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[need_to_rule_it]

[something about adventuring around on a pirate ship makes you a little restless once you're home, you know? It's summertime, the weather is gorgeous, and there is just something about sailing out on the open ocean that Billy already kind of misses.

So... what else would he do about this but build a seriously awesome high-tech hammock? It was really

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[its_worthdoing]

[Willow is on her way back from her shift at the shop, her mind still slightly reeling from the Felix-is-a-girl revelation. It definitely made for interesting conversation.

Crossing the castle lawn, she stops short. The shape in that hammock is undeniably Billy. Willow is smiling before she can stop herself. She is aware of the shift, something clicking into place in her head. Two weeks on a pirate ship? Billy is not the only one with thoughts.

No, she definitely had thoughts too.

She walks over to the hammock, leaning down over him]

...hey.

[need_to_rule_it]

[he peeks his eyes up, squinting a little from the light as the sun has since moved to a place where the shade isn't quite going its job.]

Oh. Hey there. [--while reaching up to attempt to adjust the shade to be shady again. It's not as easy to do while laying in the hammock however]

[its_worthdoing]

[That --- does not look stable. Willow reaches out a single hand to hold the hammock on place to allow him to whatever it is he is doing.

What is he doing?]

[need_to_rule_it]

[oh, uh... the hammock doesn't like that. The little motor that is mechanically keeping the thing swaying makes an unhappy little noise. And then there is pop, followed by a whirring.

...That whirring matches up with it rocking the hammock a little more insistently now.]

Uh...

[the shade is fixed, but now the hammock itself is getting a little crazy]

[stalkershiki]

Oh, I totally know hwat you mean! Summer is just one of the greatest seasons... it's always so much fun!

[need_to_rule_it]

Well, I mean, I'm not totally crazy about Paradisa's version of it, but... yeah.

[stalkershiki]

You're not? Does... uh, does Paradisa do anything for the summer aside from what we've already seen? Anything... special?

[need_to_rule_it]

Well, let's see. There was the giant swamp and jungle from last year. And the demon attack... [thinking back]

[fantasycliche]

[ well she was headed for the castle, only... wow, what the crap. pardon her if she just stops and stares in something like utterly perplexed amazement. it doesn't even occur to her to ask about it, NOPE TOO BUSY STARING. ]

[need_to_rule_it]

[it'll take him a minute to notice. Right now he's trying to hit the motor lightly while still rocking in the hammock, trying to get it to stop making this weird noise]

[fantasycliche]

[ CREEPING. NEARER. and once she's close enough she'll just drop to a crouch for another angle on it. man who cares about that guy in it, this investigation is just all over the mechanics. ]

[need_to_rule_it]

[...there. The motor has been sufficiently knocked back into cooperation. The weird noise stops and the rocking mechanism evens out again. Time to sigh and lay back and enjoy--

OH HOLY CRAP.

Seeing a face so close causes a startled yelp, and enough flailing to nearly knock him out of the hammock!]