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

[louise_abasi]

"I'm still surprised my mother wasn't shocked but very cooperative." She squeezed the tentacle. "I think you got better meals than us at home."

[asharpertongue]

Lara let a few more tentacles wrap around Lou's wrist gently. it was nice to relax with someone while she was like this. She liked her human side - it was her after all - but when she was close to the sea she always felt the pull to change into her other side. Lou had long since learned to deal with her duel looks so relaxing was easy.

"Your Mama was like a second Mom to me after mine..." She smiled. "And Aunt Clare loved getting a night off from a teenage tearaway with fangs and claws."

[louise_abasi]

"Teenage?" She cocked an eyebrow and winked. "Uhuh."

[asharpertongue]

She nudged Lou. "You're one to talk. I bought you those collectable stuffed Kaiju last year."

[louise_abasi]

"Art pieces! Doesn't count!"

[asharpertongue]

"Next thing you'll say you've never played with them."

[louise_abasi]

"Of course not, they're collectibles! They're still in their plast-" She balanced on her feet. "Mostly. Except for Mecha."

[asharpertongue]

Rocking back with the force of her laughter, Lara slapped her thigh. "I knew you wouldn't be able to resist it!"

[louise_abasi]

"It moves on its own! Roaring!"

[asharpertongue]

"You're lucky I have a spare."

[louise_abasi]

"Mine isn't broking. And you only need mint condition if you want to sell. I'm not going to sell."

[asharpertongue]

"Then i'll just give it to one of the little ones." She pointed at a little girl making monster faces at her brother. "She's been talking about the new Godzilla movie. I think i'll do a preview showing, what do you think?"

[louise_abasi]

"That film doesn't count it's American", she blurted.
"I think it's a bit too violent for her, probably", she corrected herself. "The film. Not the doll."

[asharpertongue]

Lara grinned and let Lou's outrage go uncommented. "Maybe just the older kids then."

[louise_abasi]

"Only if I can come by afterwards to - no, I'm not going to teach them the mistakes Hollywood makes when it comes to a fictional-" She shot a look at Lara - "probably fictional monster."

[asharpertongue]

Lara laughed. "You won't be able to resist it. You know you won't."

[louise_abasi]

"No, I'm not going to get near any of it in any way."

[asharpertongue]

"Yeah yeah. I'll believe that when I see it."

[louise_abasi]

"I hope you're not too fond of believing then, because it's not going to happen. It's better for my health not to."

[asharpertongue]

"But much less amusing for me."

[louise_abasi]

"And of course I'm only here for my amusing suffering."

[asharpertongue]

"And the booze. Can't forget the booze."

[louise_abasi]

"You hang around me for booze? Oh honey", she put on a thick Southern accent. "You're sore in the head for that though'. You own a bar."

[asharpertongue]

"Yes but I can't drink with my friend if she never comes to my bar, can I?"

[louise_abasi]

"Yikes, if that isn't an uncomfortable truth." She made a face. "Can I blame my father for that?"