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((Story Time -> Beach Bar -> Exit / Beach Bar -> Exit))

Lucia smiled at her friend, her eyes shining in the night when the flames would flit up in the air and reflect themselves in her deep purple eyes. The compliment was always nice, but was he joking too? She shrugged inwardly and admitted to herself that it didn't matter if he was joking or serious, she liked him anyways -- well, when he was around. "Thanks," she said as she giggled softly, an appropriate response whether he was joking or serious.

Lucia glowed inwardly, hoping that she had helped him have his great day and pondered her own. Despite the unpleasantries with Roux and Lucretia, Aki's misunderstanding, the way Yuurei stuffed her face during the pie eating contest, getting hit by countless paintballs, and hitting the limbo bar, she did have a good day. She met Melisande, Rivener, and got to help Zavier with limbo. She had been hoping to talk to more of her own kind, but they all seemed so distracted and, as she looked at Rivener quietly, she admitted to herself that she had been distracted too, with trying to get to know him. "I did too" she said softly.

Lucia looked over as Aphismet told Rivener he had to leave, and realized that this meant her friend must go. She nodded and smiled at Rivener, "I'm glad I met you too." Rather than wait to return the kiss (she had received with a bit of a shock), like she had with Pasha, she replied, "I hope so," and leaned over to kiss his cheek in return, leaving a slight lip print on his cheek in her lipstick that she didn't notice as he floated towards his guardian. "Goodbye, Rivener . . ." She whispered and she smiled to herself, deciding that all of her reasons for remaining by the fire, or at the beach at all, went towards the parking lot.

Lucia floated up, took in the slowly dwindling bonfire for a moment more before floating towards the beach bar and her guardian. "Let's go," she said blandly, and started floating out of the beach and (sighing as she realized it) the quarter mile back to their car.

Yuurei looked up as Lucia came over, summoned her, and floated away from the beach. "Thanks anyways, but I guess it's time to go! I'll mail you a check I was planning on writing, Kyou! It was lovely meeting both of you." Yuurei stumbled off of the bar stool and massaging her temple with her right hand, her other arm wrapped around her flat stomach, trying to keep the cool air off of her skin, she half ran, trying to catch up with Lucia who was already on the road's shoulder, floating along it towards their distant parking lot, completely ignoring the woman trying to catch up.

((Beach Bar > Exit ))

RoChan watched as more and more people began to leave the beach. It was getting rather late after all. Waving away the idea of food now as it would be lonely to sit at the bar and eat in the dark she gave Kyou a mysterious smile. "I suppose I can a little too late, however I'll have to take up the offer some other time." Giving him a wink she tapped the bar with two forefingers once, twice and a plain white business card magically appeared beneath her slim fingers. Sliding the card towards the warlock she gave the man a Cheshire grin and whispered in the empty bar's silence. "Perhaps we will meet again."

With that RoChan rose out of the bar stool, took her bright yellow inner tube, and walked towards her car in the parking lot leaving the beach in silence.