MINGLE: BEACH DAY BABAY

[powerhittou]

Who: You, and you!
What: Exactly what it says on the tin.
When: Sometime mid-August.
Where: Down on the BEACH.
Warnings: Uh... Mark your threads if they get a little too wet and wild, I guess?

You didn't think summer would go by without at least one day for fun in the sun, did you? Of course, with how close Pelican Town is to the beautiful clear waters of the ocean, hopefully some people went more than just the once.

There's no particular event going on today, but for some reason everyone seems to be swinging by around the same time. A convenient contrivance? The work of a mysterious stranger parading through the streets and bellowing about summer because he didn't learn from being arrested the first time? Who can say?

Anyway, it's the beach. You know what to do. Go fish off the piers, sunbathe, make sand castles, collect shells, get swept away by the undertow and never seen again, play volleyball, go nuts. Just look out for jellyfish.

Comments

[shithefuckup]

Huh. Maybe they're being whisked away by some weird magic shit? What if there might be a secret passage around here?

[He sighs and puts a hand behind his head. Even if it's not much, it's still a lot to think about.]

Or...maybe they went to the bus stop every day until those fuckers somehow got lucky, tch.

[gatescostmoney]

If it's either of the latter two, nice of them to let any of us know. They could have left a message on one of these things.

[ Even a "Bye, losers. The bus is taking me home through a magic tunnel now." would have been acceptable. Rude, but acceptable. ]

Magic is more my thinking. Were you outside when it rained gems of all things?

[shithefuckup]

Yeah, but-

[He grimaces.]

I ran into some trouble and nearly got the life crushed outta me.

[gatescostmoney]

Please tell me that trouble wasn't Master One-Eyed Dragon again.

[ Sasuke isn't paid enough to be constantly breaking up his fights and coming to the rescue. ]

[shithefuckup]

[Good news, Sasuke!]

Nah, not him. It was...!

[More grimacing because god, it's so embarrassing he doesn't even want to remember it.]

It was some weird fucking animals that came outta nowhere! Don't know what the hell they wanted, but they all piled on top of me with stupidly happy faces?! Fucking shit, there was even a fish hanging off my hoodie!

[That is some bad news alright. To him, at least.]

[gatescostmoney]

[ Well, at least it's not Masamini this time, but this sounds familiar... ]

... Were they pink and kind of slow? Really slow?

[ Because Sasuke had a run in with a Slowpoke, and if Zack had problems with one of those, he may not stop himself from laughing. ]

[shithefuckup]

God, I fucking wish.

[Although, if that actually happened, Zack would still be pissed either way. BUT ANYWAY.]

They were more big and fuckass huge, but each of them was different. There was also a gross, slimy weird fuck with huge lips and tentacles, eeeuuuugh...

[gatescostmoney]

[ That is most definitely not the same creature he encountered, and he's very glad for that fact. ]

I guess I'm the one that lucked out on the weird creatures. You have my sympathies.

[ Give him the horrors of war over whatever demons Zack went up against. They sound nasty. ]

[shithefuckup]

[Sympathies, eh...he raises a brow for a moment. It probably doesn't mean much. Heck, maybe it doesn't mean anything at all? It's just what people say, to fill some kind of void. And it's twice this guy has been alright with him, what is this?

Yet...deep down, he can't help but feel a tiny, barely there "chill"; Zack shrugs as he rubs his head.]

Mm, I guess. Whatever.

[A way of saying thanks, in his own words.

No time to dwell on it for too long, though. For now, there's something more important at hand.]

By the way, have you seen a girl around here? She's short, blond, and looks fucking dead.

[...one of these things is not like the others, nor should it ever be.]

[gatescostmoney]

[ Birds of a feather or so the saying goes. Sasuke is being more genial towards people. They aren't his enemy; they aren't dangers to the one he swore his life to. It'd really be more work and effort to cause trouble when there isn't any. It's not him being soft and starting to make friends.

Or something like that. It's what Sasuke's trying to tell himself. ]

I don't think I have yet. No.

[ Sasuke doesn't even blink at the descriptor. He knows of a woman who looks dead back home, consumed by her own darkness and lost to reality. Sasuke kinda fears becoming like that someday. ]

Is that someone you want to find or avoid?

[shithefuckup]

Someone I have to find. Her name's Rachel. Or well- Ray, as I call her. She was...mostly the reason why I had to return home. We made a promise together to escape some shithole we were stuck in. But, now that she's here...

[SIIIIGH.]

I'm still trying to go back, of course! But, it's gonna take a hell of a lot longer now.

[gatescostmoney]

[ Again, birds of a feather. Sasuke can't help but feel a pang of jealousy. Another person had their important person arrive, and here he is still without his master. In any form. Wasn't this place supposed to be about forming bonds or something like that? ]

Where should I take her if I do find her? Do you hang out on whatever lot they gave you? Or should I just message you to pick her up?