Beach Bum's Back Home

[Dust]

After coughing up several cups of saltwater through his nose or throat, especially after being told that his life had been saved by the pretty woman on the beach, Dust found himself absently thanking the woman and nodding when everyone asked him if he was okay and if he thought he was okay. He was having a hard time breathing, but he wasn't dying! He raised his hand up at the last person he could stand asking him if he was okay, offering them the signature smile the lycanthrope Prime was known for throughout Dante's Abyss. "Thank you, really. I appreciate all this concern, but I am fine. I just had a delay reaction, promise." He then looked around, smiling at any straggling people who'd stayed behind to make sure the prime was fine. They weren't all powerhouse bad guys.

He noticed after too long that someone was missing. How attached he must have gotten to the Doll to immediately be thrown into chaos after ensuring the crowd that he was okay over the missing man. "W-Wait..." He turned to the lifeguards. "Did... Did you by chance find someone else with me?" He asked, vaguely remembering a shape and trying to reach it. He remembered vividly that he was trying to fight the ocean to save Hoseki.

"Someone else?" The woman asked, her face twisted up in worry, she turned to her partner.

Who shook his head. "I'm afraid not, sir. You are the only wash-up we've come across this morning."

Dust's thick shoulders sank with a surprising amount of speed. His eyes lowered, and he looked at the sands that he sat on. He slowly began to think about Jewel's medium being sand or earth. He was starting to hope he'd see one of those odd ghost things but nothing such happened. What has happened to him, Dust wondered. "What will happen if I can't find him.."

After a long pause, the larger lifeguard man who had pulled him out of the water finally spoke up. "What happened, to you, by the way?"

Dust's long hair shook as he looked up, "Huh?" Surprised jumped into his face. "Oh! Well I was trying to save my Doll, and I guess we got washed out to sea... I was looking for him when I blacked out."

The term Doll seemed off putting to the rest of them. Especailly for such a muscular man as Hokori. Regardless, the looks they shared, the man finally answered. "Well... If you've lost something important to you and there's nothing you can do, maybe The Advengers can help."