Zaelyn

Zaelyn had never heard of a Phoenix before- yet, the moment he said it, she knew that he was something fairly powerful. The word itself was powerful- and it clarified everything about fire that her eye had previously seen. Strangely enough, now she had the word bird on her head and she couldn't even understand it. All she knew is that it was likely related to Matt, or Phoenixes.

Following the boy quietly, she began to quietly observe some of the students her eyes laid on, and nearly instantly she reached a palm to cover the fiery orb in place of her right eye... Only to realize that her hat had fallen off when she leaped from Matt's roof and that her horns were fully exposed. She felt as ifs he was naked, completely revealed and couldn't help but blush slightly. There was nothing she could use to cover her horns, at all- and the simple thought of these students noticing them was enough to make her fairly insecure.

Still, she mustered what little confidence she had and sat at the same table as Matt, who was waving at someone who might be his friend- and said friend instantly ran over to Matt, pulling the boy in a hug before inviting him to the pool, even saying that he'd give Matt 'rainbow' cookies if Matt accepted. Meanwhile, two other students approached- one apparently dragged by the other. One of them introduce herself as Mercy and asked right after about coming to the pool. The other- Garden, Zaelyn couldn't help but think about mismatching sentences involving their names nearly instantly, but she didn't voice that. Instead, she introduced herself as well.

"Ah, hello Mercy," She nodded towards Mercy, then looked at Garden, nodding as well. "Nice to meet you too, Garden. I'm Zaelyn." Apparently, the students of Athalia weren't as bad as Zaelyn was actually expecting- they were quite friendly. The best part was the fact that they didn't even inquire her about the horns outright... Then again, they were likely used to that sort of... physical difference, right? That was Zaelyn assumed.

Andromeda thought his little grin was kind of cute, which made her blush, she looked at the ground, a shy smile on her face.
"Oh, uh... I didn't even do anything yet, and I'm already loving it! I'm getting a feeling this break'll be awesome. I'm gonna go rest around the beach soon. After I unpack my stuff, that is." he said.
"i haven't really done anything either, i'd really like to go for a swim but ... um, i ... i can't" she chuckled awkwardly a little.
'it has to be guys' she thought, 'i could talk fine with girls but guys i'm useless' she looked back up at Ryuu, having to tilt her head up slightly so she wouldn't look over the edge of her glasses and turn him to stone. she reached up and ruffled her snakes, they hissed lazily before laying back down against her head.
Ryuu had a funny look on his face that made her smile more, which just caused her blush top deepen.
'guys, what is it about the male species?' she thought.

Matt - Stop, you're embarrassing me!
As soon as Matt sat down, he was dive bombed by Darwin.
"Ack!" he yelped in surprise as Darwin "strangled" him.
"We're going to the pool, wanna come? I'll give you some if my rainbow cookies if you come!" Darwin shouted cheerily. Matt wished a hole would just open up below him and suck him up.
"Er... Maybe later..." he mumbled.
“Hey Matt, how are you doing?” Mercy asked.
"I'm fine." Matt said, then motioned to Zaelyn. "This is Zaelyn. Zaelyn, this is Mercy." he introduced.
“Are you coming with us to the pool?” asked Mercy.
"Not right now. I'm really thirsty at the moment. Though personally, I have no clue why one would need a pool on a tropical island." Matt replied, scratching the side of his head.

– Ara (A)

“Uhh, wow. That must have been pretty tough.” Ara told her, accepting the glass of ginger ale when it was placed in front of him. He was still feeling a little dubious about all the events, but he remembered what sort of place he had been accepted into. ‘I already have the undeniable proof that impossible-sounding events can sometimes happen: my very existence.’ He thought, nodding to himself and taking a sip of his drink. “But all that in just 2 days. It’s a wonder they can hold classes at all in that place.” Smiling a little, he followed along with a small raise of his own glass as Carmen raised hers to an invisible toast.

Then listening to Carmen start naming what people were left and right, he had to focus pretty hard to keep up and try to remember who was who. But efforts aside, he was probably going to forget it all by the time he left the bar. He could only be expected to remember so much in one sitting. Hearing another couple of questions from her, Ara shrugged and answered, “If I minded, you’d know.” He grinned a little, knowing he rarely ever held back his temper. “In general a Doppelganger is this being that acts like another ‘you’, but not quite. They look like you, act like you, and basically seem really similar to you but they’re actually completely different. Worst of all, as soon as your Doppelganger meets you, all these weird ‘accidents’ start happening around you until you die.”

Almost forgetting that he was talking to someone else, Ara growled in annoyance at the memory and gripped his glass so hard his knuckles were turning white. “So I met mine, and almost died because of it. I fought back though, and managed to survive.” His expression softening up a little again, he relaxed his grip a little and downed almost half his drink in one go. “But then I ended up fusing with the Doppelganger and became who I am now. You’ll probably meet her later on.” He purposely left out the more complicated bits about their existence. He was still bent on leaving the troublesome stuff to B. “Wow that was a mouthful. So if you’re not creeped out by how loose I am with my personal info, I want to continue our conversation and ask you to tell me more about yourself now.”

