The Breeze in Your Hair and the Sand Between Your Feet

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Who: Open to FMA crew + Haruhi, and Sokka (Later on?)
What: Beach party + Camping/Sailing for the teens
When: 16 (Start) → 20 (Return for the teens)
Where: Beach!
Summary: An outing to the beach!
Rating: PG-13 (Shouldn't get worse than that, though?)

While Ed is cooperating and the weather is pleasant a decision is made to go to the beach and have some fun! This will work similar to a mass action log, and y'all can create and reply to threads as you see fit.

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[automailed]

Whoa, whoa! It's like it goes on forever! That's awesome!

[Suffice to say that Edward is going to like the ocean.

Still lacking the ability to swim, though, what with about a third of his body currently being made of metal, his first act after the initial "ooooooh it's an ocean!" is to lay down a towel, stretch, and flop on it to relax, abandoning his usual full-body-covering clothes in favour of his tank top and a pair of beach trunks. Why did it take him so long to realize how good it felt to just sit around and chill? All that rushing around he used to do seems so pointless now.

So he may not be out and about or swimming, but at least he'll be easy to find? The sun's glare on his automail is a dead giveaway.

He'll also be keen to explore the place or fool around once he's properly motivated, so feel free to give him a nudge in the right direction.]

[truthhides.livejournal.com]

[ al always thought that ed would do a little better if he could relax a little more.

... but this is pretty terrifying.

not being in the right sort of body to get wet, al just sits on the beach. while the swimmers are swimming, he'll be alternating through thumbing through the backlogs of the journals and just watching everyone splash around. ]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Have you put on sunscreen yet?

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Hey, Al!

[twinnedavarice.livejournal.com]

You don't look like you're having much fun.

[If it's surprise to hear his voice, it's because Ling invited himself. After they all took off through the teleporter, he decided to follow and see what was up.]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

[godbent]

[Haruhi has three objectives on this venture trip: to swim (1), to force Edward to hunt down trees on the mountainside and this create the boat (2), and possibly set up a bonfire for a roasting dinner on the beach that night (3). Any of these objectives would be time consuming, but after Winry setting up shop... well.

She'll be around, in either something akin to this, or with a T-shirt and wrap over that. Mostly focusing on the swimming during the daylight because that's what the beach is for you know]

[automailed]

[Edward glances over, sitting up and stretching his arms out a bit.]

Do I even need sunscreen if I've got the umbrella?

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

You're not going to stay under here all day, will you?

[automailed]

...Well what else is there to do while the rest of you are swimming?

[He lifts his automail hand pointedly. Sink like a stone, remember?]

[twinnedavarice.livejournal.com]

[She might at some point notice Ling. He wasn't exactly... invited. Or if he was, he didn't come with the main group. He's just chilling in one of the few shaded spots, watching the fun for now. At the very least, he seems to be enjoying himself, if his grin is any indication.]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

You could build sandcastles or - well you don't have to go all the way in!

[godbent]

[She does. And in fact she short of... stares a bit. Who is that? It's not ringing a bell, but she also feels like she might have seen him before. Maybe in the draft? Maybe around town? Both? But she's not placing why here's here and her best guess is one of Ed's friend-

Ed has friends?

After staring for a short while, she turns, perhaps to go find someone to ask who this fellow is]

[automailed]

You're the one who always tells me not to get the automail wet.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Don't be a dummy! I'll dry it off myself if I have to.

[automailed]

Fine, fine, gimme the sunscreen then. [He can at least splash around up to his knees or something, that's not so bad. At least it won't gum up the joints the way the blood did in Gluttony's stomach the last time he was sloshing around in water... y... stuff.

Happy thoughts, though! He's here to relax and have fun. And hopefully get himself lotioned up without making a mess of his automail that way, either.]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Here, just spray it on.

[automailed]

...It's a spray? [What the heck kind of technological advancements does this world focus on, seriously. Still, he takes it and sprays away, and... shit, that is actually pretty darn convenient. YOU HAVE GAINED HIS TENTATIVE APPROVAL, SPRAYSCREEN.]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Pretty cool, huh? There are some very neat things you can find in the item shop when you look. Ready?

[automailed]

Guess so. [Setting aside the lotion, he pushes himself to his feet and pulls on a pair of sandals to keep the sand out of his automail as much as possible. And that's about as much care as this beach trip is gonna get until the aftermath where he spends six hours picking sand out of the joints. TO THE WATER!] I can go up to my knees, at least, right?

[godbent]

[As they finish setting up the camp Haruhi catches Winry alone for one of the first times today. She nudges her in the side-]

Hey, question.

[godbent]

[Coming out of the water for a bit now- she takes note of where Ed's eyes have been during her splashing contest with Winry. It's actually a bit hard for her to miss all things considered. ...Or she's imagining it. Either way, she initially got annoyed, but then and idea struck her, and now that hse's back to shore she's going to turn it around.

Step one- take up a seat on the sand next to where he is]

Hey Ed. [She says conspiratorially]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Of course!

I've been here once before with Sokka. It's great.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Yeah?

[godbent]

[You know.

...Still not used to the whole armor thing. The Al she knew had a body, a face. And she's still unclear on all the circumstances. So now, later in the day after swimming is still appealing but she's ready for a break, on shore she's trying to sneak up behind Al]