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[Micah Nottingham]

He nodded as he finally took a seat because he figured he was going to be here for the next few minutes maybe even an hour but the point was he simply liked it. He did not feel his emotions flustering as much so he was assuming that wherever his sister was she was doing okay at the moment. It was the bad side of having a twin that no one truly spoke of anymore, their feelings and emotions seemed to tie into yours even when you did not want it too. "Yeah well you know me I always have to get away for a little while before I can do anything big. I mean honestly as you know I used to thrive off of bigger but not so much lately."

He had to learn how to calm himself because Ribbon's emotions were hard for even him to grasp on daily so slow was better for the both of them. It was also how he had gotten the idea to come here and just let whatever it was, whatever it might turn out to be to simply wash over him. He nodded as he ran his hands through his hair. "It's not yet cold enough to appreciate the lights of the arctic but I will do my best to remember that." He looked out at the color of the water and then at her. "You should sit, might bring some memories back."

Cae Mire

[Cae Mire]

As much as she wanted to say she did not believe in all the strangeness that was fate and such she was not so sure that she could deny the things that her and Micah had experienced. Even sometimes when the memories flowed through her head they hurt so much she had times where she had hoped that they could have never happened but then there was also the good ones and she knew even if the time came she still would not trade any good or bad for the now. The now was uneasy and shaky but still the present felt nice. The view did not hurt.

Still she listened to him talk and he did sound confident and concerned all at the same time. It was sweet but not necessary. She slowly took a seat scared of what anything was going to do and anything that she might remember but still it should not, well she felt like it should not become something that she allowed to hold her back. "It is a bit scary not knowing what to do what little moves to make in my every day life that will touch on memories that are yet to be opened."

Being honest seemed like a good move to her for now so she simply sat quietly. "How about you though Ace?" She knew she should not call him that but it was the name she preferred not that there was anything wrong with Micah as a name she just loved cards. "What's going to happen to you when we return to Astaria and all you have are these current memories?"

Micah Nottingham

[Micah Nottingham]

He did not mean to be but every time that he got asked a question he found himself thinking about it too much. He had tried to teach himself out of it but it was hard when something came almost too natural to you. He would not even go so far as to say that he did not like it, just more so it took him longer to get around to giving a straight answer about any subject more than anything else. "The way I was raised if it did not scare you then it was not worth it. I think everyone is in a little way but it is hard to speak for others." Still one had to have limits or so he had always told himself anyhow. None the less he was okay now with it being like that in his head.

"Oh well this is just going to be looked back upon as a much needed vacation. I love our apartment just not when I start to feel like I have stayed inside too much. Sometimes one needs to get out and smell the beach water you know or ocean water or any kind of water that is not dripping out of a faucet."

Cae Mire

[Cae Mire]

She listened to Micah and shook her head because the truth was that she understood what he was saying. Sometimes you just had to get away from what you knew even if it was just two or three days and use that time to clear your head and the come back. Still if she was even just a little bit right she felt there was more to the here and now than even Micah was letting on but for now since she did not want to ruin the moment she was going to go with the flow. "I hope that I can have that easy of a time as I look back on this. That is the one thing about enhanced memories sometimes something so nice as this when you look back on it it does not calculate to how it happened. I mean the variables will be the same but sometimes when you look back it is almost like you are drowning even if those are nowhere near your intentions."

She began to walk and the wind picked up just a little bit and it felt good. She did want to rush off into the water but she remained on the sands under her toes for now as she looked back at him. "Come on I remember tales of people, well pirates back in the day always burying treasure back on the south west part of beaches let's go see if we can find some."

Micah Nottingham

[Micah Nottingham]

Micah had always knew that he needed to be careful around Trove at least that was the way that his parents had explained it but the truth was all it had did was put the idea into his head that being careful around her meant not embracing into her wild ideas which as he looked at now seemed more like a bad thing. Still it was always hard to get over what you had been taught as a kid so he had kept himself at a good distance and they had grown and here and there he would slip up and do exactly what he had been told not too but he had told himself that this little vacation out he would not do so, so he listened.

He was nodding and doing good until she mentioned pirates and treasure. His eyes slowly narrowed and his ears slightly perked up though it was hard to tell. "Treasure?" he asked. He was sure that it was just a loose term and that nothing of true value existed here probably just some fake diamonds or plastic bubble gum machine type rings but still it was not about what you came back with physically but the memory that would forever be etched in her head. "Lead the way," he said as he stood still for the moment.

He could do this. Make a memory and go back to Astaria and for once not watch her fall apart when she began to remember it. It was what he was going to tell himself to let this little adventure continue on anyhow he thought as he used his hands to motion for her to move on and lead the way.

Cae Mire

[Cae Mire]

The beach had always been calming to her and she had a good amount of memories which did began to flicker in her head but not enough for anything to reach out and grab a hold of her and make her wish that they would stop. She nodded and listened and then walked when she noticed Micah's hands. It always made her laugh at how sometimes he seemed to use his hands more than anything when he was talking but if it was how he was comfortable then so be it. She zig zagged a little bit and then finally reached a small corner of a cove space and stopped. It was cooler here as it was less where sun was.

