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[misscecilia]

It's taken far too long for Cecilia to move into her new apartment. She's not actually sure when she managed to acquire this much stuff in the first place, let alone how she got it all back across the Atlantic and up the coast to Maine, and if she is ever required to move again, she's going to handle it by giving away all her worldly possessions and becoming a nun or one of those New Age lifestyle bloggers. Or at least by paying someone to unpack all her things for her. One of the two.

The point is, it's been weeks since her arrival, and she'd been starting to think she was never going to get all the cardboard boxes out of her apartment. She has, though, she hauled the last ones down the stairs this morning. It's a feat worthy of celebration, Cecilia thinks, and she takes herself off to the boardwalk to do just that.

Notwithstanding her brief visit last year, she hasn't been back to Siren Cove in ages, and she's not sure how much of it will be like she remembers. The boardwalk, though, seems the same as it ever has, and Cecilia, after obtaining a huge and definitely overpriced ice cream cone, is content to wander, offering friendly smiles to everyone she passes.

[Open to everyone forever, come say hi! Find her on the boardwalk and let her looooooooove you.]

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[ofcatsandfate]

Fabrice hasn't been avoiding his twin sister. Not exactly. He knows she's been back in town longer than he has; he's meant to stop by and give her the welcome home gift he'd gotten for her. But seeing Cecilia also means telling her about Oregon, and all of the ridiculousness he'd gotten involved with over there. Fabrice knows he'd acted like an idiot; he doesn't really want to have to face Cecilia over it.

But she is his sister, and his favorite person in the world, so Fabrice figures he has to get over himself. He's on his way to meet her at her apartment when he gets sidetracked by the boardwalk. He sees someone with fried dough, and then it's all over for his will power.

He's chewing on cinnamon fried dough and walking at the same time; multitasking that isn't always advisable for him. This is, of course, when he notices Cecilia with her ice cream cone heading in his direction.

"Cecilia!" He calls out, waving his fried dough in the air to get her attention.

[ameliecoombs]

The text she'd gotten from Cecilia to say she's back in town is the best news Amelie has gotten all week. They've been emailing back and forth for weeks, talking and planning about how they were going to launch this business, and now that Cecilia is here, things can start in earnest.

She should wait until she's settled in, but Amelie's never been terribly patient, so she hunts her cousin down instead. "Cecilia!" She calls once she spots her, hurrying over. "You're home!"

[pullmeapint]

Finn didn't spend much time on the boardwalk as a whole, just crossing over it on his way to the beach and back again, but today he'd decided to take some time to just enjoy the day. He'd walked the length of it once and was on his way back towards the pub when he started thinking that ice cream might be the perfect way to cap the impromptu walk and he turned in the direction of the ice cream shop.

Then came to an immediate halt when he nearly plowed into a woman holding a cone of her own.

"Shit, I'm sorry!"

[anddowntothesea]

His sketching still leaves a lot to be desired. He'd done a lot of practice while he was with Gale in New York and he can see what she taught him in what he's managing to turn out but it's still far from perfect. Perched on the back of a bench on the boardwalk, Gabe is working on sketching figures, store-fronts, the difference between wood and sky.

When she wanders into his line of vision, he looks up and smiles.


ooc: Gabe grew up in SC, so feel free to assume they know each other XD

[aoife_coombs]

It was supposed to be a quick run down the boardwalk, fetching a package and leaving the business of the day, but the Aoife spots a familiar head. A very stylish, familiar head.

"Cecilia?" She barely manages to keep herself from breaking into a run. "Cecilia!"