lucetilogs | Beach Volleyball Tournament

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

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I guess they were all out of T-Shirts at the time.

Very funny, Sokka. Next time, I'll ask for some.

[He shrugs his shoulders a bit and watches the match going on.]

It's just a scar now. It's a reminder to be less reckless in the future. That's all.

[She follows his gaze towards the match she had also been watching before spotting him.]

I guess one usually learns a lesson the hard way.

I guess so. They didn't cover "don't try and save someone if its a Shift Hunter after them" in classes here.

Do you think if they did that, it would have been any different?

You mean if I did that? Well, someone else would have got killed, probably. But I wouldn't have this.

[So it wasn't really a choice in his mind. There was nothing to learn.]

So, it had never been a choice for you. [A small smile.] Marks of a true hero, I'd say.

Maybe. I just know I didn't feel very heroic at the time. More her-arrrrrghh.

[Complete with authentic painful argh.]

Well, don't you feel heroic about it now? [When you look back into it?]

[I was one of their best fighters. And we lost a few more of them because they were protecting me. I saved one man, but others died because of it.]

Yeah. Sure I do. [Fake smile.]

[She glances at him with an all-knowing smile.] I think I don't need to use any of my techniques to know you're pulling a fake smile on me.

[Damn. He's been caught.]

Well, who can smile while we're all melting out here, right? I think I'll go jump in the water.

[She's very perceptive like that.]

Mind if I join you? [A little playful wink.]

[He stands up. And for a moment he's reluctant. But then he realizes in the end? It doesn't matter. Suki isn't here to be jealous. And he's in no state to be interested anyway.

And besides, she has a boyfriend anyway. So the flirting is pretty meaningless.]

Sure, why not? There's lots of ocean.

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[Yeah, the flirting's all for good fun for her now.]

I don't plan to swim through the whole lot of it, though.

It's only a hundred miles of ocean. Surely you have some ninja magic powers for that.

[He steps into the water, walking along the shallows before heading in.]

I can walk on water but I doubt that's anything exciting.

[She follows him suit, making sure that she's not far from him.]

Well, it is impressive, but less so than having a sister who bends it whenever she feels like it.

[Okay, sort of falling into the water. It's not deep here, but he can sit here and sort of soak it up.]

I'd have to admit that Katara's abilities are really amazing.

[She'll just venture into a deeper part, but not swimming that far.]

But it's not like my techniques aren't.

[Enjoy yourself. He wants to relax, not swim.]

Yes, I've heard your ninja magic is very impressive. [He says in an all too unimpressed tone.]

[She stops swimming when she heard him say that.]

You don't sound convinced.

Magic is magic. It's not exactly uncommon around here.

[So it's easy to pretend it's no big deal.]

I can tell you're underestimating my abilities.

[He's probably not, but Ino will not let this go.]

For all you know, I could, in fact, be overestimating them.

[Heck, maybe he even was. Unless they were fighting side by side, what she can and can't do wasn't really important to their casual friendship.]

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