The Beach Scene (Open & Non-Srs)

[Bry]

::Ian::

"An honour," Ian replied to Mani, taking her hand and placing a little kiss on the back of it, returning her smile with one of his own. Once he raised his head once more (after winking at the newly-introduced plantgirl in the green and gold), things happened a lot more quickly.

A crash preceded Ecto's voice from the tent, and Ian snickered at his proclamation (the tent was quite nice though, to be fair). Batgirl turned away from him without so much as a hello and Ian didn't even bother to scowl at her; some women just couldn't see past their one true love (As Robin walked down the dunes and into the tent) and Ian shouldn't have been judging to begin with.

Because Ink was the next to show up, sporting the most unique get-up he'd seen yet (which was saying something, as he was standing next to two of the most bizarre Atlanteans above water) and he couldn't quit staring. The Scot stopped beside him, Harvey waiting patiently as she unloaded the saddlebags and explained that she'd brought along lunch and drinks. Ian's face flushed ever so slightly as he scanned his blue eyes once up and down her little black dress. But then he got over it and took a step to the side, closer to Ink and her snacks.

"I like the vintage," he whispered conspiratorially, only halfway distracted by Starfire's appearance and rather prompt exit. He watched the alien throw the Team Leader into the ocean (all the while shaking his head in impressed shock), then looked back at Ink. "It fitss you well." (Whether he meant the style or the suit itself he left up for debate.)

And then Aqualad made an appearance, though it was a lot less dignified than the regal Titan usually made a point to be. He tore across the beach, tackling the SwampMonster in a bear hug (Or rather, a whale of a hug?) and then they were both in the water. Ian watched them for a moment, then turned back to grin at Ink, slightly amused by the antics of the Atlanteans.

"What do you sssay to a sswim with me later?" He asked with raised eyebrows, then smirked. "I promisse not to get your hair wet."


::Raven::

"I'd never just leave you here," a quiet and gravelly voice said, thoroughly amused by the position the archer found himself buried in. "Then again, I guess we can't all be as patient with you as I am."

She blinked down at him, a smile playing about her darkly-glossed lips as she sat cross-legged above his head. She was only a little bit out of place here on the beach. In the sun. While she'd deemed it a necessary evil to wear a bathing suit for this trip, she hadn't quite abandoned her normal look either. She wore black shorts and a black bikini top with silver script rolling across it, proclaiming her to be an "Angel." And over it all? A black hoodie, albeit a mess one made for the sand and surf. The entire ensemble screamed reluctant beach bunny.

And now, as she sat in the sand, one hand trailed beside her through the tiny little pebbles and the other held her head, elbow propped on one knee. "Let's just hope the waves don't get an attitude too early, hmmn?"

[Kenni]

The dozing archer just about died of fright at the sudden voice amongst the soft rustling of surf on sand near his ears.

“R-RACHEL!? Aghhh, I almost jumped outta my grave!” bellowed the startled boy, an arm coming loose from the hard-packed coffin in the surprise of the moment. Brooks hadn’t quite finished securing his captive before running off just then.
He used his free hand to knock out his other arm, then peer through his shades at the calm empath in her flattering beachwear, trying not to smile at that too obviously, the back of his hand against his forehead in mock dismay as he broke out the ol’ Robinesque scowl.

”And who should show up but the Angel of Death to shove me back into it again! Glad you could make it out to me re-funeral, seriously. You really make it a point to make time for the neglected, don’t you! At least SOMEONE STILL CARES.”
Garth couldn’t hear his ginger friend’s sore, pointed reprimand tagged at the end of his tirade, over the crashing surf.

A shadow flitted high above Speedy and Raven’s heads, and he looked up in time to watch the Tamaranean and Robin execute a dive from a diving board only Starfire could see.

Starfire’s epic canon-ball had similar plans as far as crashing went.

Speedy let his motor-mouth run, quieting gradually as the surrounding air followed suit in an almost eery fashion. The sheer volume of ocean displaced by the canon-ball reared up, and threatened to fall mercilessly on anyone slow or fool enough to still be within ten feet of the shoreline.

