Always Approach Sketchy Vans on the Beach

Live eyed him when he opened his mouth, waiting expectantly for her blow her smoke into his mouth. She wasn't really sure what to do except comply. She had done this trick before but...it wasn't really her favorite.

She took a hit and then leaned forward, her face stopping just about an inch or so from his. She closed her eyes and exhaled, changing the smoke from her lungs to his. She pulled back, her cheeks flushing slightly.

When he pulled back the curtain, she nodded with approval. Now she wasn't missing out on anything except freezing her ass off.

"I'm 18." She said waiting for her turn with the blunt again.

Live shrugged, "I don't really come to the beach much to be honest. This is maybe my fourth or fifth time down here. I usually stick to the forested areas. More shadows there..."

She huffed a bit as she took the blunt back, taking a hit before responding. "Thankfully this islands government doesn't have their head completely up their ass. Where I'm from, you get caught with weed at any age and you can wind up in prison."

The blunt was just over halfway done at this point. She climbed into the passenger seat before taking another deep inhale and then passed the blunt back to Desmond.

"Not in particular but I'll let you know if you play something that I don't want to hear."

She nodded, "Yeah, shadows..their kind of my thing..."

Her eyes narrowed at him a bit when he blew smoke into her face again. There was a thing that people said about what it meant when people blew smoke in your face..

"Fine... Have you ever heard of Soley?" She figured the answer was going to be no. Most people had never heard of the music she listened to.

She honestly didn't care that much what they listened to. She grew up listening to a wide range of sounds and could handle a lot. This one was definitely not the worst thing she had been forced to hear. It didn't really match her mood though so she supposed she would make a legitimate suggestion. Play at least half of one of her songs and give him some kind of idea of the kinds of sounds she liked.

Before this past summer Live hadn't really spent much time learning how well she could control them. Sure, she played with them in her room when she could but that was about it.. There was a reason she liked the woods so much. Never before in her life had she had so much access to free space to become herself.

Live realized that Des was just going to sing the song and so instead of fighting it, she just tuned it out. She had learned to control smaller amounts of shadows and was able to solidify the darkness around her ear just enough to create ear plugs. It was actually a bit of training session trying to do so.. She kind of hit her ear drum a bit once or twice trying to get the size and density correct.

She wondered how someone like the Van Hobo came to be. He was..ridiculous to say the least. This was far from anything she had expected to encounter yet some how really not that bizarre. She lived for wild moments like these.

Finally the song ended and Live re-engaged. She pulled out her phone and brought up a song on YouTube. As it was loading she reached into her bag and pulled out a small speaker. She set it on the dash, "You can turn off the van too if you want..I know running it uses gas."

"I like crackers but I don't like-" Live's words were cut off as cheese was sprayed on her nose.

Okay...now she was pissed. "Listen here Van Hobo." She grumbled looking around for a napkin to wipe the crap off her face. "I don't like stuff on my face like that..especially cheese."

She found a napkin towards the back of his van and got up to go grab it. She sat down as far away from him as possible cleaning her face off and smoking the rest of her blunt, which he was definitely not getting back now.

As she sat in the back of the van, her music started playing. It was the album We Sink. Part of her felt that this may be too depressing but...it was what she wanted to listen to. He got one of this songs....


@Lazzy ((I had edited this thread slightly in case you missed the music link))