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[Beach Bar]

"Ebony. Right?" he asked affirmatively to make sure he had caught her name correctly.

It seemed that he felt the cold breeze that gave the purple-haired girl next to him a sudden shake. However, he stood there letting the cool air glide upon his skin. It felt nice from the heat he had been putting up with earlier.

He put his attention back on her after smiling to himself from the momentary relief.

"I'm thinking about taking a day off from work, too... Just don't know when." Aden danced around this enticing thought before he caught on to Ebony's joke which he took seriously.

"Huh? Well... I haven't gotten any alcoholic drinks yet... I'm not allowed any anyways, haha. Not until another three years, haha." he pointed out as his voice trailed off talking to himself.

"...Even though it doesn't taste very well..."

-( Beach Bar Buffet )-

Kale jumped suddenly his body jerking back to reality. Staring at Ani who stood a distance away from him who looked terrified he shuttered. What had he done? Instinctively he stepped forward by stopping himself he returned the foot back to its position.

"I-I am s-so s-sorry. . ." said Kale turning away almost immediately and retreated a few more feet. "I am s-so sorry. . " he murmured over and over each phrase he retreated further back. As his nerves tied up he froze still starting at Ani. Kale let his body go "ghostly" again and stood frozen on spot. It felt like the world was crashing down...

[Beach Bar]

Before Aden could turn around to see what was ensuing around the bar, his conversation with Ebony had been interrupted abruptly. With the loud cursing of a girl, he looked down the bar to only catch sight of a dark brown hair girl who seemed to have fallen down.

Feeling a bit alarmed, he ran over and knelt down on one knee beside the girl offering a hand.

"What happened?" he asked as he looked a bit concerned.

((Beach Bar))

RoChan seriously considered the idea of pouring barbeque sauce over the food item for the briefest of moments. “Naw, looks tasty like this, really it does.” The blue haired woman was feeling a bit on the hungry side, but she was sure those things costs money. Money she didn’t want to part with just yet.

As she contemplated how hungry she was verses how much money she was willing to spend, she casually eavesdropped on Mouses’ conversation with another bar occupant. Listening to them talk about ‘Raevans’ and ‘Essences’ made her a bit confused, about what the whole Lab thing was really about but nonetheless kept her curiosity intact.

“So you both work at this lab then?” RoChan interjected without even mildly taking into consideration that she might have come off as rude. So then all these people were scientists and other laboratory job type thingies? Then peering at the brown haired teen, eyes sparkling with curiosity, she gave a small smile of greeting. “By the way my name is RoChan, you are?” They were all pretty young to be chemists and things. Or maybe she was just slow and old?

A loud outburst caught her attention for the briefest of moments. “What’s all the commotion about?” She mumbled a bit under her breath. A thin, refined brow lifted slightly as one of the people making all the noise became… well… less tangible. 'Hn. A ghost now is it?’ Not at all interested or in tune with the sentient of the ‘other’ side she returned her attention to young Labbies.

[[...::Sand 'n Stuff::...]]

Isi had noticed her staring out to the ocean like that. He understood and knew why she was looking at it like that. He alone knew the secret of what the ocean meant to Chloe, not even Aphismet knew it yet. It was solely because he used to be at the same adoption center as she that he knew. So he could only offer a small smile and allow himself to be hugged by her. It was only when he realized that he was in greater company that he forced a smile and chuckled awkwardly, "Um, yes, hello to you all. I'm Isi...Uh...Nice day at the beach huh?" he was never good at conversations, "Yes, Eiry is a frei and you can call him Eiry for short. Forgive him, he has a small attention span. He's always eager to learn more." he said, trying to answer the questions as best as he could. He leaned against Chloe the entire time, more than happy with the fact that he was leaning on a friend.

Eiry, on the other hand, was smiling widely at Dayo, his bright red eyes wide, "Yes! Same-hearted! You are like me, and I am like you. You are unto me as i unto you, we are the same, same-hearted!" he explained loosely, trying to get his increasingly difficult dialect across to her. He knew he spoke strangely, but he didn't spend his time trying to speak like others. He just spend more time explaining.

Then, all of a sudden, a young little girl came up to the duo and accused suddenly that they were "ghosts". He raised his brows, immensely amused once more by the statement and he floated down to her level to slowly twist his face into something grotesque and reply in his unusually creepy voice, "Why, little one," he cooed, "Yes! Yes, I am! Not her, but I am! Through and through! A ghost!!"

Which was, at least in part, true in Eiry's mind.

