[Spoiler=Plot] It's the finale couple of weeks before you all have to go back to college, work etc. So you had all planned on spending the rest of the summer together in a wonderful beach house. As these weeks go on there will be tension and budding romance. Will your circle of friends survive? Or will the bond strengthen?[/spoiler]

[Spoiler=Rules]

1. Romance encouraged
2. Drama and any fighting/arguments that happened before coming to the house is encouraged
3. Be literate, at least a one paragraph response
4. No GMing
5. Ping a person if your character is talking to them [/spoiler]

[Spoiler=Character Sheet] Name: Age: Major/Job: Sexuality: Appearance: Personality: History: Crush/Taken: Other [/spoiler]

[Spoiler=Mine] Name: Natalia Rudin Age: 26 Major/Job: Game Developer/Writer Sexuality: Straight Appearance: Not mine Has "Maybe in distance but never in heart" on her ribcage Personality: Natalia likes to read and play video games. She loves writing up new ideas for games and coming up with characters. Natalia absolutely loves anything horror related. She claims that horror movies don't scare her anymore though horror games do. When she is scared she will cling to whoever is close to her. She doesn't like to admit that she is afraid of dolls. Nat has expressed that she will never go near a Ouija board as she believes that all kinds of evil things can happen. She doesn't like being around live lobsters as they are terrifying and if she has to handle them she gets anxious. History: Natalia grew up with Max's older brother, Jonah. She discovered her love of video games from the both of them and was told by her parents that her dream wasn't pratical. Nat continued to persue her dream and worked hard despite her parent's constatnly trying to bring her down. Nat had the support of the Carver's and her friends and that was all she needed to get to where she was. Crush/Taken: Open Other And you can have some drama with her

Name: Maxine Addison "Phoenix" Carver Age: 23 Major/Job: Draws comics/writer Sexuality: Appearance: So not mine. Also her hair is a dark red/burgundy Tattoo 1 Tattoo 2 And she has 'Together forever but never apart' on the other side of her ribs, and anchor on the inside of her right middle finger, and a watercolor phoenix on her left shoulder blade. Personality: Max is a friendly person even though she is very quiet at first (except when it comes to her crushes). Max can flirt with her crushes even though she is really nervous due to her pretending she is on stage. Max can doubt herself and she needs her friend's to reassure her that it's okay. She loves reading and literature. Max doesn't have one style as she like to dress however she feels for the day. She embraces all kinds of art as her father taught her she can express herself however she'd like. Max is very opened minded to trying or doing anything new. History: Max grew up with her dad and older brother. Her dad had taught her from a young age to embrace her creativity and that she could get piercings, tattoos, and dye her hair to express herself. She had gotten the nickname Phoenix as she dyed her hair with the color's of a Phoenix. Her dad had done most of her tattoo's and loved that Natalia was constantly over their house growing up. She had been looking forward to this vacation for months now as she hoped she would finally get to where she wanted to be with a certain friend. Crush/Taken: Kyann Other

Name: Jonah Carver Age: 25 Major/Job: Photographer/aspiring musician Sexuality: Bisexual Appearance: So not mine again Personality: Jonah can be a bit protective of his younger sister with her crushes on guys. He doesn't like seeing his sister getting hurt as she has been there for him when he was still questioning his sexuality. He's pretty friendly and is a bit of a flirt (when not in a relationship). Though secretly he's been wanting to settle down for a while now (even though he says the single life is great). He's very critical of his music as he goes through constant revisions when he is working on a song. As much as his sister encourages him that the song is perfect it goes in one ear and out the other. He likes to play video games, read comics and going to all sorts of theater stuff (thanks dad and Max). History: Jonah grew up with Nat when they met in middle school. He liked having his own little group with Max and Nat. As high school came around he started to question his sexuality after being kissed by a guy due to mixed signals. Of course after weeks of thinking and long talks with Max he came to the conclusion that he liked both sexes equally. He was afraid at first of what his dad would do when he found out but was relieved that his dad was excepting. He started to embrace himself after that and wasn't afraid to show to anyone who he really was. Afterall, he was the same person he just liked to date guys and gals. Crush/Taken: Open Other [/spoiler]

Also I've rped with you guys in the past, any of y'all interested?

OOC: Long time no roleplay! I would love to join, if you'd have me, with a pair of fraternal twins :D Edit, here are my characters!

I'd love to have you! Welcome!

Hope you don't mind me jumping in! :)

[-viola] OOC: Totallly fine by me dear! If you know anyone who would be interested ping away!

[-viola] It's totally fine by me, dear! I spoke to about this, but I thought it would be cool if we had a love triangle going on between Max, Kyann, and Kat! Kinda like he can't decide between the two? :D

Arise from the dead and join me my love love!!!!!!!!

