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...A speedo. Candace caught sight if it and nonchalantly looked away before she could be considered staring.

Really, Rep? Really? Candace both wanted to look for curiosity's sake and didn't because..well...it was Rep. That could be awkward.

"That sucks. I've thought about getting one for a couple years I've just never figured out what I would want. It's got to be something I'd regret years later." Candace followed Rep out to the water, entering it considerably slower than the man did. She'd never gone swimming at this beach. Rep dove in and she continued to just wade in; their methods differed, she was a pansy when it came to the cold, even cold water. "Really?" Candace couldn't help but smile as she watched Rep swim around, finally diving down under the water. She came up a few feet away, pushing her bangs out of the way. "So you're like a wee Scottish merman~." Candace teased in her best attempt at a Scottish accent impression. "Is a speedo really so wise? There's s**t living in this water," said the woman in the bikini.

The look Rep gave her simply got a 'what?' look right back. She hadn't said anything wrong, had she? She hadn't called him a lady again. Touchy touchy. She tread water beside him, glancing toward some cliffs off in the distance. Cliff diving, huh? But what did he mean by 'in the scud'? She was about to ask until Rep mentioned losing skivvies. Okay, that word she knew. "Still sounds like fun.." She had gone swinging into lakes but never like...cliff diving like Rep probably meant. It could be fun! She would just have to tighten her bottoms so they didn't come undone and float away..it could work. She wanted to try it! "Take me cliff diving? I've never done it. I want to try~." Candace swam closer to Rep, pouting like a pleading puppy. Pleeeeease? Please please pleeeeeeease?

She couldn't help but smirk at Rep's comment on her swimsuit, draping her arms over his shoulders from behind and lazily clinging to the man. He had said he wouldn't flinch from her but how far could she take this new allowance to touch him? "Excuse you, yellow bikinis were all the rage in the eighteen hundreds. Victoria herself wore one with frills and ribbons. And thank you, I work hard to look this good." She pushed off Rep and floated on her back now, closing her eyes with a little smile. It did feel nice to be in the ocean, relaxing too.

"Like I said, I've only thought about it. I think not knowing what to get is a clear sign I don't need one." She shrugged and then lifted her head to give Rep a concerned look. Away from freckles? He hated them that badly? "Don't say that, you're attractive. There's nothing wrong with freckles...I think they're cute." Candace flicked a bit of water in Rep's directions. "You don't need to draw attention away from anything either."

Maybe sometime? Candace rolled her eyes. "You sound like my dad. 'Maybe another time, Candy,' was his way of saying no chance in hell." She didn't grump about it for very long, waving a hand dismissively at his supposed concern with her feelings on being nude. It made no difference to her, it's not like she really had anything to hide and there was no one around. Plus thanks to that goddamn alternate universe kingdom thing they'd already seen more of each other than they probably ever wanted to. Thanks, thanks for that. But it was the warning that it was dangerous that made Candace laugh. Cute! "Rep, I've fought dragons, giant beasts, been shot with arrows, stood atop a giant titan the size of a small U.S. state, nearly drowned in the Antarctic, fought creatures made of pure Insanity, been set on fire, and that's just a couple missions..I really don't think jumping off a cliff into the ocean is going to be the most dangerous thing I do this week." She was grinning and shaking her head. Idiot. He was talking to the wrong person about danger.

She was impressed that he didn't shove her off him. Candace could understand not wanting to be touched, she hated strangers just touching her without warning, so she'd always respected it when she'd been let known Rep's aversion to it, but being able to do it now felt very...nice. Like he finally trusted her. It made her happier than she would ever admit to anyone.

"There's nothing wrong with it." Candace laughed. "You're not in Scotland, are you? Okay, so maybe cute wasn't the right word. What do you want? Oh, Rep. If you were single and into women I'd totally do you right here and now~." She told him in a playfully seductive tone, though she didn't even try hiding the humor in her voice. It was probably the most ridiculous thing Candace had ever said to Rep to date. "You look fiiiine. Jerry and Harrison have facial scarring as well, remember?" She reached over to push wet hair out of Rep's face to get a good look at his new scars, humming thoughtfully. "It's not so bad. But hey, you could wear a Phantom of the Opera mask and totally rock it."

"Yay~!" Candace threw an arm up and laughed, more excited that she'd won than the actual cliff diving itself. Rep's denial had become a challenge. You don't just tell Candace no, Rep. She would fight tooth and nail to get her way. "Lead the way, sir."

Rep's surprised look was met with a smile, the woman raising her eyebrow and tilting her head. Problem? Was he not expecting honesty? Silly man. "What? Was it something I said? You're cute." Candace teased before she started to swim back to shore, fully intending on making Rep keep his word and take her someplace they could go diving. "I can only wind you up if you let me~!" Candace called over her shoulder in a sing-song voice, "but I'm being honest. You're not unattractive, freckles and all, and even the scars don't change that." She shrugged, standing when the water became too shallow for her to swim. "They're just part of who you are now. Don't get me wrong, the day I get my first scar I have no doubt I'm going to freak the ******** out and probably cry about being ugly no matter where it is, so I understand...but you don't need to worry~. Really."

