Selkie Lake, Saturday Morning

[boneyard_girl]

Ada had fallen asleep in her tank last night. Where else did she sleep these days? But when she woke up... this, this water was fresh, she could feel the springs that were feeding into it, the cool currents sliding past her skin. Was that a rock? And another rock and... a fish? No one put fish in her tank, that was a recipe for disaster. Tasty disaster, but disaster.

A flip of her tail and Ada was barreling towards the surface at a speed no human could match, breaking past the water and-- huh. She couldn't see the bone yard anywhere. She recognized the smell of that bit of ocean, though, its familiar song starting to unfurl in the back corner of her brain as the sight of Selkie Peak loomed over her.

Ada sighed and hauled herself out of the lake on to a decent-sized flat slab of rock, ringing out her hair. "Well an' fine, I guess that's one way to get me to attend the reunion," she sighed, shaking her head. "Though can't say I much appreciate the magical kidnapping. You best put me back where you found me, Fandom, 'cause I got two shows on Monday when we hit Texas!"

And for the first time in three years, Ada Miller, the Arizona Mermaid and star of the Miller Family Carnival, was back in Fandom.

[OOC: Open!]

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[rebelseekspizza]

Demon Marcus was around here somewhere, right?

Dante - and his too tight t-shirt and his too-small pants - was pretty sure it had to be somewhere around here. ... Or maybe he'd barreled right past it. It'd been a while since he last visited Fandom, so sue him. And...

... that was a familiar voice.

Dante turned his head in the direction of it. Turned his path, too, feet beating against pavement until it hit grass. "Yo?"

[boneyard_girl]

Was that an actual voice? Or was her memory getting so slippery that she'd started imagining people to feel less lonely? Ada blinked in surprise.

"H'llo!" she called back, tail slapping against the rock as she tried to look around and spot where the sound was coming from. "Someone else actually out here?"

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante's mouth curved. Okay-- he was a little confused. But he wasn't unhappy about this one. "Ada," he called, walking over with bigger and bigger steps until he hit the edge of the lake. "The shitting hell are you doing here?"

[boneyard_girl]

"Dante!" Ada didn't even bother to try and hide her glee, and she waved at him happily. "I woke up here! I was gonna complain to the rocks all day about how magically kidnappin' people is a shit thing to do if'n you're gonna dump 'em on the end of the island with no company, but maybe now I gotta apologize for cussin' out the island."

She reached up to tug at his pant-leg. "Sit your ass down an' give me a hug. 'M only a little damp."

[rebelseekspizza]

"You gotta give me five seconds to get out of this shirt, at least," Dante said. Not that he really cared about getting it wet. It was a crappy shirt.

But it was uncomfortable, so off it went, and then he was stepping into the water next to her rock. "Guess the island's got a special mermaid express."

[boneyard_girl]

"Well if'n you want to do some skinny dippin' I ain't gonna complain," she teased slyly, before leaning in to claim her hug. "Maybe we should rig me up a tub on wheels so I can party with the rest of you."

She didn't really mean that; Ada would be perfectly happy out here all weekend, as long as someone stopped by occasionally. Besides, she knew how... uncomfortable she could make people. She didn't want to spend the weekend with everyone feeling sorry for her.

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante slid his arms around her and hugged her tight. "Maybe we'll just put you in a giant water balloon," he said. "Like the opposite of those big plastic balls people use to run across the river. Hey."

[good_for_six]

Isabela had woken up on the Call, the original version, this morning. Oh, how she had missed her. This had led to deciding to reacquaint herself with the place. She stopped dead when she came to the lake.

"Well, no wonder I can't find my crew," she said, plastering a grin on her face. Easier to act like there was nothing wrong if it was a good day...or if was a bad one. "They must have gone looking for the mermaid."

[boneyard_girl]

"'Bela!" It was a good day, Isabela, at least so far. "Ain't no pirates come looking for a mermaid yet, but 'm pretty sure there's no treasure in this lake."

[good_for_six]

Isabela could deal with good days. "Of course there is," she said. "I'm looking at it."

[boneyard_girl]

Ada laughed and flicked her tail at Isabela. "Fine, maybe I shoulda said the only gold in here is fool's gold," she teased. Because, well, golden scales were no substitute for gold coin. "Get over here so I can see you better."

[good_for_six]

Isabela came over and plunked herself down on the rock. "You only had to ask, sweet thing."

[boneyard_girl]

"Plundered anything fun lately?" Ada asked, propping her chin on her hands. "Discovered long lost lands or defeated a wicked captain? I want all the best stories, if'n you don't mind."

