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[windyheir]

[Today on the plane, anyone who is near the beach-area will get a 2-for-1 deal! Two teenage boys happen to be playing on the beach, though you might have to stretch the definition of 'play' here. John is happily building a pretty sweet sand castle, while Dave is sitting on top of a palm tree and watching him.

Also, John has somehow managed to swap out his usual clothes for some blue swimming trunks and yellow sandals, while Dave is being a party pooper and kept his usual attire.]

Are you going to sit up there all day? There's sandcastles to be built!

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[lamb_of_gold]

[Mu was just passing by, but the sight of the boys slows him down. He may look just a wee bit harried.]

Having fun?

[moveslikestrider]

[Looks up from where he's fashioning a tower on the sand castle.]

Sup, Mu. Egbert wanted to fix his boredom, I'm just along for the inevitable wave.

[windyheir]

[John had been giving Mu a friendly wave, but that wave slowly dies off as he sees the familiarity going on here.]

Wait, you two know each other?

[lamb_of_gold]

I see.

[He steps a little closer, careful to keep sand out of his shoes and doubly careful not to jostle anyone.]

We do indeed. I met Dave before you arrived here.

[moveslikestrider]

He told me about some interesting stuff when I arrived. Gave me a bit of a run down of what's around.

[The tower gains a bit of detail.]

[windyheir]

You know, Mu helped me when I first showed up too! Wow, I never knew that we both knew the same cool guy this whole time!

[lamb_of_gold]

'Cool,' hm?

Ah, but from what I've seen here, if I'd known one of you, I'd have met the other before long anyways.

[This is his way of confirming you two are friends and not just making the castle to stave off mutual boredom]

[moveslikestrider]

[That gets a laugh out of Dave.]

Yeah, because I'm always pulling the derp's bacon out of the frying pan.

[windyheir]

Hey now, sometimes I'm the one pulling YOU out of the frying pan. That's how palhonchoism works, you know.

[Two teenage boys probably wouldn't make sand castles out of boredom anyway. This is a special friendship here.

Psst, Mu, you should help with sandcastlebuilding too.]

[lamb_of_gold]

[Alas, Saints don't do sandcastles - just cryptic messages on the beach.

However, John's retort just makes Mu smile and shake his head.]

The real question isn't how much trouble you save each other from, but how much you get each other into, I think.

[moveslikestrider]

Yeah, gosh John way to focus on the negative shit there. Wagging my finger at you dude. [As if he didn't bring it up in the first place.]