The Beach

[mother_love]

It was getting cooler every day it seemed and Billy knew it would be just a matter of time before it was too cold to really enjoy the water. It was already a bit too chilly for swimming or surfing as it was.

So, before he was forced to rely solely on the holosuit in the shop for his watery needs, Billy was going to enjoy a walk along the beach. Now that the island was mostly empty, seemed like a good time to enjoy some down time. An if one of the few souls who had been left behind for the week was about, they were welcome to join him as well.

(Beach and Post are Open!)

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[sword_chocobro]

One of those few souls currently on the island really didn't have much choice in the matter, but that didn't mean he was just going to rest on his laurels. Most of his days, when not filled with badgering portalocity gnomes, drinking at the Devil Nest, or loading up on campfire Cup Noodles^TM were spent working out and training.

And that meant the occasional beach run.

Which meant as he jogged by, he lifted his hand almost absentmindedly to Billy, before doing that odd little double-take that he hadn't experienced in a very long time...

"Billy," he offered up in greeting.

[mother_love]

Billy lifted a hand in casual greeting as someone ran by and then he too did that quick little double-take. A small smile tugged at the corners of his mouth as he did.

"Hey, Gladio! How's it going?"

[sword_chocobro]

At least the uncanniness was hopefully a little more diminished now, what with the addition of about ten years, several more scars, and Gladio having grown out both his hair and his beard.

"Eh," he offered, in response, a simple reply but on that seemed to encompass everything nicely. He slowed his jog until he was jogging in place a little, and then slowly brought it to a stop, immediately moving to roll and stretch out his shoulders in the pause. "We don't need to go into that. How 'bout you? Been up to anything interesting?"

[mother_love]

"Same ole same ole. Getting ready to start shifting to the cooler weather setup, so... that's always interesting." Billy gave a small shrug. "But other than that just working the shop and dealing with the Porg who seem very attached to the place." (and maybe him a little too)

[sword_chocobro]

"Yeah," Gladio huffed out a small, amused laugh. "This little guys tend to get a little attached, don't they? I've had a few of them slowly inviting themselves as guests go my campsite."

[mother_love]

"Not too bad once you get past the creepy staring thing. They are almost adorable" he added with a laugh of his own. "They seem to have at least a passing facination in swimming and surfing so, that's been interesting to say the least."

[sword_chocobro]

"Trust me," Gladio grunted faintly, "when it comes to creepy things that could be staring at me, I'll take the porgs over most any day...

"That's got to be something, though. Porgs and surfboards..."