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WHO: Any and all friends of Masaomi/anyone who happens to be on the beach! