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“Yeah! Seashells, sand dollars, almost anything really. They’re all just so pretty.” She nodded, momentarily in thought, “Now that I think about it, I do know how to make some things out of shells. I can make jewelry and charms. I do it with my cousins all the time. But that’s nice that you spend time with your mom. Not a lot of people do that.” Xion never mentions how she doesn’t have parents. She tries not to dwell on it. Instead, she always makes sure to have a positive comment for her peers about theirs.

“You haven’t tries seasalt ice cream? You are really missing out!” She tapped her chin, lost in thought for a moment. Whenever Xion thought about seasalt ice cream, she only thought of all the good memories that were accompanied with it. Her mouth began to water just slightly at the thought of the twist of salty flavoring. “Well… it’s actually sweet…but salty. It has a unique flavor to it was a different aftertaste. I like it, but I can’t say if others do.”

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He nodded, listening as she talked about making necklaces and charms with her family - out of what she found on the beach, at least. "Oh, wow! Do you sell that stuff?" He was curious, no doubt. Percy Jackson was a teen who was a dork about anything having to do with the ocean, and homemade seashell jewelry was no exception.

"If the ice cream's as good as y' make it out to be," he then continued, trying to imagine what the treat tasted like, "then it sounds like I'm gonna really like it." He grinned. He really needed a time to unwind like this, especially with all that was going on at both home and school.

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A small laugh bubbled forth from Xion. She was glad she wasn’t the only one who wanted a break. The other was so energetic, it was contagious to Xion. Now she wanted to bounce out and run down the halls.

“Those both sound like good ideas! I love ice cream and the beach has these cool tide pools to go collect shells.” Now things were getting interesting. The boy just so happened to mention two of Xion’s favorite things: ice cream and the beach. The girl couldn’t say no. “Ice cream sounds amazing too. Have you ever tried seasalt ice cream? The best, hands down.” With all her stuff gathered, Xion started to head out, the mention of ice cream already had her moving.

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As he noticed her grinning, he smiled. He couldn't help himself from slightly bobbing up and down about every ten seconds, his feet desperate to move. He wanted to do everything, at this point. Or, at least, he felt like he could.

As Xion started to move, so did he. He jogged right behind her, his mouth pulled from a small smile into a jovial grin. "You like to collect seashells? Sweet! Maybe if we could find some string or anything, we could make necklaces! My mom and I used to do that every time we went to the beach." It was their little tradition, every summer, to go spend a weekend right on the beach in a cabin. However, now that Gabe was there...

He didn't want to think about that. So he focused on Xion.

"I don't think I've ever tried seasalt ice cream before. Is it good? Does it taste like the ocean or is it like a mix of sugar and salt? I bet it tastes great, if that's the case." His mouth was moving a mile a minute, but he didn't really notice.

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Xion could tell he didn’t listen to her question. His eyes told it all. He was just as bored as her, his mind was probably wondering as well. This caused Xion to grin. She wasn’t alone in her situation. Even though his answer sounded like a guess, Xion was going to take it.

“Well good,” she closed her book and started to pack up. “If you think we have enough time to finish this project later, then…” she dragged the word out, “let’s go do something!”

She waited for the other, eyes gleaming. She was excited to get out and do something. “Unless you want to stay and finish…”

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He immediately perked up the moment she suggested possibly ditching the place. Oh god, he wanted to get out of here so bad. Being trapped in school, that was like Hell. Feeling confined in one place with boring teachers and forced to process information that you still didn’t entirely get, it’s what Percy imagined as punishment in the afterlife.

“Stay here and finish? Please!” He laughed, standing up. He felt his body scream at him in relief, finally getting a chance to stretch out and move around.

“I’d love to do something! We could go out and, like, I dunno, maybe the beach is kinda empty? Or get ice cream! I can pay!” He looked like an excited puppy, and in reality, he was just happy to get out. Not to mention, he could take this as an opportunity to get to know Xion better. He was working on a group project with her, after all.

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The time seemed to tick by slowly. The minutes felt like hours to the girl. That was a rare experience for Xion. The girl is usually studious, focusing all her attention into the subject. Today though, it must have been the weather. Outside was sunny and still warm. The winter chill still lingered but it wasn’t as cold as expected. Either way, Xion didn’t want to be working on the group project. She would rather be skating, or dancing, even tennis sounded better than this!

