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“This may come off as a shock but I’m not sure if I’m going to finish this whole thing,” he admitted, looking down at the remainder of the pizza. “Are you going to be able to or should we start asking for a takeaway box to pack it up in?”

As the last of the group left, Mira knew she should have followed them back to the tents, instead of staying behind and letting her eyelids grow heavy as she listened to the peaceful ripple of the waves. Once upon a New Years. Mira attempted to ignore the shiver down her spine at the memory, leaning back on her elbows to stare up at the stars. “ Mm. I… might happen to recall that. Alright, what are you in the mood for ? Vain queens, magical labyrinths, doomed heroes ? ”

“I have fantastic coordination, thank you,” Myles insisted, although she didn’t even believe her own words. “Besides, if my aim is bad it won’t go anywhere near your face anyways,” she laughed. “Come on, have a little faith in me! Show me what you got.”

“ When was the last time I even went outdoors for more than ten minutes ? The ski trip ? I need to get a gym membership, ” Adrian admitted between ragged breaths on their hike. “ Does HQ training still kick ass ? ”

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“Does most of your family fish or just your grandad?” Emma asked as she took the rod from him. “I have, but I’m not too great at it. The only thing I’ve ever caught are some weeds.” She admitted, 

“Can you believe the only wood they got was wet?” She sighed, shaking her head at the fact that they needed to go out again for more wood. “How much more do you think we need?” 

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“I nearly gave one of my employee’s a heart attack when I said I was going out for sun. I don’t think they have ever heard me say that before.” He admitted with a light grin. “I hope that whatever your friends have been going through is resolving itself. And… well I suppose that was part of it too…” Though he wouldn’t have quite put it as bluntly as Levi had. Still, he deserved it.

“I can only imagine,” Levi couldn’t help the snort that followed Reuben’s comment. “It’s a once in a blue moon kind of event after all, isn’t it?” he added teasingly. “I appreciate that,” he smiled softly. “I seem to be in the clear. Let’s hope it stays that way,” Levi shrugged slightly.

“Superheroes hardly have that many interactions with skunks right?” Ronnie asked, peaking out from behind him to look at it, “We don’t have any tomato juice,” She pointed out and then snorted, “Adrian would be more difficult about the situation than Shadow,” She pointed out, trying to joke but really not wanting to get spray, “Do you think we could like corner it or make it turn in the other direction.”

“I don’t know any, I don’t know what you expect me to do about that?” Noah shrugged, “I have sure but I don’t find a lot of them that scary really. Or maybe I’m just not a good storyteller.”

“We haven’t even gotten to the top yet and I can already tell this is a terrible idea,” Levi grumbled as the two hiked up one of the cliffs overlooking the water. “Like... I used to watch people do this when I was a kid but I never actually did it. You know we could die right?”

It took Levi a moment to realize the group had dispersed from the beach leaving him and Mira alone, looking out at the night sky. It also took him a beat before he spoke up. It was still tense between the but he couldn’t just deal with the silence. Not anymore. “So... you mentioned something about loving the mythology behind the constellations once upon a New Years?” Levi spoke out to the water, not looking over to Mira quite yet. “Care to share any of those stories?”

“Have you ever fished before?” Levi asked as he began putting some of the bait on the ends of their hooks. “I used to fish a lot during my family trips to the Philippines. I mean I’d fish in Australia too but, my grandpa on my mom’s side who taught me,” he explained before handing over one of the fishing rods to her. 

“Please tell me you have good hand-eye coordination,” Levi said, volleyball in hand ready to serve it to the brunette. “I’m not so sure I’d appreciate a volleyball to the nose today– or ever, but especially today. Did we even bring a first aid kit on this trip?”

“I’m pretty sure we’re supposed to row in tandem for this to go anywhere,” Levi said to Jude who sat in the canoe right in front of him. For some reason the two weren’t quite skilled in creating a rhythmic rowing pattern. “Okay let’s try this again– paddle down and around, down and around.”

“Oh my god, Levi no!” Ronnie squealed, pulling him back, “Don’t scare it, it’ll spray us!”

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“No I don’t know any scary stories. I’m not a great storyteller either,” Noah said, “What about you, Blackwood?”

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