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 Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:09 pm
Natsumi grinned widely at the sight of the open water... "Sugoii..." she exclaimed to herself, taking in a deep breath of the sea breeze. She hadn't gotten a chance to really look at teh ocean yet... Sure, she'd seen it on her way to the island.. But that had been nausious and miserable. And back at home.. if she ever had been to the beach she hardly remembered it.
With that, she moved forword, looking curiously at the sand as she went. The sun was getting ready to set, so the sweater wasn't quite as annoying as a chill breeze swept over from the sea. Yep.. it seemed perfect. So Natsumi settled down on the sand, looking out over the water with a smile.
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:23 pm
Meanwhile, a certain multicolour-haired teenager was enjoying the last few waves of warm water that the surf carried in from the vast ocean beyond. The evening was approaching quickly, and with that came currents of cooler water that made him shiver despite the fact that he was emersed in it.
He'd spent awhile at the beach today, swimming by himself and enjoying the tropical waters. The way the waves nudged his body around was almost comparible to being in a cradle.
As his grey fins on his ankles touched another chilling wave of cool water, Alec shivered and decided he'd finally having enough. He reached the shore quickly and lumbered out as a dripping-wet mass just as he spotted someone sitting in the sand. Seeing as it was somewhat familiar, he decided to go say hi.
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:43 pm
Natsumi awed at the pretty colors that were setting in over the skies, almost missing the figure that poped up out of the water... However the movement quickly caught her attention, vaugly wondering who would be swimming so late.
She perked when she reconized the dual-colored hair. Smiling she waved, the other hand making sure to held the sweater down over her stomach... It's baggy nature wouldn't really do well to hide her problem if it got moved up. Even though Nita had reacted better than Natsumi could have ever hoped for, she was still a bit iffy about the subject... Unsure at how anyone else would react.
"Hello!" she greeted cheerily as he got within hearing distance.
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:54 pm
Alec's predictions were proved to be correct as he heard the soft-spoken woman call out a greeting as he approached. "Aye Natsumi." He returned with a wave, trying not to struggle over to awkward syllables of her name.
"'ow are ye?" He mumbled with a smile as he made himself comfortable by sitting down beside her, making sure to keep a few feet to her side so that she wouldn't get wet from the water that still clung to him. He wasn't surprised that she would be found sitting there alone, she seemed the type to enjoy the calmness of the ocean.
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:24 pm
"I am good. And you?" she shifted her bare feet against the sand, having decided to take off her shoes for the trip. The bits of webbing on the sides of her feet felt a bit wierd against the sand, though.
She was sitting in the typical japanese fasion, her legs folded up under her, back end resting on her heels. Her tail laid loosely on the sand, not having much life to it. "It is pretty, is it not?" she added in as an after thought.
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:32 pm
Alec shrugged a bit, leaning back and propping himself up with his hands behind him. "A'm alrigh'. C'nt complain." He answered quietly, relaxing his muscles after the long swim.
"Wuh, th'ocean?" He nodded his head towards the rolling waves, now sparkling luminescently with the shimmering reflection of the colourful sky above. A few gulls flew by overhead, cawing once and awhile as if to remind everoyne of their presence, but other than that the beach was still and calm. "A' like th'ocean. S'woon thing a' c'nt complain 'bout... 'bout bein' 'ere. A' neveh saw i' before a' came 'ere..."
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:47 pm
Natsumiw as getting better at her english, able to pick up a few more of the words than she had last time they spoke... Though a few still threw her for a loop, it was enough to figure out enough of what he said in order to respond. Which was hopefully all that mattered. "Mmn. I had not seen it either... This is my first time here that I have seen it with out being queasy." She gave a soft laugh, loking rather amused at the birds. Apparently one had found a bit of stray food and now everyone wanted a peice of it.
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:04 pm
Alec laughed a little, not wanting too be too harsh about finding amusement in someone else's weaknesses. "Ye ge' seasick?" He smirked and shook his head. "A' neveh been onna boat methinks. Maybeh a dingeh when a' was a wee thing." He imagined it must've been horrible to get naucious just by sitting in a boat, he was also surprised that it was apparently possible for a person to be seaksick just by looking at the sea. How horrible that must be, seeing as they were all surrounded by it now.
