I wouldn't wanna be anywhere else but heeeeeeere...

Enjoy a nice hot day on the beach, with the sun shining, the water glistening, the sand... being sand...

Do beachy stuff here.

But be careful - sand gets everywhere!

::Still sleepy from her nap, Ash blinks in and lands in the ocean::

"Ahh! Cold!"

::Practically leaps out of the water before clumsily swimming as fast as she can to shore. Trying to recover from that rude awakening, she plops down on the sand and catches her breath. Scowling at her wet clothes, she decides to make the best of it and starts building a sandcastle while waiting for her clothes to dry. Putting the final touches on it, she sits back to admire it...until the tide comes and washes it away::

"Just want one thing, just to play the king, but the castle’s crumbled..."

::Moving farther back from the water she begins making a new one::

::Chloe runs clumsily across the beach about a hundred yards from where Ash sits making her sandcastle. After falling once and getting sand everywhere, she finally slows and enters a random hut.::

::Hears someone yelling and generally being loud, so Ash looks up just in time to see Chloe running across the other end of the beach::

(Uh, is she okay? Maybe I should go check or something....)

::Standing up and brushing the sand off her still wet clothes, Ash stands and follows after Chloe to the Random Hut::

(Keep your wits about you... Watch that evil thing carefully... Or make an excuse to leave.)

"Umm... I think I'm ok now. I just need to go... home. Thanks..."

::She hurridly walks across the sand, heading to CW Apartments, hoping very much that Ash does NOT follow... all she needs it to be hanging out with an evil thingy and get all eposed and eventually dead... yeah. Home now.::

::Blinks quickly as she's suddenly on the beach and watches Chloe walk away::

"Uh...your welcome?"

(Okay I can tell when I'm not wanted. You try to help some people and what do you get?)

::Rolls her eyes and goes back to where she was building a sandcastle only to find it's been trampled on and destroyed by someone::

(Dammit! Just let my sandcastles live in peace!)

::Gives up on the stupid sandcastles and wanders off to do something else::

::After sitting on the beach under the hot sun for about as long as she could take it, Ash decides to go somewhere else::

(I wonder what else they've got around here. Has to be more interesting than just waiting for little kids to walk by so I can trip them and laugh when they get sand all over their ice cream. Or knowing my luck it won't be. Meh. What the hell.)

::Strolling along the beach until she spots a rocky cliff, she ventures into the Caves and damns the double post::

:: Prieto shimmers in, a little too high, wich causes her to land on a sand hill and glide down. Yes. The sand is now everywhere ::

(Damn it! This sand is everywhere...)

:: After thinking exactly what I said she looks around the beach ::

(Ah. What a place to be. I missed this...)

::Paz runs onto the beach, still dragging Justin behind him.::

"Fuck!"

::He looks behind him for signs of the beast and then collapses onto the sand, dragging Justin down with him. The blood pumping through his body making his wounds sear with pain, the sand irritating them. He speaks through deep gasping::

"You...ok?"

::Justin climbs up onto his knees, overlooking Paz. He notices Paz's wounds, now being attacked by small grains of sand.::

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's you i'm worried about. We have to get you... somewhere. I'm not even sure where we are. Wait, there's a hut over there, maybe there'll be something inside I can clean you up with. Can you walk?"

"Yeah."

::He slowly gets up, using Justin as a support. He takes a step forward and stumbles, leaning against Justin.::

"Give me a hand beautiful?"

::He chuckles softly as he wraps his arms around Justin's shoulders, relying on him::

::Justin smiles a little at Paz, worry still showing in his eyes.::

"For you? Anything."

::He walks the bleeding Paz over to the random hut.::

:: Prieto slowly wakes up(Yes. She fell asleep) ::

(Damn. Did I lay my head on a rock, or something....)

:: Rubbing her head, she realises that she actually did lay her head on a rock. Moron ::

"Pah. Pah you all!"

