Arista/Rita Hawthorne
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Apr 21, 2013 14:59:26 GMT -5
"I just got them back after the curse broke, I know what its like to not have anyone. I am so sorry Gill its really hard not having someone you can rely on." Arista told him taking another bite.
"So how did you get the job of a lifeguard?"
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The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold
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They call it "The Black Lagoon"; a paradise. Only they say nobody has ever come back to prove it.
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Post by The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold on Apr 22, 2013 8:48:18 GMT -5
He blinked at her. "Oh that... yeah... haha..." He scratched the back of his neck. "I was kinda a... beach bum... I guess you can say. Anyways, I saved a life or two cause I happened to be at the right place at the right time; before I knew it I had red shorts slapped on me, sitting on an extra high beach chair." He laughed nervously. "Not really my thing. But I am good at swimming, naturally... like YOU probably... and if I can help, I will." He looked down at his plate. "I don't like to see a living soul suffer... especially not alone..."
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Arista/Rita Hawthorne
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Apr 22, 2013 14:17:34 GMT -5
Arista smiled at him, he was so different then anyone she had met well besides Terence. "That's so great I am sure your a natural in the water, me I am pretty useless with out a fin. Though maybe when it gets warmer we can swim in the ocean?" Arista took another bite.
"I'm really glad I met you Gill. Oh by the way what do you think of the Salmon? Feel free to eat as much as you want I have a lot left." Arista took a drink of her wine it went perfectly with the fish.
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The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold
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Post by The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold on Apr 24, 2013 10:43:11 GMT -5
Gill was mid bite when she said that. He coughed, trying to gain composure.
"I...I'm glad I met you too... Arista." AND she wanted to go swimming with him! But she was useless without a fin? Were ALL mermaids like that? Should he have pretended to be bad too? Wait... he's a lifeguard... and she's SEEN him swim. That would just be STUPID to say that now...
"I can teach you." He said. "Curse must have made you forget, huh?"
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Arista/Rita Hawthorne
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Apr 24, 2013 15:08:18 GMT -5
"Are you okay?" Arista handed him a glass of water once he was okay she answered his question.
"I am not sure swimming is just different as a mermaid. I am sure it wouldn't take me long to learn though. It would be fun don't you think? Oh yeah save room I made a pie for dessert. Do you like strawberries?" She asked getting up to get the pie.
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The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold
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Post by The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold on Apr 26, 2013 9:26:01 GMT -5
AND dessert??
...This woman was amazing. "I DO like strawberries." He smiled up at her. He took hold of his wine glass, which he hadn't really tried it at all... being to busy inhaling the salmon... He gingerly took a sip and started wandering around her living room, looking at pictures. "You have a very nice apartment, Arista." he said, taking another sip. The wine's warmth in his belly was putting him more at ease.
He saw a picture where she was with a man. Gill recognized him from the studio. "Was he EVER good to you, Arista?" He wasn't sure if she could hear him. He picked up the picture frame.
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Arista/Rita Hawthorne
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Apr 26, 2013 12:22:46 GMT -5
Arista came into the living room as he held the photo, "You know I used to think so. When James wasn't beating me he was actually a fun person to be around. There were times we were happy though I would have left him right away if I had been myself and not Rita." She took a sip of her wine.
"But he was cruel in way's I am still trying to move past. He was jealous, quick tempered and a drunk. Most people here their curses weren't nightmares but mine was. I remember we met in high school but those were just false memories they just feel so real. Once I remembered, I was a princess of Atlantica I kicked him out so fast he was even shocked. Then I started taking self defense classes and karate so that if he tried to touch me I'd be able to stop him. Sad isn't it he hasn't changed much since the curse broke. Though since you beat the crap out of him he hasn't called me I am grateful for that Gill."
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The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold
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Post by The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold on Apr 27, 2013 10:37:55 GMT -5
Gill looked at her, his dark eyes wide and hurt looking; hurt for her.
"Why would anyone do that to you, Arista?" He murmured, unable to fathom, like a child wondering about the darker mysteries of life.
He looked down at the picture, at that bastard's face. Gill could never kill anyone... but people like this James... hurting someone as pure and kind as Arista... it certainly made him ENTERTAIN the idea...
Before he knew that his grip was too tight, the glass in the frame cracked. Gill blinked down at it, coming out of his dark trance. He then shot a look at her. "I... I'm sorry..." As if he had just betrayed what he really was. It was ridiculous to think that, but his life... of being hunted and misunderstood... had caused him to think with this kind of paranoid flightiness.
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Apr 27, 2013 12:01:05 GMT -5
"Oh Gill your bleeding, come on sit I'll get the first aid kit." Arista took of to the bathroom and came back. She sat down and put his hand in her lap cleaning up the cuts. "Please don't worry about the frame it was just one I didn't have he chance to throw away. I am not Arista in that photo there is no point of me keeping it."
She wrapped a small piece of gauze around the small cut, "Wow I am really bad at this sorry it should work for now." She gave him a smile. "Oh here the pictures I took of you." She turned and grabbed a book off the coffee table and handed it to him.
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The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold
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Post by The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold on Apr 27, 2013 12:25:19 GMT -5
He smiled back at her. He couldn't tell if she was bad or not... the fact that his hand was in hers as she went about the task was distraction enough. Her hands were so gentle and soft.
"Oh yeah, the pictures." He looked down at the coffee table where she laid them out. They were astounding. He didn't know much about photo taking, but they were pleasing to look at. And then he got to the photos that he was in. Sometimes he forgot what he looked like... always looking out through his eyes, not owning a mirror... it was so strange to see HIM... as someone else might see him.
He laughed shyly. "You made me look good." He looked over at her. "That's an accomplishment... you're very talented, Arista."
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Apr 27, 2013 13:05:53 GMT -5
Arista laughed, "Your to nice but thank you. Your a great model actually so it wasn't hard. Oh are you ready for pie?" She asked him, "We can eat it in here if you want?"
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The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold
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Post by The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold on Apr 27, 2013 18:37:43 GMT -5
Gill blushed at the compliment. He knew he had a lean body from swimming, but he wouldn't consider himself attractive. She was just being nice.
"Uh... yeah. Sounds great." He smiled, as she walked away.
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Apr 27, 2013 19:19:40 GMT -5
Arista handed him a piece of pie, "So what do you do besides swim Gill? Is there anything else you do for fun?" She asked sitting down on the couch and taking a bite of pie.
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The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold
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Post by The Gill-Man/ Devon Arnold on Apr 28, 2013 9:33:28 GMT -5
Fun?
"Well... let's see... I like going to Granny's... she's nice to me. I do like music, though I'm not very talented at it. Sometimes the music from Club Robin is loud enough that it echos all way way to the beach, though I have to really listen for it over the waves late at night." He was REALLY enjoying the pie; to such a point that he wasn't really paying attention to what he was saying. "I don't tend to get out of my shack often, unless it's to swim or have a donut at Granny's."
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Apr 28, 2013 12:08:46 GMT -5
"Oh that's lovely I don't suppose you like to go out and-" Arista stopped did he just say shack? "I'm sorry where do you live again?" She had to have heard that wrong.
"Did you say its near the beach?"
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