Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Saturday Afternoon

[not_every_mage]

Anders had planned to go to the hotel first when he and Nathan got to town, but when the portal deposited them within sight of the ocean being inside seemed decidedly beside the point. He hesitated on the sidewalk and turned to his companion.

"Are you going to be disappointed if I want to swim before we do anything else?"

[OOC: For the guy with him, please. NFB due to distance.]

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[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," he replied, sliding his fingers over Anders' shoulders and down his back until he was pretty certain he'd gotten all the lotion rubbed in evenly. "I think you're good now."

[not_every_mage]

"Feels like it," Anders said, and moved to sit behind Nathan. "Your turn."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

Nathan hunched forward a bit, squinting out at the ocean. "Do your worst."

[not_every_mage]

"My worst can be pretty bad," Anders said, and went on to fail to demonstrate that at all by kissing Nathan's neck before rubbing in the lotion -- an extra cost on the scars first, then slow circles over the rest of his back.

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"How bad can you be at putting lotion on someone's skin?" Nathan wondered, amused. "That seems pretty impossible. Not that I'm asking for a demonstration or anything."

[not_every_mage]

"I was just talking," Anders shrugged. "I don't know. I could rub in sand instead. Decide to write my name on your back and leave the rest to burn. Probably could come up with more if I were feeling mean."

Which he wasn't right then, strangely enough.

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

Nathan laughed. "Those are pretty mean and I appreciate you not doing them. Sand would just hurt and probably stick to the lotion that's already there and your name would be funny but weird to explain to other people."

[not_every_mage]

"Only if you walked around with your shirt off," Anders pointed out, and then kissed Nathan's neck again before sitting back. "But I wouldn't do it anyhow. And there. We're covered and I am going to the water."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

Nathan nodded, smiling slightly. "I'll be right behind you. I'm just gonna get the towels and things out and take a drink of water."

[not_every_mage]

"That sounds like a good idea. I'll see you in a minute," Anders said, and took off across the sand. The water was colder than he'd expected, and rougher; he waded in about to his waist and then stood there, bobbing in the waves as he tried to workout whether he wanted to try to swim.

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

Nathan pulled the towels out of the bag, laying them out nearby before he took a few sips of water. With that done, he walked down to the water and waded in slowly, letting himself get used to the chilly water before diving on in.

[not_every_mage]

"Anders had been keeping an eye out for Nathan, so he wandered over once he emerged.

"It feels so cold after the sand," he commented, cheerfully enough. "I'm not read to dive under yet."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"It's not so bad," he said, reaching down and cupping his hands so he could scoop some water up and splash it o his chest and neck. "It wakes you up."

[not_every_mage]

"I was already awake," Anders said doubtfully, but copied the gesture anyhow. "...and now I'm even more awake. It feels good, though."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"You'll get used to it," Nathan told him, slipping down shoulder high into the water and dipping his face into the water briefly. "It's usually best just to get it over with but slow isn't terrible either."

[not_every_mage]

"Probably should just get it over with," Anders said. "The longer I think about it, the worse it'll be."

And with that he dove under the next wave, and came up spitting hair out of his mouth and laughing.

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"You all right?" Nathan asked him, snickering at the sight Anders made. "Wasn't so bad, right?"

[not_every_mage]

"Not other than the fact my hair's going to make me crazy, it wasn't," Anders agreed.

It was tied back, as usual, but that wasn't really much protection against the ocean.

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"No one's hair is safe when you're in the water," he replied, shaking his head. "My hair's not as long as yours and it'll still get in my eyes."

[not_every_mage]

"Probably that's why you don't see many fish with long hair," Anders joked, and dunked his head backwards again so at least his hair would be pointed in one direction.

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

Nathan started laughing and was still chuckling when Anders came back up. "I'm gonna be picturing fish with hair for the rest of the day, now. Wondering if maybe there's some fish out there that does have hair to prove you wrong."

[not_every_mage]

"I don't know, but now I really want there to be," Anders informed him. "Especially because they'd be completely ridiculous looking."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"It actually wouldn't surprise me if there was," Nathan admitted, shaking his head. "There's weird colored deer on the island. Why not fish with hair?"

[not_every_mage]

"I don't have a good answer to that," Anders admitted. "And even if there aren't any here, all that proves is we aren't in the right world for them. Somewhere in all the universes, there have to be hairy fish."

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'm not gonna go looking for them this weekend," Nathan said, ducking under water and staying there for a few seconds. The cool water felt good on his skin.

He popped up again. "Better things to do."