(open) mission: hit the beach STRIKES BACK

[initiates]

Here is an overflow log for the July 18th - 24th beach mission! Original log and setting information can be found here, and OOC information can be found here. HARTY PARD.

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continuing!

[ladyspitfire]

Oh, I fully intend to still have our time in Antiva. You'll simply need to forgive my absence for a time. There are things I have to do after the Blight. But I promise, I'll find you.

[It's a promise she fully intends to keep while she has the opportunity. One day, she will disappear without a trace. She wants something for him to remember her by.]

A bit of leather, though... [She smiles into his nuzzle, closing her eyes.] Something for your wrist, maybe. Ah, but you have those gloves, don't you? I'll have to be creative with what I get for you.

[bloodyantivan]

When they are not on my person, I keep them in a locked safe which I have been assured is quite fire and wreck-proof. The lock is easy enough to pick, but so far it has done far better in the war and bombings than I have.

[Zevran chuckles.] I had such a thing in my apartment in Antiva City, in a hidden place, but it never held something so precious as the gloves.

...Perhaps I could leave them with you and you could gift them to me twice-over.

[ladyspitfire]

I should say so, if they've lasted this long. They must be enchanted for all they've gone through.

[Elissa smiles briefly, sadly, and kisses his cheek.]

I might return them to you worse for wear. It'd be better if you kept them with you. I'll find something else that can satisfy as a third gift.

[bloodyantivan]

This is the part where I should say that it is the power of our affection which keeps it strong - or the purity of fine Dalish tradition, or something like that. You will forgive me if I only wish to kiss you instead.

[Which is what he does.]

I do not need presents from you... I never know how to thank you.

[ladyspitfire]

I would believe Dalish tradition or even a Keeper's magic before something like the power of affection.

[A different word could have slipped out. She's glad it didn't, though she kisses him tenderly when he closes the gap.]

Oh, yes, thank me for...what? Recruiting you and forcing you to fight darkspawn, encouraging your betrayal of your brothers-in-arms, enticing you unintentionally - and then intentionally - and allowing you to be harmed? You've nothing to thank me for, except in sparing your life in the first place, and even then... I've told you that it wasn't a kindness. And you've paid me back in full so many times over that I've lost count.

I should be thanking you. I try to, at least.

[bloodyantivan]

You have given me a new life. Where would I have gone if you only set me free after I attempted to kill you? I would be on the run, always looking over my shoulder.

Even if the freedom is limited, it is more than I have ever known, and I am grateful.

[Zevran rests his forehead against Elissa's.]

[ladyspitfire]

[She leans into his touch, reaching for his hand as she does so.]

I want you to have more freedom than that. I don't want you to be hindered by anything else ever again.

[bloodyantivan]

[Zevran's lips quirk up as he feels her hand over his.]

And if I wished for that for you, it would not make such freedom any more possible. Do not torment yourself with the knowledge of things you wish could come to pass.

Right now, we are together, and it is a beautiful day. If only we had the beach to ourselves, hm? I would find a way to make it memorable.

[ladyspitfire]

I've been given leave from the Wardens and I've taken it on my own. It just won't last forever. [And neither will I.]

What about tonight when it gets dark and most people are asleep?

[bloodyantivan]

I know of nothing that does.

[Zevran leans in closer, giving her a slow, very deliberate kiss.]

Hmm... I suppose it may have been in inevitable that it happen in a tent, regardless of a location.

[ladyspitfire]

[She lingers after the kiss is finished, nearly mouthing her words against his lips as she tries to stifle a laugh.]

Ironic, no? We can wait until we return, if you'd prefer.

[bloodyantivan]

I think I will have trouble waiting for tonight! [Zevran smirks, nuzzling against her.]

Now is good. We are both relaxed, more or less safe from danger. [Because it's not like anywhere is truly safe, but the sound of the waves is quite soothing to Zevran.]

[ladyspitfire]

More or less.

[The beach is safer than Exsilium proper, that's for certain, provided no animals can get through the barrier. It seems like a gift they can give one another, a night to remember even if they return back to their apartments to find them bombed.]

Tonight it is. Don't stand me up. [The last part is a tease she murmurs as she kisses his cheek.]

[bloodyantivan]

I promise you, this time around I will be able to pull off my ambush.

[Zevran snickers, leaning into that kiss.]