Costa del Sol, Gaia -- Thursday Afternoon

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Rosalind was feeling quite smug today, it was true

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[wee_elena]

Rosalind was here! Rosalind had shown up and wanted to spend the day with her. Her and not the stupid stinky Turks she worked with and not the stupid booooooooss she thought was so great and not their Dad, either, but her.

Rosalind was writing her a note for school but Elena didn't care if she got in trouble from school and dad. She and Rosalind were hanging out. On purpose. Because Rosalind wanted to.

Elena had a very cute purple one-piece and was fidgeting. A lot.

"Are we really gonna go swimming?" she asked.

No, Elena. They had come all the way to Costa del Sol to play cards.

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"We're going to go swimming," Rosalind assured her, making sure they had their towels laid out on the bed. "Come here so I can put sunscreen on you."

People who lived under the plate did not get much of a chance to tan after all.

[wee_elena]

Elena poked her head around the bathroom door, mistrustful suddenly.

"But I like the sun."

She'd been out in the sunlight. Real sunlight. Wait till her classmates heard about that.

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"And there's nothing wrong with that," Rosalind said, not looking up from her inventory of the pile they were taking down to the beach. Sandals, towels, bottles of water... "But the sun will burn you and you don't want to be red and peeling, do you?"