Mercy
Mercy looked over at Garden, again her eyebrows pitching up in surprise. A queen in 3 years? I do not envy her that pressure... She gave Garden a grateful smile in answer to her speech, she felt better knowing Garden wouldn’t take offense if she slipped up. She didn’t falter as the bartender took her gaze, although his answer made a smile break across her face, she turned away when he looked down looking at Garden to see her reaction. She watched him taste it grinning at his rather explosive reaction. She leant her head in her hand as she watched Darwin speak to Garden, a unicorn? Could explain why he’s so colourful! Come to candy mountain Charlie... Mercy blinked in surprise as her friends voice entered her head, she bit her lip to stop herself from laughing remembering the details behind the quote. She barely heard Dendus order a whiskey and say something about a dozen dollars...all these young people were making her feel old; she was quite surprised he was old enough to have alcohol.
She phased back into the conversation slowly only catching the last part of Dendus’s speech but it wasn’t directed at her so she wasn’t overly bothered, she went to grab her smoothie, turning back to the bar with a frown as her hand gripped nothing but air... she then turned to the others realizing Dendus had a smoothie in his hand. “Hey...I was going to drink that...” Mercy frowned at Dendus, ‘was’ being the key word she wasn’t sure she wanted it back now. She glanced at Darwin remembering he had told Dendus to have one earlier. “Never mind you keep it now, I can’t risk whiskey being on the straw” She told him offering a small apologetic smile, why she was apologetic was a mystery. Mercy noticed the rather sophisticated looking woman sat just along from them, she couldn’t say she recognized her but she was sure she was from Athalia She was trying to decipher how she managed to fit that hat into a suitcase...she had been in the right mind to ask where she had gotten such an interesting accessory from, but she saw a guy she didn’t recognize either approach her and abandoned the idea altogether.
She heard Garden ask to talk about something else, though she snapped her head around as she heard an angry growl behind her seeing the barman snap angrily at Dendus she looked on tensely as the bartender spoke, her eyes rested on the mechanical hand that was wrapped around his neck glowing blue. “Hey! Take it easy” She warned the pair of them, frowning at the bartender’s words. She felt they had outstayed their welcome here...“Since the pool’s open why not move this gathering out to the pool Especially since Garden and Darwin are already dressed for the occasion? I’ll come and join you in a bit if you like, once I’ve ordered another drink” Mercy suggested to the others, with a small shrug accompanied by a smile, praying Dendus wouldn’t react to the bartender aggressively there was no need for confrontation.
Crash
Crash found Kathy’s contagious happiness spread to himself, her wide smile gave him a momentarily flutter in his stomach which he didn’t feel necessary to deny. He hadn’t seen her this happy before, it was a side of her he felt he wanted to see more often, there was also that part of him that felt rather overwhelmed at the possibility he may have caused that happiness. That idea made his pulse quicken and caused a smile of his own to wipe wash over his expression. He chuckled heartily as she playfully shoved his shoulder after his jest, keeping his balance.
He noticed the change in her expression, but he wasn’t sure whether to query it now or not. He was pondering on the idea when she burst out laughing, he turned to face her rapidly, a goofy grin crossed his face as he watched her clutch at her side. “Yes...” He reinforced laughing lightly as he lifted his hands helplessly and grinned sheepishly. “Breathe Kathy breathe!” He told her after a few moments, still grinning like an eejit. He noted the red flush to her cheeks as she finally quelled her laughter. He raised a coy eyebrow at her next comment, he wasn’t quite sure how to take that...yet again. “Does that mean you think I’m cute or a furry pain in the ass?” He questioned her with a devious smile.
After walking into the palm tree, he watched her toss the coconut up and down for a moment catching on to the fact her smile and shrunk back. His spidey senses told him he didn’t want to answer that...or bring it up again, though remembering the aerial assault from her shoe did make questions spring to the front of his mind. “I don’t know, coconuts aren’t angry...” He murmured, only realizing he’d said it out loud when it reached his own ears, he inwardly cringed as he moved beside her barely avoiding the coconut as she discarded it he was a little unsure as to whether she had aimed at him or not for his comment...he watched it roll away from them, glad she had thought to throw it away.
Crash turned back to her as he felt warm fingers slide around his wrist, a look of surprise crossed his face but he didn’t resist her grip or pull away. In fact his cheeks flushed as he recalled she had done this before.
“I...no, no I didn’t” He frowned for a moment before chuckling at the memory, she’d dragged him through that crowd so fast even his thoughts had struggled to keep up. He looked down at her hand clutching his wrist as he allowed her to tug him along. She remembered that? I’m pretty sure I pushed some guy into a locker...but I don’t want her to let go, so best keep that one quiet...why am I blushing? Stop it! Crash retreated from his thoughts chewing on his lip. He was rather grateful when she answered is earlier question it instantly calmed his mind. He lifted an eyebrow at her sudden nervous look, offering her a reassuring smile. “Ah, that explains it” He murmured flushing with color once again, he had no reason not to believe her his normal intuition abandoning him once again. “Don’t apologize! It doesn't matter, as long as you were OK...I will bear that in mind next time” He grinned at her, lifting his free hand to the back of his neck. “So...where exactly are you taking me?” He asked her, there was a glimmer of mischief in his eyes as he said that and a cheeky smile on his lips.
After a moment he shifted his gaze to the resort just ahead of them, eyes darting all over the place so he could drink in every detail as quickly as possible. “Hmm, this place looks amazing!” He exclaimed, getting that familiar buzz about him as excitement built up inside of him. “Hey so earlier you didn’t look all too keen about swimming or surfing, are you not much of a water person?” He asked, carefully stepping over a stray rock, falling on his face now would be catastrophic...Crash 1 Fate 2...back in the runnings! He looked up ahead, eyes falling on a massive swimming pool just outside of the main resort building, he noticed the sofa’s scattered around just outside and inside the building, he thought he could just make out a gathering of people a little further in. “You’ve got to let me know these things you see...because you still owe me” He grinned at her, he spoke after a while bringing his eyes back to rest on her. “We didn’t get the chance to talk after...” He trailed off, remembering Zivon’s ruined dinner party and the attack on the academy made him feel guilty, though it wasn’t his fault the demons had descended on them. He shook his head instantly regretting going back there, it was a real mood killer.