008 ♦ Text/Action | Backdated: March 31st

[diamondlight]

I feel like I've been exhausted for so long now... this is our first real break in a long time. I don't necessarily mind it, but I've been enjoying taking a breather. It's something I've missed. Nothing trying to kill me, nobody having a desire to sink us, nothing messing with my mind. Just me and the ocean breeze.

Am I the only person that feels this way? It feels like we've been so busy, these last few months. I've changed in more than a few ways since I first got here, and I'm still trying to figure out what those changes are. And if I'm comfortable with them.

Sorry, I'm being a little dramatic. I just... this is new to me. The things I've experienced here, I would have never done at home. And it's hard to reconcile that, especially with all the fighting we've had to do.

Anyway, in the interest of trying not to be too gloomy on such a nice day, how is everyone else?

Setting down her pen and snapping the journal shut with a sigh, Rikka curls her toes into the sand. It's... hard to think about the last time she was on a beach other than Isla Empieza's, but... no. Gotta push past that. She can't be haunted by her past forever, right?

So she'll be sitting back in the sand, looking out at the sea and at their new ship, debating a run into town to explore, and generally just... trying not to think too much.

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[diamondlight]

Rikka sighs again, grinning a little bit. Really, of all people, she should realize that Alice knew how her mind worked by now. Even if there had been a few... involuntary remodels... everything still looks pretty much the same there. So really, she needs to just stop worrying so much, and take a step forward. The way she always had before. She just needed confidence. And she certainly had enough of that to spare, with everyone around her.

"Sure. Let's go." Reaching, she takes that hand, and she tries to put everything else out of her mind for a little while. None of that was important. Not while there was someone else she owed her full attention to.

[rosettawall]

As their hands link, Alice laces her fingers together with Rikka's and steps up close enough that she need not tilt her parasol at a weird angle to cover them both while they walk.

"This is not something we really get to do much," she murmurs as they head into town. "Or... at all, really. Is it?"

Being stuck on the same boat in proximity to the people she cared about was one thing. Yet that was a constant thing, being on that ship. But to just be able to take a walk around some place with one of them, hand-in-hand... It's almost strange that something so normal would seem so unique and welcome.

[diamondlight]

The contact and the closeness are... nice. Not that she'd ever complain, but it's reassuring to have someone that is willing to just simply be with her, and after it was so rudely interrupted previously... she's excited for a chance to get used to the feeling.

"No, it isn't," she agrees, keeping herself in step carefully, bare feet collecting sand as she walks. "I keep myself so busy lately that I don't really think of simple things like this. It's a nice change of pace, I think." Laughing lightly, she adds, "And I can't complain about the company."

A long moment passes while she just enjoys herself. She's... comfortable, like this, and she'd be okay doing this all day. But alas, there is a kind of work to be done before they set out for their next destination. Which she couldn't be bothered to remember just now. "Is there anywhere in particular you want to go? Anything specific we need?" It's more so she can know what to expect, rather than an attempt to expedite their trip.

[rosettawall]

At this point, Alice is very well past showing much in the way of shyness or embarrassment with their relationship. At least when it came to the most basic things. But the ship certainly didn't provide much in the way of privacy, especially of late. So the mundane actually becomes quite appealing, and she swings their linked hands a bit as they walk.

"Well, I should certainly hope not," she notes, adding a giggle after Rikka's own laugh. "But I figure the opportunity should be taken when presented, yes?"

She looks ahead then. "We spent most of what we had in order to obtain a new ship, and we lost a lot of basic supplies in the battle... So we have to consider certain things, such as water, food, medical supplies... Whatever we do, we have to focus on obtaining something that can be exchanged for funds later on in this next trip..."

Thinking that sounds a little bit too sullen, she goes on: "However, I do believe we can cover what is necessary! An... extra hand would probably be of use, really. Perhaps we shall end up with a little extra if we are smart enough, even."