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{Kyle : Hawaii : Path -> Beach}

Alright. Well, I'm gonna head back to the beach then. Let me know if you need anything. He responded to Alan, before turning back and heading to the beach. When he got there, he found he had changed back into his brown swim trunks and sunglasses as soon as he hit the sand. It was a pleasant feeling, the sand between his toes. Speaking of sand....

Glancing out over the beach, he stopped when he saw the women in swimsuits. Yes. The beach is a very good place. Very nice~

I believe this is where I should mention that you're acting like a perverted old man.

Oh what it's like to be young~

...Whatever. Go be your perverted old/young self.

You know me so well.

Walking down to the ocean, he was a bit astounded at how the warm the water was. It was quite nice. Waving slightly to Dani, he walked further into the water, enjoying the feeling. He just floated on his back for a couple minutes before he realized that Bobbi was near him. The second new lady who had joined their party today. Fun stuffs. It was really quite amazing just how many people had survived. Granted, if you thought of it in the context of everyone on Earth, it wasn't that many. Still....

"Hey there. How are you doing fair lady?" He asked, swimming up to her. He glanced over her outfit, appreciating the details that the suit provided before looking back up to her eyes. He figured that if Demyx was present, he wouldn't be the most perverted one, at the very least.

[Azrael: Hawaii: Beach]

Azrael sighed, head coming down onto Bal-Hur's arm that was suddenly placed under his head. Mmm, comfy.

"First, I don't reek. Unlike some people, I bathe. Second, I reek of Darkness because, well, duh, I am Darkness. I'm here to relax, of course. And you've never seen me before because either you weren't looking or because I don't stick to these little...well, bratlings, I guess. In fact, they tend to annoy me more than amuse me."

Azrael smirked. "Charmed." Oh, yes, that was sad in a very flirtatious manner. "So tell me, stud, why are you with them? They don't seem your...type, from the way you tackled water boy over there. And what is your type, exactly?"

[ Kyle : Caribbean : Pearl's Lower Decks -> On Deck]

When Jenny asked that question, he'd stopped at the top of the stairs and turned to face her, as if to appraise her with a knowing smirk. One eyebrow raised, he looked her dead in the eyes for a few moments before saying, "Yeah, pretty sure I've got the right girl. You're Jenny, right?"

Chuckling to himself, he turned back around and arrived on deck, looking around. Michelle, Dawn, and Jacob were over near the ledge with Auron; Anthony and Sayrike were nearby, apparently about to go introduce themselves. After a moment, he spotted Calypso off to the side, staring out at the sea longingly, as he'd expected from the Heathen Goddess.

Nodding his head toward her, as if to signal Jenny her location, he walked over and leaned on the rail next to her, not yet saying anything. Instead, he lingered on the sight of the ocean currents, with the sunlight above refracting off the waves, making them appear glittery.

It was, at that point, he realized he had absolutely no idea how to start this conversation.

"Do you mind if we have a somewhat serious discussion?" he asked her, finally glancing at the voodoo priestess next to him. He half expected her to flirt with him, from what he'd seen of the movies, but hoped against it; he would be totally lost on what to do. How does one go about saying 'no' to a goddess?

Well, things seemed to be working out well between them. At least it didn't seem like Sayrike was irritating Anthony with everything she said, which was a nice change from earlier down in the lower decks. Not that she blamed Kyle for anything, but all the same, Sayrike felt bad about making other people feel bad. And then she felt worse for letting her happiness depend on the emotion of someone else. All in all, it was a much-needed break to get back out to the open and out of the rut.

She glanced behind her shoulder out to the ocean. It had been a while since she last went out on a boat (at least on the ocean), and she had forgotten how beautiful it was--the cold, dark blue waters holding secrets beneath its reflective surface. (It also looked a lot better from the vantage point of a boat with food in her stomach.) Sayrike imperceptibly shivered, her slight fear of deep water getting to her as she remembered that she'd be in those depths in not too long. It was one thing to wade in and get used to the ocean, but it was quite another to just jump in knowing there were hundreds of thousands of feet of water between you and the bottom. But she'd suck it up like she always did. What was the point of life if not to test and strengthen your weaknesses?

Anthony's last question pulled her back to reality as he turned toward her. Sayrike glanced over at Dawn and whoever the new person was. She didn't want to interrupt what seemed like a private moment, but it looked like Jacob already had. "Yeah, I guess it'd be polite to go introduce ourselves, wouldn't it? she agreed. The young woman crossed the distance to where the three of them sat, noting Kyle and Jenny approaching Tia Dalma on the deck as well. Approaching the two women and Jacob, Sayrike gave a polite smile and said, "Sorry, I hope we're not intruding, but we had to see what all the fuss was about. I'm Sayrike."

