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((Sand 'n Stuff))

Dorian frowned. Did he smell bad or something? "I'm sorry its just..." he tried to search for the correct words. "I saw you all alone and thought you might like some company. I'm sorry If I upset you in any way." He pered out at the shore line. "And if I did so, you have my sincerest appoligies Miss..." Dorian felt like an a**, he hadn't asked for her name, or introduced himself either. "Oh, pardon, I'm Dorian by the way."

[[::Sand 'N Stuff::]]

“This is utterly ridiculous,” Orestae huffed, her feet digging into the sand as she struggled to haul her cargo along the beach. “I mean really, Jasper. It’s a party, not an execution. Get up.”

“Nope,” Jasper said nonchalantly. The frei’s torso was stretched out along the sand, chest up, with his dark hands folded behind his head. Behind him, a long indention in the sand marked his Guardian’s struggle to drag him from the car to the beach, “You feel the constant need to mention that I don’t have legs, so suck it.” He smiled broadly up at her, before resting his head back against the sand.


“Don’t tell me you’re still pissy because I bought you a pair of golashes,” Stae grunted, positioning the frei’s lower-half ribbon over her shoulder and digging her toes into the ground as she lurched forward, “It was a perfectly… nice… gift…URGH!” Her words came between grunts as she hauled the frei by his ribbon, only the slightest feeling of relief rising when she caught sight of the beachgoers.

“Yeah, it would have been if you hadn’t pointed and laughed.”


“I wasn’t making fun of you,” Stae defended.

“You called me Assless McGee.”

“It’s a term of endearment.”

The banter went on, back and forth, until Stae was too breathless to speak, dragging Jasper right up to spot below Dayo’s floating torso and depositing him there.

“He’s your problem now,” she said, wiping the sweat from her brow with the back of her hand and turning towards the bar.

Jasper smiled proudly, glancing back at the long indention that marked his victory. He turned his attention up to Dayo shortly after, lacing his hands behind his head and mildly regretting that she didn’t have both legs and a skirt so that he could enjoy a pleasant view from this angle.

“Yo.”

((Sand n' Stuff/Beach Bar ))

Lauma did not seem phased when Eiry became intangible. She had seen it before, it wasn't that impressive. To make matters worse, he quickly turned away and ignored her. He may've been pretty but he was slightly annoying. With almost a non-chelate air, she reached out to grab his hand from behind, expecting to grab the ghost and surprise it.

Her hand passed through his.

With a surprised blink, Lauma tried again. Once again, her hand passed through his as if through cold air. "I-I can't touch you..." she stuttered. She tried vigorously several more times, waving her hand quickly through bits of Eiry. She was shocked. What was this creature that called itself a ghost but she couldn't touch. It couldn't be a ghost, at least not the right kind. She felt slightly shaken throughout her body, her stunned surprise clearly showing itself on her face. Her eyes were wide and her sunglasses that had made her expression so unreadable had slid down on her nose, making her eyes clear to the green frei.

"I can't touch you..." she said again. Without Lauma noticing, another of the floating creatures had somehow gotten over. The female called it Jasper and bent over. Suddenly Lauma was filled with the warm and fuzzy feeling of joy fill her chest. It was strangely uncomfortable because the emotion was too intense and Lauma could feel no source for it in herself. The double fronted suprise of this emotion and her inability to touch the ghost-creature left her stunned in silence standing behind Eiry, a look of surprise and discomfort on her usually calm face.



"Ah- Well then I suppose it's alright then..." Jupiter said in response to Dr. Kyou's explination, sounding not quite convinced. Still, if he had to trust someone's word about the creatures, and the doctor sounded like he knew what he was saying. Jupiter tentatively took his drink and sipped it, almost wrinkling his nose at the sweetness but after a couple sips adjusting to the strange drink.

Dr. Kyou quickly left to serve another customer. "Er-what do I pay for..." his question died in his throat. With a huff he simply placed a ten dollar bill on the counter. "That should be enough..." he thought "I'll just think of the change as a donation to the Lab place... a donation that won't be used to help pay the electric bill this month..." Jasper heaved a sigh and leaned closer into the bar. He had come to the beach with Lauma for a cheap day of fun and no worries, so much for that idea.

