[ They make it work, one way or another. There's a beach resort on a planet that the IPC has officially designated as Reslana-IX, but which the locals simply refer to as the Haar Islands, and given everything that they've all been through recently. Himeko managed to get every member of the Express (as well as Robin) tickets and rooms at the resort.
It's funny, in the way that all space tourism is the same, and yet also so different. The hotel operates almost exactly the same as the Reverie, but the Family doesn't run it. No signs of the Harmony or the Order here. It's a perfectly ordinary beach resort run by a perfectly ordinary company and they won't have any problems here whatsoever. It's maybe somewhat less luxurious than what Robin's been booked in the past, but that's sort of the point: no one will think to find her here, since the press wasn't notified.
Dan Heng really does wind up on guard duty, as is his right, but there aren't actually any paparazzi around for him to fight off with his spear; if anything, the young man seems perfectly content watching March, Caelus, and Robin play on the beach while he reads from underneath a beach umbrella, comfortably cool in the shade. March has been doing her best to stay calm; she's taken lots of cute selfies with Robin, although she's promised that she won't post any on her social media, but she says she wants them for the memories, and anyway, they're both cute in the pictures.
"Do you mind taking one more?" she gushes enthusiastically, throwing her arm around Robin as she angles her phone camera to capture the blue waves behind them. The blue waves, and Caelus, surfing in the background...
Caelus, getting closer and closer in the background, until... ]
Boo! Photo bomb!
[ — in a somewhat hilarious feat of atheticism, Caelus hits the sand with his surfboard, then uses the velocity from the impact to jump over where Robin and March have been taking selfies; he lands very neatly on his feet right behind them, both arms around both young women so that his big head has now "ruined" (well, he looks cute too) March's shot.
March yelps and stomps her foot. "H-Hey! You ruined my selfies with Robin!" ]
C'mon, haven't you taken like fifty already today?
[ (Dan Heng sighs from his umbrella and does not move.) ]
@cantillations
[ They make it work, one way or another. There's a beach resort on a planet that the IPC has officially designated as Reslana-IX, but which the locals simply refer to as the Haar Islands, and given everything that they've all been through recently. Himeko managed to get every member of the Express (as well as Robin) tickets and rooms at the resort.
It's funny, in the way that all space tourism is the same, and yet also so different. The hotel operates almost exactly the same as the Reverie, but the Family doesn't run it. No signs of the Harmony or the Order here. It's a perfectly ordinary beach resort run by a perfectly ordinary company and they won't have any problems here whatsoever. It's maybe somewhat less luxurious than what Robin's been booked in the past, but that's sort of the point: no one will think to find her here, since the press wasn't notified.
Dan Heng really does wind up on guard duty, as is his right, but there aren't actually any paparazzi around for him to fight off with his spear; if anything, the young man seems perfectly content watching March, Caelus, and Robin play on the beach while he reads from underneath a beach umbrella, comfortably cool in the shade. March has been doing her best to stay calm; she's taken lots of cute selfies with Robin, although she's promised that she won't post any on her social media, but she says she wants them for the memories, and anyway, they're both cute in the pictures.
"Do you mind taking one more?" she gushes enthusiastically, throwing her arm around Robin as she angles her phone camera to capture the blue waves behind them. The blue waves, and Caelus, surfing in the background...
Caelus, getting closer and closer in the background, until... ]
Boo! Photo bomb!
[ — in a somewhat hilarious feat of atheticism, Caelus hits the sand with his surfboard, then uses the velocity from the impact to jump over where Robin and March have been taking selfies; he lands very neatly on his feet right behind them, both arms around both young women so that his big head has now "ruined" (well, he looks cute too) March's shot.
March yelps and stomps her foot. "H-Hey! You ruined my selfies with Robin!" ]
C'mon, haven't you taken like fifty already today?
[ (Dan Heng sighs from his umbrella and does not move.) ]