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 Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 6:19 pm
Chrissy stood up to her ankles in the ocean, giggling as the waves washed up. She continued walking, looking intently for sea shells, but kept looking up to her father, who was stretched out on a towel, leg bent, and arm over his eyes. She looked further along the beach, then gasped and ran, hurrying over to something like blue, and resembling jelly. Jelly fish! She crouched next to it, picking up a wet twig and poking it. It was already dead, but she knew better than to touch it. She frowned, looking up, then sighing. When was she gonna get here?! Elina was supposed to be meeting them there.
She blinked, not having noticed so many of these people turn up. Someone came running over, to try and a football, and she screeched at him. He narrowly avoided her and the jellyfish, and she glared at him, then went back to looking for any sign of Elina.
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 6:39 pm
Elina took a deep breath as she came close to the sea. Ahh... salty air. Beautiful! Gathering up her usual large bag, probably filled with just about anything and everything, she hefted it over her shoulder and started over towards the beach.
Once she was at the place where the sand began, Elina removed her sandals, wriggling her toes in the hot sand. How long had it been since she'd last been to a beach? A year? Or was it two? Either way it was good to be back!
It was about then that she heard a screech which sounded remarkably like Chrissy. And lo and behold it was! "Chrissy!" she called out, hurrying over - or at least hurrying as fast as he could with a huge bag.
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 6:43 pm
Chrissy looked over, then let out a gleeful noise, running over and attached to Elina's leg.
"What took you so long? I was waiting FOREVER! Look, look, I found a jellyfish!" She said, pointing, "Leave your stuff with Daddy and come poke it with me!" She sounded incredibly excited. She was glad to have a lady around! She didn't get to spend time with girls often.
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 7:02 pm
She laughed as Chrissy suddenly became glued to her leg. "Well hello there!" she giggled. "I'm sorry I took so long, I had a lot of stuff to pack! And okay, I'll be right back!" Elina was still chuckling as she went over to Will to leave her stuff. "Comfy?" she asked, grinning at him on the towl.
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 7:05 pm
Will moved his arm, then grinned up at her, one eye shut against the sun. "Very. Gonna join me?" He sat up, then noticed Chrissy looking impatient, "Huh. Looks like you made other plans?" he asked, chuckling and looking back up at Elina.
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 7:32 pm
"I would but... It seems your daughter wants to show me something," Elina replied, plopping her stuff beside Will. "If you want, I think there's an umbrella in there. I don't think you would sport a sunburn very well," she teased.
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 7:35 pm
Will laughed, and lay back down, "No thanks. Working on my tan, I'm too pale," he said, sticking his tongue, "Go have fun. I have beers for when she exhausts you."
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 8:02 pm
"Uh huh... Well, just don't get sunburnt!" Elina said, smiling as she made a face at him.
She hurried back over to Chrissy, "Okay now what is it that you wanted to show me, hm?"
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 8:13 pm
"It's a jellyfish!" She said excitedly, hurrying back over to it, and picking up the stick again, lifting one of it's tentacles, "These look sooooo cool when they're under the water!"
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 8:58 pm
"A jellyfish? Oh how cool!" Elina gasped, following Chrissy to said sea creature. "It looks weird, huh? I saw one of these last time I went to a beach. You're right - they are cool!"
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:06 pm
Chrissy cackled and poked it, then gasped and pointed to the left of Elina, "A crab!" she giggled, watching it scuttle towards her father. She blinked curiously as it stopped at the cooler he'd put the wand in. It looked like it was scratching at it. She frowned, noticing another crab heading that way, then a third one.
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:29 pm
Elina couldn't help but giggle. She was so silly! And so spontaneous!
But then she stared at the crab. No... crabs... What the heck!? "Um... I don't think that's normal crab behavior..."
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:32 pm
Chrissy frowned and tilted her head to the side, "What are they doing?" There was now about seven or eight surrounding the cooler. "Why are they scratching it like that?" Crabs were so weird...
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:13 pm
"I don't know... Maybe there's something inside they want?" Elina suggested. "But I really don't know...!"
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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:15 pm
Chrissy shrugged, "The only thing in their is the wand," she said, getting up and tugging on Elina's arm, "Let's go take a closer look!"
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