[PRP] Freckles & Burns (Chester & Preacher)

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After a couple more seconds of just looking, Chester stepped past the point where the waves could get him, suppressing a shiver as they brushed his legs. He drifted his way over to her, his feet touching sand most of the way.

"I found out," he said with a smirk and a shake of his head. "It's cold."

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Preacher smirked right back. "Ding ding. Also, ya ********' tall, did I tell ya lately?" Lifting her hands out of the water, she splashed him with almost as much force as she could muster, then tried to duck away from any retaliation. The noise she made could only be described as a cackle.

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"I think it's been at least six hours since you mentioned it. So no, not lately."

The splash came at him in slow motion, and he was sure he would be able to dodge it all the way up until the moment he didn't. Chester sputtered and turned his head, one hand holding his glasses to his face while the other countered. His return-splash whooshed out in front of him like a whale's tail, most of it arcing over her head completely.

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"Ya still got ya glasses on - is it for tha lookin' thing?" She snorted and inhaled water from the cascading splash, spluttering awkwardly. Preacher ducked under the water, trying to ise the distraction of the wave to get close to him.

Popping up like a watery daisy, she hauled herself into his side, trying to smoosh him down into the water. This was accompanied by a yell of 'Death to tha giants!"

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He removed his glasses quickly after that, hiding them away in the pocket he'd considered before. Chester turned back to face her just in time to get jumped, and he bobbed beneath the waves for a second or two under Preacher's weight. He was mostly saved from swallowing a bunch of water by the fact that his feet were only six inches or so from the ocean floor, but he put on a good show anyway. He flailed and eked out a rattling groan before he went still, slowly floating onto his back with his eyes closed.

The giant was dead. He might not have been able to keep a straight face for very long, but he was so totally dead.

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"Oh noooooo," she said, her voice appropriately dramatic. "I kilt Swimster McBurblevoice!" Preacher watched him, debating what to do next. Maybe they should go talk to people soon, but...

With a sound like a strangled sob, she flopped across his middle, trying to get as much of her torso on him. Like a raft. A people raft. She snorted and choked for a second as she breathed in water. "Dun leggo, Jack."

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Chester slowly began to sink, and he let it happen right up until his face was nearly submerged. Then he loosely wrapped his arms around Preacher and held her above the water while he tilted to vertical again.

He pecked her on the tip of her nose. "Never let go." And then he let her go.

Granted, he remained absurdly close, since he hadn't watched her almost die a million times just to let her drown, but he did float away a little for effect.

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