Too bad he was buried half-a-foot beside it.
Gingersnaps, Garth! he muttered.

“Incredible! Death is laughing in…the face of Me! Don’t…think I can’t see you smiling there…Prin…cess…!”
He looked to the left at the coming crash, then tried to move his legs within his prison.

No dice.

Speedy folded.

He reached up, tugged Raven’s hood further over her head, and pinched both their noses in turn.

”Bwell, ab leez one good thing’ll gum oudduv beeg zoaked throo. Or gum ahvff. (Well, at least one good thing’ll come out of being soaked through. Or come off.”
If she didn’t zip up or hold on to that hoodie, the water would wash it clean away in a few seconds, he meant.

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There were so. Many. People. It was amaazziiinnggg! Neptune's generosity was great indeed! La'gaan's eyes stretched round with wonder upon each new encounter, and he began to run amok greeting as many people as possible, the quintessential example of a somewhat well-mannered Atlantean on dry land.

First was the girl with the short hair and slightly pointed ears. He watched her arm curiously as it made some sort of strange gesture. Ooooh, was this the way surface folk greeted one another? Was it a sign of friendship? Slippery sea snakes, he must try this as well! Lagoon Boy proceeded to enact his own version of a wave for Mani; unfortunately, all he really did was make his arm look like it was having a seizure, but he was too excited to really care. He even "waved" to a boy with rings on his lips, who had arrived as they were conversing. Bumbling barnacles, but were his eyes fascinating! La'gaan made a mental note to compliment Ian on his reptilian eyes later.

"Neptune smiles upon our greeting, Mei-of-the-surface-world! I am La'gaan. You have short hair--tis a wondrous thing! Look, I don't have hair yet!" he babbled happily, bending his head so she could see that he indeed spoke the truth, and that nothing adorned the top of his head but scales and fins.

La'gaan greeted the one called Ink next, scurrying over to her as fast as his webbed feet would allow him. He began to erratically poke and prod each of the items she had brought with her, fascinated by everything. Though he wasn't sure what an umbrella was. In fact, he nearly leaped two feet into the air when she opened up the wondrous device. Gently taking the thing by the handle, he shook it a bit, then giggled and shook it a little harder, causing the large umbrella to rock back and forth. "I, La'gaan of Atlantis, am aglow with the light of a thousand fluorescent jellyfish at our meeting, surface-worlder-Ink! Your...brellumbra is amazing! A gift from Neptune! Look at how it makes the shadows dance when I move it!" La'gaan exclaimed, referring to the way the umbrella's shadow would move to a different part of the beach as he moved it.

Then he noticed the beast Ink brought with her. Gasping dramatically, La'gaan released the "brellumbra" and stared intensely into Harvey's eyes; it was how he greeted Spotty, his own pet monster, and he naively believed that pets on the surface required similar treatment. "Surface-worlder-Ink! Your animal is most astounding! Pray tell, do all people of the surface have such marvelous pets? Are they all so large?" he inquired, fondly squirting water up Harvey's nose; Spotty loved it when he did that.

Oooh, but now more people were here! More friends to make! Having almost forgotten about why he had ventured onto the surface in the first place, Lagoon Boy was about to flap his fins in greeting to Robin, stopped, and then decided to perform his little arm-seizure-wave instead. He had to respect the culture of the surface world, did he not? It didn't much matter though, since the one with the spiky hair had chosen to ignore him--how had he gotten his hair to defy its natural tendencies to lie flat in the air, or flow in the water? He must inquire of the scowling one's secrets toot sweet!

Fortunately, before La'gaan had time to pester Robin, an orange one appeared and took a hold of his attentions. Boisterous breadfish, but was she friendly! She even referred to him as a friend--he had surface friends now! Like his best friend Garth! ...Oh yeah, he was here to look for Garth. Must get on that!

