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Summer Lovin [Open]

Who: Slaine Troyard (

terrantrash), Asseylum Vers Allusia (

versianvirtue) & You!
What: Beach Time
When: Sometime in May
Where: Flona Cove
Warning(s): None

PEANUT BUTTER & JELLYFISH

_{[It's honestly like a dream come true. In fact, the more Slaine walks along the beach, toes digging into white hot sand, he feels it has to be. He's packed a little picnic for him and his Princess, a simple meal and nothing fancy, but he knows she won't mind. Anything that's available to eat here is miles better than what had been available on Mars, after all.

Slaine's just about finished setting everything up for their little lunch date, Asseylum dressed in a wide brim hat and ruffled pink bikini and he in a black t-shirt and grey board shorts. It's only when he's got both their pbj sandwiches set out and is about to call Asseylum back from the edge of the surf that a rogue seagull decides to steal his sandwich. With a cry Slaine finds himself scrambling up to chase the bird, only to trip over a piece of driftwood and land face first into the sand below.

Ouch...help him up, please?]}

A BURIAL AT SEA

_{[It looks likes Slaine and Asseylum have gotten busy...no not like that, you pervert. It's evident that Slaine's been teaching Asseylum the art of building sand castles, since there seem to be quite a few attempts at various structures littered around their section of the beach. Right now though the current project seems to be burying Slaine alive in the sand and Asseylum is doing a pretty good job of it. Too good of a job. She seems pretty pleased as she pats the sand around and atop him. Slaine's got his eyes closed at the moment, having dozed off a bit, his head really the only truly visible part of him.

Maybe you'll want to lend a helping hand to the Martian Princess who seems to be pretty gung ho about making sure the sand covering Slaine's body is packed down tight. Hopefully he doesn't, er, get stuck.

Or maybe you'll want to offer yourself up as her next victim? If you're not careful she'll call out to you and see if you'd like to try it. Why not? Looks like fun, right?]}

TREASURE HUNT

_{[While Slaine would rather look for sea shells with Asseylum, the two had agreed to have a little competition of sorts - who could find the most and prettiest shells. For once the two of them are separated on the beach, hunting with plastic buckets in not only the sand but little tide pools that hide various sea creatures. In one of the pools specifically there are a few jellyfish that seem to be stuck and a certain Martian Princess looks like she's wanting to touch them to rescue them...which might not be a good idea. Maybe someone ought to stop her before she gets stung!]}

DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY

_{[The last thing Slaine expected when he began to sip on one of the mint cocktails they're offering as a special at Flona Cove is to glance at his reflection in the water and see Asseylum's face staring back at him. A moment of panic overtakes him as he looks at his hands, reaching up to touch at his head, only to realize that his hair is much longer than it should be. He's not hallucinating. Somehow he's taken on the appearance of the girl he cherishes the most.

What.]}

W-What's happening?!

_{[Don't mind him as the drink finds its way dropped onto the sand as Slaine begins to shriek and pat himself down.]}

WILDCARD

_{[Want to play with either Asseylum, Slaine or both? It's all good! Just specify what you'd like! The two of them can be found at the beach enjoying themselves, either together or alone. Seashell hunting, making sand castles, swimming (and trying not to drown), Asseylum trying to touch sea creatures she probably shouldn't or getting excited by seagulls - the options are endless.]}

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[So Chuuya just so happens to be walking along the shore to clear his head when he sees something right out of a fantasy movie transpire before his very eyes. Slaine, who Chuuya recognizes from his brief appearance at the mansion during his party, has now shapeshifted into Asseylum, and Chuuya would totally chalk up to being drunk if he, you know, was actually drinking.

He approaches, looking baffled.]

Damn, what was in that drink?

I-I don't know?!

_{[Look, if he knew, he'd tell you. He'd also probably know how to make whatever effect had taken place stop. Please help.]}

This is so wrong...oh my god-!

[ Oops! Way to lose your lunch there, buddy! Asseylum notices him collapse in the sand from her spot by the waves, and it's immediately obvious from the way he landed so desperately and the seabird soaring away from him with an impressive crab-sized chunk of food that Slaine's sandwich is about to be engullfed. Now he doesn't even have to call her back; she's on her way over. ]

Slaine! [ Except, n-no offense, dude, she's kind of laughing a little... ] Slaine, are you all right?

_{[Is he ever all right? Usually no, but especially so right now. All he wanted was a face full of pb&j, not sand, and now Asseylum was witness to his crushing defeat at the hands of a seagull. Pushing himself up and dusting himself off as best he can, he sits back on his heels, unable to look directly at his giggling princess.]}

I-I'm all right...

_{[Even though he's glaring daggers in the bird's direction.]} I should've been watching the food more closely. Seagulls are notorious thieves.

[wow you got your princess back finally and you're never all right anymore?! that's not how you acted when she fed you some fucking cake you ingrate

no just kidding because right now he's kind of being laughed at, but she means no ill will by it... Wouldn't you laugh at your friend for losing a battle with a seagull over a pb&j? She stops before him, holding a hand out in case he wants help up.]

