Intermission II: A Day out at Sea

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…Rose had to hand it to Phasma and Hux – they did get a rather impressive looking motorboat for all four of them, and they were all set to go forth and have adventures at sea. Or sex, whatever would come first.

"…This is really more of Paige and Poe's thing," Rose commented to Ben as the two of them looked overboard…while Phasma and Hux steered the craft…or argued about as to who would steer it…or did both of those things simultaneously…who knows? Theirs was a complex relationship, while Ben and Rose's was a new one instead. "Me, I would rather watch a good movie-"

"True, but there's no good movies in our corner of South America, and our home base – I mean, science base, has no home theater, naturally," Ben muttered into one of Rose's ear from behind. "And watching something on a computer via YouTube isn't the same, eh?"

"Totally," Rose readily agreed, as she thrust, also readily, her bottom up into the air. "Let's do it!"

And off they went, pushing and thrusting back and forth, with Ben being on top, and holding onto Rose, and Rose on the bottom, and holding onto the rails. The two were naked on the bottom and scarcely dressed on the top, and slick, and sweaty, and very happy. (Rose idly thought that maybe she should freckle, now that a rather important milestone in their relationship was reached and all)…

Meanwhile…

"Well, they're screwing each other like crazy," Hux commented to Phasma in a faux-bored voice. "Want to join them?"

"Not yet," Phasma was not fooled by Hux…and vice versa, incidentally, but then again, the two of them were in a relationship for a while. "Good thing that Ben found someone by now too – for some time it looked like we would have a threesome instead-"

"Don't go there," Hux muttered crossly. "So the three of us had issues – we resolved them. I actually like Rose…especially if Ben is running interference between us."

"True, though don't forget – Rose also means her sister, and Poe, and Rey, and Finn-"

"Phasma, we've been grouped together on our science base for weeks, if not months! Moreover, we have not killed each other in a mass murder-suicide spree yet! I'm sure we can handle the rest of our time together, eh?" Hux replied in that quasi-optimistic way that made some people want to murder him. "Now what are you planning to do out here?"

"Enjoy the sea life, of course," Phasma made a wide sweeping gesture with both of her hands. "Now keep your eyes out – this part of the ocean is famous for its' sharks – nurse sharks, reef sharks, snaggletooth sharks, and, of course, the mighty and magnificent tiger sharks-!"

"You catch one glorified undernourished squid, and suddenly you're the star of 'Jaws'," Hux muttered back, apparently not impressed.

"You just don't appreciate the mix of adrenaline and tranquility," Phasma's own reply was dismissive. "An encounter with a shark in the wild is a life changing event! Sharks are truly incredible creatures!"

As the duo argued, their motorboat slowly ground to a stop as the duo gradually transferred their attention to the sea overboard, and prepared to make their dive. They declined to call Ben and Rose – the other couple was obviously busy with each other, but rather dived, full of excitement – or at least Phasma was. Hux was more ambiguous about diving into the shark-infested water, (according to him), so naturally, within the first few moments of them diving, several local hammerhead sharks emerged from the ocean's gloom.

Okay, calling the ocean gloomy was a misdirection – this part of the ocean was actually sunny and well-lit; it's just that the presence of the hammerhead sharks cast a special pall over the waters: all other sharks, even the tiger sharks, seemed to have left this area now that the great hammerheads have arrived, gliding through the water – and then they turned and plummeted past Hux and Phasma.

"Wow!" Phasma could only speak (via the mike in the mask of her diving suit; after a certain incident with a tiger shark when only a lucky barrel roll had saved the day they were not taking any chances. "These sharks are amazing!"

"They are also at least four and a half meters long," Hux muttered back. "What if they decide to try us for taste? Maybe we should start ending the dive?"

"Nonsense! I have not fully observed the shape of their heads! They're amazing!" Phasma did budge. "Besides, these sharks don't like to eat humans – see how they're hunting the local stingrays? This is really our lucky day!"

"As long as we make it to the boat, that is," Hux muttered back as the fast and vigorous hammerheads kept up with their antics. Still, after about 15 minutes of amusing the two humans with their antics, the sharks had had enough, and whirling around, they vanished back into the ocean.

"What a perfect ending to a perfect day!" Phasma commented, as she and Hux surfaced themselves. "What an epic dive, too!"

"...So, this is a regular day in your life, then?" Rose commented, almost startling the other couple as she and Ben helped them to get back onto the motorboat.

"Yeah, pretty much," Hux muttered, as he sat on the deck and began to disrobe and dry himself. "Phasma won't miss a moment of it, though!"

"I love you too," Phasma rolled her eyes at the redhead. "So, now what?"

"Bagel?" Rose suggested helpfully. "Lunch?"

"I can do that," Phasma readily agreed. "I'm on a roll today. Hux?"

"We'll be screwing each other next," it was Hux's turn to roll eyes. "If you have a problem, it can be your turn to dive overboard, if you want-"

"No can do – it's getting late, we need to get the motorboat back to the harbor. Rose, it will be on us-"

"Aye-aye, captain Solo!" Rose faux-saluted him. Ben actually grinned back. So did Phasma and punched Hux in the side – in a loving way.

"This is going to be a long trip back to the shore," Hux just muttered.

He was right.