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:00 pm
"Seasick..?" she repeated, frowing some... Did that really make her seasick? "I had been queasy before the ride here though... That was the only time I saw the ocean." she shrugged, smiling and clasping her hands together, pretending as though she knew what a 'dingeh' or a 'wee thing' was. "I have never been able to swim in the ocean, either..." she noted, having noticed the fact he had been swimming. "Is it different?" she figured it must be... but she couldn't try it herself.
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:10 pm
Alec cocked an eyebrow, looking over at the young woman. "Sick befo' ye got 'ere? Maybeh ye shoul' see a docteh o' somethin..." Of course, he only realized what that implied after he'd said it and quickly attempted to reiterate. "Though... tha' migh' no' be a good idea eitheh." He snickered a bit, making light of the situation. She didn't seem to look that sick anyways.
"Differen' than wuh?" He frowned a little as he thought on it, trying to form his emotions into words. "I's differen' than a pool f'sure. Differen' than th'lake too, i's salteh and a lo' mo' uh.... well, i' moves mo'." He wasn't succeeding. It was like trying to describe colour to a blind person.
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:23 pm
"Aa, no it's just..." she trailed off, averting her gaze back to the setting sun. Only half of it seemed to be left. "It's nothing." she finished, already knowing exactly why she had been nausious. She laughed lightly as he continued, catching the joke immediatly. She wasn't at all happy with the doctors right now... Not simply because of the injects, but more paticularly Sabin and his.. prank.
She listened as he tried to answere her question, laughing softly again as it seemed to go nowhere. "I will just have to try it, yes?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:33 pm
Alec noticed her quick avoidance on a particular subject that must've been bothering her. From the looks of it, she didn't really want ti bother explaining it to him but his curiousity almost told him to try and convince her to tell him anyways.
"Yea, ye shoul'." He nodded vigorously as he glanced off at the ocean again. "i's good fo' ye." As he began to talk, he got the feeling that Natsumi was still preoccupied and decided to pry... just a little. "Ye ekay?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:00 am
Natsumi wasn't at all too sure how swimming would be good for her.. maybe hte exercise or something. Or just the fun. Too bad she couldn't... She couldn't even do her gymnastics now. The tight outfits were sure to draw attention to where she didn't want it. "I wish i could.." she said mostly to herself, before looking over to Alec, worrying that maybe she was being as obvious as she had been with Nita... But the baby wasn't kicking, that had been the main give away there.
"I am fine." she smiled sheepishly, thoughts seeming to tie themselves into a knot in her head. A rush of worries, mixed with the wonder if he wouldn't care like Nita hadn't... The want to brag about her baby mixed with the want to hide the fact she was prengant.
She tried to distract herself with the retreating sun, nearly gone now, she was suprised at just how fast it seemed to go as it got closer to the horizon.
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:09 pm
"Ah, i's no' tha' 'ard!" The teen smiled and gestured his hand towards the rolling waves. Missing any sort of hints that Natsumi might have been unintentionally dropping, he then assumed that her problem was that she just didn't know how to swim. He therefore took it upon himself to break out into some sort of extravaggant conversation on the topic in both an attempt to make her feel better, as well as an excuse to tell another tale. "Ye don' look tha' changed. A' friend o' mine (she's a pig ladeh), she c'n swim joost fine, like a big ol' raft, yanno? Joost stickin' teh th' shallows, all bolleh like." Of course he conveniently left out the part where she almost drowned.
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:27 pm
Natsumi once again missed the chance to lie and avert the conversation away from her... However, she was still a teenager of sorts, and abilities were important still... Making good impressions and just all around looking good, though Natsumi was less of a show-off than most, she had her own subtle ways of doing so. "But I can swim. I did at the pool at school for physical education class." She nodded, with a slight smile.
A pig lady though? Hm... Wait, didn't Alec like to eat pigs? That was what his beloved sausage had been, right? She ignored that for the moment, "Perhaps my change will help me swim better even..." she pulled a bare foot from the sand showing off the webbing that still threw her for a loop. "See?"
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