day 418 | vacation

[unbr8kable]

[There is more to Hachijo Island than just creepy hotels filled with fungus--though there are plenty of those.

But one doesn't need to visit one for impressive-looking black-sand beaches with tide pools and sea turtles frolicking nearby, or tall, green cliffs that fall off into the sea, or mountains to climb, or hot springs with views of the aforementioned cliffs and beaches or even overlooking a waterfall.

Nemesis comes ashore with satchel full, looking between the greenery and the water and the mountains rising nearby, and then over to Hurricane, grinning]

...Ready to relax?

Comments

[unbr8kable]

Wait--agh!

[She squirms to avoid best she can--which honestly isn't all that great. Her arms go tight to protect her armpits and front, leaving her lower sides open but maybe he won't notice??]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Spoilers, he absolute noticed]

[Which is to say, he's diving right in to tickle her sides]

[unbr8kable]

!!! Hey!

[She squirms to the side which mostly just makes it easier for him to reach her other side with some extra splashing thrown in for flavor. Squealing, she goes the other way instead since that will definitely make a huge difference,]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He cackles - twists sideways with her, going for the newly exposed parts]

[unbr8kable]

[Another yelp, and she moves her arm to guard her side, which totally doesn't open up her middle at all, uh-uh]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[It absolutely doesn't]

[And he absolutely doesn't notice or zoom in to exploit the weakness -]

[Oh no, wait. There he goes]

[unbr8kable]

[This is discrimination]

[Anyway she attempts to strike back (around her own squirming anyway)--since she can't actually pull away she at least attempts to get a leg around him so maybe she can ???flip him over...??? we'll see]

[crossmyheartandhope]

Wh - whoa - !

[Sploosh, down he goes]

[It is super effective, he did not actually expect that,]

[unbr8kable]

[Neither did she, and it takes her a surprised moment before she tries harder to pin him with her hips, so that she can give him a taste of his own medicine]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He yelps and squirms, trying simultaneously to cover himself up and wriggle free]

Dude - !

[unbr8kable]

Can't take the heat?

[She grins wickedly, merciless against his sides now that she's got the chance]

[crossmyheartandhope]

Xia...!

[Laughing helplessly, maybe attempting to catch at her hands]

[unbr8kable]

[Its not tough for him to get at least one; merciless or not, he's always been faster, but she doesn't give up]

You know you deserve it!

[crossmyheartandhope]

I super don't! This is like... cruel and unusual!

[Squawks and flails, trying to keep the hand he didn't catch at bay, to dubious success]

[unbr8kable]

It's cruel and super-usual!

[She continues, light over his ribs and over his tummy; she risks being caught just to poke him in the navel]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Squeals at the assault over his ribs and middle, though he does in fact manage to snag her hand at the poke]

See! You said so yourself!

[unbr8kable]

[Waggles his hands within their grip]

If it ain't UNusual it don't count. That's the law.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Holding tight,]

Pretty sure it counts.

[unbr8kable]

[Prods her knee into his hip]

Does not! I'm a victim! Down with double standards!

[crossmyheartandhope]

What about triple standards?

[Stepping on her foot under the water, with the non-metal foot]

[unbr8kable]

[Actually attempts to slip free of that one, and hook her foot around his ankle instead, even if it changes her center of gravity a bit. She reaches out her arms up and away as well, seeing he'll hold on]

Quadruple standards!

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He does in fact hold on]

[Unfortunately that means he overbalances and falls into her, instead]

Whoa -

[unbr8kable]

Oof--

[She had not actually been expecting that part and gets knocked back herself; sorry this is a minimally padded landing but he's no longer pinned??]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He no longer has her hands, either; the grip ddn't survive the fall,]

[But it doesn't seem to matter either way, because he's too busy laughing]

[unbr8kable]

[Huffs, though she can't keep up the righteous indignance for long before descending into giggles herself]