Sunny, with a chance of Heartache.

[Gwathdraug]

Before Evey could get away, Hungary surged up from underneath the water and grabbed the girl, chuckling deeply as he got a hold of the angry little Admiral. Looking over towards Fred the Red Squadron pilot whistled appreciatively.

“Well then, you've gone and crushed the Green Giant!” Ambrus smiled as he spoke. Leaning his head down towards his captive he lowered his voice. “Yah did a good job, but he's gonna be getting up real soon and I'm guessing he'll be a little bit of a mad bull. So here -” The big man balanced Evey in one arm as he reached a hand into one of the pockets of his swimsuit; from it he pulled a neon green water gun with the words 'Sea-Blaster Extreme' emblazoned in black on the side. He handed the gun over to Evey. “She's already loaded so we don't need to be worrying about that. Also, after seeing the work you did on that knee of his we all know you got good aim, so just try for 'is eyes!”

The tactical meeting over and time running low Hungary looked up and lifted Evey onto his shoulders. Hoping he had the little Admiral on his side – he had talked too fast for her to get a word in herself – Jek yelled towards the downed Irishman. “Oi! Dread-Pirate Doodiehead! We know you're not dead yet, so stop playing the frightened little weasel. But, don't feel bad when you lose this one, your outnumbered and out gunned this time!”


Ukraine blinked. This was dangerous and uncharted territory for him, it didn't help that he knew any of the other Red Squadron pilots could easily have handled it. His mind raced, he honestly hadn't been to a beach in a long time himself, and the times he could remember going with his dad – well to say the least he doubted Emma would enjoy scavenging junk from the shore.

And I know she wouldn't want to try and carve up a beached whale to make a few steaks, Jimmy thought to himself as he tried to get an answer to Emma's first problem.

Realizing he was leaving an un-gentlemanly gap in the conversation, Ukraine skipped the first problem of what to do on the beach and went to the second. “They – ah – I don't think any of them need to know what they are doing to do it.” Jimmy offered Emma a friendly smile as he spoke. “I think they've decided nothing around them needs any serious thought put to it, and they're just relaxed and doing the first thing that comes to mind.”

Eremenko cocked his head slightly to one side in thought before speaking again. “Do you have anything you like to talk about to relax?”

[Straken]

Fred fell into the water much the way a redwood tree falls in the forest. He held a stunned look on his face as his knee was sabotaged by the little girl, and his body sunk like a rock as the girl swam away. It was a few moments after submerging that the big Irishman realized what exactly had happened. He sat on the bottom for a few seconds as he connected the dots, and an instant later he planted his feet on the sand and pushed himself up. His body surfaced rapidly and pulled a massive amount of water with him. Upon returning to his full stature he threw his head back and let out a booming howl.
“Where is that runt!?” Fred shouted as he hunched over slightly and looked around. He caught sight of Evey a few meters behind him along with Hungary. He straightened up and puffed out his chest and he began push his way through the water on his way to the little girl.

[CadetNewb]

Johnathan merrily chuckled as he watched Evey topple the giant of a pilot in a series of accurate and crushing blows. "Ha! That's our Evey!" he crowed. He often forgot just how old Admiral Evelyn really was, and this was a stark reminder. A young Admiral, not even ten years old, was leading the Terran Fleet across the galaxy in a war of unparalleled proportions and desperation. It didn't matter if she was a super genius, or could think 100x the speed of a normal human. The fact was, the fate of all of humanity rested on the shoulders of a few children; from the perspective of someone who was usually the oldest sibling, he was glad she was happy and having fun. From the soldier's perspective though, he was glad she got some in before being inevitably wrung through the grinder. Johnathan kept laughing.

"I really wish I could have my kid brother play with her. I'd bet they'd get along swell."

[Kai]

Evey took aim, straight at Fred's face, and pulled the trigger of the squirt gun repeatedly. Short jets of water splashed across the gap, aimed at the ex-marine's eyes, as the girl cum admiral squealed in delight.

"Well, then..." Emma began "What is the first thing that comes to mind for you?" she asked, probably taking the young pilot off guard again. The Petite seventeen year old stepped a little closer to Ukraine, smiling as she looked into his eyes, knowing she was probably making him even more nervous by doing so.

[Mr. Blackbird Lore]

Ruze only smiled in response to Fred's inquisitive gesture, and strode closer with the idea in mind that he would help resolve the scenario. Instead little Evey unleashed her wrath- and tethered to her innate and vast knowledge base, it proved super-effective. He looked genuinely surprised when Fred crumbled into the water, the Pilot didn't even chuckle. Once the "Dread Pirate" arose once more however, he did laugh. Dilshod even took a seat in shallow waters and leaned back on his elbows. The water gently coursed over his lower half and splashed lightly against his chest, only occasionally dotting his face with salt, and he bore none of this any mind. The Admiral's war with a certain Irishman was promising much entertainment.

Arcadia, meanwhile, smiled oddly at this idea. Despite her words it had been quite some time since Pilot Langdon had done anything of this nature. However, she did take the crab in hand, grasping it safely by the shell, and lolled about in the waters. She seemed lackadaisical and without a goal. That was how she flanked Allison. Next came her deployment of the hermit crab. To be frank, it was skillful. She feigned a fall against Allison's back and tucked the little monster into the backside of the one-piece.

