( 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

[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.