Erich walks out the wheelhouse...it tries to. The door was semi rusted shut. Erich shoves on it a few times until the rust breaks loose and he nearly falls out the doorway and over the rail. Lately he has been enjoying life. For the most part,he didnt miss the road. Hanging around with Ada and marlena was just fine by him. It was probably the worst thing to think as a "musician", but music was more a means to an end for erich. He honestly could coast on name recognition alone for at least the rest of the year. He strolls up to Ada,trying to not look like he did battle with a rusty,70 year old door. " hey hey,pussycat,what's new?" He says before actually reaching her.

Erich grins when he sees Ada's bright smile. She was always beautiful,but her smile was the kind that made you want to smile along too.erich has yet to feel the rain,his protective layer of pomade has seen to that.he walks over and hugs her tightly. Not being baby filled made her much easier to hug. Erich had thought she was very fragile for those nine months. " me? Same old same old. You know. Another day,another fishing feathers out of the pool. I don't know what The seagulls get up to in there,but I think it starts with "or" and ends with "gee". " Erich's voice is dead serious. He worries about the morals of birds now that he is a father. He remains embracing her closely. It was a rare moment when they both were free,and no children,of any parentage was crying. " marlena is hanging out with layne and Takara. Erica and Mariko are watching them." Erich knew that Erica's reputation as a mother wasnt the strongest. But he did trust her." I have the monitor so she doesn't have to yell across the ship." Erich takes the monitor out of his pocket and places it on the arm of the deck chair. He raises his head a little to take in the breeze.

Erich shakes his fist at the birds overhead. Hoping his moral outrage will translate well to avian minds. "All the more reason to get more cats. Active cats with fire in their bellies. I think Dietrich is ready to have several cats under him. I do believe he has been taken management correspondence courses." Erich also shakes his head. Their neighborhood has seen an increase in poop and feathers since the birds. Erich ponders the chances of the sole hess daughter being a serial killer. That would make future get togethers awkward among their friends. But erich is pretty sure their friends would cover for marlena. " oh she adores Takara it seems. Erica says Takara only shares her blankie with marlena. " erich happily says. He was glad to see the kids got along so far. He had hoped marlena would have as good a friend in Takara as he and Ada had In Erica. Erich follows Ada's motion and sits in the deck chair beside her,not before scooting it slightly closer. He did love being close to her. If not exceptionally strange,he love to just around all day with her on his lap. People would assume it was something it as not,so seperate chairs would suffice. The rain finally makes its way to erich scalp. But he doesn't mind much. He squeezes her hand softly,and crosses his ankles. " yeah.it really has been wonderful. Hell,I hear Nichole and Erica had a disagreement and handled it like adults." He says with a grin. He did miss their life in New York,but being on th ocean was great. " I think we all should thank you for this idea. Like a big hippie commune,with less paisley."

"yes,a mutant hell beast of a cat!" erich excitedly says at the prospect of their daughter having a cat of her own. "i reckon we will have to take over the cats care for a little while. marlena seems pretty stuck on this "oh im a baby,feed and change me" thing. granted,if i could pull it off,i probably would too." erich muses,clearly weighing the pros and cons of being an invalid. he really enjoyed marlena as a baby. it was far easier than he imagined it would be,and he had slid into the father role fairly easy..he really hadnt given up on his old habits,he just didnt give himself completely over to them. erich grins and nods. "yup,marlena and takara are two peas in a pod. i think they will be inseparable for life. i hope marlena is the bad influence of the two. she has the cutest little shifty eyes." he pictures the future marlena and takara. which basically look like ada and natalya in his mind. marlena is the slightly scowling,cigarette smoking one. while takara is just happy to be there. "i...kind of worry about nichole's kids. they just seem very....you know,doing their own thing. and nichole and erica?.." erich doenst really finish the thought,he just follows it up with a random sound. erich turns and kisses ada's blonde hair,the light rain looking like captured dew. "creepy?! my dear,it was all part of an elaborate plan,years in the works,to net you." erich laughs,squeezing her hand again.

