An early morning swim with your best friend sounded like a good idea, since the beach would be mostly empty.
That was until a few hungover party animals from the night before woke up, and in the morning haze and dizziness from shaking the sand out of their ear, thought they saw giant ice cream cones walking towards them.
It will be a while until they sober up. Hopefully, the taste of saltwater and diluted sunscreen would help speed things up a bit.
...Hopefully...
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