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"We're playing pirates," replied Nereida, motioning to the various sticks stuck in the sand. "Pick a sword and we'll get going." She looked around again. "Now where'd they leave that log raft?" She murmured to herself, before finally spotting it lying against the dune.

She splashed over and pulled it into the water with a giggle. After climbing on, she paddled over. "Look what I've got!"

"Honestly, I don't think anyone is ready to be a parent until they are one. You think you're prepared, and then life throws you a curveball of a child who is little like you expected," Amyla said. She did suppose that others had had stranger children than she, but with five offspring, she did know a bit of parenting. "As for frightening... yeah. I've got five kids, and Kayce is the most recent arrival. I was still worried about getting her, even though I had four before."


Gathering up an armful of rather messy sandballs, Kayce picked up her sword and headed for Nereida's 'boat.' "It's a good thing none of us are very heavy," she observed, eyeing the raft. "At least, none of us look like we're heavy," she amended. The arrival of the new fae made her twitch an ear. Would the crowds of females never end?! "We're pirates. We fight. It is quite easy," she said pointedly, still debating about whether or not she wanted to head onto the 'boat.'

Nereida shrugs. "We can fight each other, we can make up demons and fight demons, we can explore the cave... There's a sea monster in there!"

"I can't believe your laid back personality on all this!" Ronnie giggled slightly. "So many kids and you're just 'eh, it's not so bad' and I freak out over one..." But talking to the other woman was beginning to raise her spirits. The sun was shining, the sky was clear, and her child was having fun (or she hoped having fun) playing with the other kids. Life was not so very bad.

"Nooo no no no, I don't want to be fat... ever..." Ronnie burst out laughing at that. "I sound so vain, really I'm not. I just don't think it would suit me!"

Demons? Sea-monsters? Dierdre had never seen any of them before. Perhaps this could be an adventure. As long as it didn't mess up her new swimsuit it would be okay. She hoped that dealing with the sea-monster didn't have to require getting on the rickity raft... that was potentially problematic.

"Well, I'll be saying that the sea-monster and cave need a bit of looking into then." Yes, that way she wouldn't have to risk herself against the other few.

"I'm so laidback because if I got worked up over every little thing, I would have burned out or melted down by now. I still panic over things, but I try to do it as little as possible. It wastes precious energy," Amyla replied, dusting a bit of sand off the corner of her towel. "Awww, come on! Being 'fat' wasn't that bad at all. Granted, it took me months to get back down to my pre-pregnancy weight, but it was worth it. You might change your mind later."


Kayce eyed the raft. Being crowded onto a small rickety-looking thing like that with three strange female fae was not really what she wanted to be doing. The idea of battling a sea monster and doing something other than standing around in the sand, however, did greatly appeal to her. Adventure slowly beat away caution until Kayce nodded and gathered up her sandballs and stick, climbing onto the raft and depositing her load aboard.

Kasumoto had been silent during the exchange but oticing Tomoko's tears, he hugged the little fae to him. " She is scared of the water I think.. poor child.." he said softly. " I think she wants to play with the others but with the water so close..." He then looked over at Ronnie. " Try being a man and dealing with all this... I most certainly feel outnumbered."

Tomoko nodded to the fear of water and her eyes were filled with the conflict of longing to join them but then full of fear of the water. " Wanna....pwaaay...." She said, sniffling.

"It'll come with time. It took me five kids to find the proper balance between worry and relaxation. It's still more worry, but you kind of get used to it," Amyla chuckled, squinting in the direction that the fae had disappeared to. "They can't be up to anything too bad. No screams... yet," she added.

She sat up upon seeing Tomoko's tears, giving the little fae a friendly smile. "Ohhh, she's scared of the water? Well... they might not be in the water. Can't really see them from here," she said, glancing again in the direction the other girls had gone.


"Kayce," the dark-haired fae said in reply, giving Dierdre a cautious look. This fae was less friendly than the other two. That made her someone to be careful around. She turned her stick over and over in her hands. This would make a good practice stick. Maybe she could take it home later. That would be interesting.

Nereida chewed her lip, thinking. "I hadn't really thought about that." She sas back against the rudder poll in the center of the raft and looked thoughtful. "We're gonna need all the help we can get to fight the monster."