"By Neptune's nuptials, I am honored to become friends with you, flying-girl-with-mermaid-hair. Do you have any relations with mermaid folk? You remind me of a legend about a little mermaid--oh, speaking of merfolk, have you seen my--oooohhh, what is that?" Lagoon Boy, distractible as he was, had just become occupied by the tent Starfire had wandered into. Such a flimsy substance, and yet it stood! What was its secret?

La'gaan poked at the thin walls of the tent, making tiny exclamatory noises as it moved at his touch. It was like a giant white species of seaweed! Delightful! He darted into the tent to ask his growing mound of questions, nearly toppling into a pale boy with red swim trunks. But--sensuous sea lions! His hair was more magical than the scowling raven-haired one! How did it manage to defy gravity like that?

"Greetings, one-with-pale-skin-of-the-surface! I am La'gaan, and--we both have red eyes! Triton's teeth, what a marvel! But, oh, I must inquire about your hair. What gives it its magic, to make it stand up so? Is sorcery involved? I--"

Lagoon Boy stopped in the middle of bombarding Ecto with questions and niceties, suddenly stiffening up like a board. The large fins on his head twitched, flapped, and fluttered. That voice. Could it be...? Stumbling out of the tent, his round red eyes set upon none other than--Garth Brooks! Beloved bestie and favorite frolic-er of the waves!

"GREAT GALLIVANTING GUPPIES! GARTH BROOKS, IS THAT REALLY--oomph!"

So excited was he to see his childhood friend that La'gaan was not prepared for the ensuing tackle-hug that sent him floundering backwards into the water. Yelping and flailing his arms in a shamefully undignified manner, he probably ended up taking Mirage under the sea with him. If he did, however, then he did not notice--because Garth Brooks and Neptune's nanny all of this exciting stuff in one day he was gonna explode.

After a bit of playful wrestling, Lagoon Boy wrenched free from Aqualad's grip and greeted him with the highest honor one of his species could bestow--a squirt of water between the eyes. Yes, fishpeople like La'gaan totally have their own traditions. Sam is not making this up.

Anyway...

"A thousand blessings upon Triton's triton for allowing us to reunite, friend Garth! It's been too long since we've had the pleasure of seeing each other!" Allowing his excitement to overwhelm him once more, La'gaan leaped to give Aqualad a hug that turned into another tackle into the water. "The Silver Swordfish is running as smooth as it was when you last left us, friend Garth. I have been dutifully attending to it," he boasted, his arms suddenly glowing with arcane tattoos as he, quite literally, puffed up a bit in pride.

Deflating back to his normal form, he added, "I have been conversing with the most wonderful people! Are they the Titans you have been accompanying these past months? You must introduce me to everyone!"

[Bry]

::Raven::

"What're you--?!" she had barely a few seconds to attempt a sentence before Speedy plugged her nose and pulled her head down. While her mouth was still open, moving to get words out, she neglected to make a sound, and then it was too late.

The monster wave, courtesy of Starfire, crashed down on the both of them, Speedy still buried and Raven still somewhat hunched over him, bracing herself with her hands in the sand.

She hardly had a free hand to catch her hoodie when the salt water tore it away from her.

The water crept away again and Raven pulled back, sputtering and blinking away the salt from her eyes. Goosebumps ran down her pale arms, both from being doused by the cold water and from being so suddenly exposed to the air. Flipping a few drenched locks of hair out of her eyes, she glared down at Speedy.

"You did that on purpose," she accused, one arm now wrapped around her middle to fight off the chills and the other still holding back her hair. "I'll kill you." Hardly the words of an angel, but it was an empty threat. The sun was already warming her bare back, and she was fighting off a sardonic chuckle at the thought of how idiotic that must have looked.

OoC:
In true blitz fashion, I present to you a short post. XD

[Silv]

Ecto was a good person to share space with. He didn't tend to pester Robin too terribly much, at least, not as incessantly as some of the others did. But it wasn't just the two of them in the tent for terribly long. The Boy Wonder had up his files on Slade and was currently working out a link between the two-colored masked man and the supervillain professor Chang. It was a complicated web of crime and deceit and Robin was trying his best to get every angle of it.