Oh! That'll be cool if you don't mind then! I think it'll be fun and stuff, to see who he will choose.

actually yes deary I would like to, it's been a busy couple days but will hopefully come up with something within a day

[-viola] Awesome!! I updated his character information!

I'd like to join as well! c: resurrects herself XD

OOC: Yay! as soon as you post your people, Jack we can get started! And if you know anyone who would like to join ping or ask! :D

[edit] [-viola] OOC: If it's okay with I would like to post tomorrow either before I go into work or after I get out. Which after will be around 6pm Subeta time and then your character can jump in when you get a chance. Cool with everyone?

Sounds good to me. I'll be ready to post around then I believe! :) Looking forward for this to start.

Sweet sauce! I'm so ready!

Cool by me! :D

[-viola] OOC: jump right in when you are ready, love! :D

Max and Jonah had arrived early to the beach house to get everything in order. It belonged to a friend of their dad’s and they were allowed to rent it for an affordable price. The rooms had singles and some doubles for those who wanted to share. The only thing the duo hadn’t gotten was groceries but Natalia had promised to get them. The beach house had its own pool and was right on the beach. The house also came with ac (thank god!). Max was just unpacking some of the movies she brought as well as games. If was raining the group of friends had to do something as being outside was not an option. Jonah was strumming on his guitar as Max was setting things up, “Everyone will probably want to go to the beach anyway.” He told her, “I know I just want things perfect.” She looked to her brother before continuing. Well she wanted everything to be set when Kyann arrived. Her heart fluttered a bit at the thought. Max had picked out a Jack Daniel’s whisky muscle tank to, light blue shorts and a grey bandeau to show off as much of her tattoo’s as possible. Her brother had chosen a Captain America tank top and black shorts.

Natalia had been on the road for at least an hour to get to the area of where the beach house was. Then she went grocery shopping for an hour (which was very tedious) as she wanted to get snacks that everyone would like and some food to make for the first couple of days. When they needed to go shopping again she would definitely drag someone along with her. She let out a long sigh before loading up her car and driving a good half hour to the place. It was also a mistake to wear wedges. She wanted to look nice and now all she wanted to do was take them off. She had decided to wear a beige corset crop top that had light blue and purple flowers and a beige skirt and beige wedges. As she pulled in she noticed that not everyone was here. Well at least there was time to put away the groceries. She shut off her car and got out to bring in some of the groceries.

Natalia knocked on the door before opening the unlocked door. “Hey music man! You mind helping with the groceries?” Nat looked at Jonah as he was strumming. Jonah’s head shot up and smiled, “Sure thing but it will cost you.” He smiled. Nat rolled her eyes as she set down the groceries on the middle island in the kitchen before Max had hugged her. She hugged back before looking to the girl, “Can you help me put some of these away?” She asked and Maxine nodded before helping.

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"What do you mean, you won't let me drive?!" Quinn questioned her brother loudly from her bedroom, poking her head out of the door frame and peering at him from behind her thick, mascara coated lashes. Kyann was looming over the sink, attacking his face with a razor. He glanced over and down the hall back at his sister, shaving cream covering his face. Quinn snickered, ducking back into her room to continue packing. She had been unable to decide what to pack. Sage would be there, and Quinn really liked Sage. So much so that she may have lied and told her brother he would not be going.

The two friends had a falling out not so long ago, almost a month had gone by filled with angry looks exchanged while passing each other and passive aggressive status on Facebook, mostly on Kyann's part. But Sage had been around for as long Quinn could remember- he was her brothers best friend, and while perhaps her little white lie was partially for herself, it was mostly out of the kindness in her heart. Kyann and Sage not being friends was not aligning well with the universe, it simply wasn't right, and Quinn felt the dire need to fix it, especially since it was mostly her fault.

Making a long story short, the two had been on thin ice for quite some time after a petty argument- Quinn was sure neither of them could even remember what started it. It was Quinn who had brought the end upon them, after she had confessed to Kyann her long term crush on his best friend, things were only going down from there. But the two boys fighting were not written in the stars. She knew that they simply needed a little push. Hence, a little white lie about their summer escape.

Perhaps the fact that Kyann was going through his own troubles was why things had gotten so aggravated between he and Sage. He was always so focused on his problem at hand- the two girls he truly cared for, and could never choose between. He avoided conversation about it, dodging the question when Quinn would ask him about it. It's not like he expressed to the girls the feelings he had for them, but it was clear by the way he acted with them that he cared. But it was hard, Max and Kat were both fantastic girls, and he was attracted to both for different reasons.

