Erasure and Affirmation (Hypernaturals 11)

Love In The Cove

We tossed the Nightwing's anchor in our cove. It is our cove because it is attached to Helen's Executive Resort. The cove slopes off quickly into deep water. For swimming, it's not great unless you are an excellent swimmer. The bottom slopes away from the shoe quickly. For parking the Nightwing, it's perfect. As a pontoon based craft, she does not have that much draw, so we can get close in to the shore.

The cove and its associated cliffs make this place pretty private. Jessica spun the boat around and put the cabin, which is on the forward part of the Nightwing, out to point back out at the main body of the lake, so that it is about as private as is can get.

Jessica drives Nightwing the way Morgan drives her Miata when she is sometimes being chased by pickup trucks. She can make this big boat turn inside her length with some judicious engine controlling. She is the safest airplane pilot I know. I'd rather fly with her at the helm than anyone. When she makes the boat dance on the water, I wonder when she practices things like that.

To get ready for this event, we pre-labeled a bunch of flat plastic tubs and stacked them in the cabin on the other side of the huge bed. Now that we have arrived in the private cove, people filed into the cabin and were issued their personalized tub. Into it went their clothes and other personal belongings not needed for this event. Car keys, wallets, and such. The tubs were then neatly stacked along the wall, labels out so that people could see where their stuff is. It seemed like an easier way to deal with the chaos of a party full of people striping and piling things on the bed. Besides all of that, the bed needed to remain free for possible amorous usage.

Next, before returning to the afterdeck, light-skinned people were liberally coated top to bottom with sunscreen.

DeWayne did redheaded Carol, naturally. "You are enjoying this." Carol said, not unhappy at his attention to detail. "You and your fancy dark skin. I could be doing this to you... but no!"

I did Denise. She smiled at me as I worked with a knowing Cheshire cat smile. I think my unspoken shower promise after the executions has had a long-lasting aftereffect.

I made her do Anne as punishment for being all-knowing about my attention to detail.

Helen and Rachel worked each other over. Vera and Angel coated each other. Angel does not really need it. I think she wanted Vera to run slippery hands all over her.

Simi did Tobey. Tobey did not pout about Simi needing nothing. A stronger man than I. Simi needs slippery hands run over her too.

Danny and Lori used a lighter SPF sunscreen and coated each other as while they are both darker-skinned, neither does nude very much, so they wanted to be sure they did not get burns in sensitive places.

Jessica, Morgan, and I are all dark or tan enough that we did not need anything, but we did each other anyway with a low SPF sun tanning lotion. Again, mostly to run hands over each other.

Nakoma is lighter-skinned than Angel but does not need anything either. Still, she coated herself here and there where she thought it advisable.

Angel's mother, Tala, and her sisters Ayasha and Kimberly were told to stay dressed if they were uncomfortable with the nudity. They are Ninovan's, but that does not mean they are like us. Everyone gets dressed for community events in Ninovan.

They chose nudity. They even relaxed once they realized no one was paying a moment's extra attention either. Technically, I am, but that is only to be sure that they are OK. Molly Ayasha's mother hesitated about two extra heartbeats before she put her clothes in her box.

Tala even went for a joke. "Alexander is going to be sorry he missed this."

That joke fell to the floor and lay unacknowledged. Alexander would likely have been killed if he showed up. His first lurker comment about Jessica or any other naked woman here his doom. A race between Morgan and Jessica. A question only of how. Deep water drowning? Head bashed in with rocks? Or the most likely: beaten slowly to death by hand.