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Repairs to the Tetra were being done, and Tee was carrying them out with the help of O, Zed, and Ai. Due to them being very sensitive repairs, Tee needed a few members of his crew off the ship. Maguro and Ris had agreed to watch over the twins, leaving Ringo to watch over Ess.
Ringo knew that Ess was a good person deep down, but she also knew that it was buried very, very deep down.
“Ugh this place is so boring,” groaned Ess as she lounged on Ringo’s couch. “Your TV doesn’t have any of the good channels and you don’t have any of the games I like.”
“Well sorry I don’t have access to your space stuff…” Ringo thought for a moment. “How about we have a battle? A good old Puyo vs. Tetris match.”
“No way, I’ll be at such a disadvantage.”
“Then we can both use Tetris.”
“Oh please, I’d beat you so easily it wouldn’t even be a challenge.”
“You want to prove that theory?”
“No! I’m already boiling alive!”
Ugh, why couldn’t she make this easy, at this point Ringo was beginning to get a headache too. Just then, she had an idea.
“Hey I know, if you want to beat the heat, how about we go to the beach?”
“The beach?”
“Yeah the beach, you’ve been right? Place with a lot of sand and the ocean.”
“I think we have a virtual one on the Tetra. Otherwise, I’ve never been to a real one.”
“Oh well now I have to take you!”
“Ugh, I don’t know…”
“Look, do you want to cool off, or do you want to stay here and complain?”
Ess decided to go with the first option.
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“First things first, we need some proper beach attire.” Ringo tossed Ess some clothing. “Here why don’t you try these on.”
As Ess unfolded them, she found a red and yellow short-sleeve shirt, with bright blue shorts and flip-flops. Ess eyed them with disgust.
“I know, I know, you aren’t used to non-form fitting clothes, but trust me it’s for the best.”
“It’s not that! These clothes are just so tacky.”
“Tacky!? I’ll have you know these clothes were hand-chosen to maximize beachtime fun.” Ringo paused. “Besides, I’m sure you wouldn’t want to get your nice dress all covered in sand.”
Ess grumbled, Ringo was right about that. She wasn’t very happy with how she looked in the outfit though, and she was especially even less pleased when she found out Ringo was wearing the exact same thing.
And she was absolutely not at all pleased when she found out that they would have to walk to get to the beach
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“Well here we are,” smiled Ringo. “This will be so much more fun than being cooped up inside all day!”
Ess was wishing that they had stayed at Ringo’s house. It was even hotter here, her feet hurt, sand was getting everywhere, and this outfit really did not compliment her eyes at all.
“So what do we do now,” grumbled Ess after their towels were set up.
“What can’t we do? That’s the shorter question! There’s so much here. We can swim, go surfing, ooh, or build a sand castle!”
“Ugh in this heat? I think I’ll stay under my parasol, thank you very much. How about you go bury yourself in the sand or something.”
Ringo smirked. “Well if you're still feeling boiled, I have just the thing to cool you off. Close your eyes”
Of all the things Ess was expecting, a blast of water to the face was not one of them.
“Hey what the heck was that?!”
“A water gun, you want one?”
“No, why would I want to play with something as juvenile as that?”
“Sounds like someone is just worried they’d lose to me at a water gunfight,” replied Ringo smugly. “Makes sense though, I’m a pro.”
Ess was very offended. “Lose, to you? Give me one of those, I’ll show you some real sharp-shooting!”
Soon the two were blasting each other with water. They certainly were managing to beat the heat quite well indeed.