Night Swimming (Open)

[asharpertongue]

It's been a trying day...week...month, if she's honest. The situation with Bach and the missing elders was getting on her last nerve.

She needed a swim.

Pulling her phone from her bag, she sent a text to a few of the more senior members of the siren community:

Night swimming tonight from sundown on the wrecking beach. All welcome. Food and drink provided. Please spread the word.

That should do it.

She send another note to her contacts at the police station so the unaware human element would be steered away. The wards would be up around the beach, discouraging vanilla humans from coming down there but it didn't hurt to have insurance in these matters.

Hopefully the sirens would come, maybe some of the witches. It would be nice to sprawl on the rocks for a few hours with friends.

Comments

[asharpertongue]

Lara laughed and smirked. "I'm greedy - what can I say?"

[louise_abasi]

She narrowed her eyes. "If it wouldn't have been you, I'd expect a dodgily-played pick up situation going on right here. I know, because Hollywood told me that it works like this."

[asharpertongue]

"Oh please. We both know I would never be so circumspect."

[louise_abasi]

"I know." She put her hands up. "And I just want to say that I'm not angling for anything, it just came to me."

[asharpertongue]

Lara chuckles. "It's fine. I've got a thick skin. I can handle rejection." She grinned playfully.

[louise_abasi]

"You're giving me a social anxiety issue in no time at all." She rolled up a pancake and took a large bite. With her hand in front of her mouth she followed "I expected more of a bff."

[asharpertongue]

Lara pouts. "I've been horrible. How can I make it up to you? Swim? I can give you a guide to the bottom of the sea."

[louise_abasi]

"Only to leave me in the middle of the ocean to drown?" She blows her a kiss. "You're feeding me, why would you need to make anything up to me?"

[asharpertongue]

"I object to that stereotype of my people!" She says, mock affronted.

[louise_abasi]

"I thought your kind was more the coast line lounging kind?"

[asharpertongue]

"And the luring sailors to swim out to their deaths kind. So says the legends."

[louise_abasi]

She held down a giggle. "And you were probably around when those legends started becoming legendary."

[asharpertongue]

"Rude!" Lara smacked her friend on the arm lightly.

[louise_abasi]

"I don't hear you denying it!"

[asharpertongue]

"Lou, I am not a thousand years old. There. Denial." she poked her tongue out at Louise.

[louise_abasi]

"The legends are only that young?", she smiled innocently. "Golly gosh."

[asharpertongue]

Lara smirked and then covered it, sighing dramatically. "I give up. You've caught me. I'm going to go and drown myself."

[louise_abasi]

"Can sirens do that?" She put her plate down and pulled Lara into a hug. "Please don't show me if you can."

[asharpertongue]

Lara chuckled and hugged her friend back. "Fine. But only because you asked so nicely."

[louise_abasi]

"Pfew. I didn't want to have to explain to your ..everyone how I managed to be the last one seeing you alive."

[asharpertongue]

Lara nodded. "Yeah I don't think I would like to be on the receiving end of that kind of conversation with my people either." She ginned. "I'll have to stay alive then."

[louise_abasi]

"I'd much appreciate it."
She looked over Lara's shoulder. "Are there more pancakes?"

[asharpertongue]

She looks at the table and spies a plateful. "Here."

[louise_abasi]

"Carbs. Delicious, evil. Everywhere. Do you think pancakes are a children's meal?"

[asharpertongue]

Lara snorts and waves a hand. "Eat what you like. I had chocolate pudding for breakfast."