Decoy
Round Two - Destroyers Yukaze and Keyaki
https://youtu.be/qkIJidLfHjk?list=RDqkIJidLfHjk<...
2024-02-18 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Round Two - Destroyers Yukaze and Keyaki
https://youtu.be/qkIJidLfHjk?list=RDqkIJidLfHjk<...
2024-02-18 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Aya probably never meant to do it.
Nevertheless, the windowpane had been subject to inward water pressure for too long and could not withstand the new force. While she meant it as just a show...
2024-02-17 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Round One - IJN Takao!
https://youtu.be/qkIJidLfHjk?list=RDqkIJidLfHjk
(By JimLiesman)...
2024-02-16 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
"Aya…"
Chihaya was taken aback. Yes, that was the deal. I had been so caught up in my own happiness, I didn’t bother how Aya was feeling.
(Really?) (That’s great, Chihaya...
2024-02-15 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
No! A papier-mâché tiger is about to take on the main hall!
(Chogosonshi-ji, Mt. Shigi)
(信貴山 朝護孫子寺)
2024-02-14 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
"Puff."
Chihaya’s head was now above the water.
"Aya?” She called out, hearing no response. What was happening? Chihaya looked around in the dim light and finally found her younger ...
2024-02-13 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Even for a sea shrine priestess, receiving an oracle is an arduous physical task that includes staying inside a deep cave for extended time while continuing to exhale air. Deprivation of air under ...
2024-02-12 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Diving down, Chihaya noted the sea was even clearer than it appeared from above. As she swam down and approached the wreck, she felt like she was flying and looking for a safe landing spot. Chihaya...
2024-02-11 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
(...this will be a great playground for me, Chihaya, and Saki.)
2024-02-10 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Next morning was another sunny day.
The sea was calm and so clear that the dark outline of Yaeyama Maru’s sunken hull was visible beneath the waves. A perfect day for freediving. 2024-02-09 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
(...I can hold my breath longer than you.)
2024-02-08 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
One night at the inn, Chihaya was doing the dishes in the kitchen. Then Auntie came in, with a somewhat excited look on her face
"Chihaya, you have a phone call. It's your dad."
"Eh, Da...
2024-02-07 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
"Shall we head back now?"
Aya said as she slipped into the rubber boat. The waves were getting a little rough, probably because of inclement weather somewhere offshore. Sporadic white wave cr...
2024-02-05 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Lake Ashi (芦ノ湖), Kanagawa, Japan.
Known for its depth (~44 meters) due to its volcanic origin, the lake is a favorite venue for scuba divers from Tokyo metro area.
My new robot friend :-)
(No English name yet…)
2024-02-03 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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2024-02-02 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
After the match, Chihaya and Aya decided to relax holding on to the edge of their inflatable raft.
While their bodies were cool, shoulders and up that were out of the water dried quickly in t...
2024-02-01 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Jane: "OK...so you win this time. But you better train hard, because a rematch is soon on your way!"
Tiki: "Rematch? This is all behind us now. And you better watch your language since you're...
2024-01-31 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Time passed.
Chihaya reopened her eyes. The pain in her lungs grew and she could no longer fake a sleep. As she focused to keep her mouth closed, her throat heaved as if she were breathing. S...
2024-01-30 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Some time later, on the Atoll...
Thao: "Look, she's back!!"
Tiki: ".....Jane...."
Jane: "Oh? ...Are we in heaven?"
Llulu: "Heaven? No, but you almost took us there. Jane, yo...
2024-01-29 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
It was about the fifth time Chihaya looked up at the swaying sunlight above her head. She gripped the beam beneath her and put strength into her hands.
"Ugh…"
Her diaphragm contracted...
2024-01-28 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, are the tallest self-standing twin towers as of date. An interesting detail is that Tower One was built by Hazama, a Japanese developer, and Tower Two by Samsung grou...
2024-01-26 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Jane of Atoll finally reaches her limit...
2024-01-25 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Trying out a durian in Kuala Lumpur’s Bukit Bintang street market (100 Malaysian ringgit or about 21 US dollars each). I know there is a lot of presumption about the fruit regarding its smell, bu...
2024-01-24 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
"Puff, puff"
"Puff, puff, puuff"
Back at the cabin, they put their heads side by side on the surface and breathed heavily.
"Soo nourishing. After all, humans need air, right?"
... 2024-01-22 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Stomp! Stomp!
All: “..,,??”
Iga: “We find a way in…Hang in there!!”
2024-01-21 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Chihaya sank down to the submerged floor and made her way toward the agape door. She let her head out into the flooded isle and her eyelids blinked a few times.
(Aya…)
Saltwater still...
2024-01-20 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post