((Got permission from NarayanK to presume: “Nikola nonchalantly made Ara the drink he wanted.”))

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– Kathy

The blush on her face lightened a bit when she noticed Crash’s reaction to her quiet comment about how he was cute when he was not being evil. He seemed happy to hear it, and she was glad she had said something right.

“They have a bar here? How would you know if I was a minor?” Kathy began, “Yeah, it was listed in the pamphlet they gave us. And I know you’re a minor because I am and-!” She stopped there. After all this time, she had realized that she had arbitrarily assumed Crash was younger than her without ever checking his real age. ‘Uh oh. What if I’m wrong? Would that offend him?’ Finished pausing, she asked “Umm… And, I figured you were near the same age as me. So… Just how old are you exactly?” Then watching his sly grin, she was very much convinced that he was enjoying all this teasing business. ‘I need to devise some counter-measures for this…’ She thought, wondering if it was even possible to prepare for his ‘evil antics’.

“?” She was still gazing at the pool when she felt Crash’s fingers on her chin gently guide her face back to his direction. Confused, Kathy ended up staring back at him and caught his eyes. Clear and red eyes were gazing into hers, making it impossible for her to move. ‘H-How do I breathe again?!’ She thought, her mind beginning to fall into complete disarray as the blood happily rushed back to her cheeks again. She barely even heard his words of thanks for admitting the truth, not even being able to nod back in her current state. "Besides there are lots of other activities to do around here that don't involve deep water" Placing her free hand on her cheek, she managed to make a slight nod of her head to show that she had heard him. She wasn’t sure her heart could take much more of all this. Kathy had always found it ridiculous and laughed at Victorian women when they fainted from hearing a couple of surprising words in movies, but now she could almost sympathize with them. Too much blood going up to her head in such short intervals were certainly making her feel light-headed.

Seeing an unidentified flying object hit Crash in the head, Kathy wondered if this was also a fairly common occurrence or if this sort of accident was unusual for him as well. “You alright?” Judging from what he said, it seemed to be the latter. Picking the mirror up from the floor, she dusted it off and took a look at it. As expected, it failed to remain unscathed and had a large crack down the middle. Holding it up she asked, “Say, whose is this? It’s a bit damaged, but I think you may want this back?” She became distracted for a moment as she watched the small exchange between Crash and… Mercy, she believed? She had seen the lady with Crash during a few brief exchanges she had a few weeks ago. She became a little uneasy, wondering if Crash wanted to join with the group in front of them. Misinterpreting his glance, she told him, “Um… You can go along with her if you’d like.” At the last moment she managed to keep herself from adding ‘you don’t need to feel obligated to stay with me’. ‘Whew, I’m glad I caught myself in him. I feel like that’s a bad thing to say in any situation,’ She thought, ‘And there’s really no way to win. If he stayed after that I would’ve felt like I guilt-tripped him into staying and if he leaves I’m sure I would’ve sulked at the end anyway. That was a close call.’ Sighing in relief, she waited for a response from both Crash and the owner of the mirror she still held up in her hand.

Dendus
He was not surprised that the waiter made a fit of rage over the fact that he overlooked one glass of whiskey that was just beside him. When he threatened him to what seemed to be a bar fight, he just simply sat, facing the two people making their conversations. When the waiter guy however, angrily returned the money back, Dendus gave it again, uttering, "Here's a tip for you, bud. Have a good day, don't get too mad."

After the angry waiter finished his ranting, Dendus proceeded to take a shot of the glass. It was a bit stronger than he had expected to say, which made his face squirm a bit, but nonetheless it's still a good drink he had missed over all these days in Athalia, where there were no drinks served. To him, drinking was better than smoking, although he did both of them. Maybe because drinks had actual taste and hydration.

Darwin - Darwin and Matt 4 evah

Darwin grinned at Matt and released him from his grasp. "Awwww what a spoil sport Matt! Is it because you're a pheonix because that's racist if you're not allowed to cos your a Pheonix." He shook his head and walked back to the girls. "He loves me really, he just doesn't know it yet..." He chuckled and skiped back over to the girls. "Lets go to the pool then! I can't wait, I haven't bee in a pool for like.....5 years. Last time I accidentally turned into my unicorn form and nearly drowned."

He smiled at Mercy and Garden and said, "So.....do eiether of you need any sun cream, I've got buckedts of it for some reason" Wait....where was his mirror. He looked back to see a girl he had never met holding his mirror. "MY MIRROR!" He shouted in delight and smiled at the girl. "Thanks,,,,could I have my mirror back? It's so shiny...."