[vrajna_kralis]

Hyacinthe sauntered over to sit by the lake. "Well hello, rinkeni," he said, trailing his fingers through the water. "I was wondering how we were going to get you here for this."

[boneyard_girl]

"You tellin' me this ain't your doing?" Ada asked, raising an eyebrow at Hya. "Someone had t' get me from my tank t' the lake, I figured you were in league with Fandom."

[vrajna_kralis]

"Please, darling," he said, reaching for her hand to bring to his mouth. "You know full well that I would be crowing to the heavens did I manage to steal you away. This doing was none of mine. I woke up in my own room, in fact. Had I been behind this, you know I would have planned it better. I should have woken up in the midst of a bevy of handsome lads and lasses, more like."

Or nearby Ada, just to be safe. One of those.

[boneyard_girl]

"You would have been sitting on a rock to gloat th' moment I woke up that you hadn't even ruffled my eyelashes as you moved me," Ada agreed grudgingly, letting him kiss her fingers. "Though if you manage that bevy while we're here, I want details an' pictures later."

Ada's change hadn't taken away her sex drive, much to her chagrin. A girl still had needs, but most humans weren't interested in taking a swim with her in that sense. It was frustrating as hell, and meant she usually had to live vicariously through Hya.

[vrajna_kralis]

Most humans were stupid, honestly. Hya still found her beautiful.

"Which is how you know yet more than 'twas not I behind this," Hyacinthe laughed, leaning in to offer a proper kiss as well. "No gloating. Like I would have ever passed that up. Not when it meant I had finally pulled one over on Miss Ada Miller."

[boneyard_girl]

Yes, well, Hyacinthe didn't have the instinctual aversion to deep sea predators the way most humans did. As much as Ada hated what had happened to him, she was grateful for that.

"You would be insufferable for weeks," Ada admitted, using her not-inconsiderable upper-body strength to push herself upright and give him a proper kiss in return. "Dante was here, earlier. He suggested putting me in a big water balloon and letting me bowl everyone over."

[uncertain_dume]

Waking up back on the island again, even if Kanan hadn't been expecting to end up in his old apartment this time around, was usually a pleasant surprise. He'd woken up in... perhaps not the most comfortable position given how sparse the apartment was, but he'd cope with that. And Chopper hadn't come along for the ride this time around to make sure he wasn't walking into things (or to walk him into things, depending on how vindictive the little droid was feeling at any given moment), so he'd stopped by the grocery store to pick up some food before retreating to someplace a little less busy than town. Using the Force to see where he was going when he needed to was old habit by now, but sometimes it was nice to just find somewhere quiet, settle down, and be with his own thoughts.

His own thoughts, and enough fruit to feed two. Using his Force sight meant he was attuned to other things, too.

"Ada. It's been a while."

[boneyard_girl]

Ada blinked at the new voice, rolling off the rock she'd been sunning on and speeding under the water only to burst out of the lake and pull herself on the land next to where Kanan was. "Mister Jarrus!" she said, pleased with herself for not needing to dig for the name. "H'llo!"

[uncertain_dume]

"Hey, Ada," Kanan replied, turning a smile in her direction and holding out the bag of groceries he'd picked up. He didn't have any of his own produce, but at least he knew how to pick a decent apple when he had a mind to. "I happened to be in the neighborhood, and it seems that I've picked up too much fruit again. You wouldn't know somebody who can help me take care of this, would you?"

[boneyard_girl]

"Me?" she asked, simply delighted by the idea. It didn't take much to make her happy these days, and this was the most company she'd had in ages. "I love fruit!"

...and maybe then she wouldn't try to eat the fish in the lake.

[uncertain_dume]

Force, those poor fish. Kanan gave a little chuckle, and then started to rummage around in that bag, pulling out some apples, pears, peaches, berries... whatever had been the freshest that morning.

"There's nothing from home this time around," he admitted. "The jogan aren't in season yet and the Rhodian who usually imports meiloorun says his shipments have been held up thanks to a late winter where his supplier grows them. But I might have to pay you a visit when we're done our next harvest. The trees are doing so well these days, I almost always have more produce than I can sell in Tarkintown."

Yes, it had kept the name. Not out of reverence for the Imperial bastard who had driven them there, but more so that they could gloat about how thoroughly dead he was.

Kanan could appreciate that. He and Tarkin hadn't gotten along all that well, when they'd met.

[boneyard_girl]

"We have some fruit trees at the ranch," she said, propping her chin on her hands to watch him. "Nothin' like a whole farm, though. Just enough to help feed us an' keep the grocery bills down when we're all in residence."