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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2014 14:43:40 GMT -5
The beach wasn't really Dunstans thing. After an excessive amount of sunscreen, he decided to join his siblings in the sand. Most of them were babbling information about the velocity of waves and timing of high rises and what not. A Poseidon kid, Zachary, was listening very intently and making changes here and there to the data. That was really nice of him, Zachary thought. Zachary had three books next to his beach towel but he wasn't reading any at the moment. He was watching the waves.
A few months ago he had met a girl, Roxy, and now she was on a deadly quest. Her 'boyfriend' made it very clear that Dunstan was to stop being friends with her. But the problem was, Dunstan didn't have many-any-other friends. But having one friend influenced him. He felt like he was ready to have more. Even if it was difficult.
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Post by Dakota King on May 14, 2014 16:08:23 GMT -5
Today was one of the days that Dakota had off from her infirmary duties, so she decided that a little sun and sand wouldn't hurt her. She noticed that her skin was pasty white from spending too much time inside. She slathered on a healthy dose of SPF 30 before putting on her vintage-inspired swimsuit before heading out to the beach.
Along the way, she stopped and chatted with people. She was in no hurry anyway, but it felt so nice to be out in the sunshine. Once she finally got to the beach, she waved to a group of Athena kids. "Hey guys!" she greeted them, recognizing a few of them from the infirmary. She decided to set her towel up a few feet away from the Athenas as sat down on the edge of her towel, letting her toes sink into the hot sand as she watched the waves.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2014 16:14:09 GMT -5
Dunstan noticed his siblings wave and greet Dakota, he also waved but turned bright red. He wasn't sure if it was because she actually waved to him, even if it was in a group, or if he was actually starting to burn already. She parked herself only a few feet away from him and breathed in deeply through the nose. Aphrodites and the beach was a dangerous combination. He didn't acknowledge her for a few minutes but he remembered his goal to make friends. He took a few more deep breaths before turning to her. "Hey," he said softly. He realized how stupid he must have looked in his khaki shorts and his dark blue T shirt. He suddenly became extremely aware of what his hair must look like. He tried to shake it off. Aphrodites had that effect on him.
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Post by Dakota King on May 14, 2014 16:41:09 GMT -5
It felt nice feeling the sunshine pound on her back instead of the fluorescent light bulbs that decorated the infirmary. She let her toes sink into the sand a little bit more as she savored the heat. This was a very welcome change from that dark and dingy infirmary. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before she heard someone from the Athena group try to address her.
She looked over at the group and smiled at the boy who was looking at her. "Hey," she said with a bit of a head tilt. "Nice day, isn't it? I don't think we've met. I'm Dakota. I usually hide out in the infirmary."
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2014 16:48:50 GMT -5
Dunstan tried not to let his jaw drop and nodded slowly in order to look busy while he gathered his thoughts. "Yeah, I know." He said. He quickly regretted it and shook his head waving his arms out in front of him as if to erase the comment, "I mean we haven't met officially. I've seen you around there, I don't think you've treated me before though." He said quickly. He tried to plaster a smile on his face but struggled, he wasn't any good at this 'talking' thing. He sighed and let his face relax. "I'm Dunstan. And yeah, always is," he said referring to the nice day.
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Post by Dakota King on May 14, 2014 17:08:35 GMT -5
Dakota raised her eyebrows at the boy when he started rambling and waving his warms around in the air. For whatever reason, this just tickled Dakota and she started giggling as her smile grew wider on her face. "I don't think I've treated you either. I hope I would remember a cutie like you." She bit her lower lip slightly as she moved to lay back on her hands as she looked at the Athena boy.
"Dunstan..." she said, trying the name out for herself before she smiled a bit. "Well, it's nice to meet you." She let her eyes scan his body for a bit before she knitted her eyebrows a bit. "You're not really dressed for the beach, are you?"
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2014 17:15:19 GMT -5
Dunstans redness now was most surely not a sunburn. a cutie like you. He thought he was going to throw up. He tried to look away but realized that if he did he probably would not be able to turn back. Instead he decided, in order to keep the conversation going, he should move closer. He rolled over onto his stomach and propped himself up on his elbows, laying across his towel the short way. "I'll let you know next time I need medical attention." He smiled, actually smiled. Her giggle and smile was getting contagious. "It's nice to meet you too and..." he took his shirt between his pointer and thumb and then let it go, "No, not really. I don't swim much."