Garden

She gave another smile to Zaelyn , Sir Darwin came back form his friendly hugging form the other guy. "Lets go to the pool then! I can't wait, I haven't bee in a pool for like.....5 years. Last time I accidentally turned into my unicorn form and nearly drowned." Sir Darwin said to them with a smile, she couldn’t help with the thought of him drowning as a unicorn…that was actually a fun image but she told herself. ‘No Garden that is rude, you don’t think of people…but yet…’ She couldn’t help but to giggle even more with that though. She tried her best to control her laughter. "So...do either of you need any sun cream, I've got buckets of it for some reason" Sir Darwin asked, she shook her headas quickly she regain her composure. “Oh I don’t need any but thank you for asking Sir Darwin. What about you Lady Mercy. Do you need any?”

Mercy

Mercy lifted her hand in greeting as Matt also introduced her to Zaelyn. “Nice to meet you, Zaelyn” She smiled warmly again. Mercy looked a little disappointed with Matt’s answer but didn’t say anything else. “Good to hear you’re ok” She smiled at him. “I think it’s a good thing they have a pool, not everything likes salt water or sand. Pool’s are probably safer as well” She pointed out with a small smile. “If you guys change your mind come find us ok?” Mercy told them, following Darwin as he moved a little away from them.

Does he stay still for more than a second? She blinked as he basically told them he had almost drowned the last time he was in a pool. “Oh!” Mercy exclaimed, feeling her smile falter. “Well don’t worry we’ll make sure you don’t drown” She assured him. She raised an eyebrow at Darwin’s next question, it seemed innocent enough, she glanced at Garden as she denied his offer and turned to Mercy asking her if she did. “Probably, once I’ve found a sun lounger I’d be inclined to apply some but I’m ok for now...Oh my he’s off again” She sighed tha last part as Darwin was off again now bouncing towards Crash and another girl, she turned to smile at Garden. “I promise we’ll go to the pool, I just need to speak with my friend” She told Garden turning and pointing at Crash before she moved over to the group.

Mercy moved over to Crash and the girl with rust colored hair who she would assume was Kathy, she slid up beside Crash a smug smile crossing her face, she knew he was trying to avoid looking at her. I can’t not do this...consider it payback for your involvement with the shaving foam, shapeshifter Mercy waited for Kathy to answer Darwin before she caught the girls eye offering her a warm smile. “Hey! You must be Kathy right?” She stated, watching unease cross crash’s expression before he placed a hand to his face as if he knew this was coming. “I’m Mercy” She introduced herself. “Sorry I didn’t mean to interrupt I just thought I recognized you, Crash has been talking about you a lot for the last two weeks” Mercy explained, blow dealt she saw Crash visibly flush with embarrassment .

“Nice to-“ “Er-erm I don’t think I did I was just...telling Mercy about all of the other students” Crash cut across her, she felt herself grin at his childish glare. Deciding that was enough for now, she shrugged apologetically at Kathy, looking at Darwin. “Maybe I was mistaken...anyway we’re off to the pool, catch you two later” She waved goodbye with a grin on her face winking slyly at Crash as she turned and headed off, hoping Garden and Darwin would follow soon after. The pool wasn’t that far away just back outside the resort not far from the bar, Mercy moved over to the pools side subtly checking the temperature and the depth of the pool, she was quite content with this water...it wasn’t the sea, it was logical and controlled. She moved away from the edge moving over to a sun lounger and stripping down to a pale gold bikini top and tankini shorts, pulling her phone from her shorts pocket and momentarily playing with it whilst she waited.

Crash

“Yeah, it was listed in the pamphlet they gave us. And I know you’re a minor because I am and-!” Amusement danced across Crash’s eyes as he kept the sly grin on his face. It was funny because he had unintentionally thought they were the same age...yet again he hadn’t asked her. “Hmm...Well I’m 18 at the moment...19 in two months” He grinned at her, offering his answer happily. “What about you?” He asked, curiosity apparent in his eyes.

Crash rubbed his abused head. “You know why this happened right? You let go” He chuckled lightly, looking at the mirror in her hand. “I’m alright” He answered her first question, looking down at the mirror clutched in her hand. “Who carries a mirror around with them?” He queried, looking up at the assortment of people left in the bar area. Frowning at her as she gave him permission to join Mercy’s group...did she want him to leave? “I’d rather stay with you” He admitted in a low voice, rubbing the back of his neck as the top of his cheeks tinted pink. “Did you want something from the bar?” He asked quickly afterwards trying to shift his embarrassment. He looked up as the colorful guy Darwin exclaimed about the mirror, running towards them. Crash resisted the urge to clip him over the back of the head for throwing it in the first place but he contained himself. “It’s kind of broken now as well...” Crash pointed out to Darwin. “Sorry about that” he sighed, automatically taking the blame for the damage to the mirror as if it was his fault it was broken.

