<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/zxHvvH6.png)</div>Name: Nathaniel Faulkner<br/>Time:  Day 1 Afternoon<br/>Location: Ecchi Island Beach Zone, Sector 5, Ocean<br/>Tagging: Tessa, Open<br/>Notes/Warning: The game is afoot<br/><hr/><br/>The pretense shed away, and Nathaniel let the Countess muse to herself about what was going on, who she needed to watch out for, and whatever other thoughts might occur in that span of a few seconds. At least she recognized that he was being sincere, rather than dismissing his words out of hand. He could have managed either way really, but this way was theoretically less likely to get him kicked off the island. Otherwise threatening the Countess probably wouldn't end well for me.<br/><br/>The kiss following broke the quiet interlude between the two of them, soft contact a shock that Nathaniel had not found himself experiencing often. He leaned into it for the instant that it lasted, and once it broke he matched her look with a  smirk, tapping the side of his head. "Guess I'll need to keep an eye over my shoulder," he replied in turn. If her security was that good already, he was going to have to step up his game to keep ahead. "And until then, I'll just have to do something like...this!"  That heralded a spray of water launched at Tessa, in what was definitely a test of her reflexes via splash. Totally.