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Tweak says, "but will it go unrequited???"

Charlotte "Chuck" Charles (pushedback) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-07-07 15:43:00

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alex karev, charlotte charles, jae-ha, malcolm reynolds, rebecca crane, ton phanan

383 - open action
[ Chuck isn't shy about enjoying herself on a normal day, so this vacation has been a nice break but nothing out of the ordinary. Good food, exploring the waterfall and forest trails, relaxing in the softest bed she's ever slept in... all that is fine and dandy but if this really is their last day in paradise, she should do something different. Something she may have wanted to do — might've even done on her honeymoon — but that isn't entirely socially acceptable.

She makes her way to the lagoon sometime during the afternoon, wearing a sundress and a smile, her hair tied up into a messy bun. If anyone wants to come across her skinny dipping... well. The more the merrier? ]

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	<3 imperious 2016-07-10 01:17 pm UTC (link)
	[ Lelouch has been avoiding swimming, for -- many reasons, really! -- but he thought it might be nice, today, to just wade a little. Cool his heels, literally, in the lagoon. He settles down beside it, taking his shoes into one hand, and then slowly eases into the water, just -- up to his knees -- for now. Head tipping back to admire the sky, enjoy the moment... ] (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pushedback 2016-07-11 04:35 am UTC (link)
	[ She doesn't mean to startle him but it's so nice to see Mister Grumpypants actually enjoy himself for once and so she swims up, nude as ever, popping her head up a little bit to the side of him. Surely he must've noticed her? Right? ] It's nice, isn't it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imperious 2016-07-11 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	[ You'd think so but nope, and he startles rather badly at the sound of her voice, turning to look in her direction -- and, in the process, overbalancing completely. Into the water he goes, fully-dressed. There may, possibly, have been a squeak involved. Several octaves higher than you'd expect, for a boy who is otherwise a pretty solid baritone. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2016-07-12 04:37 am UTC (link)
	[ Oh whoops that was not what she was going for here. She squeaks a little in response, moving up to make sure he's not drowning or something. Don't mind the booblies. ] Ohmigosh! Are you okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

imperious
2016-07-20 07:55 pm UTC (link)

[ Oh, he won't! By all appearances he doesn't even seem to notice the nudity. ] [ But fortunately he is not drowning. Floundering a little, but he gets his head above water fast enough, coughing and spluttering. He's lucky this part of the pool is deep enough that falling in didn't hurt, really, even if it means he has to actively swim. ]

I'm-- [ cough, and starting to tug his way up towards shore. ] I've been better.

[ It's so obvious she didn't mean to do that that he's just embarrassed instead of angry. ]

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	pushedback 2016-07-22 08:16 am UTC (link)
	[ Yeah, she's feeling kind of bad here, trailing behind him in the water to make sure he's fine and not dying. ] I'm so sorry, I thought you heard me approaching — can I do anything? Do you need me to pat you on the back? [ Or is that for choking. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

melioristic
2016-07-28 06:21 pm UTC (link)

No, thank you. [ Wheezing a little but that's just because any amount of exercise is pretty exhausting pretty fast. Ugh. He does cast her a sideways glance, and nitpick. ] --Back-patting is not part of the standard first-response to near drowning.

[ well look you might need to know that in the future??? ] [ then, with no particular transition, looking away again: ]

If it wasn't your intention, you seem to have misplaced part of your suit.

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pushedback
2016-07-29 04:00 pm UTC (link)

[ Hey, she's drowned a lot more than you have, mister! She can figure out the standard first response to near drowning just fine! ]

Oh, that. [ She does sink down into the water a little more, not wanting to object him to her jubblies if he's not comfortable with it (and she suspects he might not be). ]

To misplace it I would've had to bring it in the first place. Kind of felt like the right time for skinny dipping.

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	melioristic 2016-07-31 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	[ i, is drowning a lot... something to be proud of... D: ] [ Lelouch feels a tiny crooked smile tugging at the corner of his lips. ] I see. Well -- I don't know that I'd recommend that, but if you aren't shy... [ Then, the smile fades. ] --Would you call yourself shy normally? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2016-08-01 02:31 am UTC (link)
	Nuh-uh. Life's too short to waste on shyness. [ She walked across the dome in nothing but high heels and a trenchcoat not too long ago. Hey, her then boyfriend needed lunch. What better way to deliver it? ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	melioristic 2016-08-23 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	Good. [ He has no idea how questionable that sounds, just... would not occur to him, ever. And then, because he's more talkative in Botani than he would be ordinarily, he continues: ] Some of us are likely doing things we'll regret later. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2016-08-24 04:03 am UTC (link)
	Life is too short for regrets too. Take it from me. [ Although, that makes her curious. ] Have you done something to regret? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	melioristic 2016-08-24 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	That's-- [ there is no part of what happened yesterday with Euphy that he does not regret, but ] A ridiculous conclusion to leap to. I'm making a general observation based on the inhibitions-lowering effect of this place. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2016-08-25 08:23 am UTC (link)
	Uh-huh, and I'm bringing it to a personal level because general observations are horse poop and you know it. Talk about something real already. And I wasn't jumping to conclusions. I was asking. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	melioristic 2016-09-13 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	[ F, fluster. ] I-- How is a warning based on general observations not real?! [ Not that he was quite going so far as to warn, but. There was concern! ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pushedback
2016-09-14 02:52 pm UTC (link)

Because it's not personal. It's.... it's nothing. It's something you say to a shallow acquaintance as you pass them in the grocery store, oh Mr Saltzmann, don't forget your umbrella, it looks like it might rain! Give my love to the missus!

And right now that's beside the point because it looks like you're about to dissolve so I already know I'm on to something.

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	1/2 melioristic 2016-09-15 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	I don't-- [ Trying to tamp down on the instinct to flail more. Deep breaths to compose himself, in fact! ] (Reply to this) (Parent)

	melioristic 2016-09-15 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	...It's affecting me on a low level at a more or less constant rate. I haven't gone swimming in the nude, or gotten a tattoo, or anything else fanciful. I've merely been thoughtless, and through thoughtlessness hurt -- someone very important to me. [ There. Controlled. Smooth. ] It's personal, but not particularly entertaining, I'm afraid. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2016-09-17 03:35 am UTC (link)
	[ Oh, she should get a tattoo... no! Focus, Chuck, focus! ] Have you apologized? Have you made it right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	melioristic 2016-09-21 07:43 pm UTC (link)
	[ His expression -- closes off, very slightly. ] Nothing I could say would make this right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2016-09-22 03:14 am UTC (link)
	Wow... what did you do? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	melioristic 2016-10-02 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	[ Pauses. Draws a breath. She means well, you can tell she means well. ] It's something of a long, personal story. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2016-10-04 05:47 am UTC (link)
	And you have so many other pressing matters to attend to? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	melioristic 2016-10-07 07:23 pm UTC (link)
	[ Smallest beat. ] You're not one to drop things easily, are you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2016-10-10 03:41 pm UTC (link)
	It's almost as if you've met me. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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