( open ) out of isolation

[motivation]

Who: dutch (motivation) & YOU, thomas nightingale (ettersberg) & YOU
What: a month in the life of a former assassin, a month in the life of the former last sanctioned wizard of the uk
When: may
Where: flona cove and khalo
Warning(s): alcohol and fyrra use, nudity, sex and probably swearing

Comments

[motivation]

( they probably do have fruit juices, but dutch's drink of course features a variety of different alcohols.)

Enjoying the sun?

( even if he wears far too much to tan. )

[toten_sie]

It's warm. And there's a breeze here.

[ So yes. It's not too hot, but nice and warm. He might sweat, but there's something to the heat itself that soaks into him and takes away some of his aches. ]

You?

[motivation]

The water's amazing, too.

( but she glances at his outfit and shrugs. ) Guessing you're not interested in that.

[toten_sie]

I don't really know how to swim.

[ There's a few people he would feel shamefaced about admitting that too, but Dutch isn't one of them. ]

It wasn't safe in the canals in District Zero.

[ Since there was any amount of garbage and sewage and whatever the main city tossed in. ]

And my country is landlocked. Was.

[motivation]

You could always go in to where you can still stand.

( she considers him for a moment. ) I think you should.

[toten_sie]

[ He looks out at the water, at the sand and then over at Dutch. There's a moment where he looks at his boots, but- ]

Is that an order?

[ He doesn't look like he's upset at the idea. In a way, it looks like he'd very much enjoy if it was. ]

[motivation]

( dutch considers that for a moment. considers him. then she nods. )

Yeah.

[toten_sie]

[ Randel gives her a quick, firm nod before starting to pull off his shirt, his boots, his slacks, his gloves. They're all neatly folded to sit atop his bag, hopefully to keep some of the sand out of them, and it just leaves him in his underclothes as he looks back at her.

Steeling himself, he refuses to look around, see if people are disgusted, and heads towards the water. He'll go about waist deep before stopping. ]

[motivation]

( she watches him get undressed, then she sets her drink aside and gets up as well, following him into the water. whereas he seems a little worried and a little defiant, looking for people's reactions, dutch invites stares with the sway of her hips and the curl of her lips.

let them look.

he goes about waist deep, which is almost chest-deep for her. )

You can go a little deeper.

[toten_sie]

[ He looks at her for a moment, sees how deep it is for her, then takes a few steps forward until he's chest deep. That's as far as it looks like he wants to go, but for all that he was hesitant, the water does feel nice. ]

[motivation]

( she follows — not all the way, but close enough. she can still stand, but she still lifts her arms and settles them on his shoulders, easily and without commentary. to keep herself afloat, ostentatiously. to keep him calm, too. )

Yeah?

[toten_sie]

[ He doesn't mind that at all, and one arm will carefully gather her against him. ]

Thank you. For this order.

[motivation]

My pleasure.

( she quirks her lips. )

Here's another. Kiss me.

[toten_sie]

[ He won't question that order. Instead, he leans down and pulls her up just a little to make it easier for them to kiss, and he kisses her as best he knows how. He can't help that there's affection in it, that he genuinely cares for her in his heart. He tries not to make her deal with that.]

[motivation]

( ordinarily, dutch doesn't enjoy being manhandled even just this much — but with randel, she doesn't mind it. he's never going to do anything without her express command and he's someone she's oddly protective of, for all that he's so much taller and larger than she is.

probably it's everything she knows about him. all his fears.

so she doesn't mind the way he pulls her up, kissing him back easily, without much intent behind it. this doesn't have to go anywhere, though she never minds when it does. the opposite, really.

the kiss breaks, and she grins at him. ) Enjoying yourself yet?

[toten_sie]

[ If she ever made the smallest indication of being unhappy with what he was doing, he would stop. He was just trying to fulfill his order.

For the moment, though, he nods mutely.

Yes, he likes this. She feels nice, the water and the sun feel nice, and he likes being with her.]

[motivation]

( if she was unhappy, she'd give more than a small indication of it. she's not willing to take things she doesn't like. not for him, not for anyone.

maybe for johnny.

but she's not unhappy now. she's still grinning, giving him a nod in return. ) Good.

[toten_sie]

Do you come out here often?

[ He hasn't come out to the water since he had that terrible day with the pirates, to be honest.]

[motivation]

It's my first time.

( in flona cove. going swimming out here, too. )

[toten_sie]

It's nice here. I like the water.

We don't have anything like this where I'm from.

[motivation]

Yeah.

( dutch shrugs, the motion barely visible above the water. )

Same.