Crash glanced at Mercy as she moved to stand next to him for a moment; he noted the smug smile on her face and tried to avoid looking at her. Oh god, please don’t... He put a hand to his face as Mercy introduced herself to Kathy. “Er-erm I don’t think I did, I was just...telling Mercy about all of the other students” He stuttered cutting across Mercy, giving her a look that undoubtedly meant bugger off. He tried to stop the blood rushing to his face, he had been dreading Mercy enrolling into Athalia. “Maybe I was mistaken...anyway we’re off to the pool, catch you two later”He glared at her as she grinned at him, offering a sly wink before she moved off towards the pool. I know she’ll be invaluable if demons attack...but she’s going to destroy my social life It was like having an older sibling about, one that took pleasure in his embarrassment.

Little Feather & Lion - Assault of the broom stick wielder!

Little Feather looked at both of her companions shaking her head but smiling. “Of course you’re right, he’s probably causing havoc down there” She sighed as they both answered with a no. She looked up as she heard a shrill cry escape the small shack. She pulled a face and rushed down the hill towards the shack, sure that Dani and Seven would be following her as she did. She rounded the corner breathlessly as she hadn’t dared to breathe as she ran. Her pale seaweed green eyes instantly found Lion’s bulk running along the beach as an old lady chased after him with a broom stick, trying to batter him with it.

“Rotten lion! That was my barbecued chicken, you spit it out you blighter!” Lion was running around with a plastic basket stuck on his head so he couldn’t even see where he was going. Little Feather couldn’t contain the laughter that burst free of her chest at the sight before her, she actually had to clutch her sides after a while as she felt a stitch coming on. I can hear you laughing! Help me! Lion yowled at them, grumbling as the broomstick thwacked the basket on his head. “haha, no chance Lion” Little Feather laughed, finally calmly herself enough to speak. She moved inside the food shack, allowing Lion to stew in his own mess for a while. He needed the exercise anyway... “What is best to eat here?” She asked Seven and Dani, a little unsure of what was really being offered.

Dani - Save the lion! ...Or not...
Little Feather dashed off towards the little restaurant when an angry scream came from inside, with Dani close behind her. When he arrived, Little Feather was laughing at the commotion. Dani peaked inside to see Lion being chased around by a women with a broom stick.
“Rotten lion! That was my barbecued chicken, you spit it out you blighter!” the women yelled.
"Why on earth was that women carrying around a broom stick?" Dani wondered aloud as he watched the battle.

“What is best to eat here?” Little Feather asked the two boys. Dani looked up at the menu.
"Hm... It depends. What kind of stuff do like? For example, I wouldn't suggest the Buffalo Wings if you're a vegetarian." Dani said.

Meanwhile, the spectre was wondering to himself why he went to a restaurant without a stomach.

– Kathy

Kathy failed to hide the surprise appear on her face when she heard Crash’s age. ‘He’s older? And by almost 2 years?’ She was really glad she never actually admitted how old she thought he was. “I’m 17.” Then she asked, “In just 2 months? Tell me when your birthday is exactly so I can celebrate it with you. If… You’ll let me of course.” Hesitating a bit at the last part, she wondered if it was actually weirder to ask for permission. ‘Better slightly awkward than rude, right?’

“You know why this happened right? You let go” For a moment she was a little confused, but then she understood his joke and broke out into laughter. Smiling she told Crash, “We should have a test run for a whole day then, and see how that works out.” Only joking, Kathy failed to see how that could be interpreted. Her smile grew even wider when he admitted that he would rather stay with her. “Really? You don’t mind?” She was obviously relieved and very happy that he wanted to stay with her. Too delighted to catch onto Crash’s embarrassment, she failed to capture the perfect time to get back at him for all the teasing he had done. Nodding to his question about the bar she told him, “Yup. Walking around on a warm island like this with tropical drinks makes the perfect vacation image right?”

Then seeing a purple-haired guy (Darwin) with the most colourful swimwear she had ever seen, Kathy held the mirror out to him. “No problem, here.” Before she got a chance to point out the large crack down the middle of the mirror, Crash beat her to it and said, “It’s kind of broken now as well... Sorry about that.” She looked at the shapeshifter with an eyebrow raised. “Sorry for… Cushioning it with your head? It would’ve probably shattered into pieces if it just hit the floor first.” Turning back to the owner of the mirror (Darwin) she told him, “It’s really not his fault. This suddenly flew over and hit him on the head… I’m not sure why or how though.”