Starfire greeting him and peering over his shoulder at what he was doing was little more than an annoyance. The boy turned to look up at her, and his masked eyes widened as she suddenly scooped him up from his spot in the tent and carried him outside. “Starfire!” he protested, having no idea what was going on but not entirely enjoying being manhandled without permission. That it was Starfire was forgivable but that didn't mean he had to like it.

She took him for a little joyride over the ocean. He didn't mind the height but he wasn't sure what she thought she was doing. And then she smiled at him and told him to hold his breath. She wouldn't dare! That thought was killed instantly as they were suddenly dropping through the air. “STARFI-” Robin began to protest but he didn't quite make it that far before cool water suddenly closed over his head. After a splash of epic proportions Starfire made her way back up to the surface but the Titan's leader was nowhere to be seen.

Ooc:
Yes, he is drowning.
Yeah, somebody should probably save him.
>.>

[Kenni]

Speedy & Aqualad:

Brooks was just gearing up to make rather similar introductions to each Titan in turn, since his dear friend from the past had requested such.
Each Titan on the beach was spared a second wave of hearty Atlantean greetings as Aqualad pried himself off of his friend, grinning from ear to ear and babbling back excitedly about all the fun they were going to have...until some fish alerted him to trouble.

“Triton’s Tremour, La’gaan! Hear ye not the troubled cries of our fishy brethren?”
Garth proceeded to translate as if reading a jerky morse-code message, frowning as the answer became clearer.

“Something…greatly amiss amongst the tides…hedgepig-headed…traffic-Titan…dangerously drowning?…--!!! BOY WONDER REQUIRES ASSISTANCE! YOU MUST..how they say...BACK UP-ME!” he shouted in error, beckoning Lagoon Boy to follow him in case something went wrong.
Aqualad dived into the water, the ocean mass parting and lowering in his path. Twin walls of water housing a few frightened civilian swimmers scrambling for the surface and their children, and said delighted children suspended above the parted walls, along with the other Titans, could see the ocean floor where Starfire had unintentionally abandoned Robin.

Well.

Technically, Robin’s hard-of-breathing body had only been halfway there, until Aqualad’s deepsea machinations made the remaining distance to the bottom disappear.

Meanwhile, Speedy was still goofing around with Raven, as delighted as the kids in floaties towering above them. Not sensing the danger right away due to facing away from the water, he feigned graveness in his voice, and answered her.

“Oh, so now I caused the waters to attack you on purpose? Yeah, beb, about that. Forgot to tell you; swapped powers with Awkalad! Really, Rae? Blame where blame is due; you’ve got the wrooong ginger.” Speedy spluttered his words, having let go of her nose almost instantly when they were submerged, by force of water-pressure. He jerked his now free thumb at Starfire, who was…curiously…returning without Robin.

Rae was rather a sight, though. Speedy helped her move her bangs behind her ear slowly, the impish grin returned to his face. They were enjoying a somewhat tender movement amidst the ridiculousness of the surprise. The boy’s attention was divided three-fold; ragging on and reviewing Raven, reluctance over Robin’s whereabouts, and digging himself out of his now loosely-packed grave with his free hands.

Until of course, the growing murmuring from the surrounding onlookers managed to wrestle his attention away from his totally ticked-off girlfriend.

He was up and skidding sand before she could say "Azarath Metrion Zinthos."

"ROBBERS! ROBBERS WHAT HAPPENED?! WAKE UP!" he exclaimed, skidding to his knees a few feet off mark, scrambling back to overshadow his team-leader's face again, pumping his chest CPR-style with both palms, but to no avail.

"Don't worry, I'll save you no matter what, paly!!"
Speedy closed his eyes, and closed in to seal the deal with a kiss un-seal Robin's watery fate--
--and was soonafter smashed in the face with involuntarily regurgitated salt-water.

As he rolled around flailing on the sand beside the short, dark and drowned-rat Robin, Aqualad stepped over him and shook his head, smiling all the while, with his hands raising up periodically to expel the water from Robin's lungs.