Kat had a sweetness to her- talented and beautiful, with one of the biggest hearts he had ever come by. When she played piano he was truly fascinated by her- drinking in the beauty of her face as her fingers danced across the keys. And her voice- when she sang and laughed, Kyann got chills. Max was not only just as gorgeous as Kat, but unique. She was flirty and fun, he could always have a great time with her. Her beauty seeped right through from the inside and shone out through those eyes that he could get lost in. They were both perfect in their own way, and he had a hard time choosing between the two. With a heavy sigh, he patted his face with the towel before flipping off the light and heading down the hall to his room.

By the time Kyann was done, Quinn had finished packing her bag. She was wearing a white lace romper with a fringed brown suede vest pulled over the top. Atop her head rested a white sun hat with a beige band around it to protect her face from the beating sun, and her feet were adorned with a pair of beige wedge flip flops. A thin silver anklet on her ankle, with a tiny charm of saturn dangling off. Her wrist was covered by homemade friendship bracelets. "Kyann! Are you ready?" She yelled, and he emerged, keys in hand and bag slung over his shoulder. "Excited?" He asked as he locked the door behind them, hopping into the drivers side of his white 1986 corvette, but not before flipping the top down.

Once Quinn was safely inside the corvette and their bags were secure, Kyann started up his baby. Quinn had already kicked off her flip flips, feet resting on the dash and aviator shades covering her eyes. "Of course." A slow smile crept across her lips as they cruised down the road, miles between them and the beach house, and a long stretch of road to look forward to.

The twins arrived at the house a while later, almost 1.5 hours after they left their house. "What a beautiful, humble home, ah Kyann?" Quinn chirped, unloading her bags from the car. From the looks of it, Sage hadn't made it yet, and that was for the best. She reathed a sigh of relief before noticing that Jonah and Nat were bringing groceries into the house. "Hello, starshines, namaste! Need help?" She offered, picking up a bag and bringing it in, leaving her bags in the car.

Kyann lugged his and his twins bags in the house, headed to the kitchen where he thought he had heard a familiar voice. His face softened when he regarded Maxine, a small smile crossing his face. "Hey, Maxxy." He referred to the girl affectionately, throwing an arm around her for a half hug before taking the groceries she was holding to put them away for her. "This place looks great. Thanks to you, I'm sure." He flashed her a grin just as Quinn ever so gracefully floated into the kitchen. "So great to see you, girl. As beautiful as a phoenix rising from the ashes, as always." Her voice lilted as she complimented the other girl, practically tackling Nat with the hug that she had meant to give her before. She ducked into Jonah's arms then, giving him a big hug, although she was so much smaller than him. She was smaller than almost everyone- it was the damn coffee. "And nice to see you again, Music Man." She winked over at Nat,stealing the nickname from her.

"Oh! Jonah, Max, Natty dear, I brought my telescope! It would be neat, we would be able to see the stars so much better from here!" Quinn looked around the kitchen, about the pose a question before Kyann stole the words from her mouth. "Where's Kat and Theo?" Quinn rocked back and forth on her heels, whistling innocently. Hopefully, no one brought up Sage before he showed. She wanted Kyann to get too comfortable to leave.

Kat was sitting in her room looking around at everything, trying to determine what she truly needed, and what she didn't. She stood up to grab her keyboard and accessories, hoping that she would be able to play it at some point. She set it down with her suitcases and stood back up. She looked at her mirror to fix her white short-shorts and floral top and smiled. She grabbed her black flats and sun hat before catching the time. "Holy! I have to go! Oh goodness," she exclaimed as she grabbed all of her things and moving to her car as fast as she can. After everything was secure in her 2001 sky blue buggy, she popped the top and buckled up.

When she arrived, three vehicles parked with one open holding some odd bags or groceries. She grabbed her belongings, or as much as she could hold at the moment, and made her way into the house. She smiled as she set down her things, spinning around to take in the sights. Kat stopped, facing the kitchen where everyone seemed to be gathering. [I]"Where's Kat and Theo?"[/I] She felt her breath hitch as she heard Kyann speak. She caught her breath before allowing a smile to fall on her lips. "I don't know about Theo but I am here. Kyann." She walked to the kitchen and stopping before the middle island. "How is everyone? I trust your drive up was here was safe?" She started to pull things out of the bags and set them down on the island again to be put her.

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With the summer still young, Theo was eager to take advantage of the time left. Unfortunately it had started off less than stellar with a breakup between him and his now ex, Lacey. She’d been a beautiful girl, but it just hadn’t worked out between the two of them. He couldn’t pinpoint any one reason for their split. It just seemed to be an accumulation of things. There’d been more arguments than exchanging of sweet words. More time taking breaks than spending time together. None of the arguments had been his fault, by the way. She'd always found something about him to nitpick, which sucked because nobody was perfect and she'd just expected too much from him. He knew he had some faults, but he was working on it. He didn’t want to think about it anymore though. It was still a fresh wound. That’s why he was very grateful for this vacation. Out of sight, out of mind, right?