erich scratches his chin. "nobody ever goes for the mutant hell beast. i need to get on the horn to sarah machlachan. see what she can do about the homeless hell beasts." he says,shaking his head slowly with a chuckle. hearing ada talk about their child's future life gets erich to thinking. things really were ideal here,different,but ideal.the kids were surrounded by people that adored them,even if not biologically related. it was the stable and loving environment he and ada never had. so they were doing pretty well in erich's book. "she better not have guys buying her liquor!" erich says in a rare display of normal fatherhood. suddenly,he wasnt so sure of wanting their daughter to be the bad influence. "i know its going to happen,but i dont want to know about it. that will be mother and daughter secrets. im sure you can give pointers on how to get men to buy liquor for you. ada wasnt always a saint,was she?" erich jokes with his wife. he could imagine that once marlena was older,she and ada would have that relationship where they were more friends than mother and daughter.erich traces ada's fingernail with his own. he knew they were well past erica being the "ex wife",but he still did feel like he shouldnt show that he was up on the ins and outs of erica's life. "it must be a weird sort of life. as far as i know,each has nothing to do with the other's children. maybe its some weird thing to do with sam being the father of all of them. that has to be rough as hell on nichole." erich says,slightly disappointed. sam was younger,but erich did look at him as an example of what a good man should be...in spite of nichole clearly wearing the pants. of course,he himself didnt see that either ada or he "wore the pants." erich is a little quiet,looking at the light drizzle. "yeah, erica is usually pretty headstrong. but she will do anything if nichole asks. for the most part,nichole seems good for erica...but she knows that erica is easily manipulated." erich says with a frown. he loves nichole as he loves castor or even cassie. but he cant deny she and erica have had a rather twisted history. he wraps his arms around ada when she snuggles close. much liked erica with nichole,he adores the ground ada walks on. "you had me at posioned kool aide orgy. it just so happens i bought a palette of sharkleberry finn off ebay today... hows thursday for you?" he chuckles,taking out his phone and scrolling to the calendar.

erich shrugs and chuckles. " if i dont know,it didnt happen." he knew he was going to be the sort of father who would let his daughter get away with murder.it was a fathers job to be wrapped around his daughters little finger.in some ways,erich was glad they had a daughter. he had no idea what he would have done with a son. erich nods to ada's little quote. he assumed his wife had secrets,secrets that were hers and hers alone. he had been an open book to ada,probably much to his own detriment. from what he did know of ada's past,he didnt want to know much more. not because it would change how he viewed her,he didnt want to have to see the pain of her recollecting it. he smiles at his wife and kisses her hand again. " how can one be a saint without knowing sin? im still reveling in the sin part.one day ill work to saint hood." he says,not wanting to press ada. he is curious,sure. but so far adas past had been far more dark than "oh,i once did porn." and if anything,their friend nina was proof one could be classy and an ex porn star. erich shrugs as well. he liked nichole well enough,but honestly liked natalya better for erica. "damn....wait,how can we find virgins in the music industry?! i thought everyone was sleeping with everyone and wild all night coke parties? you do have a busy calendar,right? when is the next time i can see you on stage?" erich asks with great interest. he did love seeing ada perform.

Erich cracks up. " Ada,the virgin hunter.sounds like an erotic barbarian story. We need to get you a fur loin cloth,post haste." He says,adding a little growl to the end. When one spent as much time playing dungeons and dragons as Erich had,the idea of Ada as a virgin hunter is a good one. Erich listens to Ada,trying to seem like he doesn't know her well enough to know how she views herself. Personally,Erich thought she had already lost the baby weight when marlena popped out. Trying to convince Ada otherwise could just piss her off. Erich pats her leg and smiles at her. "Ada,you know you're fine as wine. Hell,those legs put Tina turner's to shame. Even in her prime." He tells Ada with a grin. He never made any secret,to anyone,who he thought was the music industry's eye candy.

erich looks around the deck chair for a drink of some sort.he finds a dirty glass with rainwater and possibly,hopefully mountain dew. he takes a sip,just so he can choke on it. "what?" erich sputters. "ada,you got the kind of chest people pay for,and the tush? its all i can do to keep from pinching it every time you walk by. its a good thing you carry marlena as tush pinching insurance." erich grins at ada. "you are beautiful and sexy as ever,nothing has changed." erich says brightly. ada never seems to see herself as erich does,but he tries to convince her the best he can.

He smiles when he sees Ada blush. Her pale skin makes the blush all the more visible. " you are welcome,frau Hess." He tells her just as softly. He inwardly blames himself for how Ada sees herself. He probably doesn't make as big a fuss over her appearance as he should. He didn't want Ada to think he was some crazy horn dog. Though he was,as far as she was concerned. When Her legs swing over his lap,he rubs them softly. " I love you too,ada. " he runs his hand over her leg again,occasionally pulling at the leggings. Stretchy material is always amusing to erich. He was simple that way. " where should we go next? Some crazy nude beach? Get us out there and frolicking in the sand?" Erich says with a smirk,wanting to get ada's spirits up.maybe he should make more of a fuss over her.

Erich shakes his head just as enthusiastically. " they'd be hoping you would stay in there so they wouldn't have to face the smoldering hotness that is Ada von wannemaker Hess....then would come the inevitable sex on the beach. Which would further cause envy on their parts." Erich says with a dirty giggle,lightly pinching her thighs. Bonn...your father..?" Erich says thoughtfully. He didn't like going to see her father.he couldn't stand how complacent her family was over what had occurred.but,if making an appearance was important to Ada,it was go him as well. " it had been ages since I've been to Germany,and marlena does need go get German air in her lungs. Maybe that will give her a cute accent like her moms. "