It's A-Bount that Day [closed, social, PG-13, Hue]

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This date certainly took an unexpected turn. Initially out for shopping and ice cream, Luke was still surprised at the suggestion that Aura presented him as well as the fact that he was actually at a waterpark. Well, it wasn’t like Luke wasn’t looking forward to it. He hadn’t been to a water park in over ten years. The last time he went to one was with his parents. Standing barefoot on the concrete floor, Luke had finished changing well before Aura did. All he had to do was strip and put on a pair of trunks after all. He had chosen to go with a light red, or pink, suit that had little different colored shark designs on it. Simple and fitting.

Looking at the locker ring he had tied to his wrist for a moment, Luke placed his hands into the pockets of his swim shorts as he looked out at the waterpark. Spreading out the awareness of his Energy Sensory, Luke scanned the indoor park in search of anything with reiatsu or could possibly be a threat. He felt Aura in, where he believed it to be, the woman's changing room. Besides that he didn’t feel anything of note. No Hollows, nobody else but them with powers, and no Shinigami. There were some people with minut spiritual power but Luke had a sneaking suspicion they might only be spiritually aware and not capable of doing anything.

Standing on the walkway above the large portion of the park that had been built to simulate a day at the beach, Luke stepped to his side as a excited family rushed past him. Watching them go down the stairs, his attention returned to the water when the wave generator began to turn on. He heard it before everyone else did thanks to his superhuman levels of hearing, but how he did amongst all the screams of joy and fun he didn’t think too hard on. It really was loud for him in here. The wave’s began to come, giving the idle swimmers some excitement as their relaxation ended when they were suddenly being bobbed up and down. ”Humans share some similarities with hippos, don’t they?” Luke suddenly heard Windstarke say.

Where did that come from? Humans are just a super evolved animal and all animals have a tendency to gather near water.

Luke explained as the waves began to reach the sandy shore. He blinked. His brown eyes rested on the water and the dozens of yellow tubes and bodies floating with the waves. Suddenly, as if static covered his vision and the channel of a tv was changed, Luke was looking at something else. There was still water. Water that was pushed by waves. Bodies and rubble floated along the surface as the flood was pushed further, and further, down the road. Quickly closing his eyes he hoped to block it out, opening them back up to see that the scene was gone. His breathing had quickened and, without him realizing it, he looked like he was going to be sick. Is water...just going to trigger me? He wondered, knowing just what that scene was. A memory.

”Everything is going to trigger you at some point.” Jäger responded as Luke leaned forward on the rail. Pushing off, Luke decided to go find Aura. She had to be done changing by now. Following her spiritual signature, Luke blinked when he noticed her back to him. His eye’s settled on her back before they drifted downwards to territories that would probably get him a judging look if she caught him. When she turned to greet him, Luke smiled in return. Her swimsuit looked good on her. He was, honestly, surprised she could pass for a high school student. Her body was rather filled out, after all.

"Come on, Luke, let's go have some fun."

”Alright.”

The lazy river seemed to be the first stop. The water was cold to him at first, but spending a few minutes in the water ended up making him used to it and comfortable. Like Aura he decided against using a tube. Like her he closed his eyes, letting the comfort of the water take him. He floated peacefully with the current. ”This is nice..” Luke commented softly. The stresses of the world flowed away from him thanks to the current. Opening his eyes and turning his head to look at Aura, the Bount noticed that she was looking upwards. He looked at her for a few more moments, having a good idea what was going on in her head as he turned to look up at the ceiling himself.

”Don’t worry..” Luke suddenly said, softly, as someone passed him in the river. ”Soon, you’ll be able to live like this everyday. You won’t have to worry about the night like you do now. I promise.” he said, before turning his head so he could smile at her.

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{Suit reference}

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

The thoughts continued to hammer away at her. It always remained as a constant as far back as she can remember. As the light of the world begins to fall, so did her hopes of an average life-style. Light beyond the plane glass ceiling faded as the pair drift a float. A day that was to be enjoyed and thrive freely in the memories of what limited time that was provided to them, all she thought about was herself. Oh, I'm suffering. Oh my life isn't really a life." Looking at it all now, she felt very Mary-Sue about. Yeah, she originally pursued this day frantically to make it up all to Luke. The man has been there in each of her little episodes without really taking into consideration to what he wanted. Pretty much dragging the poor guy around like a Tea-cup Pup. Even now, looking at his position, despite saying otherwise, there were things that she knew he would be conflicted about.

Aura didn't know that much about Luke, aside from what he did, and what sort of path he set himself on. But beyond those two, much of the man remained a mystery to her. Like, he knew much about her in terms of being conflicted, and the fragments of her past. With each piece she presented was all that was needed to really put the entire puzzle together. For her to really tell the man about the story of her life, then well, it would be a rather short story than that of an actual story itself. What came afterwards, Luke became a part of it all, so there wasn't much to tell him. Well, aside from the other two Bounts that she met. A possible teacher, and another who was more aloof about being a Bount. Probably didn't take much of an interest to the whole idea of being somewhat a pseudo-Vampire. Hell, she didn't like the idea of being seen as one too, but to compare, they were very much like those folktales of Bats with capes.

Any who, what came to mind overall was her dragging Luke around. And looking at him from her own peripherals, something came to occupy his thoughts time after time. May be it had to do with the places they went to? What about the whole idea of the dat------ outing itself? She did spring it up all of a sudden from out of no where. Geez, way to go girl. He could have been doing other things or see other people. Again, Aura drowned herself in her own thoughts rather than thinking about those that she comes to affect with her curse. Much had transpired shortly over the course of the few months that she didn't realize that she could be selfish. Looking back at it now, perhaps what Eris had proposed to her would be the best solution after all.

Zaluu was gone for some time, with others not really giving so much as a comment to really tell her what happened to the Club Owner. In fact, she hadn't seen Zaluu at all for the past several months. Could it be that she was really busy and didn't have time? Did something severe come about and reared it's ugly head into the midst of her business? Aura didn't have much info to really speculate other than being some outside power. All in all, it meant that only Luke remained to be only familiar face she somewhat knows at the Club. Yet, even he wouldn't be around much as well. Luke had his own life to live. Like yeah, it's fun to tease him and hang around him. Honestly, being as young as he was, he should still have managed to really experience as much as the Humans should have already in this point in life. Could Aura really be one to talk? Over a thousand years she spent such time as a prisoner. What life did she have to speak of to be honest.

The more she thought about it, the more it seemed to be that way. How could she have been so blind to it all? Deep down, she wanted to spend more time like this. Laugh, have fun, being naive had its perks so to say. That was the fantasy in which the ignorant had. In reality, it wasn't the case. Aura couldn't live in that world any more. As much as she wanted to do so, the truth was staring her in the face. Eris' words traced her own thoughts as they came to mind. This was her reality. Not a dream, or related to the such. Without thinking about it, her eyes were already turned towards the man. In a way, she felt disgusted with herself. "Hey Luke... thanks for today. I do mean it." she brought up. "I guess I should say, thanks for everything that you've done for me. And...like...you know.... if there is anything that you need help with, I'll do the best that I can." she came out chuckling.

She wanted to do it. She wanted to do something for him. Anything really. But, all she could say was that. "Is there anything in particular you want to go Luke? I mean, I should have been asking this from the get-go, but is there somewhere you wanted to go see or visit?"