It didn’t take him long for him to get to the beach house—about an hour or so. The house looked promising as he pulled up to it in his red jeep. He parked besides what he recognized to be the twins’ car then hopped out to pull his bags from the trunk of his car.

“Guess who just arrived?” Theo called out loudly, a grin splitting his face, as he came bustling through the house door. He was excited to be here, surrounded by his friends. It was always a good time when they grouped up together. He headed in to the kitchen where everyone had grouped together. “Now we can really get this party started, amirite? This place looks great by the way.” He looked around. "Actually, looks like we're still missing Sage, huh?"
The highway’s convenience store's air conditioning felt like heaven compared to the summer heat outside. Sage had only pulled off the highway to stretch his legs and get a drink. The pretty lady at the register was just a bonus. He paid for his large cherry slurpee, not missing the flirty looks the brunette shot from her green eyes as he did so. He returned the look with a slight quirk on his lips and left the store with her phone number written on his receipt.

Sage took a large gulp from his slurpee as he slowly merged back on to the highway. The traffic had gotten worse. Everyone was no doubt trying to get to the same place at, inconveniently, the same time. He probably should have left earlier, but he’d saved his packing for the trip for the last minute. Not because he’d chosen to, but because work had had him all tied up for the past few weeks.

Generic, pop music streamed quietly through the radio speakers. He wasn’t paying it much attention though, too busy thinking. He didn’t know what would happen once he arrived at the house. All he knew was that he wasn’t looking forward to seeing Kyann. So much so that he'd at first contemplated not coming to avoid the conflict. It was crazy how someone who used to be like a brother to him was now someone he gave the cold shoulder to. Call it pride, or whatever, but he wouldn’t be apologizing anytime soon.

About a half an hour later traffic finally cleared up and Sage arrived to the beach house. It looked like he was the last one to arrive too. He came just in time to see Theo disappear in to the house. He followed in shortly afterwards, carrying the few bags he'd brought and like everyone else he headed to the kitchen.

“What’s up everyone?” He said, making a point to greet everybody except for Kyann who he side-stepped as if he hadn't been there at all. He made his way over to Quinn last, a smile on his lips as his eyes fell on to girl. “Namaste, bright eyes.” He told her, pulling up an old nickname he gave to her thanks to her gorgeous eyes.

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Max's face lit up as the twins had arrived. She leaned into Kyann's hug, "As much as I enjoy your help I can put those groceries away." She flashed hima flirty smile, "And you know me, I wanted it to be perfect for you guys." She added as she started on putting away other groceries, "And it i always nice to see your beautiful face." Max complimented back as she stopped putting groceries away when she found the bag of sun chips and started eating them. "I can't wait to look at the stars!" Max exclaimed as she had her hand over her mouth to block any chewed food that could be seen while she spoke.

Jonah gave Quinn a quick hug, "Hey Spacey." He smiled at the girl before glancing over to his sister and Kyann. "She insisted on getting here early enough to make sure everything was in order. Max just loves great first impressions." Jonah told the group as he tried his best to not pay attention to his sister's flirting. Max had already talked to him about being able to handle things herself and not needing his protection but still he wanted the best for Max and didn't want to see her mope for the rest of the vacation.

Natalia gave Quinn a bear hug before she started to take off her wedges, "Help would be so nice." She sighed. Before any of them to respond to Kyann's question Kat entered, "The trip was way too long and it is the last time I ever go grocery shopping like this by myself." Natalia told Kat before giving her a hug.

Jonah looked to Kat as she entered, "Hey! I hope you brought your keyboard. We should jam together at some point." Jonah told Kat as he gestured to his guitar that was on the living room couch. Then entered Theo. "Hey!" He smiled at his friend, "The party started a while ago, you're just late." Natalia teased the boy, "You can help out with groceries." she gestured to the ones on the counter. Maxine looked over to her friends that had entered, "Thanks! And someone thought everybody would want to go to the beach first and not care about the set up." Max looked over to her brother who had in her mindset, complained about her attention to detail. When Sage entered Max smiled at the boy and looked over at Kyann hoping that maybe things would smooth over eventually between the two but that was wishful thinking.

"You can grab a bag and help or settle in. We've already lost Max to sun chips." Natalia told Sage as she would like all the help she could get as she hadn't even brought her luggage in. "Setting up is hard work." Max defended herself even though she knew Nat was poking fun. Natalia left her wedges against a wall near the door and went out to retrieve the rest of the groceries and followed by her luggage.

Is it too late to join?? ^^