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The Outer Banks, Paradise on Earth. It's the sort of place where you either have two jobs or two houses. Two tribes, one island. All right. This is Figure Eight, the rich side of the island. Home of the Kooks. So, guess where we don't live. And then, this is the south side or the cut. Home of the working class who make a living busing tables, washing yachts, running charters. The natural habitat of...drumroll, please... the Pogues. That's us. Pogues, pogies, the throwaway fish. Lowest member of the food chain. Okay. So, the downside of Pogue life is we're ignored and neglected. But the upside of Pogue life? We're ignored and neglected, which means we do whatever we want, whenever we want.

 But the upside of Pogue life? We're ignored and neglected, which means we do whatever we want, whenever we want

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That's JJ, my best friend since the third grade. He's about as local as they come. Latest in a long line of fishing drinking, smuggling, vendetta-holding salt-lifers who made their living off the water. Second best surfer I know. Just don't tell him I said that. Mild kleptomaniac and a future tax cheat.

And that's Kiara, or Kie, as we call her

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And that's Kiara, or Kie, as we call her. When not saving turtles or listening to Marley, or getting a dolphin tattoo, she hangs out with us. I'm not really sure why, though. So, she's a rich kid, actually. Foot in both worlds. Her family owns The Wreck, this Outer Banks institution. Total cash cow with the tourists. You know, I'm not really sure how her parents feel about us. We all have a thing for her.

And that's Pope, the brains of the operation

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And that's Pope, the brains of the operation... finalist for the Lucas T. Vander horst Merit Scholarship. And the smartest person I know. Little bit of a weirdo. His father's this legendary character, Heyward. Anything you wanted on the island, Heyward could get for you. Now, I'm not sure Heyward knew what to make of his oddball son, but it didn't matter. He was a Pogue, just like the rest of us.

And lastly we got, Asher, the coolest chick you'll meet on the cut

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And lastly we got, Asher, the coolest chick you'll meet on the cut. She's the one you'd like to go to advise for, she's like the mom of the group, always taking care of us and taking the blame for things. Her parents split up when we were 9, her mother left her behind to go with some rich dude, which is one reason why we think she acts like the mom of the group, Making sure we're taken care of, because all her mother cared about was drugs along with her father. We all got a thing for her too, but she and Kiara are together. Ever since the ninth grade we kinda gave up after a year. She's also the first best surfer I've ever met, don't tell her I said that either. She's pretty talented at everything makes us jealous but at the end of the day we love our gentle giant. That's our nickname for her since she's so tall.

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