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[a_time_slip]

Since we're on a little bi of a travel break, are you ready for more lessons?

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[a_time_slip]

Haha, you're right.

[She follows him. The table doesn't look heavy, but is covered in bits and pieces of small gadgets]

Let's move this, and then we'll have drinks?

[lostinthefog]

Alright, let's do this.

[Julian inspects the table and can't resist poking at one or two gadgets to see if they're real.]

Are these broken?

[a_time_slip]

They're not broken. [Janie picks one up]

I'm making new things with them... so I guess they are broken, but I am the one that broke them.

[lostinthefog]

I see ... well, then let's get them back onto the boat so you won't run out of things to create.

[He tries to lift the table, careful not to let anything slide off its surface.]

[a_time_slip]

[Everything stays on the table as Janie helps him move it.]

Thank you... I'm sorry this is interrupting our um. Whatever this is.

[lostinthefog]

[Julian tries to keep the table steady while they are carrying it back to the boat.]

You don't have to be sorry. While it's bizarre, it's certainly something I don't see every day. Or with anyone else.
And ... whatever it is, we can always get back to it later.

[a_time_slip]

You always seem level-headed, throughout all the insanity that inevitably happens around me.

[Janie smiles, and helps him successfully load the table onto the boat]

[lostinthefog]

I'm learning. I used to freak out because of things like this; but I've seen so many weird things since that this almost feels normal. It still gives me a headache if I start thinking too much about it, but it's not dangerous, not threatening ... no reason to get upset about.

[He grins and pats the table once it's on the boat.]

Let's hope it'll remain here now. Drinks?

[a_time_slip]

I still freak out sometimes... Oh, it should stay in place until we get home. Thanks for helping me with it.

Yes, drinks. Can we go back to the beach?

[lostinthefog]

You're welcome. As long as its only a table, not the engine or something ...

[Julian smiles and nods, gathers some bottles and looks for a blanket.]

Sure. It's nice out there. Let's have an, uh, alcoholic picnic.

[a_time_slip]

No, no, the engine won't come out. It wouldn't do that to me.

[Janie snags a blanket]

It's safe enough here to do that. We'll have a great time.

[lostinthefog]

Hah. Here's to a trustworthy engine.

[He grins and raises the bottle in a toast.]

I'm having a great time already. It's ... I haven't felt so safe and comfortable in a long time.

[a_time_slip]

To a trustworthy engine.

[Janie smiles, and touches a bottle to Julian's, then taking a quick drink]

I'm glad, Julian. You deserve it. [Janie heads out of the boat and spreads the blanket on the sand]

[lostinthefog]

I think we both deserve it.

[Julian drinks as well, then helps Janie spreading the blanket. When its done, he flops down onto it, looking happily up into the sky.]

You've no idea how much I missed this ...

[a_time_slip]

[Janie sits on the blanket next to Julian, and stares out at the water]

Missed what? Picnics? Hanging out?

[lostinthefog]

All of it. Picnics under a starry sky, at a beach, with someone I like a lot.

[He looks up at Janie.]

Everything alright?

[a_time_slip]

I like watching the water... It's calming somehow. Everything is fine, even better than fine because you're someone that I like a lot, and this night has almost been perfect.

[lostinthefog]

[He nods, smiling, understanding perfectly well how calming the water can be.]

What would have to happen to make it truly perfect?

[a_time_slip]

[Janie finally lays back and looks up at the stars]

It doesn't really matter, because I don't think I want to change a thing right now. I just want to be here... because getting up would kill the moment.

[lostinthefog]

[Julian smiles at her, then follows her gaze into the night sky.]

You're right, so, let's enjoy it as long as we can. If there's anything I can do to make it even better though, just tell me.

[a_time_slip]

...What about you? What would make this better?

Not that I plan on getting up. All of our drinks are in reach, correct?

[lostinthefog]

They are. Everything that matters is right here, at least for me. I ... I don't know what could make it better. Not really. I don't want anything to spoil this, or make it complicated.

[a_time_slip]

Laying here together and getting drunk won't complicate this.

[Janie moves so she is laying closer to Julian] The stars are beautiful here...

[lostinthefog]

Yes ... I suppose you're right.

[Julian glances at her, but doesn't move away. Instead, he points up into the sky, leaning in a bit to show her a few stars forming a pattern.]

They are. Do you see these? I bet it's a constellation the people here a have a name for. Which might it be?

[a_time_slip]

[she's now focusing on the stars]

A... Bottle of whiskey. It's a tower, isn't it?