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Yukiko sat on the bed in her cabin as she looked over the itinerary. The first day's activities didn't seem like things she was particularly interested in. Well, she liked yoga, but she preferred to do it by herself and certainly not purposefully sweating the whole time. She decided instead to just relax and tucked the itinerary into her bag before going to change into her bathing suit. It was just a plain one piece in a dark blue, and she had brought a slightly translucent white sarong to tie around her waist. She was nothing if not modest. Into her bag also went a towel and a book to read in case she got bored, or decided to take a dip in the pool. For now though, her plan was to take advantage of one of the lounges by the pool and catch some sun. The warmth would be relaxing, even to a pae who preferred colder weather.

Adelphos couldn't help the smile or the blush that turned his cheeks a pale violet. His darling Ruby still had that effect on him, and he honestly hoped it never went away. "Very good point, my love," he said and kissed her cheek lightly. The movement caused his bow and quiver to slip from his shoulder and he sighed lightly as he shifted it back. The letter he'd received at Anteros' altar had not been terribly forthcoming with information and had only said he needed to keep them with him. Well, he was doing that...he just wished he knew what they were for.

"What do you say we take a peek at the cabin they gave us?" he asked with a smile. He wouldn't say no to a little alone time with Ruby, even if it was just doing a little cuddling before they ventured out to see what was available for the trip.

Ruzeh smiled happily as Noir agreed with her and shifted their course to go see their cabin. This was her first time on a ship, and so far she was finding the experience rather pleasant. The salt air smelled quite nice, and the itinerary looked like there would be plenty of things to do while they were here. She felt the deck move under her feet when the ship set off from the shore and her stomach lurched. Oh no... She really hoped she wasn't one of those pae who got sea sick. That would absolutely ruin everything. She wanted this to be a nice trip for them, and being that pae on the railing being sick over the side was NOT going to cut it. She wanted Noir to have a good time and not be stuck with a sick Ruzeh in the cabin.

Ophelia leaned on the railing of the upper deck, looking at all the pae milling and lounging around. She had already been to her cabin and changed into her bathing suit: a black bikini with shiny, neon purple stripes. She was going for eye-catching and was pretty sure she had achieved it, judging by the looks she was getting. She had just pulled the itinerary back out when she heard a loud shout proclaiming hot yoga to be open? She grimaced. Who would wanna do tha....

Whoa. Now she knew why... There was a hot guy teaching the class. Well. Ophelia knew what she was doing next. With a smirk, she headed to the classroom with steam rolling out of it. "Hey sexy, sign me up~" she told him with a wink, hands on her hips and chest not so subtly stuck out for his viewing pleasure.

Arc-en-Roche was not at all surprised by his best friend's reaction to having brought his sack of flour. "Dude, she's my mom, how am I supposed to say no?" he grumbled and hurried into the room to set the damned thing down. It didn't help that he still lived at home, either. He could barely go anywhere without Firuzeh reminding him about the sack of flour. Hopefully he wouldn't run into his parents much this trip. Or his sister. Something told him she would tell their mom he didn't have it the first chance she got. With a sigh, he dumped the sack of flour onto a dresser. "Hey, the room is kinda nice," he said as he looked around.

"What do you wanna do first? I heard there's a casino, and the bar opens later tonight, too." Not that Arc was into drinking much, but he figured it would be somewhere Lyneeson would want to go, the check out the ladies.

Carnelian grinned when the boat finally set sail. It meant she was free to move around because they couldn't turn back now! Sweet~ She still didn't want to run into her parents, but at least now they couldn't send her home. She'd snatched an itinerary from somewhere and looked over it. Hmm... Lunch sounded good... What was hot yoga?

Just then, a door burst open and she found out. Sort of. Her attention was stolen by the incredibly sexy guy that was apparently teaching the hot yoga class. And whoa...that was not a lot of clothes on that dude. She fanned herself with the itinerary, not sure if the sudden flush was the steam rolling from the hot yoga room or from the guy teaching it. She wasn't particularly interested in taking that class, but she wondered if she could just...watch him for a while.

The end of the line was in sight. Only a few more to go, and then she could take a big old glass of water to quench her thirst from talking so much. One of the last ones was a beautiful crimson winged angel who enthusiastically took her and her siblings hand. "Oh! I'd be more than happy to answer your questions- Wait up cherubs, don't take her yet!" But they were leaving soon, and so the rest of the pae had to be hurried on board so they could launch. So her cries fell on deaf ears. "Okay, come find us later then!" She called out to the female, trying to incorporate her to memory to find later.

The grace turned a smile to her sibling, chuckling lightly at the situation. "Oh, all that matters is that you're here now! Though, it looks like our greeting is at an end..." She frowned slightly as the last of the pae trickled through, and the ramp was lifted away from the boat. The speaker crackled to life to announce the start of the real festivities. "Hmm...We should start walking around and making sure that everyone is comfortable and having a good time!" Wasn't that what it meant to be a good hostess? To check in on guests? Seemed logical to her.