"Amusing, Roy-William, but now is not the time for kissing! We must take action at the source! Friend Robin shall be aided much more efficiently in this manner."

CPR wasn't much of a contact sport under the sea.

[Elenaphant]

Starfire had let Robin go immediately when they hit water, for she had thought he would swim up to the surface just as she did to take in precious air. The alien, too, could not take water in her lungs, and would choke and drown if she swallowed it into her respiratory system. It was not so much a problem of oxygen, though. She could survive space and she could likewise do the holding of her breath beneath the water. It was less urgent for her to swim up, but she had certainly remembered Robin's limitations.

So that was why when she broke the surface and looked around for him, her thoughts did not immediately go dire. "Robin? Are you playing the trick on me?" Did she not see him swim up an away? Admittedly she was not keeping an eye on him once they were in water. The salt of the water did irritate her eyes so she had kept them closed. Could it be he had run back already? No, it was not possible...

She was still looking for him when suddenly the waves parted and she was swept up with it. Her exclamation joined the others. Was this an attack?! No, as she saw Aqualad's form and--"Robin!"

Her cry was probably drowned out by the other voices, but she looked on with concern. What had happened?! But she--could it have been her dropping them into the water had hurt him? All at once she felt a tightening in her chest. Oh, what had her reckless fun done?

Concern apparent on her face, she broke free from the watery surface and flew over to where Robin was taken, hovering above the others and watching as Speedy attempted to what she could only assume was help. Aqualad was doing a better job, and she watched the water leave Robin. "Please, he is...?"

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Oh, boisterous barnacles! Together with friend Garth once more! Today was to be a day smiled upon by Trito -- wait. Dost his fishy ears detect the distress of his fellow gilled friends?

No sooner had La'gaan's ears fins? began to twitch and waggle than Aqualad exclaimed that a wondrous boy was in trouble. Neptune's beard! The humanity! This boy of wonders must be saved! "But...friend Garth! Please enlighten me as to what it means to back-up you!" Lagoon Boy shouted, his webbed feet following his friend as fast as they could.

He watched with round, bulbous eyes as Aqualad proceeded to part the Red Sea and pluck their rescuee from the ocean floor. My, but his sorcery had certainly improved! He must show his increase in skill as well! "Allow me to take it from here, my Prince," La'gaan quipped, his arms stretching out an a look of intense concentration shadowing his face. It took more effort than it had taken Aqualad, but he gradually managed to lower the wall of water his friend had raised, freeing the swimmers that had been caught in its liquid confines.

Pleased with his efforts, the fish boy darted over to where Garth was tending to Robin. A young man with orange hair -- a delightful color! -- whom La'gaan had not met yet, was currently fussing over the wondrously drowned boy. Starfire was there as well; the concern in her voice made Lagoon Boy want to comfort her.

"Do not worry, flying-girl-with-mermaid-hair! Friend Garth will have your boy of wonder breathing surface air soon," La'gaan encouraged, reaching out and scratching her nose with a webbed digit -- that was a sign of affection, yes? He then knelt next to Robin's limp body, hands extended over his chest. Arcane tattoos suddenly appeared on the fishy lad's arms, glowing eerily as he monitored Robin's vital signs. He was like a nurse to Aqualad's doctor as the two Atlanteans worked to revive the waterlogged Boy Wonder.

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ooc: gah so much to reply to! I'll try and keep it short.

Ink blushed at Ians comment, though she chalked it up to wanting an extra snack. Though he did ask for a swim so maybe he wasn't aiming for a snack after all. "Ets nay swimin ef yea dant get yer hair wet." she replied with a laugh as Star dropped herself and Robin into the ocean.

She watched the atlatian's attention turn from Mani to the items Ink had just finished unpacking, and laughed at his unbridled energy and enthusiasm. "Ets nice tae meet yea as well La'gann" she giggled as the fish boy danced with the umbrella.

