http://arcanaxxii.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] arcanaxxii.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] lucetilogs2011-08-13 11:49 pm

partyin' partyin'

Who: [livejournal.com profile] luceti
What: See subject title!
When: August 14, 2011
Where: The beach!
Summary: What's a summer without going on a trip to the beach at least once?
Rating: PG13+? Depends, really.

[When one enters the beach, if they're the type of people to make beelines for food as soon as they step into a party, they'll notice that there are a few tables set up with a bunch of snacks laid about, along with a giant cooler residing at the end of the table. There's a barbecue going on too, though it'll be self-serve if you're hungry.]

[Otherwise, there's a bunch of sporting equipment laying about. A Frisbee, a few volleyball nets... Whatever you'd like to be there! Don't forget, there's always swimming in the ocean, too.]


(( OOC: Advertisements the party have been up since the start of the month, though poorly drawn by yours truly. Everyone's free to come, too! New Feather, or old. Feel free to start up your own threads~ ))
analyzing: (Surprise)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-23 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[...and manages to hit the actual volleyball as the bullet hits the ground beside her. It's not a quiet landing.]

—huh?

[Unfortunately, with her attention diverted, her fingertips only manage to graze the top of the ball— enough to send it over the net, but very open to having it hit back at her.]

[identity profile] floralphantasm.livejournal.com 2011-08-23 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
['Having it hit back at her' is right. It was a shame Rise didn't go for the other 'ball', but for it to serve as a distraction as Yuuka sends the real thing hurtling towards her works equally well.

Hopefully the sound of Yuuka quite literally punching the ball towards Rise's head will get a hold of her attention.]
analyzing: (Realisation)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-24 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[That sound--]
analyzing: (Cry)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-24 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[It gets her attention, all right. By hitting her right at the side of her face. And the ball will then just drop quite harmlessly onto the sand with not as much as a thud.

...that's gonna bruise.]

[identity profile] floralphantasm.livejournal.com 2011-08-24 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, splendid. Seeing as the ball has hit the ground on your side of the net, that means I get a point, correct~?

[Oh, did she hit Rise in the face? She did? Well she's acting as though purposely aiming the ball at another players is a completely sportsmanlike thing to do.]

Come now, let's continue~
analyzing: (Unamused)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-24 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Just one thing.

[One hand nursing the blooming red spot on her cheek, Rise frowns. She'd like to believe that that was a mistake on someone's end (she did almost miss), but after the whole flower thing? She's not sure about that. It's one thing to give the benefit of the doubt, but...

...maybe even agreeing to play against her had been a bad idea.]


We're not playing to knock out the other players, so there shouldn't be any injuries. At all.

Got that?

[identity profile] floralphantasm.livejournal.com 2011-08-24 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
But of course, the aim is to obtain points. Is it possible you could be insinuating something by bringing up such a thing now? [And that is a perfectly feigned expression of shock.]

At any rate, let us proceed. The ball is in your court, so to speak.
analyzing: (Uh-huh right okay)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-25 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Nnrgh, fine. Just one more time-- then Yuuka can go play with someone else. And quite possibly knock them out.

She picks up the ball, tosses it in the air and...there goes that serve! It's moderate human-strength, of course.]

[identity profile] floralphantasm.livejournal.com 2011-08-25 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[And here comes the not-so-violent return. There's some decent strength behind it, and what's more it seems the ball is heading toward the open space of the other court rather than someone's arm or face.

Which of course means there's something wrong here. It was a perfectly normal return. The youkai shows no change in expression past that smile either.]
Edited 2011-08-25 02:57 (UTC)
analyzing: (Unamused)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-25 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a ball that she manages to receive and spike back easily but her posture is still tense. It's almost like she's expecting something.]

[identity profile] floralphantasm.livejournal.com 2011-08-25 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[As she moves to return the ball, Yuuka can't help but stumble a little before sending the ball up into the air. Regaining her stance, she jumps up to spike the ball down into the other court.

