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((Beach Bar))

RoChan smiled up at the brown haired girl. “Tango, huh?” She tasted the name before letting it slide away past her memory. RoChan was never very good with names. Probably had something to do with the fact that her attention was always shifting to something else every few seconds. She gave the dog a small pat on the head before straightening up. “Cute dog.” She commented before turning back to the green haired girl and the offered ‘water in a glass.’

With a soft laugh she winked at the petite woman. “Glad to be of service! Another day saved from the misdeeds of not being specific.” RoChan chuckled not minding the joke at all. Frankly it was nice to see such good natured people from time to time. Taking two large gulps of water, RoChan chugged down the cool water with a happy sigh. “Free refills right?” Geez was she thirsty today and she hadn’t even started sweating yet.

At the boy’s introduction RoChan pulled her beach bag off her shoulder before placing it on the counter of the bar. “Nice to meet you Kale.” Yet another name that was soon to be forgotten. At least she manged the first five seconds. That was long enough right?

RoChan had responded while digging through her bag again to answer Kale's question. “I actually came because of this!” She pulled out a sheet of paper with crazy writing all over it and a large ‘X’ marking a place.

“Ah! No, wait! Wait... I got it...” RoChan shoved the treasure map back into her large bag and pulled out a colorful flyer. “I mean I came because of this!” She tapped the part that said Fund Raiser. “I know someone that’s part of the Lab. Though I haven’t seen her in months. So I thought I’d come and help out.

“I’m also looking for someone.” RoChan stated matter-of-factly all the while smiling. “By the way my name is RoChan.” She peered at Mouse and Anita expectantly.

Location: Beach Bar Buffet

Ani smiled her thanks, sighing a small 'yeah' in response to RoChan's opinion of Tango. She kept a close watch on him, resting her chin in the palm of her hand, elbow leaning against the counter. Kale seemed rather interested with her companion, and vice versa. It struck her as odd, but not entirely unpleasant.

As she was about to introduce herself to the both of them she felt a small vibration pulse against her hip. Holding up a finger telling them to wait a moment as she fumbled around in her shoulder bag, finally pulling out the vibrating cellphone. "Yo?"

Tango more then likely had, animals had ways of sensing things humans never could, but with a lack of feeling threatened there was really no need for such reactions from him. Ice cube finished, the large dog had taken to laying there and panting again, glancing about, ears swiveling here and there to listen to the ocean and the conversations. In any silence between vocal exchanges, his heaving breath took up the rest of it.

Another ice cube would be nice.

Location: Beach Parking Lot

"Ani!" Tony was relieved to hear her friend answer the phone, and relaxed instantly at the sound of her voice. "Uhm... I'm in the parking lot, I just got here. Where are you at? How can I find you?" She inquired, still scanning the beach for any sign of her friend.

All of a sudden, she felt a lot more certain about this. Sure she didn't know anyone here, but it was a chance to get out of her apartment and enjoy the sunlight and the company of lots of new people. She needed that, badly, considering that almost all of her time was spent in front of a computer screen, clicking away and type type typing, trying to get work done. The only times she ever really left the safety of her home was to get food or other supplies. That was it. Stock up, and head back home. No need for a load of food though. She was too busy to cook. That's why they invented delivery!

Location: Beach Bar Buffet --> Parking Lot

"Hold up, I'm at the buffet, I'm come get you," she uttered a simple 'bye' into the phone before hanging up and stuffing it back into her back, standing from the stool and issuing a few coos and clicks of her tongue towards Tango to get him to stand up again as she undid his leash. "Sorry, guys, I'll be back in a bit but I've gotta go help a friend out. Um, I'm Anita," she stuck one hand out quickly, hoping for a very short shake, "And I'll see you guys again in a little bit."

Before leaving, Ani gave an acknowledging glance to everyone present at the bar, and especially lingering on the two Raevans, before starting back off to where she had first entered.

It took just a few minutes, and she took note of how full the parking lot was already just in comparison to, what, fifteen minutes ago? It took a few moments, but Tony's car was easy to spot among the others, and she nudged Tango along. Once he noticed who it was they were going towards he sped up, huffing excitedly. "Sorry! I got a little caught up! Dude, they've got these... these... auh, I can't explain it, but You have to see them!" her articulation of the Raevan's failed considerably. Even if she had found suitable words, she wouldn't have been able to describe them adequately. It was something you just had to see for yourself...

