Beach Planet

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Scott's probably around here somewhere, trying to recover from James.

The water's pretty nice.

Perfect place to dump slavers.

"Algae?" Matt asked. That didn't sound very delicious.

"It tastes like pondwater, but burns like whiskey," Ellie said. "It's an acquired taste." She looked at the mixed drinks, but she knew what she wanted to order now.

Shane looked to a waitress as she came over to them and gave his order, picking one of the colorful cocktails to try

"Man pond water is NOT a taste sensation." Matt laughed. "And this is coming from a guy who freaking loves water." He ordered a beer, because the cocktails were all bewildering and probably mostly made of fruit.

Ellie ordered her algae drink. "You start to like it after a while, honest!"

Shane chuckled and shook his head as the waitress left to fill their orders "I will take your word for that."

Matt snickered. "Yeah i'm sure you do, once you get so drunk you can't notice the taste."

Shane chuckled and waited for their drinks to get made and brought over to them

The drinks arrived before long.

Ellie's looked... Exactly as bad as it sounded. It had a sparkly straw in it though, to make it pretty.

"Just like my aunt decorated it!" She cheered.

Shane smiled at the waitress and paid for this round for them all before tasting his concoction.

Ellie took a sip of her drink and gagged a bit. She powered through and took another gulp. "It's been a while since I've tried this," she explained. She looked at Shane's drink, "Yours is pretty. I like it."

"It tastes good too" Shane said and smiled at her.

Matt tried not to laugh at Ellie gagging. "Man, i'm curious but not curious ENOUGH." He swigged his beer instead.

"You barely have a sense of taste, you'd be fiiiine," Ellie told Matt with a giggle, taking another sip of her drink. Dang, that flavor was strong. And it really stuck to your mouth! "Yo Shane, can I try yours?"

Shane chuckled and nodded, pushing his over to her. "Go ahead"

Matt snickered. "Maybe. But i'll stick with the relatively safe stuff." one of the few things Matt was actually sensible about was avoiding stomach aches from drinking or eating things he knew would set it off. Beer didn't seem to be quite as bad as fruit and vegetable juices, despite being a grain. Maybe he'd just built up a resistance to it. "your face is brilliant."

Ellie giggled. "Fair enough." She took a sip of Shane's drink. "Oooooh, that's good. Not as good as algae," she added hastily, "But good!"

Shane chuckled and shook his head "You can keep the algae, this is good enough for me."

"Good. My algae," Ellie said, taking a stubborn sip of her drink and coughing a bit. "It's planty and strong, just like me." She drank some more. "Man, remember last time we were here, when there was a dead guy on the ground and Matt told us he was engaged? Good times." She'd forgotten that the 'dead guy' had been Matt passed out on the ground and drunk. Oops.

Shane raised an eyebrow at that and took his drink back. Yeah, hers seemed to be really strong, so he was glad he hadn't tried it, despite the taste being a factor.

Matt frowned a little, trying to remember what the heck she was on about. Oh yeah, the beach... the two of them hooking up and being adorable, Thalia being unsympathetic about his hangover.
He smiled softly, damn he missed her.
"Man that feels like forever ago."

"Yeah, me and Shane had our first kiss here," Ellie said, misty eyed. "And you got engaged, and we got drunk. Good times."

Shane flushed and dipped his head a little "Yeah"

Matt grinned. "Good point. You guys were and still are adorable." Yeah he really didn't mind being a third wheel, it just flat out didn't bother him.

"Our first kiss probably shouldn't have been a drunk one, but it was still awesome," Ellie said. She looked at Matt, "Man, what's kissing like with pointy teeth like yours though? I've never tried kissing Shane in his other form, so I don't know. I should do something about that someday, shouldn't I?" Maybe she was getting a bit drunk.

Matt laughed. "I dunno man, you wanna find out?" He looked to Shane, was he the sort to get jealous? Naaah.

Shane chuckled and shook his head "You want to kiss my dragon form? Makes more sense to kiss Matt."