Hearing another voice call out to her by name, she turned to see the lady from before walk over to them. Nodding she said, “Yes, I’m Kathy.” She was going to add ‘nice to meet you Mercy’ at the end, but apparently Mercy was not yet done with her greeting so Kathy decided to wait and listen first. Tilting her head a little at the exchange between Crash and Mercy, she looked at them feeling rather confused and knowing there was something she was missing out on here. ‘Maybe he was telling her about how unresponsive I was over the 2 weeks?’ Coming to a plausible, but completely wrong answer of her own she another pang of guilt. She quickly shook her head and refused to let another dark mood settle in. She had assumed Crash cutting Mercy off was because of the awkward mood that had been between them when they talked about it before. “Bye Mercy, hope you see you around later.” Smiling, she waved goodbye as Mercy left.

Oddly enough, Kathy didn’t feel the odd jealousy she had at the cafeteria with that other random girl. ‘Hmm… So there was something wrong with me that time after all?’ She thought, confused but glad she wasn’t going to cause trouble again. “The two of you seem close.” She commented lightly, still in a good mood. “But did something happen? You were glaring at her the whole time.”

Nikola nearly flipped out when some random, dark-haired girl popped up right in front of his face. She apparently showed interest in... E.A.R. Well, it was no surprise: he had been asked numerous of times about the particular shoulder-mounted arm. He invented it: so what? It was just a mechanical arm, right?

The inventor had no idea that not many people tended to lug around mechanical arms for their own preferences.

"You seem to be... interested in my superior handiwork," the masked man said, reaching out for a new glass to clean. E.A.R. had morphed back into its regular form, which shyly waved at Liam with a pink blush of light emitting out of its palm. It seemed to be glad to receive so much attention from others.

"...And no, you cannot have it. However, when the academy is rebuilt, a special Engineering class will open. You just might be able to replicate something like this after some practice."

The mechanical arm whirred, slowly extending itself and entering the kitchen. Nikola simply resumed to washing the glass, hoping that Liam scrammed away. He needed to do his job right at the moment, after all.

The masked inventor, however, was obviously using his job to purposefully not spend time at the beach.

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Ryuu kept his smile wide and nice and awesome and-

Why am I just standing around here and smiling? Omg, Ryuu plz...

But alas, the view at the melon farm, even if he was forcing himself not to look at it, had a powerful presence. So far, he managed not to look at them (again), but he was on the verge of just granting himself the next sight to eternal satisfaction.

Why, however, could this woman not swim? Was it because...?

"...Er, you know," Ryuu said, with an unintentionally devilish grin (he just looked naturally evil to many people), "I can teach you how to swim if you're not good at it! Swimming's easy if you know how to do it, unless there are possible technical errors that could arise during swimming...?"

The otaku wondered if she either just needed help with swimming in general or with some problem involving her body's condition.

An angelic thought of him teaching Anedine how to swim crossed by his head.

Her patch of melons-

Ryuu suddenly covered his nose, still holding that grin of his. He just barely blocked blood from shooting out like two Noah's arks crashing out of clogged pipes. He awaited for Andromeda's answer, and absolutely did his best not to take a peak at the melon field in front of him. He could not tell whether this was torture or not, but either way, he was honestly sort of enjoying the vacation even before he got to do anything special.

Garden

“I promise we’ll go to the pool, I just need to speak with my friend” Lady Mercy said as she walked towards one guy with red hair and a girl with red hair but a bit more rust colored. She gave a nod as Lady mercy went off to talk to her friends. For that moment she united her hair and fixed her hair. As Lady Mercy came back she had followed her towards the pool. She checked out the pool and was really excited to swim; she stayed at the edge of the pool while waiting for the two, removing her boots but carefully enough to not touch the floor but the water. It somehow that water didn’t affect her ability to leave a trail of flowers where she walked without her boots that made it really easier for her to swim. She put her feet at the water and waited for the others. Garden was happy; this will defiantly be a good break for everyone.

Seven

As they went to the shack where Mr. Lion went he could immediately hear someone shouting. “Rotten lion! That was my barbecued chicken, you spit it out you blighter!” An old lady was chasing Me. Lion with a broomstick while he had a bucket on his head…”HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Oh…MY…GOD…” Seven ended up rolling on the floor, clutching his stomach from to much laughter. “I can hear you laughing! Help me!” He heard Mr. lion yowled at them but he continue to laugh. “HAHAHAHA!!! I can’t…I am sorry!” He clutched his sides; it was hurting so bad yet he didn’t care. Even little feather didn’t stop Mr. Lion. As they both calm down Little feather was able to ask.

“What is best to eat here?” Dani replied by saying. "Hm... It depends. What kind of stuff do like? For example, I wouldn't suggest the Buffalo wings if you're a vegetarian." Seven stomach growled a little bit…he was sure hungry, he wlooked at the two. “Well I know what I want…some raw fish and grilled chicken….” He sort of drooled with thinking about it.