((Forwarning: Dawn dared me to!!!))



Demyx floundered for a bit at Nick's retort. Seriously? The kid thought he was serious? What, couldn't take a joke? Too cool for the rest of them? Well, Demyx would show him a thing or two.

When Nick went back to chatting with Azrael, Demyx held off for a bit, making sure Kyla surfaced safely before doing anything. No sense causing more chaos in this group by killing off one of the fairer sex, after all. Then, when he was sure Nick was nice and complacent in his chat with the replica...

"Hey, Nick!" he called. "Don't get cocky!"

He summoned an orb of water over Nick's head, and with a spectacular sploosh, dropped it directly on the boy, liberally soaking him and anyone or anything in about a two-foot radius with ice-cold water.

Bobbi didn't fail to notice Kyle's scrutiny, and found herself blushing a little. Especially when she looked down to see her suit, and notice that her figure had improved over the past week. Luckily, though the material was white, it wasn't sheer when wet, so there weren't any... details, just the shape of her body and that was pretty much it.

Usually she was shameless enough that she could walk around a hotel stark naked (and had actually done so in the past), but that was with friends, people who had known her for a few years. Kyle was new, they'd just met, and he was checking her out? No, that couldn't be right. She wasn't checking-out material. But he called her "fair lady." Nah, that was just being polite and stuff.

Her mind babbled on in this vein for a moment, but a part of her brain that was still capable of working actually heard Kyle's inquiry, and decided to form a response to it.

"Well," she said, hesitantly. "I can honestly say I'm quite wet."

She had no idea Shiva knew how to face-palm mentally until then.

[Azrael: Hawaii: Beach]

Azrael smiled. Aw, he thought not answering a question made him mysterious? How...adorable. The replica smirked at that, and was about to prod him more for the answer, just to weasel it out of him, before something...not so good happened.

Suddenly Azrael was wet, a water ball having splashed on Nick and dousing him and Bal-Hur and the snakes. All smiles turned into frowns, the snakes uncoiling, as all five beings were now cold and wet, instead of warm and toasty. "I see...Excuse me."

Azrael and Bal-Hur were suddenly up, the snakes uncoiled, and all were facing Demyx. It all pointed to him doing it, after all. The three snakes hissed, as did Bal-Hur, causing the Unversed male to show off fangs. Azrael's wind stirred heavily, stirring even his wet hair and shifting the sand around him and Nick, darkness seemingly leaking off the wind in it's usual form of black wisps. And, if Nick noticed, the ground was moving, almost rolling.

"What...do you think...you are DOING?!?!" An almost 'shockwave' of wind pulsed out at the last word, not doing much but making a strong gust like a windy day at the beach. But this seemed to do more, for those watching, as a large black...thing burst out of the sand from beneath the sand where Azrael had laid, the black mass twisting and contorting until if finally shaped that of a hooded king cobra that towered over the two males, and still kept shifting and moving while it let out one giant hiss. If anyone took the time to notice, they would see that it was really a numerous amount of Azrael's snakes twisting together to make this 'creature', and the giant hiss was all the snakes in it hissing at once.

Azrael crouched a little, legs apart, hands clawed, eyes wild and full of fury. "COME AT ME, WATER BOY!"

{Kyle : Hawaii : Beach}

She has a pretty nice body. Oh swimsuits~

...You already know what I'm going to say to you.

I do indeed~ And I don't care~ Pretty girl in a swimsuit. I mean, did you even hear what she just said?~ This...this could be fun.

Swimming closer to her, Kyle made it quite clear that he was looking her over and it was just as clear that he enjoyed what he was seeing. When he got close enough, he reached for her closer hand while giving her plenty of time to withdraw it if she chose to. If she didn't pull her hand away he would gently grab it and kiss the back of it with eyes closed. If she did pull her hand away, he would simply give a sly smile.

Regardless of her response, he would look at her eyes, either holding her hand or not, and give a bit of a perverted smile. "Well my lovely lady, I do believe that I can help you get quite a bit wetter." And when everything exploded, Kyle kept his smile on Bobbi, desperately not wanting to get involved in whatever fight was going on. He'd had enough of them. He just wanted to flirt with the attractive lady in front of him. That was it. Was that so much to ask?