Tarot Beach Party

[lady_moon]

There are those of the tarot who know how to set up for a party.

Ruin had spent most of the afternoon building the bonfire. He has carefully made it much in the way he would have with the villagers of his mortal life when they would celebrate the harvests. Charity, Unity, and Skill had spent most of the day setting up food, both their sorts of foods and the sorts the sentients would be expecting.

Moon watched it all with rapt fascination, her eyes on the marshmallows Skill told her firmly she isn't allowed to touch yet. But they're white and fluffy looking and Moon is curious. Mons barks at her, warning Skill, and Moon is shooed off.

It's Fortune who puts out blankets, spread all over the beach area for everyone to use. Moon watches her family set up for a party, for guests... real guests who are coming simply to come instead of for answers. She watches Fortune set down a large stack of very warm looking towels, and she grins.

Swimming. Damian will like the swimming.

Her wolves run up and down the beach in excitement, and Moon knows it's time.

Disappearing back to Milliways, she sets it up so people can come and go as they need to, pleased with herself and her family.

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Re: In the Ocean

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

Jason laughs out loud. "Oh, are you asking for it. That one is a man-eater. I kind of feel bad for her, though, when I'm not licking my wounds after seeing her."

Jason smiles at him, watching his expression in the water. "Yeah, I know the feeling. I was never hard core about the ocean, but being here makes me realise how much I missed it. Must be an even bigger thrill for someone who really loves it."

Re: In the Ocean

[mr-smarty-vamp.livejournal.com]

"She's my first love," he says of the ocean, moving his arms broadly over the surface of the green water around him. "Even on a different world, it's like coming home... being cleansed after all the centuries."

Re: In the Ocean

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

Jason frowns slightly, a look of confusion passing over his face. "Damian, you know Jean Claude would get you safe passage to one of the coastal cities if you wanted to take a vacation. You love the sea so much, you should ask him."

Re: In the Ocean

[mr-smarty-vamp.livejournal.com]

"You forget, Jason. Jean-Claude, though my master by blood-oath, is no longer the one from whom I need true permission. I cannot be parted from Anita. Jean-Claude was powerful enough to give me life at the setting of the sun in Tennessee. Anita, no doubt, has the power as well, but she may not have the skill to raise me from a distance. I don't want to test the theory at the risk of my existence."

Re: In the Ocean

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

"Well, just for a short time? You still survived when she went to New Mexico..." Even if he did go nuts. "If she remembers to keep her lines to you open, I don't see why you couldn't manage a trip. I just meant ask Jean Claude to work out the politics of the trip."

He licks his lips looking back at the beach. "I know some nice places on the East Coast I can recommend."

Re: In the Ocean

[mr-smarty-vamp.livejournal.com]

It's a pleasant thought, and he gives Jason a small smile.

"Alaska, maybe." Oh, Damian would like going to Alaska. It's as close to Scandinavia's oceans as he is likely to get without risking being anywhere near his former mistress.

Re: In the Ocean

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

Jason makes a face, splashing warm water at Damian. "Only you would think swimming in Alaska is fun. But I'll give you props on that choice: pick the right time of year and you wouldn't have to worry about the sun."

Re: In the Ocean

[mr-smarty-vamp.livejournal.com]

Damian chuckles, and the sound almost borders on a laugh. An actual laugh. Not quite there, but it's the closest he's ever come to it around Jason.

"That same time of year would mean temperatures of fifty below zero," he reminds Jason, sending a small wave of water at the werewolf as he adds, "and that's celsius."

Re: In the Ocean

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

"So...two trips? Not like you'd really feel the cold, Damian. I mean...hello? Vampire?"

Re: In the Ocean

[mr-smarty-vamp.livejournal.com]

Damian raises an eyebrow at Jason. "We may not feel it as acutely, but that doesn't mean we can't freeze."

Oh, he could tell Jason far too many stories of torture methods in his past that utilised temperature differences. He tries to keep his thoughts in the warm, salt-scented present, however.

Re: In the Ocean

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

Jason shrugs. "Learn something new every day. Here I thought Jean Claude was just making excuses for wanting to spend so much time in his tub."

He looks towards shore. "Don't suppose you get tired of treading water, do you?"

Re: In the Ocean

[mr-smarty-vamp.livejournal.com]

Damian chuckles, a glimmer of competition entering his eyes.

"I don't suppose you have the strength to race instead of treading water, do you?"

Re: In the Ocean

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

Jason stammers, making excuses. "Well, I've been drinking tonight and did a lot of dancing back there. We don't have never-ending stamina, you know."

And then he kicks off suddenly, swimming as fast as he can back to shore.

There's a reason he was never on the swim team. He's good, but nowhere near good enough.

Re: In the Ocean

[mr-smarty-vamp.livejournal.com]

Though Jason doesn't see it, Damian grins as he is forced to give the werewolf a head start. His own body surges into action a few seconds later. He does have the unfair advantage of not having to breathe, but he is also at least a little out of practice, not having swam in the last century with the sole exception of when Moon first brought him to this world. Perhaps that evens the odds a little?

Re: In the Ocean

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

Jason is trying not to laugh as he pushes his body, trying to keep his lead. Thankfully the waves are helping him at the moment.

But having to breathe means he's getting winded easily in the surf, so Damian is gaining on him quickly.

Re: In the Ocean

[mr-smarty-vamp.livejournal.com]

It's not so much about winning for the vampire, but about enjoying the race. He doesn't mind that the waves are working against him. He just tries to catch up, smiling in the salt-water as he gains on Jason.

They are almost to the shore when he finally catches up, just in time for a large wave to crest with them. It basically means one thing:

May the best body-surfer win!

Re: In the Ocean

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

Well at least he can do this! He and his friends were stupid enough when he was a kid to road trip to the beach when storms were blowing in.

He lands on the beach laughing, rolling to his back in the surf. Damn, that was fun.

Damn, is he tired.

Re: In the Ocean

[mr-smarty-vamp.livejournal.com]

Damian hits the beach as well with a wide, open grin. He hasn't done that in far too many centuries!

He wasn't paying enough attention to figure out who actually won, but it doesn't matter much to him. He picks himself up just as another wave rolls around them. Making his way to Jason, he offers the wolf a hand up, still smiling.

Re: In the Ocean

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

Jason takes the hand, sputtering slightly as the wave bubbles over him.

"God, that was fun. Why the hell are we in St. Louis with no proper waves anywhere?"

Re: In the Ocean

[mr-smarty-vamp.livejournal.com]

"An excellent question," Damian agrees, pulling Jason upright. He gives Jason the support the winded were needs, walking them along the shore.

"I'm not sure who won, but we'll just say you did, so I can call a rematch some other time. I propose you sit and rest. I'll bring you a drink and plate of food if you like."

Damian isn't a sore loser, obviously.