Dendus
The last drops of the golden-brown, alcohol-ridden bitter fluid in the glass went right down to his throat finally as he made his last sips of the drink. Dendus put the glass aside on the bar table, near where the server-guy was which was now making conversations with another student. The man, just like every other guy in Athalia, has an affinity for strange energies like magic and psychics and other stuff. Since he works at this island, there could be an implication that this ridiculously-named mass of foliage-covered, semi-dry mass of soil is owned by the Academy itself, unsurprising for a school that rejects nearly every applicant that wants badly to come to their place.

The others were already getting ready for a swim in the clear, blue pool. Dendus remained sitting on his bar stool, but in a matter of moments now he'll be coming into the waters. as he began to think of taking a dip in the waters. He just needed to see whether the pool is warm or cold judging by the reactions of the people making a swim, and then he'll be going in the pool.

Anedine
For some reason Isse just went inside his house and slept while she was playing in the sand, all he said was that even just the boat ride made him drowsy and tired enough to make him go for an noontime sleep. Putting that aside, Anedine finally decided to make a change of clothes and go right to a swim. She immediately ran to her house, dressed up for a bit and came out with a new outfit.

With just extra sunscreen in hand, Anedine began to take the path towards the resort, going for a pool swim first before going right into the salty, blue seas.

Andromeda realized she was still on the ground and stood up, brushing sand off of her lower body.
then Ryuu said "I can teach you how to swim if you're not good at it! Swimming's easy if you know how to do it, unless there are possible technical errors that could arise during swimming...?"
Andromeda blushed again when he suggested that "oh well, the only real problem is ... um well, i have to keep my eyes covered at all times, in some way shape or form, i mean you can't be able to see them or ... well, bad things happen, i would really like to learn ... i just ... i don't know how i would" she realized he had his hand over his nose and had apparently put it there at some point during her ramble "are you ok?"
she brushed back a snake that had decided he wanted to be right in front of her eye, they can be such annoyances some times, but there wasn't exactly anything she could do about them. she awaited Ryuu's answer.

Darwin

Darwin simply nodded at a Garden when she said she didn't need any sun lotion, Darwin thought that was pretty risky...but oh well. He turned to the guy with his mirror, he seemed nice enough, odd but nice. Darwin took the mirror with a giant grin and hugged it to his face. "It's ok!" He exclaimed to Crash. "I break mirrors all the time...this is my fifth this week."

With that he went back to Garden, "So.....pool?" He was getting bored now and he felt like he needed to cool down. And....he'd ran out if skittles, good job he had made some new friends, they could lend him skittles. He chuckled and waved for Mercy to come with them to the pool.

Crash

Crash noticed the surprise on her face as he told her his age, he was a little surprised at her age. Well that was unexpected...I thought she was at least the same age as me. Don’t tell her that... He felt his face color at her offer, he hadn’t told anyone that information for a while yet he felt a strange warmth at her words. “Hmm, only if you promise it can just be our secret. It’s not a big deal” Crash murmured his answer, trying not to become cagey on the subject; he was regretting mentioning it now.

Crash smiled widely as she laughed at his jest, he took it as a good thing, though his eyebrows rose in surprise at her next comment. I think that’s a fantastic idea... He frowned at his own thoughts catching that particular one before it rolled off of his tongue. “Erm...” He murmured trying to think up a reasonable response to that. “Yes and of course not” He answered her, watching the obvious relief cross her expression and noticing how happy she was with his answer.

Crash grinned at her though it shifted to a more thoughtful expression at her comment on the bar. “The perfect vacation image?” He chuckled at the idea. “Sure I could see you heading the brochure” He winked at her again. She’d walked into that one...That was a little too easy...should probably tone it down Crash wasn’t quite sure where it was coming from though. “Anyway, I meant did you want me to go get you a drink or are you going to push through all these people as well?" He asked her a moment after his previous statement.

Crash had his hand resting on the back of his neck when Kathy gave him a look and raised an eyebrow at him. Oh right...not my fault He shrugged at her listening to what she said about the mirror. “Glad to be of service” He saluted Darwin after Kathy's first comment, a smirk crossing his face though it faded quickly to avoid being bashed for being a git. He frowned as the guy hugged the mirror to his face. OK, this is weird...is this guy a few skittles short of a pack? he thought of skittles because of Darwin's interesting wardrobe choice he blinked as Darwin left them. "That was...unexpected" he murmured unsure what else to say about that meeting.

Crash had been so flustered he hadn’t realized Kathy’s reaction until he was finally brave enough to look at her, hearing her say her goodbyes to Mercy. Oh please don’t bump into her later... He inwardly groaned at the idea, he was more than likely overreacting but he couldn’t help it. He momentarily tensed as she commented on how close they seemed, feeling an alarm go off in his head he turned to look at her visibly relaxing when she seemed to have said it in a light hearted manner. Though he was wondering whether it was a trap...yet again honesty was always the way forward. “I suppose we are” He shrugged with a smile. “Mercy picked me up when I needed it, gave me a place to stay and got me into the Academy. You could safely say I owe her a lot, consider her family” He told her though he dropped his voice as if not wanting anyone else to hear him. What she said next threw him a spare...he looked at her with a questionable gaze for a moment longer than was probably comfortable.

