The Beach, Wednesday Evening

[puppy_fair]

It was a nice night, if you asked Zack. The weather was crisp and cool with just a hint of snow, which didn't bother him any. He'd wandered bare-armed through Modeo, after all. This was just... brisk. And sparkly. He wans't sure if the tinsel washing ashore was meant to be here, but in the evening light, it was, if nothing else, pretty.

He turned a little grin toward Ino.

"After this we can go for hot chocolate," he promised. "My treat."

[OOC: For one! But the beach is open, as beaches are.]

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[intraspective]

Grin it up, Zack.

Ino couldn’t help but laugh at that.

"I’m holding you to that," she mock-threatened. Ino was bundled up, cheeks pink, eyes bright, and wearing gloves. Ino did not do winter well. Even one so mild as today was. She eyed the waters doubtfully. "We’re not going in there."

She wasn’t even going close. For one, the tinsel might trap her.

[puppy_fair]

"I wasn't thinking of a winter swim, I promise," Zack replied, laughing a little, himself. "I mean, unless you really wanted me to. But then I might want a hug after, and I know you'd hate that."

Because then he'd be wet and cold.

[intraspective]

Ino gave an exaggerated shudder at that.

“Don’t even try,” she laughed. “You wouldn’t get anywhere near me like that!”

[puppy_fair]

"Then no swimming," Zack laughed, holding up his hands in surrender. "Maybe instead, once we have that hot chocolate, we can see if anyone has their lights out. It'll be getting dark soon, right?"

[intraspective]

“Oh, that’s right! They do that here,” Ino said, tilting her head thoughtfully. “You know, the mainland probably has better lights, if we wanted to do that.”

Holidays... were pretty different on Gaia.

[puppy_fair]

Zack tilted his head a little in thought.

"Only if we swing by the apartment before we go," he decided. "I'm not bringing the buster sword to the mainland."

That would be... kind of disastrous.

[intraspective]

“Don’t want to stick it in your pockets?” Ino teased gently, reaching out to loop her arm with his. “That’s fine. We don’t even have to go tonight if we don’t want to.”

[puppy_fair]

Oh, that... that was nice. That little gesture, their arms linked. Zack smiled a little more warmly.

"How about we see how we feel once we have our drinks, then? The lights will be there until Christmas anyway, won't they?"

They'd almost make up for his missing the tree lighting in Midgar.