(Sand 'n Stuff)

"Miss Lucia. You have my deepest apologies. Not only have I intruded upon your space, but I also failed to introduce myself, or even ask for your name. It was both crass, and very ungentlemanly of me." Dorian gave a slight bow. He usually would flirt but, something told him this woman wouldn't appreciate his normal attitude. "If there is anyway I may assist you in the future, please let me know. Hell, I'll even take a bullet it for you if your playing paint ball later." He paused, realizing she may not end up on the same team as him. "Or, if we end up on opposing sides, I'll be sure to conveniently avoid any cute Raevan I see." Oh damn. Dorian had gone back into flirt mode.
"Well, um...I suppose this is scene whince I take my leave of the beautiful lady. Au revoir Mille." With that Dorian began to make his way down the shore line.

[[Sand n Stuff // Beach Bar -> Sand n Stuff ]]

Aphismet smiled at Damian and shrugged at the suggestion. "She seems comfortable enough; we can probably stay without bothering her too much. Besides, she has to wake again soon if she wants to be part of any of these- yawn- these events she was talking about."

Aphismet outright laughed at Isi's demand of paintballing on his behalf. "I'll see. I don't know if I'm feeling very confrontational today, but I'll try to psyche myself up for a gun-war. But for now..." Aphi stretched as Eiry came over, called by his guardian to go on a sign-up errand. "I think I'll go cheer you on for the pie-eating contest. Want a piggy back ride to the pie table?" Aphi got to his feet slowly, careful not to disturb Chloe too much. He then knelt, reaching backwards to offer his brother his hands. He'd come back to tell Chloe where they went once Isi was at the eating area.


Rivener's smile brightened a little as Mouse shook his hand. His confidence was returning slowly. He was not an obvious monster, he was not ugly anymore... He was alright. At least for today. He glanced over at Roux, who seemed slightly annoyed and leaving. Oh well, at least Roux wasn't so angry that the beach was turning into a winter wonderland.

"You have a Raevan?" Riv asked when Mouse spoke, then realized the last part of Mouse's sentence contained the word "she". His enthusiasm for meeting a new Raevan dimmed a little and he sighed. Kyou kept making females lately, it seemed. It was downright annoying.

"I'll probably run into her soon..." Before he could finish his sentence, a loud voice boomed out about a pie-eating contest. "Ah, I'll let you go watch this thing. I have to take pictures of it, too. I'll see you around." With a small wave, Rivener floated away, bringing up his camera and looking at the throng of people.

...There was Eiry, signing up at the booth. Grinning impishly, Riv snapped a picture secretly. He rarely got to do that. There were people everywhere here, as folk milled about getting ready for this contest. Feeling suddenly a little crowded-in, Riv frowned and extricated himself, heading towards the less-occupied beach. He wanted pictures of the sea anyway.

As he was looking around (through his lcd screen) at the water's edge, he spotted a Raevan, one he hadn't met before. A dark one. With pretty black hair and cat ears. A female.

Red eyes flicked up off the digital camera. She was so-... pretty. Riv frowned and gasped at himself. Since when did he not instantly feel disdain for chicks?! Turning away, Rivener concentrated on taking pictures of the other side of the beach instead.

((Sand 'n' Stuff / Beach Bar Buffet))

Lucia's ears twitched. There was something odd. Her ears didn't twitch often, but when they did. Someone was watching her . . .

Lucia's head whipped around. Her eyes lit up as she saw that the only person remotely near her was that scorpion frei she saw earlier talking to Roux. He had been looking at her? She smiled inwardly and then became self-conscious. Was her hair out of place? Did she look okay? She ran her fingers through her hair to make sure it was in place.

She watched him take pictures of the water and her eyes smiled. She hoped he'd notice her again.

She settled down in the sand, a little further away from the water (so she wouldn't get wet). Rather than watching the water she looked up at the sky and watched small clouds roll by in the wind.



Yuurei heard the "last call" and realized she hadn't signed up for anything yet. Getting up from her stool she left her empty glass on the bar. She walked over towards the signups, fully intending to write her name down under the pie eating contest, and saw a raevan there writing a name down. Looking over his shoulder she saw the name he was writing down and said, "Isokoro -- your name's pretty."