A small ‘hum’ escaped her lips. One hand was holding her chin up, the other tapping a pencil against the text book. Her mind was wandering and all hopes for finishing the group project was out of the question for the day.

Xion was partnered up with Percy, a fellow student in her class. She had hardly spent time with him before, maybe that’s why they were assigned together. Blue eyes looked up quietly to check on the other, maybe he was just as bored as her. Xion hoped so. She desperately needed a reason not to finish her work today.

“Do you think we can finish this project in time?” The two had a ways off before the actual due date but Xion wanted to see where the other felt with the progress of their project.

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I wonder what Mom is making for dinner tonight... Is she making mac n' cheese? God, I love her mac n' cheese. If it's that Kraft stuff, is it possible that she could let ME make mac n' cheese? Nah, maybe that'd be a bad idea... I dunno, I'll just have to ask her-

His thoughts, distracted, jumped around in his head like fleas. He should have been focusing, but right now, he was hungry. And nobody should ever expect Percy Jackson to focus whenever he's hungry. Right now, instead of being set on the project at hand (and poor Xion, his partner), he was thinking about macaroni and cheese. And possibly fries. And burgers...

FOCUS, JACKSON, FOCUS.

He snapped out of his daze, green eyes looking to Xion's like a ghost had just ran their hand down his spine. She had just asked him something. Oshit. Ofuck. What did she ask? What was she wondering of him? Did she notice he was out of it? Spacing out, probably? Hopefully not. He wanted to get a good grade on this assignment, and by god, did he need it. Not to mention, he'd feel horrible if Xion (a relatively sweet girl, from what little he knew about her) received a bad grade as well.

He was hoping she asked something yes or no. He was praying. So he stared at her straight in the eye with his dazed, half-lidded look, and responded, "Yeah."

#// this is longer than I anticipated whoops #// but yeah your starter's perfect!#// sorry about this dork sobs-#iontidings #xion 01

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Nobody really visited the beach anymore - well, at least in the autumn and winter. And honestly, that made Percy a bit sad.

He understood that school was a thing, and that the chillier months were upon Dearu, but it was always warm in Solias. What stopped people from at least popping by the beach on weekends? He got lonely, and he didn’t have many friends to begin with.

So, on one of the warmer days, where the was not one face he could see along the sandy area, he stood up and stared deep into the pink of the sunset. Maybe it would be a nice day to go swimming, since it wasn’t as low as it could’ve been...

He wore a seashell necklace around his collarbone, something he had purchased on Etsy while mindlessly scrolling through the products. He threw off his t-shirt, running straight into the water and jumping in once he hit the deeper areas of the ocean. And if only more people could see the smile that lit up on his face as he noticed a girl walking along the area, seeming to be by herself. Well, maybe he could add another to his small cluster of friends.

“Hey there!” He waved out to her with a grin.

“You wanna jump in? The water’s great!”

#thalassaembrace #kairi 01 #// perce you can't do that #// you can't just call out to a random stranger and invite her to jump into probably colder than normal water with you #// who raised you a bunch of horses #// oh wait...

Starter call!

Because Persassy needs to make new friends you feel me-

#ao rp ad #;fresh out of the water #// how could you possible say no to that face

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“Uhh... okay is this... X-Xion? Am I pronouncing that right? Oh well shit you can’t answer- uh, uh, s-so I just wanted to call and see what we were supposed to do for that... project thing in class the other day. I asked somebody for your number just to ask so don’t think I’m like some kind of creepy guy that just KNEW your number on the regular because that’s not me I’m not that kind of guy- uh... Okay, just, let me know when you get this message just if you know EXACTLY what we’re doing, ‘cuz I don’t. Uhm, yeah... Just... call when you get the chance.”

Click.

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[Let the voice hear it.] ☏

“Uhhhh, okay so this is that radio place right? Yeah this is Percy Jackson, if you could maybe just send out a PSA for a missing person - his name is Leo Valdez and he’s small, like, tiny, 5′6? Probably? He looks kind of like a leprechaun but- oh wait he just walked in- please don’t listen to this message it’s not needed just go ahead and delete it- WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU-”

Click.

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