Beach Volleyball Tournament

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Who: Anyone!
What: Volleyball Tournament
When: July 22nd, 11am onward!
Where: The Beach!
Summary: Fun in the sun and a bit of competitive spirit! If you signed up for the volleyball tournament, be prepared to rock the house down against the opposing teams! Just there to watch? Enjoy the seats around the volleyball courts as a spectator and have a refreshing drink or some beach-side snacks! SWIMSUIT REQUIRED for everyone there. If you're found by someone in charge without one you may or may not be subject to getting mysteriously kidnapped and put in one, human or not. That's right, even chihuahuas if there are any have to at least have a cool straw hat and sunglasses.
Rating: PG-13. Please try to keep it PG-13 max and warn in the subject header for anything iffy!
When you first arrive, there will be a huge board with the brackets for the tournament on it:



{{ ooc: All of the brackets were totally randomized using RNG on random.org. Unfortunately, I don't have all of the muns memorized so if I put your character against another one of your character, PLEASE let me now ASAP and we can get that fixed! If there are no replies to a match within one week, that team will be disqualified as having not showed up, just so that we can keep going. After the first week, it will be 3 days. (The first week is to account for Otakon, since I know a lot of people are going to that.) }}

After you pass the sign, there are multiple volleyball courts set up, ref towers, lots of beach umbrellas and towels set out on the sand for viewers, and waiters and waitresses handing out drinks to anyone who comes by, courtesy of the local bars. Alcohol will only be available to those who are 18+. It's hot, too, so make sure you don't forget sunscreen!

QUICK LINKS
x OOC Match Winner Discussion/Announcements
x Round 0
x Round 1
x Round 2
x Round 3
x Round 4
x Spectators
x Food Bar
x Ocean

Comments

[moremoremore]

So you keep saying. But somehow, I'm not so convinced.

Well, then you don't get to show them off.

[oftheyin]

What do you mean? [She doesn't like where this is going.]

That's the point. I don't want to show anything off. And I think they look nice.

[moremoremore]

[He sighs at her defense of the sarong.]

You like to make it look like you have no emotions, just duty. But there's so no such thing as duty in Luceti. You're doing all of this for Ling because you want to. If you want something, you have desire, too. Maybe you just don't know what or how, but there's something there. I know it.

[oftheyin]

[Suddenly, she's having a hard time breathing. He didn't mean what she thinks he means... does he?]

I have no idea what you're talking about. [Forever defensive.]

[moremoremore]

[He's able to pick up that this is having some affect. Greed gives a shrug.]

Oh, so you don't want Ling. I'll pass on the message.

[oftheyin]

Wait! [Uhhhhh... crap. He does know.] Please don't tell him anything...

[moremoremore]

Oh? Why not?

[oftheyin]

I was, um, supposed to be over these feelings for him already, but I'm not. I thought I was, but I haven't been able to get over him.

[moremoremore]

[And here we go. Ran Fan. And feelings.]

That's good. It's wrong to reject desire. Why get over people when you can get under them?

[oftheyin]

Because, it's inappropriate for a servant of the Yao clan to be in love with the one she's been sworn to protect.

But, I'm not that anymore, and now... now I'm confused.

[moremoremore]

What's there to be confused about? There's nothing standing in your way anymore. It's a simple matter of asking yourself whether or not you want him.

[oftheyin]

It isn't that simple. There's a lot that goes into this. What about his feelings?

[moremoremore]

There's only two things that go into this: your feelings and his. Do you know how he feels?

[oftheyin]

[She doesn't speak for awhile.] He could never feel that way towards me.

[moremoremore]

Don't you dare sell yourself short. He cares about you, Ran Fan, I know that much. You know what he told me when we first met? How he was able to resist me from taking total control of his body? He said it was because someone gave her arm to get him that far, and he wouldn't be able to look you in the eyes if he failed.

[oftheyin]

[She just stood there in stunned silence. Ling actually said that? About her?]

He... he said that? [She's so touched by this. Honored. Grateful. Happy. Tears were forming in her eyes.] He could never fail me though. As long as he's safe and happy. I fail if he isn't.

[moremoremore]

You two seem to define "failure" differently. Maybe that's another thing you can sort out. [He gives a laugh] But by what you consider "failure"... if he does want to be with you, then wouldn't you be failing him by not trying?

[oftheyin]

Why does everyone insist that he wants to be with me? He has far more important things to think about than me.

Besides... he's rejected me once already. [She's just preparing herself for the worst really.]

[moremoremore]

[Oh.]

You didn't mention that.

[oftheyin]

Yes, and because of that I left his services for awhile to train under Obi-Wan.

But this conversation is going no where. Can we talk about something else?

[moremoremore]

[This really throws him off. He was sure that they both had a secret thing for each other. Especially when he remembers that dream... he'd have to talk with Ling later.]

Sure, we'll put that subject to the side for now. How about this, then: do you have any idea how to have fun, Ran Fan?

[oftheyin]

[Shame that she isn't telling him the whole story, but she doesn't want to.]

I find fighting fun. But I don't think that's what you mean.

[moremoremore]

Oh, fighting is fun, but moreso with alcohol. I was thinking more in the range of things you could do right here on the beach.

[oftheyin]

Um... no. I usually don't do things on the beach. [Unless there's a battle.]

[moremoremore]

[sacrastically.] I never would have guessed. Now let's see... what do people do for fun on the beach? [He surveys some of the other activities.] Burying each other in the sand, making sand castles, tossing a ball around...