[[Sand n' Stuff]]

It was a question Rai didn't really want to ask, but he was glad it got answered. Eiry. Hm. How many people had these Raevans, anyways? The brunette shook his head, trying not to get too distracted. Isi had asked him a question, yes? It was only polite to respond, especially since he was the one who started the conversation in the first place. "Oh, yes. My name is Rai," he confirmed with a simple head bob.

He watched the exchange between Chloe and Isi silently, looking towards the beach himself while he tried to figure out what to do. It was a little hard not to feel like an intruder, not with all these other people knowing each other so well. It wasn't that Rai minded being an intruder, one could only intrude for so long before feeling really awkward. "So," he murmured, looking back over at the little group, "what would you guys like to do?"

((Sand n Stuff))

Although Zave was looking at Meli, because she asked him a question, he could still make out the words that Laz mouthed to him. A small flash of anger crossed his mind and his expression became a little darker for just a moment. In that moment, it was as if the sun sunk behind a cloud bank and the wind picked up just a tiny bit. Looking at Meli, he realized it wasn't worth it to acknowledge what Laz was trying to get at.

He didn't know what they were going to be yet... but he did know that she wasn't like some conquest to him. That'd be no better than Laz... or Tsu. In the end Zave just let it slip from his mind and went back to talking to Meli, giving her hand a gentle squeeze.

"I dunno about fun things for everyone. I came mostly to relax." Zave answered honestly. Pointing in the direction of some hi-rise apartments with the drink in hand, he said "I live with Tsu in those buildings over there... so I often come here to..."...feed...."...relax and think. There's usually a nice breeze that comes from the ocean." He looked at Meli a little quizzically. "How about you? Have you found anything fun?" He gave her a kind smile absolutely caught on what she was saying. If it wasn't for the cold glass in his hands, he probably would have forgotten to take a sip of the drink. "Mmm... sweet... but not too sweet." Zave said amazed. He really did have a problem with things being overly sweet after being forced to drink Skittle Water.

Granted when Tari asked about boobs and waists, he almost did a spit take. "Not everyone has... erm... boobs." Zavier said. "Guys... have what are called pecs... and I guess I just am not developed as much there. As for a waist... I'm a frei like you... so no waist yet." He hoped Tari would understand. It was kinda awkward to talk about. The everyone is a little different speech also sounded so demeaning.

.ll Beach Bar ll.

Josh took a slight notice of the blue haired woman next to him. Hmm, another unusual color. Josh had to admit though that the sun had a way of illuminating the soft cerulean strands. It almost seemed like a halo of fluffy clouds framed her face rather than another bizarre hairdo. His eyes flickered further to the side only to notice her staring right back at him. Her azure orbs were practically blazing and radiated interest. Josh’s own features were frozen in an expression etched with listlessness and confusion. His eyebrow knitted together as he answered her question with a fainthearted laugh, “No-no, I don’t work at the Lab. I didn’t know I looked old enough to be considered a biochemist or something.” Then again, Dr. Kyou himself appeared as though he was just scratching twenty four. The boy supposed that the idea of scientists be sickly hermits stowed away in their labs gawking at their new creation was just an over-dramatization.

Josh leaned in a bit closer resting an arm on the counter. He received a small shock a his skin touched the frosty surface. Since when did it get so cold under the canopy? The boy chattered moentarily then proceeded to introduce himself, “It’s a pleasure to meet you RoChan. I’m Josh,” his hand rested on his chest for emphasis, “I have to say that your hair is very lovely.” It was an awkward statement, sure. However, the boy couldn’t help that he was still mesmerized by the windswept tresses that changed color in the swaying light. He had a short attention span…

"OH MY ******** GOD! WHAT THE HELL!?"

Josh glanced up from RoChan’s glowing wisps of hair just long enough to see a girl fall to the floor. Well, that was a familiar shape… The boy’s eyes squinted and he was able to make out the recognizable profile and the very familiar curve of her breasts. Oh lord, it was Ani from the elevator. Josh sucked in a trembling breath as his face flushed darkly. He still wasn’t over the fact that he had seen Ani in her most intimate apparel that day. Even though she was even more bare now, Josh felt somewhat better at the current situation. There seemed to be some indefinite difference between exposed flesh in a bathing suit and exposed flesh in a bra. Maybe the fact that they weren’t stripping also put the boy’s mind at rest. Josh’s felt the color burning in his cheeks slowly snuff out to a faint rosiness. Josh was curious if she had spotted him as well.