She smiled as the boy moved from the umbrella to her beast. "Nay ets mae gift, ah think ahm the only wan with a beast like him." she replied. Harvey snuffled the boys face and reared back as water filled his nose. The beast rubbed at his muzzle with his paws and growled. Though the boy lost interest before Harvey could give him a good cuff on the head for it. Ink moved over to sooth the lion-bear and laughed. She knew the beast was fine except for a wounded pride and stinging nose.

Turning back to the ocean she heard Garth call out, and noticed robin had yet to surface. The boys found their leader and worked to get the water out of their lungs and keep Star from panicking. She stayed back to give them room to work but fretted all the same, ready to summon her fastest beast to rush him to medical help if need be.

ooc: and I think I got everything, sorry if I didnt

[Silv]

There were sensations Robin had no memory of: floating in the water, the way the bubbles went to the surface as his vision slowly darkened. Drowning was like dreaming. And in this dream the water parted and strong arms lifted him to the surface. Then it suddenly wasn't a dream anymore. Reality burned hot and painful as the water was pulled from his lungs. The Boy Wonder sat up abruptly, wheezing and hacking, barely registering the worried faces around him until he groaned and opened his eyes.

He startled when he saw the giant fish leaning over him. Maybe it was because he wasn't expecting the sudden proximity of a stranger. Maybe it was because the last thing you expect to see after you drown is a giant fish sitting next to you. Whatever the reason, Robin's masked eyes widened and he coughed in surprise. This turned into a hacking cough that wracked the boy's entire body making him look much frailer then he actually was.

Past the fish was his friends, though, as a friend of his friend he supposed the fish was a friend and not food too. Robin's masked gaze fixed first on Aqualad, who he shot a weak smile, and then towards the others. “Th-Thanks guys,” his voice was hoarse, but that made sense since he'd just drank a few gallons of seawater through his nose. “I'm okay. Really.” he didn't move to ruin the illusion. He'd wait until they were all distracted to do that. Hopefully by then it would hurt less to breathe and he would have stopped shaking.

[Kenni]

Speedy & Aqualad:

"O, Dearest La'gaan, thine aid finds me well pleased, and is all I meant by the "backing-up", truly. You are as indispensible as an inner-tube, Friend!"

As much as direct contact was completely unacceptable for higher class Atlanteans, it was conversely perfectly acceptable as a sign of affection for the lower class Atlanteans. Brooks felt he would never fully get used to close physical contact. Garth shook his head fondly at his friend, as La’gaan attempted (somewhat successfully, he might add!) to allay Starfire’s fears.
As the acting ‘doctor’ in this situation, he tried to second his ‘nurse’.

”Heed good La'gaan's licensed opinions well, Friend Starfire! The briny ocean depths hath been vanquished from Friend Robin's throatdom. The rest lies in his restful rest of a near-future time. Preferably within the minute!”

“Mind flushing out my eyes once you’re done flushing out Boy Under?” Speedy grimaced, the flailing giving way to blindly stretching his arms from his seated position, seeking out Aqualad's ankles to pull his unwitting "attacker's" feet out from beneath him in retaliation.

One sandy thud! later, and Garth was doing as Speedy wished, dousing the archer's eyes using manipulated water from an abandoned drinking-water receptacle, so as not to repeat the salty mistake the ginger had committed when he'd tried to interfere with Alantean efficiency.

Garth greeted Robin's return to the land of the living with a characteristically sparkling clear laugh, while Speedy simply threw his arms around the smaller, much-frailer-looking boy's shivering shoulders and made a big show of scruffaluffing his blubbering face in the hedgepig's hair.

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"Please friend Garth, what is an inner-tube?"

For really, La'gaan had no clue what such a thing was. Besides, he was much too focused monitoring Robin's vital signs to give it much thought, however intriguing that thought may be. Soon enough, the efforts of the two Atlanteans paid off; the boy of wonder came to life with a flurry of coughing and sputtering. If Lagoon Boy noticed the rather shocked looks he was receiving from Robin, then he gave them no notice. For their work had born fruit! The wondrous boy was breathing the air of the surface once more! Neptune's nuptials, but this was a glorious day!

