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 grinned. "Go on...don't tease."

[louise_abasi]

"I wanted to say that you've been old for such a long time that surely you're starting on a second or third youth right now. Which is slightly misogynistic and rude and I don't know how I came up with it. I'm sorry."

[asharpertongue]

Lara laughed loudly. "Then it's still valid."

[louise_abasi]

"I've been offending you all night, I don't know what's my 'deal'. I'm really sorry and going to stuff my face with pancakes now."

[asharpertongue]

"Lou. If my skin was that thin, I really wouldn't be very good as either a mediator or Matriarch. Stuff your face if you want, but not because of me."

[louise_abasi]

"I consider you a friend. You don't offend those."

[asharpertongue]

"If I was offended, you'd know about it." Lara shook Lou lightly. "Stop worrying."

[louise_abasi]

"Sorry, sorry." She threw her hands in the air. "This is what I get when I have too much time off. Can't wait until I can start working full time again."

[asharpertongue]

Lara grinned. "You can take the work away from the girl but not the girl away from the work, it seems."

[louise_abasi]

"Or I need more confused and screwed up people in my acquintance list."

[asharpertongue]

She grins* "One or the other."

[louise_abasi]

"Think you can help me out there?"

[asharpertongue]

"I've been trying that for most of our adult lives."

[louise_abasi]

"Hey!" She grabbed a pancake and waved it at her. "Don't make me show my violent streak because you're joining the Lou-is-a-kid category."

[asharpertongue]

Lara grinned and put up her fists in a prize fighting pose. "Come and get it, human."

[louise_abasi]

She tossed back her non-existent hair. "Get ready for a behind-whooping, ma'am."

[asharpertongue]

Lara cackled and playfully jabbed at her friend. "I'm ready. I can take it."

[louise_abasi]

She threw the pancake at her, turned on her heel and ran. "HELP! There's a siren attacking me!"

[asharpertongue]

"I'll catch you!" Lara watched for a few seconds and saw Lou run down the beach towards the outcropping. Knowing where she was headed, Lara ran for the water, diving under the waves and changing form to swim faster than Lou could run, getting ahead of her and breaching out onto the rocks directly in Lou's path. She growled dramatically and flashed her fangs and talons, tentacles that had replaced her hair posturing up and reaching for her playfully. "Gotcha."

[louise_abasi]

"Ch-"

She took a couple of steps back, looking behind her to prevent herself from going ass over head. "Drats, Lara. You had to do the whole nine yards of legends and fail to let me win?"

[asharpertongue]

Lara edged forward on finned legs and tilted her head, grinning. "You humans always win in the legends. Our turn for once."

[louise_abasi]

"We must have been reading different stories." She slowed down her breathing. "I probably drank too much for this."

[asharpertongue]

Lara chuckled and sat down on the rocks, patting them. "I think we both did. But I had a nice swim, so I'm fine with it."

[louise_abasi]

"You could act like you're feeling just a little bit about scaring the shit out of me, madam."

[asharpertongue]

"Oh please. You've seen me like this more times than we can both count. Remember that whole summer where I was going to live like a mermaid??"