Beach [afternoon]

[momslilassassin]

It had been an extremely long and musical day, which was why Ben had fled to the beach as soon as his classes were over in the hopes that the song Captain Kirk had been singing would eventually get out of his head.

Naturally, he'd been on the beach all of a minute when he'd gotten his wish.

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[weetuskenraider]

A little while later, after a call home that still wasn't giving her much to work with as far as when she'd be going home and what she was going to be doing there, Tahiri came down to the beach herself. She'd been hoping to live down the embarrassment of kicking off the questions section of the briefing with a rousing chorus of "500 Miles," but found herself looking out over the water and singing something . . . not very cheerful, and not at all surprising.

It took another half hour or so to collect herself after that, but, a little sniffly still, she headed Ben's way when she spotted him.

"Tell me there hasn't been any more singing today?"

Yeah, she'd heard, even if she couldn't make out the words.

[[And of course that link is your fault. :D]]

[momslilassassin]

Ben jumped a little.

"I could, but it wouldn't be true," he said with a small smile. "I'm not sure which song was worse, Kirk's or Rimmer's."

[OOC: I AM NOT SORRY.]

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri gave him an apologetic smile, pretending to look like she hadn't been crying not too long ago. "I just sang at your dad, a whole bunch of Jedi, and a handful of military types over the comm."

[momslilassassin]

Ben pretended for the moment that he was buying that she hadn't been crying, and gestured to a patch of sand nearby. "Were they extremely impressed?" he teased.

[glacial_witch]

Karla had been walking up the beach, trying to find a place where, if she decided to burst out singing again, she wouldn't be around anyone else doing it.

Unfortunately, it sounded like someone else had had that same idea. She was about to turn around and go when she recognized Ben. Which pretty much killed any idea of leaving.

[momslilassassin]

Ben glanced up. "Hi, Karla."

Force, he hoped she hadn't heard any of his musical whining.

[glacial_witch]

"Ki--Hey, Ben," Karla said, stumbling over her usual greeting. She did have the decency to pretend she hadn't actually heard him singing. Oblivious to most social cues or not, one didn't just casually tromp all over someone's innermost feelings like that.

Besides, it wasn't like he'd meant to be singing them.

"Crazy day, huh? Rimmer was...more unbelievable than normal."

[momslilassassin]

He rolled his eyes. "I'm not sure which was worse, that song or Captain Kirk in Tactics singing about being on a boat when he clearly wasn't on a boat."