"Coves are there own little thing I find and sometimes people come to them when they want to be by the water but do not necessarily want to be disturbed by someone when they are thinking" She took a seat and spoke once more. "I think that we have a few things to talk about which is why I think you wanted us to come here in the first place." She motioned for him to take a seat now. "I have always figured that your mind works different well no not different just different from mine and now it is your turn to tell me what you remember."

Micah Nottingham

[Micah Nottingham]

A cove? He took a second and let out a sharp breath for a second. "I should have known that you would be the type to know where a cove was if one existed." He did like that about her and though he did not quite understand why he knew he liked the way that her brain worked. It was like it was always a working puzzle piece and so he listened. It intrigued him even if should not. "I honestly try not to think too much. I know that sounds bad but there is so much that goes on that sometimes I find it is easier to turn your brain off than do anything else and what not." Plus he had self admitted that he did love how cove and trove did in fact rhyme.

He raised an eyebrow as she went on talking ever so cautious which he knew sooner or later would either be his greatest positive trait or his nagging negative one but he turned so that he could face her. "The way I remember it?" He did take a second to blink at that because that was a first, her asking him for his opinion and seemingly being genuine about it. For once he had to admit that she had most of his attention. "Well.." he went quiet a second. "Ribbon and I were closer before dad's untimely death and mom's withdrawal of us as her children and whole ups and downs."

He sounded slightly sad and confused and slightly like it had forced him to grow up before he was ready but he also sounded so damn sure that it seemed like it was a growth that while he did not expect he embraced. "I remember restless nights and tears that I could never wipe fast away from Ribbon's face and then turning and seeing that same face look at me with hatred as I began to look more and more like dad." It was not like he could help how his genetics and looks shook out in the end but he had wished back then that he could more than anything.

"I look at Ribbon now and my perception of her is one that gives me chills because it is my sister, it is my twin but she still feels so distant." He finally took a seat and looked out. Not having the sun to reflect made this moment just what it needed to be as a small, spine tingling chill did go through him but he simply shook his head. "Here's the one thing that is slightly worse than that it is when I look at you, I see the broken you too." It was, his enhanced perception was amazing and he loved it but much like Trove's memories and tons of others being 'special' was such a bitch sometimes.

"I have seen you grow from a teenage brat to this woman and you the same with me from a teenage brat to a man and yet I see more than anyone how broken and scattered it has made you. Some of it is because of the memories and how they flick on and off and cruise through your mind like your brain is their own personal informational highway but some of it, like myself is just a ripple effect. Is that clear enough or am I rattling on too much because I am aware that I do that as well."

Cae Mire

[Cae Mire]

She listened and nodded. "I see" she said as she listened. It made sense and it seemed to be all facts as she turned and looked out at the setting once again. So many colors and such calm brought a presence over her and she turned and truly looked over at Micah for a second and nodded. "I think the broken me is finally learning to pick up the pieces of herself and put them back together." She smiled because it was a nice feeling in the end.

"I have never once tried to bullshit you Micah so I know that you see me for me" she said as she turned back towards the colors of the cove and then back to him. Though the colors were not mixing to her insight in a way she did feel her brain starting to over work. It was always seemingly like that before a memory broke though as she let the smile drop from her face and then shook her head. "I have been working on my color theory by the way. The colors here are starting to look more brighter or I guess a better way to word it would be that I am starting to more understand why people use or associate the colors with places as they do."

Micah Nottingham

[Micah Nottingham]

It was true that it was not his first idea to vacation, no he thought that what they had planned to do could have been done in their apartment plus it was super cozy and Micah had a thing about getting out. He did not do it nearly enough but he listened and he was glad that finally after years she felt like she was healing. It made his heart flutter and all of that cuteness but it was not that, that excited him as much as it should but instead what she said next. He slowly smiled which was just another thing that he did not do often enough as he nodded.

"Really?, hell Trove you keep talking like that you and you will be without a doubt speaking my love language." Micah had never, at least he had never intentionally set out to be difficult to understand he just seen things differently than most people and that did make him difficult when you did not know him. "Alright I need an example," he said as he got closer to her. If she was going to speak his love language in a way then he was going to be as close as possible to make sure that he fully understood it. "I am so dang excited," he said as his eyes sparked up which had not happened in a long time.

Cae Mire

[Cae Mire]

She took a minute to point out as she watched him. She laughed at the thoughts of him trying to invade her personal space but she did not mind it. If he wanted to be closer then she was going to remain quiet about it and let it simply happen. "Well I have been, take this place for example. The water is something that seems to be ever cascading and the blue and greens speak to me in volumes. They make the things that are around them sparkle and shine more than anything that would be classified as a jewel could or would in the end."

She took a second to look at him and that flicker in his eyes made his eyes light up in a way that she had forgotten existed in him but it settled her awkwardly enough. "I do not understand at all how color theory could be classified as a person's love language but whatever you say I am down for it." She did scoot back just a little bit to give him the chance to stay where he was or to see if he could come closer again. It was not a challenge at least not to her she just wanted to see if he was truly comfortable and would move again. "I do like understand it more especially if it is going to get me what I want." She snickered quietly but she was being honest.

Micah Nottingham