fandomhigh | Beaching It [Week 2, Period 5, Wed. 7/14]

Since there was a strong chance for thunderstorms, John had handwavily informed the class to put on their bathing suits and meet in the Danger Shop this week. He'd set the computer to give them Galactica Point under the most pristine conditions possible - cloudless sky, bright sun, warm air, and a fantastic water temperature. He took a seat on the sand in his shorts, sunglasses keeping his eyes nice and safe from squinting at his students.

"Looks like bad weather can't stop us from hanging out on the beach! It's a good thing since today you're gonna learn about sunscreen." John held up a bottle of Banana Boat SPF 15. "Sunscreen is one of the few Earth items that is it's name. It's a lotion or spray or gel that screens the bad rays of the sun from the skin you apply it to. I use this one 'cause it smells like coconut. There's a whole bunch of numbers assigned and I read online that SPF - that stands for Sun Protection Factor - is really kind of insane to follow. Most doctors suggest an SPF between 15 and 30 with regular reapplication if you want it to work and your skin not to burn. Oh, and burning means get red, hot, and really uncomfortable. Trust me. I worked with this guy who developed his own sunscreen and - yeah, you probably don't care how bad it smelled or what he looked like with it on. Nevermind. So anyhow, I've talked, let's get to the fun part!"

The fun part appeared via Danger Shop magic as a table covered with pamphlets that were way more informative than John could provide and dozens upon dozens of bottles and tubes and spraycans of sunscreen.

"I love how it does that," John grinned, so impressed with technology that responded to a snap of his fingers. "Okay, so what you're gonna do here is take some sunscreen and put it on yourself or even more interestingly, help out someone else in class. Any exposed skin should get covered so if your hands don't reach...you just might want to phone a friend. Then and only then can you hit the water or lay out. I'll be over here if you need any help!"

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Rose smirked a little, amused. Sadly the protest only made her think it was more important Cara get more clothes.

The smooth strokes made her relax a little, closing her eyes. "Well," she teased back. "I work out."

Blissfully unaware of any such plans Rose might be hatching, Cara instead focused on the task at hand. She may have been taking more time than was strictly necessary, but it had been far too long since she'd done something like this, and even then helping Kahlan get her back scrubbed before their toes went numb in ice-cold stream water really wasn't the same.

"I can tell." There was a lot less maybe about that flirtation in her voice. "They must be vigorous."

The sunlight and the lapping of the water onto the shore definitely would be better than ice-cold stream water by any means. Though Rose's hair was way better than Kahlan's.

"You're the one who walks around wearing tight leather," Rose replied, unable not to flirt back. "I've got a feeling you know about vigorous workouts."

Cara would argue with that, but would concede that Rose's hair was far, far more awesome than Richard's.

"I know a thing or two." This was very subtle flirting for her. "That they're much better with a partner for one." Again, extremely subtle.

Everyone's hair is awesomer than Richard's. Even Sheppard's.

"It's not usually too hard to find partners around here," Rose agreed. "It's one of the best things about Fandom."

Cara suspected some powerful magic was at work on Sheppard's head.

"It's never hard to find willing partners." Or at least Cara had never had that problem. "Finding ones who can keep up with you are the challenge."

"I haven't had bad luck with that," she said, a slight smirk present. "I think it's all in the approach."

"Maybe. Though if you're up comparing differences in them..."

Rose - actually had to take a minute to wonder if that meant what she thought it meant. Damn that curiosity. "Well now I want to," she said lightly. "But probably it's a bad idea."

What with that narratively named boyfriend and all.

It meant exactly what she thought it meant, even if Cara was now wondering if she should have been less subtle. Another Mord'Sith would have been able to pick up on the offer easily. If she could read narrative she would also have wondered what boyfriends had to do with anything, at most she was looking to borrow Rose from him, not steal her.

"Why not? I don't bite." Honesty compelled her to add "Unless you'd like that."

It was blunt enough to startle Rose into a little bit of laughter. "Biting's fine - I mean, no thanks. I'm kinda only screwing one guy right now."

Bluntness deserved the same back, right?

Rose could thank Richard's influence for the fact Cara's response wasn't '...and?', well at least not out loud. That she herself had only had the one partner since she'd gotten here was completely and utterly irrelevant to matters at hand.

But since they were being blunt... "Your loss then." Cara's eyebrow and smirk indicated that it was a very great loss indeed to boot.

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