Seriously? She didn’t get what Mercy was on about did she...Naive? Or what other conclusion could she have come to Crash lifted his hand to the back of his neck for the fourth time in the space of the last 15 minutes, he wasn’t sure how to answer her question he really didn’t want to pull Kathy’s attention to what Mercy had said but how else was he supposed to answer? “I was glaring because she has a terrible tendency of trying to embarrass me in front of people” Crash put forward, hoping he had covered the question without hinting too much. “Anyway, how about that drink...” Crash grinned at her, before moving towards the bar unsure of what could be considered a ‘Tropical’ drink, as his eyes settled on the bartender, he felt his stomach drop...he really hoped Nikola didn't recognize him, he'd been kicked out of his class for breaking 3 expensive bits of kits within the space of a half hour, though in his defense that particular day had not been his best.

Mercy

Mercy glanced over at Garden hovering by the edge of the pool. “Just go for it” She grinned at Garden nodding towards the pool, she hadn’t decided whether she would actually go into the swimming pool yet, sunning herself did seem like a good idea if not a boring one. She glanced at her phone again pained look crossed her expression. Still nothing...this is really happening She threw the phone down onto the sun bed getting to her feet with a sigh, she decided to take the initiative moving swiftly over to the pool she sprung into a dive cutting into the water with minimal splash as she plummeted into the watery depths, she was able to quell the sudden panic that automatically rose in her chest at the sting of the warm water by opening her eyes a white film appearing across her eyes acting as safety lenses against the strong chlorine water.

She was rather glad it seemed to have been warmed by the sun, she swirled beneath the water her hair fanning out behind her as she slowly swam along the bottom of the pool after a few moments she kicked her way back to the surface, breaching it with a small gasp as she sucked air into her lungs happily treading water seemingly content in the knowledge she was in the safety of a pool.She swam over to Garden splashing water at the other woman with a devious smile, before lifting a hand to wave at Darwin. "You're missing out" She called to him, of course he wasn't really missing out on anything but...the more people that joined in the better right?

Little Feather

Little Feather glanced at Dani grinning. "I would hazard a guess that the broomstick belongs to this place?" She offered in answer to Dani's question. Looking over at Seven with a grin as he finally managed to calm himself down, she heard his stomach growl hungrily. "Well I'm not feeling overly hungry so I'll just see whether they have any raw meat Lion can have, I'm sure he shouldn't be eating barbecued chicken...he'll start complaining about getting flabby" Little Feather mused, glancing at Dani. "I...don't really remember what I like, it's all a bit new having to eat to maintain myself" She shrugged at him.She looked up at the man behind the counter, it looked as if he had already laid out the food whilst they talking he looked at them expectantly.

Lion was finally able to break away from the old lady and came barreling into the restaurant, falling on his face as he collided with a chair the bucket flew from his head. Ah ha! I can see now she won't be- Lion begun to grumble, however it turned into a high pitched yowl as the broom thwacked down on his head hitting him square between the ears. "There! That ought to teach you, bad dog" The elderly lady grumbled at him, hitting him again for good measure. Little Feather winced hiding her mouth behind her hand to conceal a smile as the abused lion came to stand next to them his tail hanging between his legs. Don't you ever let me do that again... He whined giving Little Feather his best 'puss in boots' look, which made her giggle. "Learn your lesson" She shook her head at him, watching his eyes flicker to rest on the food tail wagging wildly behind him. "Do you guys have plans today?" She asked them both as she pulled Lion's food from the counter the words 'Free today' as she moved outside the shack putting the raw meat on the ground she didn't even get a chance to see what it was before Lion was ripping into it.

Garden

“Just go for it” Lady Mercy said as she dive into the pool, leaving a small splash just enough to lightly hit her. She watched Lady Mercy swam through the water with quite grace. When Lady Mercy emerged form the water she swam to her and lightly splashed her with water. "Haha!" She giggled as she removed the semi white see through skirt tied around her waist. "You're missing out" Lady Mercy called out to Sir Darwin, Garden gave a wide and happy smile then took a deep breath as she plummeted right to the water. It was blurry but things got clear enlightened for her to see.

She did spins, twirls, little underwater flips while she swam. Se slowly emerged from the water taking some small gasps of breathes. "Wah~ That feel so good~" She said gleefully as she pulled back her drenched hair that covered her face. The flowers on her hair changed into water lilies and multiple lotuses. She dive back down into the waters continue her sort of dance at the waters.

