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 Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:41 pm
 Gerome placed his towel on the sand before he laid down on it. This felt more relaxing than the last time he was here. At least he was sure he was at this part of the Outrealms before. He remembered a beach and the red-haired woman knew who he was so he was sure he was here before.
His mask ended up removed from his face and replaced with sunglasses. It felt weird to not have his mask on while awake. Gerome only took it off while sleeping. As for Minerva. Well the wyvern wanted him to do this alone. Even mounts needed a break away from the rider.
Sain looked over at Sunil after he heard his name. Wait volleyball? He had to try to remember what that was. Oh right, it's something about hitting a ball above a net.
"Sure I guess I could play," He responded. "I should probably stop drinking this then." He tossed the bottle behind him. Problem was, the bottle was about half full so some of the contents spilled out. Hopefully no one was in the path of that.
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:02 pm
 Tibarn sailed over the dunes and dropped sharply, hitting the sand in a long skid that simply covered an enormous number of other beach-goers in sand, then hopped and went into a light jog toward Amelia, waving a bit! As he went, he let a little dark-haired lady hop down off his back, swinging her to the ground. "Hey!" he called, grinning as he came to a halt by the pretty little general. "I, ah, I like the suit," he murmured, smirking as he folded his wings. He had a shinai hooked into the cord holding his trunks up, in the back, and carefully extracted it before handing it off to his daughter. The girl finally looked like she belonged to him-- over the past couple of summers, her youthful blonde, like his, had grown out and started getting darker. She was in a blue one-piece and a pair of sandals, and was SO EXCITED FOR THE BEACH OMG. "Alright, Vah, go grab a towel and you can put your stuff down with Amelia's," he said. "Go play with your friends, you can wait to train later."Vah took the wooden sword happily-- her mother had insisted she keep up her training even on vacation, so here it was! She giggled happily and bowed first to her father, then Amelia, and ran off to go get a couple of towels for herself and her father, which she then laid out by Amelia's towel, planing her wooden sword in the sand before running off after Tiki's ball, waving! "Hey!"[Vah's like seven, eight, and is gonna start hitting that unfortunate aging slowdown soon.]
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:01 am
You know you've hit a low point when you have to be ordered to take a vacation. Grumbling, Lethe shielded her eyes from the bright sun rays. The scent of salt water and sunscreen attacked her nose. This certainly wasn't the cat's first pick for a relaxing holiday. But there were ways to make the most of it. For example, training in the sand could provide experience for fighting on loose terrain and swimming could ... well no. Wet fur was the worst feeling in the world. Lethe hadn't gotten that desperate.
Suddenly the sound of exaggerated laughter hit her feline ears. She approached the masked beorc and his female companion. "What's all of this commotion about," the laguz asked curiously. Aruna stretched her arms and basked in the warm sun. Her hair was pulled back in a bun held together with fancy chopsticks. Her bikini top fitted perfectly for its first time being worn. The matching sash hugged her waist just right to make it look like she was wearing bottoms. (Humans would normally be disturbed or ask rude questions if she didn't wear it.) She felt beautiful. Nothing could ruin the nagini's pleasant mood.
Of course it helped that earlier the hostess helped her coworker yet again dress for the occasion. It has become routine by this point. Aruna even started buying clothes in Blossom's size just for these moments. When the girl said she didn't have a swimsuit, the snake woman almost spat out her tea. How could anyone never own one? Especially a cute girl like her. Lucky for the little mercenary, Aruna had just the thing picked out, a striped pink bikini to show off some skin and still be adorable at the same time. It warmed her heart to be so generous to her friend.
With a smile the nagini slithered, looking for the perfect place to work on her tan. Out of the corner of her serpentine eyes, she saw a purple-haired girl practically hiding herself away under a dress. Deciding to ask what was the matter Aruna approached Clara. "Isn't it a little hot to be bundled up in that towel?" “Look alive, soldiers,” Lina commanded to some figures made of sticks and pebbles. “The bird kingdom could attack at any moment! We need to keep the defenses up and fortify the castle.” This sand structure grew more and more intricate as time passed. The taguel packed some more sand into her bucket in order to create another lookout tower. Unfortunately when she flipped the pail over, the sand crumbled apart. “Drat! Not now! The northern wall has low visibility and the scouts haven't return yet.” Lina brought her hand up to her chin to think. When an idea popped up, she looked around quickly to make sure no one was close enough to mess with her castle. Seeing the coast was clear, the girl pulled her beaststone out of her swimsuit and transformed into a giant bunny. Quickly she grabbed the handle of her bucket with her mouth then dashed as fast as she could towards the water to fill it.
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:42 am
Clara was a little startled when she heard Aruna ask the question. She curled up even more trying to hide herself. She really didn't know how to act or think about this.
"I'm not sure how people are going to act with what I'm wearing." She said, "It feels very weird wearing such little clothing out in the open like this."