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Post by Dakota King on May 14, 2014 17:32:32 GMT -5
Dakota smiled a bit as Dunstan responded to her flirting. Usually, she couldn't tell with the Athena kids how they would react to a bit of harmless flirting. "I'll make sure to take very good care of you," she said with a bit of a wink as she watched him roll over to get closer to her. She pulled her toes out of the sand so she could face Dunstan properly. "You don't swim much?" Dakota knitted her eyebrows together at that thought. "Then what do you do at the beach?" Her eyes drifted over to the pile of books as she read the titles of them. "Those... sound complicated..." she said before she looked up at him. "Can't you do a bit of light reading? It is the beach, after all."
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2014 17:39:07 GMT -5
The wink was too much for Dunstan and he full on buried his face in the hands and proceeded to lay flat in the sand. "Erm hur ter merk fernds," he tried to answer but decided it would be best to slowly remove his hands away from his face. "i'm here to make friends. To be sociable. That sort of thing." He turned around to follow her gaze and then turned back to her, "Oh, well those were in case I needed to study. I haven't opened one yet. I've done light reading... I think..." As he tried to define what light reading was he flipped over to shove his books into his bag that was beside his towel.
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Post by Dakota King on May 14, 2014 18:26:53 GMT -5
Dakota raised an eyebrow as she watched Dunstan bury his face in his hands. Maybe she was going a little too far with the flirting, but getting a reaction was also part of the fun. She watched him as he mumbled into his hands before lifting his head up to look at her. "Oh..." she said as she nodded her head as a small smirk crept onto her face. "Yeah, I guess that's a good reason too and you already got a good head start." She glanced over back at the books as she read the titles again. "What are you studying? Are you a future rocket scientist or whatever?" Dakota got that tug in her stomach when she thought about how she should be in school and working on her nursing degree.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2014 21:36:55 GMT -5
A good head start. Sure. He was feeling like a failure even more and more. He was over-evaluating everything he said. She didn't seem to mind though. At least she still had a smile on her face. "Thanks, I don't have a lot of practice... if you can't tell," he tried to make it sound like a joke. He hoped it sounded like a joke. He shook his head and turned back to face her, smiling. "Mostly I study Earth Science. Geology, geography, metallurgy. That kind of stuff." He smirked and scooted himself a little closer to her, he reached into his pocket at pulled out a bright lime green colored diamond about the size of a quarter, "geology involves a lot of mining. This is the best thing I've found so far though." He held his hand out to her so she could get a better look.
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Post by Dakota King on May 18, 2014 11:07:56 GMT -5
Dakota chuckled a bit as she waved her hand to dismiss the idea. "It's fine. We all have to start somewhere, don't we?" Her eyes returned back to the books as Dunstan was explaining them. "Okay..." she said as she slowly nodded her head trying to make sense of all the -ologies he threw at her. "So you study rocks and stuff?" Her eyes widened when he pulled out a diamond she'd never seen before. "That's..." she started as he held out the rock and she leaned in closer to get a better look. "Really cool." She glanced up at him before she asked, "Why is it that green color? I thought diamonds are like clear or pink."
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 12:09:18 GMT -5
"I guess, yeah. You're right." His smile grew wide. As she started to ask him questions about the diamond he scooted himself off his towel and onto the sand beside her, his enthusiasm was starting to bubble out of him like a volcano. "It's really interesting actually, I've sort of been breeding crystals with emeralds. Long story, but it kind of mixes the colors. I'm going to try it with sapphires next but that is a little but harder because the consistency is way different than both crystals and emerald. The aluminum oxide is kind of a pai-" Dunstans face started to turn bright red until it was the color of the strawberries on the hill. "Oh my gods, you must be bored out of your mind." he tried to look away but he seemed to be stuck in eye contact with her, which only made his embarrassment stronger.
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Post by Dakota King on May 27, 2014 17:08:25 GMT -5
Dakota's eyes switched between the green diamond and Dunstan's face. She couldn't help but smirk a bit. Dunstan was so cute when he was babbling on about things he was clearly knowledgeable on and excited him. Her eyes slowly stayed on his before his face flushed. She giggled a bit as she shook her head. "No, you're not boring me. I find it interesting." She glanced down at the diamond again. "So you're going to mix it with sapphires. That's cool." She glanced back up at him. "Have you thought about doing different colors of sapphires? Like yellow or pink? Maybe the different colors mix better."
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2014 10:52:29 GMT -5
He let out a breathe of relief, at least she wasn't bored to death that was a start. "Do you want it? I could even make some jewelry or something if that's your thing because i'm assuming that's your thing considering your parenthood and all..." he slowed down in order to focus more on her next question. he nodded slowly and stroked his chin with his free hand, "I'll probably try that next. Blue is my favorite color so i'll probably start with tha-wait, you know about different color sapphires?" his jaw dropped a little before he face-palmed himself,"obviously you'd know about jewelry... not that you only know about fashion and other Aphroditical things I.... i'm being a jerk, aren't I?" he frowned.
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