[OPENish] ~LIFE NEEDS MORE BEACHES & BONFIRES~

[unbreaker]

WHO: Josuke, Kaneki, Hazel, Annie, Hide, Reiner, Usagi, Jolyne, Giorno and possibly Hisoka
WHERE: Cape Canaveral Beach
WHEN: Saturday Night, February 7th
WHAT: BONFIRE! BOOZE! ROASTED MARSHMALLOWS! ...skinny dipping?
WARNINGS: Teenagers. Shenanigans. Probably mentions of nudity. TBA IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE!
NOTES: More or less OPEN? I mean, if one of the above characters would have or did invite yours (talk to the muns!) then please come join us! Opener's in prose, but feel free to use whatever works the best!

They'd come from their homes to the military base in Cape Canaveral, and that was where they'd agreed upon meeting one another. The plan from thereon in was simple. (Maybe too simple to start with—Josuke had originally under planned, after all—but thanks to some helpful 'intervention' things were on course and running smoothly.) A hop, skip, and a jump away was the beach, but in order to be sure they were appropriately distanced from military property, those who were able and willing were to visit the garage and borrow vehicles that could be used to usher their small group a little ways down the coastline. And by the time they had all arrived at the designated location—an end of the beach decorated with bits of driftwood and only a very light dappling of footprints—the sky was already beginning to darken. The bands of color that had once streaked the horizon like the layers of a sedimentary rock were now fading to a beautiful blue-grey monochrome; the rippling waves looked less like glimmering silk and more like impenetrable velvet; and the sun was barely a glowing sliver, minutes away from disappearing entirely behind the skyline. It was cool, but not cold, and as the fire was struck, as it reached brightly skyward, flames dancing and crackling, warmth soon began to fan outward. Around the bonfire were blankets and towels for people to sit on. There were snacks of all kinds: marshmallows, chocolate, graham crackers, chips, and hot dogs—and there were skewers with which to stab several of these foods. There was a volleyball, too, pairs of binoculars, someone's media player and headphones, and a small cooler full of drinks on ice: water, some selections of soda, and of course...the alcohol. In short, everything anyone calling themselves a 'teenager' might need to cut loose on a Saturday night.

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[lyingheart]

"That's not what I was asking." She sighs, this time actually breaching personal space to prod him in the middle of his chest. She worries, and it's more difficult to hide when people are closer to her, in a world where it doesn't screw her over immediately.

Keeping the list of K-terms straight isn't so hard, once she repeats them back to herself. "You're actually spending time around people - strangers. Are you feeling more comfortable with that?"

[anthropophagite]

Kaneki blinks for a second, before he looks away the next. However, a small smile creeps to his lips. "I... worry a lot. I don't think that is going to change." of course not. he has also become more careful around other, specially after Josuke took a sip of Kaneki's blood coffee.

"Some people know now, too." people he didn't want to tell; that also freaks him out. he can't bare to look at their faces. "But the important ones who do know-" Hide, Annie, Reiner- "-make it a bit easier. And I think that helps."

He looks back at Annie "And they aren't all strangers - I know a lot of people here."

[lyingheart]

In a relatively small group, but it's still more than who Annie knows here - technically. She was familiar by the network with more than she was familiar with in any spoken face to face manner.

"Worrying... has limits. That's all."

For the rest, she makes a noise of acknowledgement in her throat. "It's good to know people. It's all we have to go on... these people we know, for however long it lasts."

[anthropophagite]

Kaneki nods, as he turns back to look at the ocean "It's funny because, before, I had such a hard time speaking to people. Getting to know others. here, I know so many." he chuckles.

"I don't know if it's because it's a better place or not, but it's nice."

[lyingheart]

"It's different," is all she can say in the end. "Better, worse, I don't think those terms apply. This is just different than the places we call home."

Those places don't stop being home... even if sometimes, at least for Annie, it'd be nice if that weren't true.