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:43 pm
Tiki had just happened to smack her beachball into the group of potential volleyball players. The nice man with the brown hair and stress lines seemed to snatch it out of midair as it soared towards the group. She looked up at him as he spoke, and snatched the ball between her arms when he lobbed it back to her, with a little "okay" in acknowledgement of her mistake. Though since he offered to let her join the game, it couldn't have been too bad a misstep.
"I've never played volleyball before... I don't even know the rules." she responded to his offer. "And you all are much bigger than me..." Though it did seem like fun.
She smiled as Sunil knelt down beside her. "I would like to play... Let me put this ball away, and maybe I'll come back later." She actually wasn't too sure about playing, maybe she'd watch a game first and then see if she could hold up with her friends.
She began to trot off when she noticed Vah running in her direction, with her eyes on the ball she was holding. She seemed to have a wooden sword too... Did people usually bring those to the beach? Nonetheless, she looked excited for fun on the beach. Playing with friends that were her (physical) age was something that hardly ever happened. This was a treat, especially at the beach!
"Hey!" She called back to Vah. "Wanna play? Let's go where we can throw this around without hitting anyone."
(everyone wants a piece of the Tiki but I've wanted to do this in particular)
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:40 pm
HEAVEN OR HELL? THE WHEEL OF FATE IS T U R N I N G
The figure seemed a bit taken back by the fact that Amelia, of all people, had volunteered for his little adventure, which was reflected by the sudden silence that lasted a good five seconds or so before his systems rebooted and a laugh slipped out as he took to another pose. "So we have an opportunist! Very well, I'll take your consideration into consideration!" Cue more practiced maniacal laughing. Which brought the minions in like flies on honey, meaning Zeiss was all too happy to join his forces.
"Splendid! I could use the ferocity of a wyvern out there on the field! Consider yourself drafted!" It was at this point that Rin, posing as Evelyn, stopped in and cleared her throat. "We do have drinks for that, you know." Awen, not NOT EWAN, commmented, looking rather confused at his counterpart. "...I'm talking about the fact that Wyverns are not allowed on the court, regardless of if he brought one or not." Awen stopped for a moment, face absolutely still.
"Either way, kid, you're on the squad!"
Once more he laughed, turning towards Lethe who had started to question what the whole thing was about. "You just walked in one the preparations of my showdown with the guard. A simple vacation is just too boring, so me and my associate have come to challenge those willing to take up the mantle of justice! Or we're also taking up those willing to join us." He gave a profound nod, opening one eye at her direction. "As long as you are aware to play...volleyball."
Meanwhile, Evelyn, though we all know it's really just Rin, had walked off to get a drink, stopping as she took notice of the crying Blossom. She stopped mid-step, not sure of what to do. It would be rather forward to just...go at it at this point, wouldn't it? She took a deep breath, steeling herself as she contemplated something....well, something absolutely silly. She was Evelyn at this point right? That meant she could do things she couldn't before. "It's a shame seeing a cute face cry around these parts. You here on vacation with the rest?"
REBEL 1!
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:48 pm
Amelia's entire posture straightened up as she heard the familiar sound of wings cutting through the air. Well, more accurately, she heard that sound and then saw the huge wave of sand that crashed over a small group of people nearby. There was only one person who would do something like that, or at least only one Amelia knew personally.
She addressed his daughter first, reaching out and ruffling Vah's hair after her greeting before she could hurry to Tiki. "Be careful out there, kid." Her smile warmed, staying that way as she turned to the king of hawks. "Ah, you do?" She smirked, stretching her arms briefly over her head before crossing them under her chest again. "Well, it is a beach. And I figured the color, ah, suited me." She glanced back at 'Ewan,' then over to Tibarn. "You wanna play some volleyball, maybe? Show these guys a thing or two?"Blossom reached into the cooler and removed a beer, easily popping off the top with her thumb before taking a deep drink. Calm down. Sue wasn't trying to do anything by that. You're overreacting. She gulped and sighed, panting slightly as she rubbed at her eye with the back of her free hand. Just being irrational. It's all fine. It"It's a shame seeing a cute face cry around these parts."Blossom coughed, mid-gulp at her beer. "A-Ah--!" She swallowed and coughed again, rubbing the corner of her mouth clean before turning to 'Rin,' stance relaxing a little. "It-- I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to," spilled out of her mouth before she could stop it, and she sighed, hand passing briefly over her eyes, pushing her hair clear. Her voice sounded a little choked as she explained, clearing her throat periodically, "I mean, it-- Yeah, I'm on vacation, I guess. I can't really do-- really do anything here I couldn't do somewhere else, though. Except the sandcastles, I guess. But Aruna-- she wanted to see me here, even let me borrow the swimsuit, so... I kinda had to, I guess?" She sipped again, letting out a heavy breath as her windpipe finally cleared. "Not sure why I bothered, though, s'not like I look any good in it compared to everyone else." She shrugged her shoulders, smile twitching at the corners of her mouth before she sipped from her bottle again.
