Athol - At the Beach

"I write way too much bonus stuff about Perditus. So, this scene may or may not come to pass in the actual continuity of Athol. It would defiantly have to take place after the events of the main story." -Casey

“Who was granted the inspiration that summer was the ideal circumstance for a stopover at the beach?” Elysia complained as she trudges through the sand. “This scorching sun is insufferable.”

“How can you find complaint even now?” Perditus scolded her. “This is the first time that any of us have seen the ocean.”

“My complaint is not with the ocean,” the girl retorted. “Its grandeur makes a mockery of any written word that ever endeavored to depict it. The heat is that with which I take issue.”

Perditus simply shook his head as Elysia drew her hood over hers. Orsolya, who was a few paces ahead of them blazing the trail, stopped and spun around in place with her arms stretched out. “This is the place!” she announced excitedly. “There’s even a shady spot beside the rocks where Ely can sulk in the dark.”

Elysia’s expression was hidden from view, but a small moan or a bark was heard in response.

“What do you think, Adora?” Perditus asked the small girl that was holding his hand. “Has Oriole really found the perfect spot?”

Adora nodded slowly, her wide eyed gaze never leaving the water. “How far does the ocean go, Perditus?” she asked.

“Um…well, it goes on forever, Dory,” Perditus answered simply.

“Actually,” Orsolya interrupted, spinning over to them. “I’m pretty sure that there’s dry land about fifty miles east.”

Perditus shot his sister a warning glance, but she continued, “You could probably see it from here if you had a telescope.”

Leona, who had been holding Elysia’s hand as they walked, released her grip and ran to catch a wave as it splashed on the shore. She giggled loudly as the water splashed around her waist. Adora began pulling away from Perditus in an attempt to follow, but Perditus refused to release her.

“Purdy! I wanna splash with Leona!” she complained as she attempted to wiggle and twist from her brother’s grasp.

“Well, now that you’ve called me ‘Purdy’ again, there’s no way I’m letting you go, Adorable Adora,” he mocked. She twisted her nose in a sneer and then turned to Elysia with her big bright blue eyes.

“Ely! I can go swimming too, can’t I?” she begged.

“Act as you like,” the older girl shrugged as she began moving to the shady spot Orsolya had found for her. “Let her go, Purdy.”

“I hope you are stuck by lightning before day’s end,” Perditus mumbled at Elysia.

“It would be proper considering the fact that you are already as lost as they come.”

Elysia reclined in the shade and Orsolya came to take Adora’s hand so that she could take her over to splash around with Leona.

Perditus stood where he was for a few moments more. He watched the girls splash around and then looked over to see Elysia staring at them as well, a faint smile just visible under her hood.

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