Cerelia looked to where the teenager pointed, nodding her head to acknowledge that she saw them. "Well I can understand that," the naiad responded to the angel's desire to not stay at home with her grandparents.

Cerelia paused and looked around as the announcement came over the intercom that the ship was clear for leaving. "Well, here we go!" the naiad told the teenager, the tone of excitement clear in her voice. As the boat lurched forward, Cerelia once again found herself losing her balance. She grabbed onto the teenager, Sommer, to steady herself once again. Being on a boat, especially a crowded one was going to make learning this whole balancing thing even harder. "Ah, thank you Sommer." She said, even though the teen might have unwillingly been used to hold herself up for that moment. "I'm Cerelia."

She happily followed, her eyes wide as she took in the sights along the way. Like the sparkling male that had appeared last year. Just as shiny as ever, spouting off something about Yoga. That could be fun. She gently tapped Azure before pointing to Adonis with a tilt of her head, wondering if he'd like to attend that in a bit. Looking out over the edge came first however.

She settled in beside him on the rail, moving his arm so it draped around her and her head could rest on his shoulder. Dyas nodded in agreement to leaving the isle. Her father had left to save her grandmother, but that was the only time she ever heard about anyone leaving. The thought that they themselves were was both nerve-raking, and very exciting. Which was more was undecided. But she did know, that at that moment with the sunsetting over the glow of the ocean...it was a breathtaking sight. And in that moment, it felt like it was just the two of them enjoying a piece of art that would only last a moment.

"That's 'bout what I was thinking," he replied as he took the itenerary from Aquarious's hands, glancing at it once more before setting it back down on the table it had come from. Truth be told, he was more than a little excited to get a good ol' rubdown of these tired old muscles of his; perhaps this was clear enough by the way his eyes seemed to sparkle at the prospect. "Yeah, we can fig're out latur what we wan' do then. I'm sure we'll know better then than we do now." He smiled. "Though it wouldn't be so bad tuh just talk fur three days." He paused, a little embarrassed in retrospect, before changing the subject.

"Shall we head'n out?"






For how obvious enough it should have been that the mood had changed, Koit didn't seem to miss a beat and, instead, took each of her words at face value. "No, I'm alone too; he doesn't even know I came." None of his family did, really, except those sisters of his. What would they say of this interesting turn of events? Speak his mind. Probably. "If you haven't someone to spend the weekend with... maybe I could help? You're stuck with me already after all." He laughed lightly.

"Unless you prefer doing things on your own?" Somepae were into that sort of thing. "I won't force you to do anything you don't want to, especially not after you already helped me out so much." The last thing he wanted to be was a hindrance to herself; he'd grown up as one. Whether or not his parents admitted so (or even thought so), he was convinced it was true. And as something true, it was a terrible feeling. "I'd enjoy some company in any case though."

Shahrazad was practically giggling to herself as she waved to her beloved children, even now still audibly arguing in the background. Not that she cared; out of sight, out of mind. For these three days, not her problem. Venus and her staff could handle some quarreling children for a bit and allow this demoness a bit of time to unwind and finally be one in her element.

Her tail sashayed behind her lazily as her hips moved with each step, her eyes looking each pae up and down. From the looks of things, this was going to be a great weekend indeed, why with so many delectable morsels of flesh to choose from...

The cat's ears twitches and her eyes turned at the declaration of a Hot Yoga class, a certain intrigue catching her attention at the sight of Venus' hunk of a man literally steaming before her. She purred; oh yes, she could get in on this for much more than an hour. Walking closer, she moved to join the class, her feline features carefully brushing just above his skin as she passed him and her eyes looking up for just a moment. Kneeling down beside a rather suggestive demon [Ophelia] and a younger looking red one [Carnelian] she placed her hands on her knees and looked to either female. To the older one, she softly asked, "Why is that one [Amatus] making such a ruckus?"

Romantically-focused or not, Koit wasn't about to let somepae have to spend it all alone, especially one that had just saved his rear end from getting kicked out. Especially not when she was getting both more mysterious and beautiful by the minute. Her change of tone was particularly alluring (oh Guardians bless his soul). If his sisters were here and seeing this situation, he figured he knew exactly what they would say of it. He was inclined to follow this imaginary advice and push just a teensy-bit further, at least until she took the words out of his mouth (paraphrased, of course).

Okay. He'd bite.

"Sure, I can do that if you want." He smiled, offering his hand. "I know we just met, and this might be crazy, but would you like to go on a date with me?" All he had to hope now was that she wouldn't take offense to the offer and instead kick him out of the room. Twas a fine line he had to walk slide. "You don't have to say yes if you don't want to of course."