a breath-holding potion and get you out of those clothes, hm?"

Audrey nods and smiles.

Kelp fetches from the underwater console and gives Audrey a breath-holding necklace rather than a potion. "So we don't have to worry about durations," she says. "And I trust you can undress yourself?"

Audrey puts on the necklace, then undoes her brooch and lets her dress fall to the floor. "Looks like I can," she deadpans.

Kelp shrugs off her long, one-piece sweater dress, but retains her modesty thanks to her lack of breasts and the fact her cocks are still sheathed at the moment. 

"It... would appear you have the advantage of me."

"Mhm. Care to go for a swim?"

"Of course." 

She stops breathing, just to test the necklace. It's comfortable, like she never needed air at all. 

She steps over to the pool and dips a toe in. It's quite warm, almost hot.

She sits down on the stone lip of the pool, dipping her legs in.

Kelp snakes smoothly into the pool, her coils moving as easily in the water as on land. 

Audrey takes a deep breath, then slips forwards into the pool. 

... She floats. 

"You're going to need to breathe out if you're going to join me on the bottom."

... The breath-holding charm is working. What is she scared of? 

... not being able to get back up again? Surely she'll be able to swim well enough if she just exhales enough to get neutral bouyancy. Not being able to talk? They've done the negotiation. Not having a safeword? 

- okay, that's a good point, they need a safesign.

"I'm not going to be able to talk on the bottom, am I? We need a safesign."

"Oh, you're right. We should have necklaces of Telepathic Bond. Let me just dive down and get them..." 

She puts the star-shaped pendant on over Audrey's head, and slips a similar one over her own. 

Can you hear me?, she 'paths.

Audrey grins. That's better.

She exhales, and falls.

Kelp is there to catch her on her seabed, a silver brush already in hand. 

Hairbrushing first and then the sex. Lay your head in my lap?

Did I look like I wanted to skip? This part is fun too. 

She lays her head in Kelp's lap and smiles. 

It's oddly silent without the sound of her own breathing.

Kelp lays her brush against Audrey's head and gently draws it through the floating mass of her hair, bunch by bunch. 

Audrey mmmmmms and shifts in closer.

There are a few tangles and snarls that hurt when the brush is drawn through them, but overall it's a gentle process as Kelp carefully attends to every last strand.

Audrey closes her eyes and drifts.

And Kelp begins to sing, haunting, ethereal. It's more feelings than words, Comfort. Safety. A warm embrace. Being laid down to rest. A place for you...

Audrey listens, and sets her pendant to hourglass because that seems to be the mood, and curls up feeling small and soft and cared for.

Kelp brushes her hair and adjusts her singing a little. 

Intimacy. Kisses. Sharing a bed. Snuggling. Laying your head against your partner's. Hands in your hair...

She shifts, a little bit. She feels... loved. Wanted. Like she belongs here. 

Friction. Caresses. Teasing. Petting. Submission.