As she rose back up, she apologized softly and even offered the Teal Pilot a helping hand.

[Straken]

Fred pushed on despite having sea water shot into his face, for right now the water gun was the equivalent of shooting a honey badger with spitballs. “C’mere runt!” Fred shouted as he rushed the last few feet.
Once he was right in front of Evelyn he opened his arms wide, swooped in, and picked the small admiral off of Hungary's shoulders. The Irishman let out a victorious cry as he swung the girl around. “Got'cha! Ye remin’ me of me li'l sister. Lively an’ always interuptin’ me when ahm in the middle of somethin’.”

[Kokuten]

Elfriede moved at the same time Arcadia did, only she moved underwater. The large German woman moved like a shark under the surface of the waves, popping up every once in a while to pursue after Miyuki, who seemed unaware of her approach. She gently moved behind the Japanese native, and waited a moment. When Arcadia bumped into Allison, Elfriede jumped up out of the water, and into the air, springing out of the shallow water. Miyuki only had time to realize the rushing sound of water, and the shadow forming on to her, before Elfriede tackled her into the waves.

"Elf-Elfriede!" bubbled Miyuki, laughing and trying to get away from what she thought was mindless play. She tried to get away from the scarred woman, but found her leave slowed as Elfriede pinched the back of her swimsuit and holding it as it stretched to escape from her. With the swimsuit pulled in such away, Elfriede simply lobbed the hermit crab onto her back, and watched it tumble down her back to the top of her butt. Miyuki yelped in surprise as she felt the creature land on her, and let out a quiet shriek as Elfriede let go of her one-piece. "Ee! E-E-Elf--Wah!" went Miyuki as she felt the crab crawling up against her, the poor creature smooshed tightly between her skin and the fabric. The Japanese girl's gentle, white hands, went patting against her back in a panicked motion as she tried to reach her back, but before she could properly grab it, the crab shifted up her spine, into a more unreachable area. She mewled as she realized that she was now at the mercy of the crab, but tried no less hard at trying to remove it.

Allison had no time to laugh or take this spectacle in as it was around the same time Arcadia had run into her. The pear-shaped Taggart simply waved it off, showing that it was no big deal, and began to look back on the situation. It was actually quite funny to see Elfriede acting in such a way. Until she noticed there was something crawling on her back as well.

"Augh!" went Allison, in sudden surprise in realization. Her hands went to her back quickly to grab what she figured was a hermit crab, wondering how Elfriede had gotten her as well. She pulled back the elastic of her one piece to reach back and grab the crab, but this only made the small crustacean fall down to the base of her back, and onto her butt. Much to Allison's horror, it began to snug it self in between her cheeks. "Wah!" she wailed grabbing her butt and pressing it together to prevent any more hermit-trespassing. She began to shake left and right, up and down, all over the place, just to try and get that little crab out of her bathing suit.

Elfriede was laughing her ass off.

"Pfft! Like normal volleyball is anything like beach volleyball!" Betty giggled, punching Steven's arm lightly. She then drew her arms back, and forced a massive gush of sea-water onto him, soaking him in a very skillful splash. "Have you ever splashed anyone to see who can make the bigger wave?" She continued in a playful tone, "If we don't have a volleyball, we can always work with this!" The woman splashed him again.

"Still have family to speak of?" asked Hetzer, in a rather congratulatory tone. In this kind of life, it was hard to find anyone who had blood family that they could even think fondly of. Hetzer himself had lost his mother when the bombs fell, and his father a few years later. "I'm an only child, myself. Papa and mama always figured I was more than enough for their time. Heh heh." The large man took a drink of his beer, before snuggly digging it into the ground. He looked over at Jonathan, "Guess your parents didn't think like mine did, eh?"

[Kai]

Evey squealed like, well, a little girl, when her attacks proved ineffective, and she was snatched form her perch atop Hungary, which she had thought was safe. the tiny girl flailed and kicked, but it was obvious she had nowhere near the strength to escape. Instead, she simply went limp, and glared at Fred, almost as if she was trying to make something happen with her mind, but nothing did. However, memories of the debriefing of a past side mission would probably crop up in his mind.

[CadetNewb]

"HEADSHOT!" Johnathan called out in a godly voice, Evey's shots landing dead on. He then cackled with laughter before collapsing back into his beach chair, his rear end punching through the flimsy fibers and letting him fall through. For a moment, Johnathan was silent, an expression of absolute bewilderment stuck on his face. And then he started laughing again. The FNG managed to rock forward and waddle on his two feet, the beach chair clinging on and forcing him into a hunched position. "Hetzer! Hetzer! A little help here?" Johnathan asked before taking a swig of beer. And then the crabs; he regretted drinking the beer as it streamed out of his nose.

"AUUUGH! IT BURNS!"

[Kokuten]

"Mmm, you'd think that in a place like this, they'd at least make a chair that'd hold up the weight of a man, even when he comes down like you did." commented Hetzer as he positioned himself behind Jonathan, grabbing him under his shoulders and anchoring his foot heavily on the back of his chair. The large pilot hefted the man back up, onto his feet, before looking down at the hole in the chair. "Hrm, well, that ought to make Allison feel better about herself."