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[[Sand n Stuff]]

Rivener sniffed haughtily as the man offered his explanation. So what if this was a public beach? "Taking a walk without watching where you're going," Riv reminded, still slightly miffed at the situation. When Shadow introduced himself and offered his hand to shake, Rivener scoffed but took the hand anyway, giving it a strong shake before crossing his arms again.

"Shadow. Creative," Riv said snarkily. "And my name is RivenER, not RivenAR. Anyway, I suppose you should feel free to look around and whatnot. Just be respectful and don't bump into people. 'S rude." Turning his head, Rivener signaled the end of the conversation, about ready to go back to his nap. After all, he'd been interrupted, hadn't he? and he was starting to feel a bit drowsy.

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"No.."

The man's once warm and playful tone seemed to have been whisked away with the calming breeze as he narrowed his suspicious eyes on the teenage couple. He was just about to walk away, taking his female distraction with him, until he witnessed the fatal event. David seemed to twitch as he watched the taller brunette lean in and place a delicate and probably harmless (except in David's eyes) kiss on his younger sister's cheek. That little---!!

Unable to restrain himself, the older man preceded to strutting over to the pair. And that's when Namini noticed him. The killer aura he was giving off was unmistakable! Though her cheeks were on fire, Namini reacted quickly, stepping in to protect her dear friend.

"D-David! Stop," she cried shakily, turning around to face her brother. The siblings waged off silently, terrifying storms forced against turbulent waves. Namini flashed him an immediate smile, as she boldly wrapped her arms around one of Josh's muscular ones. She pouted at her brother, happy to see his features tighten as she purred, "He was just helping me up. I butted my head against his mouth, kay? Nothing happened. We just got..a little rough with the water balloons."

David glared daggers at his sister's innocent act. The quiet war between siblings continued uncomfortably.

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Josh stayed back from the battle ensuing between the two siblings. If he had learned one thing from his last encounter with David, it was that he should not rear up against the man. The stubborn and overly charismatic guy had a way of delivering a very persuasive headbutt. Josh merely looked dead ahead in David’s stormy gray eyes. The boy wore a indifferent and slightly aggravated expression. He made no effort to confirm or deny Namini’s obvious lie.

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Ebony was no empath, but one didn’t need to be to see plainly that David’s playful tone didn’t quite match the one reflected in his eyes. Familiar eyes…furious eyes. But wait, they were gone now. Rather surprised at first when David simply stormed off without any sort of word to her, she fought the innate feeling of wanting to kick him for being so rude while she ran after the man.

She watched from the sidelines curiously when the younger girl began defending herself and her friend. Steel orbs took a sidelong glance at the other. The boy was quiet, his obvious irritation of David’s sudden appearance clearly written upon his face. Ebony quirked a brow and wondered why the male didn’t stand up for himself.

Noting the thick silence between the group and most specifically between the two siblings, the violet haired woman loudly cleared her throat. Perhaps a distraction was in order to salvage whatever peace there was, if any. Offering out her slender hand towards the girl, “Ah, so you must be Namini! It’s nice to meet you. I’m Ebony. Ebony Shade.”

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After a heavy silence, David murmured quietly, a disappointment scribbled all across his features, erasing any trace of rage, "So that's your game.."

Another moment of silence as Namini stared worriedly at her brother. All she could do was hope that another fight between the boys didn't ensure otherwise, she'd have to pick a side. Suddenly, a woman who had been following David curiously stopped in front of the group and offered a kind hand to the curly haired brunette. Namini stared at the slender hand as if it were a disease. Now it was her turn to get angry.

Turning her attention back to the silent brother, Namini furrowed her brows in utter frustration and raised a hand. David watched in anticipation, the disappointment never leaving his face...which forced the younger girl to, at the last minute, double the strength in her slap. The sound of palm meeting the other's face echoed throughout the beach. Namini drew her hand back, with an awkward anger burning into her face.

"So that's YOUR game huh?," she choked. It was like watching some soap opera breakup. Whirling away from the older male, Namini flashed Ebony an apologetic smile, trying her best to recollect herself, "Pleasure's mine, Ms. Ebony."

Then Namini stormed off, unknowingly soon to find comfort by the sand castles. David stood, stunned, but understanding, diong nothing more than clenching and unclenching his fists. Finally, after a dramatic pause, he turned his dangerous stare onto Josh once again, "You should get out of here too. Otherwise, without my sister, who knows? We may have a recap of our last meeting."

[[Sand n Stuff // Beach Bar]]

Still swearing fluently under his breath, eyes flashing furiously, Rivener settled back onto the sand, clutching his camera, his precious precious camera. His favorite thing in the whole world. His first possession, the first gift he'd ever gotten from Aphi. And someone tried to take it. Rivener shook with rage.

Curling up on the hot sand, fiercely protecting the camera, Rivener closed his eyes and tried to sleep again, but every time someone talked too loud or walked near, red eyes flew open to check and make sure they weren't approaching. This would make napping nearly impossible. Giving up, Riv compromised by just staying curled up on the sand with the camera, playing with its buttons.

Aphismet noticed that the contest was nearing its end, and it suddenly reminded him; he'd promised Isi he'd join the paintball contest on his behalf! "Ah, Isi! I'm going to go sign up for Paintball, okay? Hold tight, don't give up!" Hurriedly, Aphi pushed through the bustling crowd as politely as he could, making his way to the Beach Bar, where he found the sign-up sheet and scribbled his name quickly. There!

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Her eyes grew wide at the sudden and unpredicted action of the girl. If she hadn’t known better, she would have thought that maybe Namini was his girlfriend after all. A smack like that was only used, as she’d ever seen it, on the ever cheating boyfriend. Yet, she couldn’t say she knew how their relationship dynamic was, so Ebony couldn’t and shouldn’t draw conclusions as to why she’d hit her brother.

Once the girl had left, Ebony had hoped that the younger man would venture after her. Alas, this was not the case. ‘Stupid boys…always having to prove how manly there are…’ Having grown up in the dojo with only boys as classmates and sparring partners, Ebony knew all too well how these kind of things could go. And from the sound of it, this one would be bad since they’d already mentioned something about a previous scuffle. If they hadn’t worked it out in that one, this one would only fan the flames.

Casual like and obviously not threatened by doing so between two hotheaded males, the British woman slipped before Josh and David. “It’s already settled. Do you two wish to upset Namini more than you already have?” She didn’t really give them time to answer this, but could probably guess their answers. “No, I think not. So, one of you needs to be a grown up and step away now while the other goes to comfort the girl.” Her eyes looked to them both then with blade-like intensity. “Do I make myself clear?” It wasn’t really a question; she expected them to say yes.