The Beach, Monday Afternoon (10/08)

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After two days of not leaving the dorms, Beauty needed to be outside. And for some reason, the beach sounded like just the place to spend her afternoon. So she left her boots on a rock to keep them out of the sand and went for a walk along the edge of the water, enjoying the squish of the wet sand between her toes and the cold lap of water washing over her feet. And trying hard not to think about anything in particular.

[ooc: OPEN! ETA: Due to a particular couple of discussions she had this morning, Beauty's a bit on the emo side.]

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Gwyyn was once more missing Conner and had decided that the indoors were not for her right about now.

She was walking along the beach when she saw someone and made her way over to them. "Hello."

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Beauty had been a bit lost in her thoughts, and didn't realize she wasn't alone she heard the greeting.

"Oh! Um, hello?" she said, looking up from where she'd been watching the surf lap at her toes and turning to see who was there.

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"Would you care for company?"

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Actually, company other than her own thoughts sounded pretty nice. Beauty nodded, and gave the other girl a little smile. "I was just walking, but you'd like to join me, I won't turn away some company." She held out her hand. "I'm Beauty."

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Gwynn looked confused and then remembered that Conner had taught her how to shake hands. She shook Beauty's hand.

"Pleasure to meet you, Beauty. I'm Gwynn."

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"It's nice to meet you, Gwynn. Do you come down to the beach a lot?" Beauty was a little out of her depth making small talk when she didn't have lessons or books around to focus on, and she winced inwardly at how dumb that sounded.

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Gwynn didn't think she sounded dumb at all.

"mostly I wander the Preserve, but sometimes I walk the beach. It's different than home so I like making the comparisons."

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"I used to live in a port city, but it didn't have a beach like this, so it's a new experience for me," Beauty replied. "I spend a lot of time in the preserve myself, only mostly riding. It is a beautiful bit of woods, isn't it?"

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Gwynn nodded. "I love the woods. I grew up in them back home and spent a great deal of time in them." She tilted her head. "You have a horse?"

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"I grew up in the city myself, but I'm getting used to the woods here." Beauty decided not to mention that the only other forest she'd ever encountered had a reputation as enchanted and she'd had to promise to stay out of it.

"His name's Greatheart, and he's lovely," she replied, her smile growing a little. "Do you like horses?"

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Gwynn's face lit up.

"I love horses. My father wouldn't let me bring mine with me because we didn't know if there would be room."

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"Oh, that's too bad! There's plenty of space in the stables, and only two horses here. I wish there were more, it would be nice to have people to go riding with." Beauty looked a bit wistful.

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"I could send a missive to my father and ask if he could bring me my horse..."

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Beauty's eyes lit up. "Do you think he would? I mean...well, maybe you don't care to riding with others."

But it would be nice, to have someone to share that with, she thought.

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"If he would bring me my horse, I would love to go riding with you, Beauty."

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Beauty grinned brightly. "How long have you been here at the school, Gwynn?"

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"A year. It's been interesting and a learning experience."

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"A entire year?" Beauty hadn't yet met anyone who had been at Fandom that long. "Do you like it here?"

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"Except when my friends leave me behind," Gwynn said a little sadly. "Oh, and except when I don't understand things."

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"I'm sorry that you're friends have gone," Beauty said, frowning a little. She missed her family something desperately today, so she could imagine how Gwynn must have been feeling. "Oh, there are so many things here I don't understand. Everyone has been so good about explaining, but...so often I feel like I only understand about half of what people are talking about."

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Gwynn turned to her. "Really? Because there are times I get so confused and end up making quite a mess out of things. Like the time I thought that there were tiny people being held hostage in the box in the common room and we tried to rescue them..."

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"Oh, I was so lucky, because a friend showed me about movies before I encountered one of those!" Beauty exclaimed. "But you should have seen me learning about the telephone. I'm honestly still not convinced it isn't magic of some kind."