The gentle art of swimming...

[vendettaevey]

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What on earth had possessed her to agree to go swimming with Marcus?   As if she wasn't self-conscious enough about her appearance, now she was going to add a swimming costume to it?!?  Still, she'd agreed, mostly because she really did wish to spend more time with him, as always.   There was also the fact that he hadn't

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[ranger_alone]

Marcus hadn't had a lot of luck with the clothesbox, at first it was determined to give him woollen jumpers and winter coats (one of which he took just in case), and when he was finally able to convince the box that he needed something for swimming the options hadn't really gotten any more attractive.

He knew that he was running out of time, and with a sigh took the best of what was on offer. He also found a truly horrible towel, and had grabbed some water, fruit, a couple of the sugar cookies and sunscreen from the compound on his way out.

Returning to his hut, he packed his bag and quickly changed. He emerged a couple of minutes later wearing green swim shorts, a (thankfully) plain singlet top and some questionable footwear. He felt ridiculous, and he was wearing quite a bit less clothing than he was generally comfortable with

[vendettaevey]

Evey raised both eyebrows at the rather interesting outfit Marcus had ended up with. She did not laugh at all, though she had to admit she was a bit tempted. It would have been rude, though, and honestly she'd seen worse on others.

"I wasn't going to say anything," she defended herself. "That's not as bad as it could be, you know. I have seen worse."

[ranger_alone]

"I cant imagine what could be worse." he said with a grin. "Perhaps next time I'll try bribery."

[vendettaevey]

"I don't think you want to imagine what could be worse," she replied gravely, slipping on her sandals and picking up her mesh bag, then closing the door and beginning to walk with him to the waterfall.

"Bribery may work. The problem is finding something to bribe it with. You wouldn't want to give up any of the clothes you brought with you, after all."