( graveyard: we're cursed..........3 )

[nodo]

[ since there's more of us now, let's set up a scene...ish. we're at the beach! hooray!! it's our government mandated party game!! hopefully everyone is going to be well behaved because law won't give two shits. he's already arranging this for some reason unknown to man. indulgences? indulgences....... everyone get your sins in. taps on watch???

of course there is booze because there is always booze. law does not perceive the meth. (if there is any.)

NOW!! EVERYONE. TWO TRUTHS & ONE LIE. ]

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[nodo]

[ ...

okay but like. that's kind of cute. law will only be mildly amused on his face but you can bet the feeling he has (purposefully to a degree) is that of great amusement. ]

Nothing. [ coffee?? a treat?? ok. ] Nothing, I suppose.

[kokytos]

[ ?!

...

Steven just. Is going to splash more water on him. Drown, motherfucker. ]

[nodo]

[ hello excuse you???

he thought of nothing offensive???? all he thought of was "wow! i can't believe my steven a. starphase can have a cute side"???? though if he wants to splash him, then i guess he'll get a splash back??

he's over being wet and surprised by water now. ]

[kokytos]

[ Steven A. Starphase doesn't take kindly to being treated as cute, it's foreign to him. So here he is fucking ruining it by being a dick immediately.

Splash fight!! ]

[nodo]

[ I'M IN TEARS... WHY IS THIS HAPPENING......

SPLASH FIGHT EXCEPT LAW STILL HAS ONE OF STEVEN's HANDS HOSTAGE SO TIME FOR HIM TO JUST GET DUNKED I GUESS. enjoy getting that full body ocean experience. if this was supposed to think of steven not as cute then wow it failed...probably. depends on what happens next. ]

[kokytos]

[ They've had / will have a rough week, they deserve this gay nonsense.

But, fuck -- down he goes into the water, I GUESS, but this is a double-edged sword because he will forcibly tighten his hold on Law's hand and drag him down along with. Suffer. This is mutually assured destruction at its finest. ]

[nodo]

[ cannot say that he didn't see this coming but also cannot say that he didn't deserve this. will say that he doesn't find this any less on the "cute" side of steven. the mutual destruction is what it is.

though, will say that there is absolute panic, look it's thirteen years of conditioning, when he goes under the surf for the dunk and absolutely lets go of steven's hand to struggle (not necessary) to pop back up out of the water. give.... give him a hot second to not freak out. ]

[kokytos]

[ Steven will get himself out of the water after just a brief moment. He doesn't have any plans to stay under the water, he just got DUNKED. He surfaces with a splash, blinking water out of his eyes and his dark hair just flat over his face -- at least, until the strands start popping back up again, since he's got those natural slight waves and messy forms.

He gives Law a dirty look, briefly, though he wrinkles his nose and frowns when he immediately picks back up on the BSOD. ]

Thanks for that.

[nodo]

[ don't worry about the bsod. it's brief anyway. ]

You started it.

[ he is. definitely fine. law is above his years of conditioning to think that being submerged in the ocean means death unless someone rescues him. he'll put a good face about it as he also takes off his hat to wring it out. ]

[kokytos]

Did I, though? I definitely didn't dunk myself into the water.

[ Getting back up, so he isn't just on his knees getting splashed by more ocean water!! ]

[nodo]

[ they were....mature adults. completely mature adults.

mature adults who one is named law and uses his hat to splash steven with. ]

If I recall you were the one who splashed me first.

[kokytos]

[ Guh. He is splashed. Wow, all your effort trying to wring your hat out, wasted. Steven just smacks away the water with his hand, which works as mediocrely as you'd expect. ]

Yeah, cause it looked like you needed some gentle encouragement getting used to playing around in water! I wouldn't have dunked you.

[ OFFENSE? ]

[nodo]

[ it's fine. he'll just wring it out again; it's a durable hat!! that said he'll look at steven's slap of the water and raise an eyebrow. hello? ]

Well, it happened and now look at the two of us. Dunked and drenched.

[ it's...kind of funny actually? not that he's super amused by it but he's getting there. moderately amused!! ]

[kokytos]

Correction, only one of us got "dunked", I just happened to drag you down with me because we were holding hands.

[ Excuse you. Ugh. But, he raises his brows. ]

But look at that, you're not falling over or anything from seasickness.

[nodo]

Just happened... You could have let go.

[ but then again he also could have voluntarily decided to not because of wanting to drag law down with him. ]

I'm not.

[ huh, like he knew about this but at the same time??? it's still a huge "huh". there's a bit of a bittersweet feeling to the moment. ]

...I don't think I should get too used to this.

[kokytos]

With how suddenly it happened? I don't think so.

[ But he'll splash his way over to Law, wading in thigh-high water... yeah, all his clothes are just completely stuck on him. Thanks for this, bitch. But he'll just pat him on the back. ]

Just because you let yourself enjoy a luxury for one day doesn't mean you're getting used to it.

Though, I think I'll just sit on the shore and wait for the Sun to dry me.

[nodo]

[ he could take some of that off?? they're at a beach; it's fine to be in a state of undress?? but steven should know how poorly law takes to the idea of luxury... it's like "why" and low key "don't go indulging in things you can't have more of" which is funny because hahaha.

either way— ]

Are you going to at least take some of that off so you'll dry sooner?

[kokytos]

I'll dry off just fine. I don't typically even wear short-sleeves, let alone be shirtless in public.

[ He only did it during trial, because, you know. It was a necessity to narrow down the pool of potential suspects. ]

If this was a request, then sorry but it's been denied.

[nodo]

[ ..... ]

I won't even ask.

[ and since i didn't pick/decide on what law was wearing i guess he was wearing at least a shirt and shorts since i refuse to make him as horny as he is elsewhere. ....that said i'm also having him remove his shirt because unlike SOME PEOPLE he has nothing to be shady about.

just a lot of tatts that everyone has seen plenty of by this point. ]

[kokytos]

[ HE'S NOT BEING SHADY ABOUT IT. SOME PEOPLE JUST AREN'T ALWAYS TITS OUT, GOD DAMN? But also you're fighting a losing battle Naru just give in. ]

Ask about what. [ A rhetorical, anyway, since he's making his way back to sand. ]

[nodo]

[ steven has no reason to not though??? also please do not remind me. this man is so objectified in canon that i do not know what the fuck to do with myself. also please give law some credit where its due. ]

Why you'd think it was a request.

[ it was a suggestion since. well. steven complained about having his clothes stuck to him?? and hello?? local man spends plenty of time by the ocean and knows better. not that you'd need that kind of life in the first place!! ]

[kokytos]

[ Literally basically all of his official art where the most bare-skinned he is is just his forearms are his reason??? ]

It's a joke, Law, ever heard of it? Or I guess I should call it teasing.

[nodo]

[ nightowe our tattoo lore.

also excuse you. he'll half-heartedly chuck his wet shirt towards steven. if it hits him then it hits him....if it doesn't then it also doesn't. goodbye shirt. ]

Shut up, the point still stands.

[kokytos]

[ It'll land halfway in his catch, halfway in his lap. He'll wring it out beside him, but he won't be returning this until Law comes and gets it himself.

He just shrugs! And makes a zip motion over his mouth. Alright Law! ]

[nodo]

[ HELLO??

HIS SHIRT??? ALSO DON'T BE SO CHEEKY WITH THAT REACTION. Un-fucking-believable. he'll stand in the water mildly offended. as if they haven't acted their age enough as it is. ]