BEACH BAD, BEACH BAD [OPEN]

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

To say Vader was out of his element was the understatement of the millennium. He'd taken refuge under a large umbrella and was seated in his his chair as though it were the Emperor's own throne. Under the pretense of meditating, he was keeping a three-foot radius of space around him sand-free.

His beach towel would stay immaculate until he got someone else's blood on it.

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[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

"I did not know you were so fastidious about your sand," Arha said mildly. She had been slip-sliding in the Fremen walk, leaving no trace of herself behind as she walked. Clad only in the tiny black bikini she had purchased when Wedge had taken her for swim-ming, she paused, her head tilted to the side as she examined Vader and his umbrella.

She bent down for a moment.

"You have missed a grain."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"If you must know-" Vader began, then stopped and examined her.

"Why have you stopped wearing clothes?" he asked, somewhat nastily. "Have you taken leave of your senses?"

He was unaware with how much violence he could get away with, even off the ship, and his mood was just as sour as it had been since he awoke. Perhaps it was a little childish to move his fingers a fraction of an inch and send a wave of sand billowing towards Arha behind her back.

Perhaps.

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

"I have been told this is the style of dress for beaches," Arha said (without any malice at all), peering at him. She saw the movement and sighed. He was going to be a child once more. She caught nearly all the sand with the Force and kept it from invading his clear spot before scattering it back to where it had come from. The few grains that peppered her shoulders and the back of her neck fell away with a light sweep of the Force.

It was good practice and she thanked him for it with a tug of a smile.

Arha supposed she could have been childish back and let his foolish actions pepper him with sand, but she had found his display a challenge.

"What precise breeze that was," she said as dryly as possible and sat herself down in his pristine, bare patch of earth.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

He would see her crack one day, and then...freedom from her endless caretaking.

"It is foolish. It leaves you bare to all elements. Suppose there were an attack? You would be running about in...undergarments."

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"Oh wow," said Ben, which summed up his feelings on this pretty well.

[favoredfire.livejournal.com]

Leia squinted behind her dark glasses and adjusted her wide-brimmed hat against the sun.

"How strange. Do you think someone left him there?" She whispered to her nephew.

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"I have no idea. Bet someone'll be mad about us messing up the beach, though."

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

After restocking the Shadow, Luke (and Mara) had made their way back down to the planet sans speeder, for a little relaxation. Luke had been cajoled into buying a pair of swimming trunks (http://shop.pacsun.com/boardshorts/New-Boardshorts/Monsoon-Black-Boardshort/index.pro) and a white shirt, and although he'd protested the close-fitting nature of the shirt, Mara had insisted it was fine.

Now, walking along the beach, he'd found his father, sitting in an inexplicably void area.

"Do you not like sand?" he asked curiously.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader studied him closely.

"I lived on Tatooine. I loathe it.

...what are they making you wear, exactly?"

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

"These? This is this world's version of swimwear--Mara picked them out." He grinned. "Pretty nice, huh? I kind of like the design." He looked a little awkward for a moment. "I guess you can't exactly go swimming..."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

A green seagull made slow sweeping circles around Vaders chair before landing at on the edge and blinking at him.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader made a vague brushing movement, trying to dissuade the overly familiar bird.

"Go on. I have nothing for you."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

The bird hopped off the chair to the ground and turned into an adorable green puppy pulling back onto it's hind legs and making a begging gesture as if to say Even if I do this?

I am a horrible person

[ayasofia.livejournal.com]

Well if it wasn't the homicidal psychotic angst machine her friend from medbay.

"Hello!" Sofia waved, smiling brightly as she drew near. Yes, her vacation had been eventful, not necessarily in a good way, but that didn't mean she couldn't have fun today. And just maybe, if she was lucky, she wouldn't be force choked.

nope lol THAT WOULD BE VADER

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader massaged his temples, ready for another verbal spar.

"You have managed to find me yet again."

Round Two

[ayasofia.livejournal.com]

"It's a small beach." It really wasn't, but the cloud of anger and disdain was like a beacon. A strobe light beacon. "But you don't seem to be enjoying yourself."

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

Mara kicked sand at him. :|

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"JADE!" Vader sputtered, "have you taken leave of your senses?! Are you still the child I knew?!"

SOME OF IT GOT IN HIS MOUTH.

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

Mara, in a green and white bikini (http://www2.victoriassecret.com/commerce/onlineProductDisplay.vs?namespace=productDisplay&origin=onlineProductDisplay.jsp&event=display&prnbr=GP-253821&page=1&cgname=OSSWMBIKZZZ&rfnbr=1232) shrugged at Vader before looking out over the water.

"You just looked like you may have needed some sand."

[starlightace]

Hi Vader, don't look now, but in this strange and crazy world people can fly. And one of them is touching down in the shallow water lapping up against the beach, wearing a small blue-and-white striped bikini.

Nanoha recognized the figure from the ship, and smiled at him as she walked by. "You must really hate sand," she said good-naturedly in passing.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader met her with a glare.

"It would appear so."

She is not getting an-y-thing from him just yet.

[starlightace]

Oh, so that's how you want to be, Vader? Nanoha returned his glare with a wider smile. "It's kind of obvious, yes."

"Is there a story behind that?"

[sonotasuperhero.livejournal.com]

Ava stands a decent distance in front of the umbrella and lawn chair with one hip cocked, looking seriously unimpressed with the sand-bubble. She's got a towel, new sunglasses, and a bright red string bikini, and she's going to get a tan while she's at the beach. (An umbrella? Please. Umbrellas are for people who can't figure out how to put on sunscreen.)

"Okay, I fully recognize your right to keep sand away from you on your little circle of beach or whatever, but if you make a mistake and any of that sand comes over to my little circle of beach? I am going to be seriously unhappy."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"I would not wish to see you unhappy," Vader replied, not turning form his stoic watch over the sea. "I would be unhappy to see that."

[sonotasuperhero.livejournal.com]

"I'm just saying, keep it on your side and we'll be just fine." Ava said, tucking her towel under one arm. "Have fun keeping all the sand away from you. At the beach. Which is made of sand."