It is only one sandwich. We made a lot more, remember?

[Seagulls circle overhead.]

_{[Oh he remembers. He remembers how the two of them slaved over sliced bread, peanut butter and jam the night before. It had been a good time. A fond memory.

Too bad it's being soured by winged menaces.]}

You're right...there's more in the cooler.

_{[And he'll just...gingerly take her offered hand in his. Hers is wet from the water, some of the sand of his fingertips transferring onto hers.]}

[It's called sand cooties. She helps him up onto his feet, even if he doesn't really need it. A thought takes flight.]

We made more than enough between the two of us. I don't suppose we could spare a few for the birds? They might be hungry.

[If you asked a seagull, he would say yes, and he would be lying.]

You want to feed them?

_{[...Of course she does.]}

I don't think that's a very good idea, princess. Seagulls are known to be pests. If you feed them more will come and they'll begin to swarm...

Oh...

[Disappointment coats her tone. Feeding wild animals sounded like fun, but she's not sure they're equipped to satiate a whole swarm of them...]

Well, it was a nice thought.

[Lo and behold: they're landing near the cooler! Asseylum switches action mode on.]

Oh no... Um, shoo! I'm sorry, but go away! We have enough for you, but not for your friends!

[She's making pushing motions in the air and creeping closer to deter them. They eye her warily, but one audacious gull hops onto the cooler and tries to barge its way inside for a free meal... The others crowd around and shriek, moving to filch the sandwich they expect it to take right out of its beak.]

_{[Unfortunately for Slaine, Asseylum's shooing tactic isn't effective enough and so Slaine is forced to react. Scrambling over to the cooler he slams both his hands down atop the plastic top, spooking the gull into a feathery flustered frenzy, which only triggers the other birds around them. Sure, he might get pecked for it, but their lunch is at stake!]}

Go away! You're not getting anything!

[They explode in a burst of wings and braying bird cries, wheeling about clumsily before they take to the skies again. They are successfully spooked, but also demotivated by the cooler's lid barring them entry to the sandwich collection. The battle has been won and they can rest easy for the time being, but the war may not be over. Asseylum watches it all unfold in a chaos she finds stammeringly beautiful.]

Wow... All together like this, they look like a cloud, don't they?

_{[He can see what she means, the flurry of wings and feathers looking a bit like a massive, living, breathing (and squalking) cloud. There's a sigh of relief as he more or less melts onto the cooler, resting his cheek against it as the seagulls fly off to regroup a bit further down the beach.]}

I suppose they do. This is your first time seeing them like this, right?

No. I've seen gulls before, during the Second Earth-Mars War. They were gliding near the shore.

[Inaho returns to her memory, and her smile softens to a fonder glow.]

They were... black-tailed gulls. It was the first time I had ever seen birds with my own eyes.

Oh...

_{[He can't keep the note of disappointment out of his voice as his gaze shifts from her back to their little cooler. He'd promised her, all those years ago, that he'd be the one to show her the sight of birds flying over the ocean. Of course sometimes things don't work out the way you want them too. He should just be grateful that he's able to share this experience with her, right here and now.]}

I'm glad you got to see them, even during something like that.

_{[Even if it meant he was cucked out of the experience himself.]}

[Her smile dims. Memories of another shade transpire, but she keeps her gaze airborne as she recalls them with wistful sadness.]

The war was catastrophic. With all the missiles, explosions, aircraft, and Kataphraktoi, it is no wonder it took me so long to see even a single one.

_{[She's not wrong. The war had been catastrophic. He knows first hand, after all, having been in the thick of it and hunted down by both sides of the conflict. He swallows, a lump beginning to form in his throat. They've never really 'talked' about what happened, had they? Not in full detail, at least. Slaine had always changed the subject to something lighter, for fear of upsetting Asseylum in some way.]}

Humans are a pretty stupid species. No matter how hard we mess up, Nature will always find a way to grow over our mistakes. When I was with my father on expeditions I saw many abandoned ruins and places where people had once lived but they had been broken down by time and vegetation growing on them. I always found it beautiful, if not reassuring.

_{[Reassuring to know that no matter what bullshit humanity got up to, plants and animals would still be there, even if humanity wiped itself out.]}

Edited 2018-06-06 00:50 (UTC)

[The idea brings a soft smile to her face. She adjusts a windblown forelock behind her ear and sends her eyes all over the beach, an exemplary splendor of nature.]

I, too, find that to be a comfort. It does not absolve humanity of its sins, but the tenacity of life and growth in the face of destruction is an inspirational thing.

If only people appreciated it more.

_{[Nature, that is. The planet as a whole and the delicate balance of things. And because his gaze has wandered back to the cooler full of sandwiches that had just been assaulted...]}

Um...are you feeling hungry at all?

Oh! Yes, maybe a little.

[She redirects her attention to their picnic area. The seagulls still hover in wait, but they're not being nearly as pesky as before.] Let's have our picnic! [She gambols over there with her arms outstretched, taking broad steps and loving how the sand feels kissing her feet.]

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