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"...I didn't know you were capable of healing so quickly." The green simian was surprised. He had brought the other to receive some minor medical care, from his brief encounter in the Wilderness, but he didn't realize the extent of Arrow's abilities. It made him look dumb, admittedly something he didn't care about, but something one of his teammates would be quick to poke fun at.

"Perhaps if you had asked, he would have told you." Gibson's tone was a little annoyed as Otto just stuck his tongue out at him in response. "My apologies, fellow citizen. Allow me to introduce myself. Mr. Hal Gibson. It's good to meet someone we don't have to have or use a translator for." The blue simian reached out to shake the other's hand. Gibson's appearance was eerily similar to Otto's, yet he was more slender and his posture was definitely more "proper" than the green one's laid back demeanor. "I would recommend staying within the city limits, with all the danger out there it's not wise to travel outside Shuggazoom, alone or otherwise."

"Give me a break, Gibson. I'm not going to assume everyone has a healing factor. Besides, my friend here isn't from around here."

"Ah, so a tourist? That would explain why I haven't seen anyone with your physical characteristics around the city. Then again, it is an enormous city."

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@emeraldtied Said: "I can't shake the feeling that we'd make incredible friends."

Friendship starters

"What gave you that impression?"

Inuyasha's right ear had flicked at the notion. Not irritation, it was more akin to curiosity. He hadn't been explicitly rude, nor kind. Where was this coming from? Their partnership was one of convenience right now. Two strangers who'd figured out no more than each other's names teaming up for the sake of a greater goal. The warm grass beneath his feet felt good, as did the breeze on his face. Silver hair was shining in the sunlight, drawing away from his body by the wind.

Sonic was fast. Faster even than himself. That made him an invaluable companion, no matter how temporary. Inuyasha's movement paused, as his hand raised to lightly scrape bangs away from his eyes.

"Smells like it's to the east." He spoke low. "I'm not the kinda guy who has a lot've friends." Sunset eyes glanced over. "We'd better keep goin', if we're gonna make it there by sunrise."

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IT WAS JUST one of her usual errand runs. Of course, she could've brought Maurice along with her, but to Mellie there was still a need to be an independent woman; call her strong-willed, but she knew it was one of those things that would never change for them. But something had felt odd the moment she walked in the back door of their flat, given by she found him attempting to hide.

Never in their relationship had she even attempted to pry things out of him, to question him; even though she could tell when something was off with him. He was only human, after all, just like she was. Yet there was something about this time that was….different, as if he was in a literal fight or flight scenario. The only clues? Him scurrying from the couch and the end credits for some movie on the telly.

She knew him far too well, more than he realized.

Of course there was worry on her face, it was one of those things she couldn't help and despite what he thought Mellie was not buying his reassurances. Ones of which she could tell had more than one crack in them. With his question and watching the credits a bit more, she came to realize the reason for the teary look in her fiancé's eyes. Which caused her to come down to the floor with him and pull him into a gentle hug.

This had been nice.

Andie had loved the time he had been spending with the family, and a few times he tricked himself into thinking this had always been his life. It was fun to imagine Mina and Arrow as his parents, and Lyra as his little sister. Although the illusion didn't always stick. Especially when he could feel a creeping feeling of a vision threatening to go off.

The hardest reminder that this wasn't his reality was while he was in the backyard. His eyes had been studying the flowers and plants in the garden when the sun beaming off of something metallic caught his eye.

Omega.

What a sunset.

While he wouldn't step foot in the water itself, especially the ocean of all things, he did love the beach. Indiana didn't have a beach, it didn't border the ocean. The orange and yellow tones reflecting off of the water, pink clouds rather than white. He was in awe. And here he'd thought he'd gone and gotten himself lost thanks to a malfunction of some new fangled technology.

If you were having fun, were you really lost? Surely a local could help him find his way back home, and off of this island.

Closing his eyes for a second, just to feel the sea breeze, a deep breath is taken in, and gently released slowly. It would seem he didn't have the beach to himself this evening, however, and to see another person was a positive. Maybe they could tell him where he was. Now, he had to be careful, he'd learned the hard way that his extroverted nature could come off as annoying.

Basking in the final rays of sunlight as he walked, night would soon approach.

"Well hey there!"

He was impressed. He'd never met anyone with emerald eyes, like his own. The feline's were sparkling with wonderment. He wasn't quite as excitable as his younger days, but that wouldn't stop him from being friendly, at the least.

"Are you a local? Does this beach have a name?"

The warmth of Danny's smile said everything. He felt pretty calm right now. Relaxed.

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THE DISCUSSION HAD BEEN brewing for quite some time, so it was needless to say that this much needed road trip was long overdue. At least in Melvin's opinion. After all, they'd had enough random afternoon conversations and poured enough time over various roadmaps of the English countryside. Melvin being Melvin had been watching the weather reports carefully, knowing full well that it was winter. While also aware about how Maurice felt about the season, but for one single week things weren't going to be too cold.

Besides, that was what hot drinks were for!

The only real worry was getting the lovebirds to part ways for a week, something he hoped wouldn't be too hard for his friend. Or his twin. They'd FaceTime. It'd be fine. With his suitcase strapped onto a luggage rack he'd bought--granted there was enough room for his travelling companion's--he showed up outside the pair's shared flat.

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