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Lake Party Water Post

Feb 10, 2007 09:09

The water is warm, almost too warm to be refreshing, and sparkles in the early afternoon sun as the squid frolics in the distance.

It's the perfect temperature for swimming, and the sun is the perfect temperature to make one need to swim.

So come on in. The water's fine.

emily the strange, yuna, nick carraway, pam beesly, barbara gordon, bart allen, rachel grey, lake party, carlotta brown, johnny private, maeve, molly prewett, elrond, mallory grace, ravin lichvell, merlin, katara, frank burns, angela edmunds, jet, father mulcahy, rapunzel, jack sparrow

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notjustnarrator February 10 2007, 14:53:50 UTC

Almost too warm.

Alllllmost.

Nick Carraway is floating atop the water in a very tacky pair of swim trunks provided to him by Bar.

He's almost asleep.

notjustnarrator February 10 2007, 18:30:20 UTC

There is more blushing. Why is he such a spaz today?

"St. Paul, Minnesota. 1926. You?"

mallory_grace February 10 2007, 18:34:45 UTC

"Connecticut, 2008. Just a little bit of a time difference between us."

notjustnarrator February 10 2007, 18:36:44 UTC

"A little bit," Nick repeats, chuckling softly as he begins to rub gently at his shoulders. "Any hovercrafts yet?"

mallory_grace February 10 2007, 18:39:05 UTC

She laughs at that.

"Well, they exist, but they aren't really common. Mostly they have tiny ones that are kid's toys. They haven't replaced cars, or anything."

notjustnarrator February 10 2007, 18:41:15 UTC

This gets an impressed whistle.

"I'm afraid an old-fashioned man like myself wouldn't be able to handle seeing such a thing."

And a chuckle! He's totally kidding.

mallory_grace February 10 2007, 21:33:42 UTC

She grins at him. "I'm sure you've seen much stranger things here at Milliways than a hovercraft. How long have you been coming here?"

notjustnarrator February 10 2007, 22:13:14 UTC

Excellent question!

"Um... a few months, I'd say?"

He thinks while rubbing the sunblock in. "I went East in October... yeah, so, about four months. I recently spent a week and a half back home, though, when my door came back."

mallory_grace February 11 2007, 01:25:40 UTC

"I've been coming in since October, but the door disappeared for me a couple of weeks ago."

She wasn't really pleased at the time.

"How long were you bound before the door came back for you?"

notjustnarrator February 11 2007, 13:41:54 UTC

"Hmm. Until last month. It came back after I realized my life had been kind of pointless, so when my door came back I went to go spend some time with my family."

mallory_grace February 11 2007, 19:18:30 UTC

"That's nice. Family is important, but sometimes I think it's easy to forget when they get on your nerves, or your life gets busy."

notjustnarrator February 11 2007, 19:22:21 UTC

"My brother can be a huge pain," he says, "but he's fun to drink with!"

Sometimes.

"And my niece is the most adorable little thing you'd ever imagine."

mallory_grace February 12 2007, 00:32:20 UTC

"It sounds like it was a good visit."

She misses her own family, more than she thought she would.

notjustnarrator February 12 2007, 00:41:07 UTC

"Um. Well -- yeah. It was. Sort of."

Totally avoiding the topic of ex-girlfriends, ho!

"What was behind your door?"

mallory_grace February 12 2007, 16:53:16 UTC

"Oh, Mom, younger twin brothers, elderly great aunt, school, work, fencing practice...I like to keep busy."

Yeah, not to mention the world of Faerie.

notjustnarrator February 12 2007, 22:27:26 UTC

"Fencing," Nick says, eyebrows raising. "I tried that once, back in college. Didn't do so well."

When his dad said he'd put an eye out with that thing, he almost did.

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