Ah, so Rep wanted to be more like his 'kingdom' self as well. Candace could relate. "Give it time. You're opening up better, that's a start. I'm proud of you." Her tone wasn't patronizing, insincere, malicious..nothing. It was warm and pleasant for once. See what happens when she isn't antagonized? Candace was smiling until he shook his hair around and got her in the face with the splash of water everywhere, the woman giving a squeak of protest while laughing and raising her arms to block some of it. "You're like a dog!" She teased with a grin before she followed him along the beach toward the cliffs.

"I'd like to hope it's deep." Candace checked her rings to make sure they fit securely on her fingers. Sure, she could just summon Atropos back to her if she fell off in the dive, but she'd rather not need to do that. "So did you used to do this back in Scotland? I've never been other than to bail you guys out of jail but...must be ******** cold.." She didn't know much about Scotland's climate but she knew it wasn't some kind of tropical paradise.

Candace kept up with Rep through the worn trail they were walking along, glancing at the chopped down trees with a little smile and a raised brow. "It seems we have a lumberjack on the island." She said quietly, listening to Rep's story. So it was as cold as she thought it would be. But what really interested her was the insight he suddenly gave her on how diving felt, and why he loved it. Her amused smile faded while she just watched and listened, genuinely interested in what Rep was saying. That did sound like quite the experience, she wasn't quite sure how to feel about the 'like dying' part, but there was a point where Candace was thrown off. "Forget what?" Whatever it was it was something that bothered him. Candace couldn't help but need to know.

Rep continued on like nothing had ever happened. Fine then. Another time. Candace chuckled and removed her bikini without much hesitation. Unlike Rep it did feel stranger than she would admit for Candace to just undress like this out in the open, but she got over it quickly. She gave the man a grin when he said what could probably be considered a compliment. "Yeah, I think we get enough lectures. No need to tell me how to use my legs." She stepped near the edge of the cliff and looked down, whistling at the sight. That was a long way down. "Sounds like something I need to be aware of all the time anyway. Do you have any idea how many times I slammed my head on the ground before I got some of those jumps I do right? ********' hurts on solid ground."

The bow won Rep a chuckle and she had to bite back the argument of 'fine, I'll wait'. She'd already called him a lady once, Candace wasn't going to push her luck. "I could insist age before beauty, but I like being first."

She stretched her arms up over her head a moment before she looked down at the water below them again. Candace took a deep breath in to calm the nerves she was having now that she was actually looking at it. One could say oh hey it'll be fun, it'll be cool, awesome, fantastic, all they wanted but actually seeing it had her thinking what was I thinking. Candace, the woman all about keeping control of herself and her own life, was handing control of her senses, and well..her life, to the ocean below; she could easily hit something, drown, hurt herself, anything, but here she was about to do it anyway.

What was I thinking?

But there was something kind of exciting about the idea despite the fear.

Okay. She was ready. Candace took a few steps back, wanting to get the most out of this jump; the further she was from the shore the more comfortable she would be. Finally she took those few quick steps toward the edge and shoved off, closing her eyes and diving down hands first as Rep had warned her. Before she knew it she was hitting the water and it was exactly as Rep had said, she didn't know which way was up or down, and all she could hear was the rush of the water around her and the pounding of her own heart. She didn't open her eyes, she just floated there for as long as her breath would allow. It really was peaceful in here.

Atropos' gentle voice disrupted the quiet. Candace, you can't stay down here forever. Candace frowned and cracked an eye open to look for a source of light. Which way was up? She had been turning while she was down here. How long had it been? Oh, there was the light. She twisted and turned in the water until she had righted herself and swam up to the surface, finally gasping for air when she could finally do so without drowning. It had only been a few seconds, it felt like so much longer than that.

"That...that was amazing!" Candace called out, laughing helplessly and pushing hair out of her face. Oh, her hair tie was missing...well, s**t. Oh well, she had more of them. She panted lightly, a hand against her chest over her heart. Damn, even fights with psychotic dragons made of Fear and Insanity didn't get her adrenaline going like that.

Candace watched Rep dive down from the cliff, swimming back away from where it looked like he was going to hit the water. She tread water and waited patiently for the man to come back up, smiling when she spotted that familiar head of red hair break the surface. He really did look more comfortable doing all of this than she'd seen him doing..a lot of things. She swam closer. "Yeah, actually. I guess for once you're right~." She teased with a smile. "You were so reluctant to let me do this with you. I liked that though, it was nice." 'Fun' didn't seem like the right word for it anymore. It was exhilarating but oddly calming at the same time, it was hard for her to put it into words. Nice would do for now.