:: With that, she shimmers to Her apartment ::

::She pads lightly across the sand and leaps over a large hunk of driftwood. Seconds later she lands solidly outside the random hut, the trail of smell filling the air so thickly she could hardly control herself. With a feline hiss she kicks the door off its hinges and strides inside, fangs bared::

::Paz steps out onto the beach, the air hitting his bare chest::

"Homeward bound then. Lets hope we don't get attacked on the way."

::He looks around to see if the vampire is somewhere around, or if anything else is for that matter.::

::With his hand around Paz's waist, Paz's shirt in hand, points towards the direction of the city skyline.::

"I think home is that way. And don't jinx us. The last thing we need is to be attacked again. My limit is two per day. Come on Mr. Naked Chest, let's get going."

::Helping Paz along, Justin heads back towards the CW Apartments.::

::Paz smiles to himself as Justin helps him along his way::

(I do care.)

::He goes to CW apartments with the assistance of Justin::

::Petunius walks slowly on the beach, carefully scanning the place for some sign of...whatever it was they came here to look for.

(Phoebe? What exactly are we looking for here? The scrying obviously didn't work.)

::Phoebe hurries to meet Petunius, still reeling a little from his mishap in the cave.::

"I don't know. No, wait, I do know! We're searching for my sister Piper. And you're right. There's absolutely no sign of her anywhere. Paige located her like ten minutes ago and it was at the cave, so what're we doing on the beach?"

(I wanna have... um... anyways...)

::Petunius looks at her mischeviously, then quickly turns red again as he recalls his indiscretion in the caves.::

(Ditto. And this time without the embarrasment.)

::He quickly turns his attention to Vince and Paige, broadcasting his thoughts to them back at the caves.::

(Uh, guys? Remind me again what exactly we're looking for here. The scrying didn't show any sign of Piper's presence, so any particular reason why we're here?)

"Look, let's go back, and find them, and try the scry again."

::Takes Petunius' hand and leads him back to the caves.::

::Vince looks around and realises Phoebe and Petunius have gone completely. He sighs and goes back to Paige in the Cave::

::Lirie arrive to the land, de-liquidizing and glances around::

(God bless Mother Earth)

::She squeezes the water out of her hair and starts walking away, subconsciously remembering she wears no shoes since the idea of slippers is against her principles. Realizing there isn't much she can do about it, she decides she might as well walk to the Magic Shop::

(Healthy logic of a healthy mind...)

::Paz stops and looks out at the sea, mulling over his past experiences and current state of mind::

"Funny how when I want no excitement, there is too much. Then, when i'm bored there is nothing..."

::He sits on the sand and watches the waves like the shore::

"I always liked the beach though."

"Me too..."

::Patience muses as she removes her shoes and walks to the edge of the water. As she soaks her feet in the cool water she starts to drift off in thought.::

(Wow...this is so beautiful.)

::She dosen't even turn to acknowledge Paz as she addresses him.::

"It makes you feel so small dosen't it?"

"It really does."

::He stares out at the horizon, Patience at the edge if the vast expance of water::

"The whole thing does. I'm not so sure I believed in magic before I came here, believed in any of this. It's odd, in my own little world, then this new one is opened up, yet I still feel so small."

::He silently thinks and breathes in the fresh sea air::

(It's times like these you need to clear your head)

::Patience nodds in agreement before she spots a bright red shell and turns her attention to capturing it. Once accomplished she decides to take a few more.::

(Its so awesome that the beauty of nature is obvious in such a small thing.)

::She thinks as she studies her most recent addition to her collection. Once satisfied with the amount of shells she turns back to the beach and sits down next to Paz. Then she holds out her hand that was full of shells as if for inspection.::

"I guess I always knew that magic existed...I mean all you have to do is study a flower, or a spiderweb, or a shell...to feel its presance."

::Paz glances at the collective shells, captivated by their shapes and colours and inticate patterns, he looks up at Patience::

"Guess you're right."

::He closes his eyes and takes another deep breath, once opening them again he stretches::

"How about some fun now?"

::Patience cocks her eyebrow at the word fun.::

"What did you have in mind?"

::Patience stands up, wipes the sand off her jeans, and waits for the answer.::

"I don't know..."

