Galactica Point, Friday afternoon

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Walter had said he was going down to the beach to get sunburned, but really, it was just a perfect day to hang out at the beach, cool off in the water, and get some reading done - in his case the book on cryptography he'd ordered after Nadia and Pip had been fighting.

He had a book, sunscreen, a towel, and food. It sounded like an excellent start until company arrived.

[ooc: Open to all, and it's a beachy day.]

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Over in a section of beach that didn't seem entirely friendly to plant growth, a bush was sunning itself.

Wearing pirate boots.

If bushes wore boots, of course.

Which they don't.

So really, nothing that interesting to look at here.

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Nothing at all.

Walter studiously ignored the bush that wasn't wearing pirate boots. Because it was a bush, and thus not wearing them.

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Pippi flounced down to the beach for the second time today. This time, however, she had a picnic basket and a pair of pom poms.

"Greetings!"

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Walter lazily waved a sandal-clad foot at her from his place lying on his back with his book shielding his face from the sun.

Did you know that he owned shoes that weren't black? Now you do.

"Good afternoon."

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It's not that they're not black, it's that they're not shiny.

"I brought refreshments!" She said pulling a beach blanket out of the basket.

She totally didn't let a parchment wrapped sandwich and ice cold bottle of lemonade fall into the sand near the totally inconspicuous and OMGTOTALLYSUPPOSEDTOBETHERE shrub. Because it's not like a shrub could pick those things up and consume them, properly disposing of the bottle and the wrapper at a later time, and thus it would be littering.

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"I love you in a completely best friends, won't get either of us malleted kind of way," Walter said, still not removing the book from his face and therefore not seeing the not dropping of the lemonade and sandwich.

Which didn't happen, so there's nothing to see anyway.

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"Likewise I'm sure." she says sitting down and handing a bottle to Walter.

"Whatcha reading?"

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Walter took the bottle and handed her his book in exchange. "A book on cryptography. My attempt at keeping my journal with just keywords didn't work too well after the memory loss matter. So keeping it in code seems like the safe choice."

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"Ohhh! Sekret codes!" Pippi nodded looking the book over.

"Those are cool."

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"And useful." Walter sat up and had some lemonade.

"You're going to show me your cheerleading routines?"

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"Yup!"

Pippi grabbed her pom poms and jumped up to stand in front of Walter with her back to the water.

"Take the ball and jam!
Dribble dribble slam!"

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A bit of fizzy lemonade went up Walter's nose when he snickered, leaving him bent over his knees with his eyes tearing. He nodded a few times and waved a hand at her to continue.

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Pippi saw neither the snicker nor the waving hand as she did a backwards flip as soon as she finished the cheer.

This may have sent a small spray of sand at Walter. It's the momentum of her hands and feet of course, not revenge for laughing at her. Really.

"Go Gremlins, go Gremlins!
No we can't be beat!"

She claps twice.

"Go Gremlins, go Gremlins!
We have poison teeth!

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When they come back in from swimming Pippi towels off her hair and grabs something out of her basket.

"Hey Walter? Can I interview you for my movie?"

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"Go ahead," Walter said, grabbing his own towel. "What sort of interview?"

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"It's about the animals that live on the island." she said fiddling with her camera. "For my Documentary Filmmaking workshop."

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"Alright." He sat down on the blanket and fished out a sandwich. "Ask away."

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"Okay, this is Walter Dornez." she said for the camera as she lined up the shot. "Butler, Vampire Hunter, all around nice guy. Just answer the questions as if you weren't talking to me. Because I won't always be the one watching the movie... Okay, ahem... Walter, if somebody were new to our fair island, what would you tell them first about the flora and fauna?"

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"Never assume anything about anything," Walter said with a smirk. "There are talking cats, plants you can eat to breathe underwater, and teal deer."

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"How else might the wildlife of the island be different the from elsewhere?"

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Walter considered before answering. "There seem to be some differences of scale. There were hordes of weetiny bunnies here. So not only are they a different size, they come in numbers you wouldn't expect. The bunnies were also good dancers."

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"What happened when you encountered the weetiny bunnies?"

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"They danced and hugged the first time. The second time, they danced and offered chocolate."

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"What kind of dance did they do?"

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"They did a bunch of different dances - the lindy hop, the can-can, something very complicated like you'd see in a big musical production. They were very talented."