That smile? A little wider now, perhaps with a hint of determination thrown in there. Still no signs of anything suspicious either.]
analyzing: (Whoa what.)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-27 10:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Rise darts to the front of the court to block that ball from hitting her side but it's hard to watch both Yuuka and the ball when she's this close, so her attention may be just a little diverted at the moment...]

[identity profile] floralphantasm.livejournal.com 2011-08-27 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yuuka spots this as the perfect moment to score another point. With Rise close to the net, all she need do is land the ball further back in the court, away from where Rise will easily be able to retrieve it.

And so she does just that, smacking the ball into the far side of the court. Has she won a point without seemingly using any tricks to gain the upper hand...?]
analyzing: (Surprise)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-28 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Rise watches, wide-mouthed, as the ball sails over her before she goes for the dive, but it's far too delayed a reaction. The sand feels hot under her skin as she only manages to receive it at an angle.














...and it bounces off the trunk of a tree. There may still be a chance...!]

1/2

[identity profile] floralphantasm.livejournal.com 2011-08-28 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Aaand it's all over. No tricks this time, a fair and clean point. Smiling widely, she prepares some witty comment for Rise as--




Oh wait. A tree?




The ball careens over the net...

[identity profile] floralphantasm.livejournal.com 2011-08-28 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
...and lands in the far back corner of Yuuka's court, rolling off to one side afterwards. Well, that was unexpected. She had thoroughly thought there wouldn't be any chance for Rise to return such a shot. Turning around, she looks at the spot in the sand where the ball had landed.]

How terrible~ I believe we are tied now, a point each. I wonder, should that make this next round the deciding point~?
analyzing: (Dot dot dot wat)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-28 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[No. No, let's play it safe.]

But you know how to play already...don't you?
analyzing: (Surprise)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-28 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[It went in.

It went in?

The surprise is apparent on her face as she stands, dumbfounded for a moment. But there'd been no tricks, no hitting into people, and it was rather like...how a game should go. A little short, perhaps, but still.]
analyzing: (Whoa what.)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-28 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[--but another round? After she'd intended to call it quits?]
analyzing: (Dot dot dot wat)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-28 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[No. No, let's play it safe.]

But you know how to play already...don't you?

[identity profile] floralphantasm.livejournal.com 2011-08-28 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I seemed to have picked up the aims of this game quite easily. In it's own way, volleyball is much like a spellcard battle, with rules put in place to ensure players of any skill can compete~

[Pause. Hm, would it be too far to say she had fun? Probably.]

This game is certainly interesting. Furthermore it seems the game is more fun when complying to the set rules. It adds a sort of challenge to things, doesn't it~?

[Going to retrieve that ball now~]

Now then, would you care to play out this last point~? I should warn you however, I will not hold back for this next round.

[And by hold back she means 'yeah so I won't fly around and shoot danmaku and stuff'. Just pure youkai power.]
analyzing: (Whoa what.)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-30 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[She could. She could trust those words and go one more round and possibly have fun. Maybe. It's possible.]
analyzing: (Smile)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-30 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)

[...except that Rise's not as much of a gullible person-- not after spending most of her childhood being bullied. Sometimes you just have to walk away.

She'll shake her head.]


No, I think I'll pass. You're a pretty quick learner so there's nothing else that I can really teach you. [The emphasis being on teach. That was what this whole session had been about.] Maybe you should go and play with someone else?

[identity profile] floralphantasm.livejournal.com 2011-08-30 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh very well, if you really wish to give up that easily~ Though it would be just like a human to throw everything away like that.

[Shame, for a human game it was fairly interesting.]

Whilst finding someone else to give my time of day might mean another game, I'd much rather return to my flowers now. Though this 'volleyball' was quite the diversion~

[Smack. Just knocking the ball over to your side Rise.]

Good day Rise, I shall return to my gardens. And by the end of the day I am sure you will be returning to your own~

[You know, because your apartment is full of flowers :| Unless they've already all been uprooted.]
analyzing: (Unamused)

[personal profile] analyzing 2011-08-31 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
[The ball lands with a thud and rolls to a stop at her feet, but she doesn't react, not even to the jab at the gardens.]

Yeah. Knock yourself out.

[She'll get someone to get rid of those flowers yet.]