"I... I really appreciate it, though. It's nice to hear, I guess?" She put the bottle down in the sand where it couldn't fall over, stretching her arms over her head, then in front of her, before lowering them again. "Are you here with, um, your real energetic friend, or did he have to browbeat you into it?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:17 pm
A sympathetic sigh was given at the sudden dump of information thrown at the thinly-disguised 'Evelyn', somewhat taken back at what had all been heavy on the mind of her friend. Is this how it had been during the time that she had been gone? A fist was clenched at her side as she built up the resolve to continue on with her plan, something that was driving her heartbeart crazy out of panic. But she put on a brave face, getting into the role before offering her hand to Blossom, the spare hand wiping away another tear as she took it. "Well I think you're the prettiest thing on the beach. Now cheer up, it's your vacation after all. No sense of spending it on ifs or maybes. Not when there's all sorts of things going on."
A lone volleyball, most likely launched by her, now doomed, counterpart tore through the air towards them only to be caught, with a rather bored expression, by 'Evelyn' herself. "Though, I think you might have a little trouble if you were against me!" She gave a rather happy grin, glad that the conservative muscles that began to take root with her active lifestyle had a use beyond self-shame this time around. "No, I just stopped by here for fun. He's a troublemaker, so it seemed like a good idea at the time."
"I'm starting to think that it was."
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:35 pm
Now that was more like it. He certainly could use this for sure as a bit of training. Any sort of game could be viewed that way after all. "Now I don't need a wyvern to be able to do my team some good. I can manage myself." He said, knowing it would be in for a good time. This wasn't like chucking javelins at a flying enemy, or piercing through a mounted unit. This was just some good ole fashioned beach fun.Target sighted! It didn't take that long before the girl soon noticed a familiar face and started on a full on dash towards him. The sunglasses were really fitting him out here! And she almost recognized him without Minerva. Almost. "GEROME~!" Was the only warning he got before she essentially found herself diving towards him, ready to embrace him in the biggest hug she could muster.YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE what was with all of that sand? There had been no warning before something had dived down and plummeted down, causing sand to rain all over. And unfortunately for him, his bag of carrots was now RUINED! Yarne was ready to turn tail and run away when something else caught the attention of his bunny ears.
Scanning the area, he was quick to find another familiar sight dashing through the sands. Seemed he wasn't the only Taguel here that he recognized! Getting up, he dusted himself off before heading on closer towards Lina. "H-Hey!" He called out to her.
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:40 pm
Blossom's face burned bright red as 'Evelyn' gently touched her face. "I... w-well, that's... th-that's subjective," she answered, breathless and shaky. Her eyes widened a little, glancing down at her milky-white hand before back at her large green eyes. "Ah..."
She recovered, however, as the volleyball arrived, slowly relaxing her instinctively-tense muscles as 'Evelyn' proved herself more than capable of responding to the threat. Was she always like this? She rubbed the back of her neck, pushing her hair away from her nape and letting it fall over either shoulder. "I suppose it was, then. All that matters is what you think."
She smiled, a little more genuinely this time. "Do you need anyone else to play on your friend's side? I think I could probably help you two out. Strength in numbers." She glanced over at Leon, then back at 'Evelyn,' smile broadening. "I think my other friends will understand. Games aren't fun if they aren't even."
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:12 am
Hearing his name, Gerome sat up. He was then blind sided (Well that's what he was thinking) by Naina. The sunglasses were knocked off his face. Well that just means that they were hanging on his face rather loosely or the impact was that hard.
Though that was the least of Gerome's worries. There was currently someone on top of him giving him a hug. "Naina," He said, "While it is nice to see you, I need to find my sunglasses."
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:04 pm
Aruna had a puzzled look on her face. Just what exactly was this girl wearing under the towel that could be so scandalous? Her imagination started running wild with the possibilities. Oh my~
"Sweetie, unless you're wearing pasties and a thong, I highly doubt there'll be that much of an uproar," the red-haired woman said blantantly. "You don't seem like that kind of girl so I'm sure what you have on is fine. Let's have a look." She placed a reassuring hand on Clara's shoulder and gave a calming smile. "I'll play. It can't be that hard to grasp the rules. Your beorc games are all the same." Lethe put her hands on her hips. "So who are our allies?" The cat laguz scanned the surrounding faces. Spotting Sunil, she secretly hoped he'd be on the opposing team. This would be another chance to test their abilities against one another. “Hm?” Lina stood up on her hind legs looking for the source of the H-hey. It was none other than Yarne. Yay! The young taguel set the water filled bucket down then shifted to her other form. She waved her arms wildly. “Follow me!” Picking up the bucket again, she ran back to her detailed sand castle. Luckily it was still intact and just the way she left. Lina let out a sigh of relief. “Good work keeping the domain safe,” she said to her stick guards. “You all get promotions after the war.”Lina waited until Yarne caught up before working on another structure made of sand.
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