Seven

He enjoyed the little show of Mr. lion and the old lady with the broomstick. "There! That ought to teach you, bad dog" The elderly woman grumbled at Mr. Lion with a finally hit on the head, Seven landed in the floor laughing his heart out. " Don't you ever let me do that again..." Mr Lion said as he came back with his tail between his legs. " You fault~" Seven mewled out to the sort of beaten Lion. "Learn your lesson" Little feather shook her head at Mr. Lion. Seven gave out a small chuckle. "Do you guys have plans today?" She asked, Seven tilted his head, he never wanted to be at the little and yet since the Circus was at world tour...he couldn't catch up.

" I don't know... I was planning to maybe stay at the house they assigned to all of us but I don't know, maybe hunt a little. There got to be some interesting wild life to eat here!" He told them as he grabbed a raw fish from the counter and started to eat it.

- Dani -
"I would hazard a guess that the broomstick belongs to this place?" Little Feather grinned. Dani laughed.
"That actually makes sense!" he said with a smile. He glanced around, watching the lion get chased by the women for a while.
"Well I'm not feeling overly hungry so I'll just see whether they have any raw meat Lion can have, I'm sure he shouldn't be eating barbecued chicken...he'll start complaining about getting flabby." Little Feather said.
"Flabby?" asked Dani, raising an eyebrow.

"I...don't really remember what I like, it's all a bit new having to eat to maintain myself." Little Feather said.
"Wait... What? How come you didn't have to eat before?" Dani asked, walking around the mess Lion made as he made his way towards the counter.
"We'll take a couple of orders of raw meat, and a salad." Dani said, assuming that Little Feather would be fine eating vegetables.

– Kathy

“?” Kathy wondered why he wanted to keep his birth date a secret, but didn’t feel the need to ask. Besides, it made her feel a little… Special, so to say, that he wanted to keep it a secret between the two of them. “I’ll keep it a secret.” She nodded, but noted he seemed oddly unenthusiastic about the idea of his birthday. ‘I thought everyone loved birthdays. Celebrations, free gifts… Cake.’ But she kept her thoughts to herself, knowing she had no way of knowing everyone’s circumstances about certain matters.

Pouting a little, she attempted another gentle shove on his shoulder as he winked at her. ‘He’s enjoying this. He’s definitely enjoying this.’ Then hearing his question, she paused to consider the options for a moment. Kathy answered, “I’ll come with you.” With accidents that had already occurred so far, she wasn’t entirely sure it was a good idea to have Crash handle two drinks through that crowd.

Listening to what the other boy (Darwin) had to say, her eyes widened. “Fifth one?” Kathy repeated, surprised to learn that someone (Darwin) who seemed to love his mirror that much would own and break so many. Before she could help it, she glanced over at Crash wondering if the boy (Darwin) was a kindred spirit. As the boy (Darwin) in rainbow swimming trunks left, she heard Crash say, "That was...unexpected" To that, she gave a small laugh and said, “Remember, in Athalia the unexpected is the new expected. You never know who you might meet next.”

Kathy smiled warmly as she listened to Crash tell her about him and Mercy. “I’d really love to get to know her better, she sounds like a great person.” Blushing a little she added in a small voice, “And… Since Mercy got you in here, it’s thanks to her that I got to meet you.” Then noticing the questionable gaze on her she fidgeted a bit, feeling a little uncomfortable and wondering what she could have possibly done in such a short exchange. ‘He’s done that a lot today.’ She thought, momentarily distracted by Crash’s hand going back to his neck again. Finally answering her question he said, “I was glaring because she has a terrible tendency of trying to embarrass me in front of people” A grin making its way to her face, Kathy made a small cough and commented, “Oooh, is that why?” Nodding to herself she thought, ‘I think I just found someone that can teach me how to get back at Crash for all the teasing.’

Glancing over at the bar again she nodded, “Okay, let’s go over now. Lucky for us, the crowd’s thinned out a bit too.” Following Crash there, she noticed around the same time he did that the bartender behind the counter was actually a teacher. Smiling, she waved at him. “Hello Mr. Lovelock, it’s been a while.”

Dendus (with a bit of Anedine)
From his reddish eyes to the cheery and somewhat relaxed-looking Lady Mercy, he came to the conclusion that the pool was warm enough to be comfortable to his body. Leaving his sunglasses behind with a trusting smile to the bartender, he took one step forward to the ground on his slippers, then another before realizing he forgot to tell to the man back there in the bar what he wanted him to do.

"Take care of that sunglasses, and keep the tip i gave you back earlier. I'll take a dip in the pool."

After waving, Dendus immediately ran to the pool area, took off his slippers and ran again towards the large water basin itself. He jumped with a big splash, soaking the nearby floors and spending a second underwater before rising up again.

"Oh, right. It is warm."

Then another swimmer hopped in the pool, a white-haired girl in normally revealing clothes but normal by beach and swimming standards. The splash was fairly small, but it did send a wave bouncing on the borders of the water-filled shallow pit.