::He stands up following Patience's example::

"...something witcheh!"

::He brushes off some of the sand from his legs while he thinks::

"A spell, for guidance or something. Or a ritual. A seance? Something non harmful, and not totally pointless. Oooh! Power practice."

::His face goes blank for a moment::

"I just got way to excited about that."

::Patience giggles at Paz's overenthusiam.::

"Power practice huh? Well thats all great for you...but the only human around here is you...unless you want me to hypnotise you and make you dance around in your birthday suit."

::Patience smiles playfuly.::

"That spell for guidance sounds interesting though..."

"Lets pass on my nakedness."

::He smiles and moves closer to the water::

(Now I have to just think of a spell)

::He looks around and spots a random hut::

"Lets go see if there is anything we can use in there. Maybe some candles or something?"

::He walks off, into the random hut::

::Paz walks back up to Patience before she has chance to enter the hut::

"Yeah, I don't want to go in there. My blood...everywhere. Brings back bad memories, mostly of pain, more blood and fangs..."

::He trails off and goes back to scanning the beach::

"Maybe that lighthouse will have something in it. Ok, I'm less interested in a spell, because I suck at them, I'd much rather just go be nosey."

::He walks off to the lighthouse::

"Yeah I suck at them too...all mine backfire..."

::Patience follows in tow to the lighthouse.

::Paz runs across the beach, the sand slowing him down a little::

(Ok, where the hell do I find the guy?)

"This better be goddamn worth it."

::He keeps running until he reaches CW apartment entrance::

::Patience plops down at the edge of the beach and places her feet in the cool water that is rushing it.::

"Man...it's such a pretty day...I'd love to go swimming...but I don't have a bathingsuit."

::Patience states to noone inparticular and soon notices that she is the only one for miles. She checks twice just to be sure.::

(I couldn't....could I?)

::Patience stands up bravely and grabbs at the bottom of her t-shirt. She looks around one more time before deciding that it was safe. She then procedes to fully strip.::

(What the hell am I doing? Nacked in public? I've never even been to a nude beach...ah screw it...I wanna swim...so I'm gonna swim damit! Power to the people yeah!)

::Patience ignors her overenthusiam and inches closer to the sea. She tests the temperature with her toe and it being warm enough...she jumps into the waves of the sea.

::Carys slumps down onto the sand and trails her finger through it, drawing her name::

(Sand is so cool. I should buy a beach and put it...and use it when I need some down time. From doing nothing.)

::Carys lifts her head and looks out to sea, admiring the dark blue of the ocean. Turning her head slightly, she spots Patience swimming::

(It would have to be a beach without an ocean though. Couldn't have naked people spoiling my view.)

::She shifts herself around until her back is to the sea::

(May as well let that woman keep her modesty. Anyway, I thought that was illegal? Maybe this is a nudist beach, it has that sort of feeling. Something a bit different about it. Though that could just be the caves and the crappy little lighthouse.)

::Patience strides right past Carys and to her cloths. She slips on all of her cloths and then turns to Carys to explain.::

"Um...hi Carys...its me..Patience."

(...and now you think I'm a nudist freak.)

"Well I don't usually do stuff like that...It was just really hot...and I didn't have a bathing suit...and no one was around..."

(Ok...run-ons never helped anybody.)

"It was just an impulse...and I'm throughly embarassed now."

( Ug...I hate when I go all...honest.)

::Carys looks up at Patience::

(Maybe it would be easier to make a joke of it. You're not a prude...just laugh it off.)

"Don't be embarrassed, I didn't mind. In fact, I enjoyed it."

::She grins at Patience::

(No, no, no! Too friendly. Damn, now I sound like a pervert!)

::Carys grin turns slightly hysterical as she tries to make it look like she was joking::

::Patience giggles at the girls remark.::

"Glad I was caught by someone with a sense of humor...and like I said...I don't usually do stuff like this."

( I really hope she dosen't tell anybody...fast...change the subject! I wonder if she knows what ever happened to that kid.)

"Oh...and that kid we were trying to help...she was a witch...and she kinda got away from us...did you ever see her again?"