"Greetings, oh Boy of Wonders! I am La'gaan of Atlantis, friend of Prince Garth! Salutations and sea kelp to you and your loyal followers!" the fishy lad chirped, the arcane tattoos that had been glowing on his arms suddenly fading as he lost focus. By loyal followers he, of course, meant the Teen Titans under Robin's command. Oh, the stories he would hear of friend Garth and his adventures with the titans who were teens!

La'gaan paid the highest respect one of his kind could give to another person -- a squirt of water between the eyes. If Prince Garth followed the orders of such a lad whose hair was marvelously spiky, like a pufferfish, then he deserved the highest of honors.

After Garth had finished flushing out Speedy's eyes -- what a generous act from such a marvelous friend! -- Lagoon Boy watched with round, curious eyes as the ginger archer then proceeded to cling to Robin like a velcro rabbit, burying his face in his hair and blubbering like a baby seal. Was this the surface worlders' way of showing affection? Perhaps he should try such a method on someone!

And that someone turned out to be none other than Ink. She was hovering nearby, and she had seemed very friendly when he was talking to her earlier -- plus, he was under the deluded impression that this method could be of some comfort to her. So, without much warning, La'gaan leaped upon the unsuspecting Scot, webbed fingers wrapping around her shoulders and scaly head embedding itself in her hair. He then proceeded to try and make as much of a fuss over her as Speedy was over Robin.

Oh, but he was learning so much today!


ooc: Hope you don't mind me throwing Lag'aan at Ink, Zinfandel. ;D

[Kenni]

"Why, ye havenae been introduced to the inner-tube as of yet, good La'gaan! Triton's Tykes, its fun reigns unparalleled to the swimming disinclined surface-dweller! Behold!"

Lagoon Boy's question was swiftly answered, as Aqualad produced a green floatie the exact shade of Beast Boy's unruly mane from around a nearby sandcastle's moat; the little girl who owned it just waved shyly, to which the East Titan flourished elegantly, thanking her silently for borrowing it a spell.

"I have yet to be educated as to the nature of the interior in which this 'tube' inhabits, however..perhaps, the entire sea itself? Would not then all items waterbound be termed 'inner'? Yon swimmers, might they be 'inner swimmers'?" rambled the Atlantean nobleman to no one in particular, tapping his chin quizzically.

Aqualad flinched despite himself at the customary water squirt of the lower echelons. He flinched in good humour, however, having received the sign of respect many times during his acquaintance-turned-friendship with the boisterous bubbly bubble-blower called La'gaan. Everytime he saw it performed, he squinted merrily, as though the squirt had partially found its salty way into Garth's own eyes.

Speedy's antics had inspired Lagoon Boy to those of his own, and Garth, chuckling, knew better than to think kindly Ink, of all those present, would find his advance untoward or alarming, considering the learn-as-you-go situation the fishy lad had found himself in. Brooks was content to watch from the side, twirling the tube around his tricep until he could hand La'gaan the object of oceanic enjoyment, while pretending he wasn't fantasizing about what it would be like to make a face-nest out of Ink's hair...

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There was a lot of commotion going on outside the tent.

Ecto peeked his head out to see what was going on. The sun hit the back of his head and he winced slightly, instinctively going transparent so that the light went mostly through him.

Robin was soaking wet and the sea people-- Todd knew next to nothing about Atlanteans-- were both near him. They were probably the ones to fished him out of the water. He wasn't sure what happened, didn't their brave leader know how to swim?

He watched as the green gilled one played follow the leader with Speedy, making a fuss over Ink instead of the almost-drowned Boy Wonder. He smirked. This guy was even more clueless than himself, but at least Todd grew up on dry land. He supposed he'd be clueless underwater.

Wow, you just doubled your social ignorance. I didn't know it was possible.

I'm getting real sick of your shit.

BOO hoo. Jack scoffed.

Oh, haha, get it? Boo! Because I'm DEAD?! So clever! So mature!

Ecto's expression must have been a glower as he stared out into the ocean, talking to himself silently. He really wasn't doing a very good job making friends. Maybe he should not be on a hiatus from the website. That might help.