Location: Beach Parking Lot

"Taaangooo~" Tony dropped down onto her knees in front of the dog as he ran up to her, and playfully started to scratch the sides of his face and behind his ears. She snuggled close to the warm, soft dog, then pulled away and stood up to greet her friend with a smile.

"It's okay. I just-- got what?" Tony stopped mid sentence as Ani started to explain, but failed to. Her friend had not given her any details aside from that there was a beach party, and that Tony should come along too. But she didn't know who was holding the party, if it was some club or whatever...or the type of people who'd be there. So what was Ani trying to explain to her?

Surely it couldn't be anything that exciting. Tony had seen just about everything there was to see thanks to the convenient little tool called the internet. But her friend seemed enthusiastic about it, and that grabbed her attention thoroughly enough. She raised an eyebrow at her. "What are you talking about? Show me!" She insisted, grinning.

Kale shifted as RoChan turned away a bit of the nervousness escaped in a sigh. He looked down to the floor shifting again on his feet. He never kept perfect balance but as he shifted he took his seat again pushing around a small coin which laid still on the counter. Listening to Ani leave Kale frowned as his source of interaction faded again to zero. Looking closely at the few crowds of people Kale kept silent, not approaching anyone.

Pulling out a small phone Kale tapped a few keys on it, trying to figure out how to send something. Grunting in annoyance Kale slid the phone shut and laid it down on the counter. Annoyed at just about everything Kale let himself go "ghostly" and he slid of the stool back to the floor. Standing up immediately he hoped no one noticed him slide through a solid stool. He sagged walking to the edge of the buffet, he was tired.

((Beach Bar Buffet))

“Mouse…I like that name.” RoChan gave the girl a wide grin being careful not to bare her fangs or anything. There was a higher chance to remember her name verses the girl who gave her name, a quick shake, and then fled. "Did you... Did you catch that?" She questioned with a small tilt to her head.

Casting a quick glance to the donation box, Kale's movements caught her attention for the briefest of moments and RoChan looked on through the corner of her eye for a moment. Returning her gaze to Mouse she forced a smile. "Sign up for events? What are they?" She purposely ignored the box and it's calling for the goodness of people's heart and warmth. It was hard for her to give money out. Money was… well no wait she was stingy and a tightwad. A complex she hoped to get over by the end of the day… at least for today.

She pointedly ignored the loud man who had no decency and smiled at the lovely girl behind him in greeting.

“Well I have markers if that helps. You can probably use a napkin for paper if we’re short on that.” An odd tickling sensation passed through her spine as she chatted with Mouse. Perhaps she was the one RoChan was looking for? Digging into her bag she pulled out a business card of the shop and was about to give it to the girl when another boy came up. Turning towards the petite woman, the blue haired girl remained silent letting her explain the situation. After all RoChan knew only by the flyer that it was a fundraiser not on what it was for exactly.

Location: Beach Parking Lot ---> Beach Bar Buffet

Thoroughly confused, this one was. But excited all the same, for if Ani was so excited about something, whatever it was...well, it was probably something interesting, though she hadn't the slightest clue what it could possibly be. It was just a silly beach party, what more could there be to it than that?

As she followed her friend, it became quite clear just how wrong she was. First she slowed to a stop, her eyes widening at the sight of the Raevens before them. Then she hurried up again, sandals kicking up sand behind her in her attempt to catch up to Ani again. "Ani!" She gasped, running up to her and catching her by the arm. "What are these things? This is a joke, right? Some kind of..." She felt at a loss for words as she turned back to look at the Raevens, pushing her glasses further up on the bridge of her nose. Her mouth was slightly gaping as she cocked her head to the side, not wanting to blink for fear that the beautiful creatures would disappear. What were they? Were they even real? It had to be some kind of joke, surely, some kind of technology, perhaps a hologram? She'd never seen anything like them before. No, she was not dedicated purely to technology and science. Gaia was a big world, full of loads of different things, a lot of which didn't make any sense. And she'd seen plenty of things that shouldn't be real, but they were. But these...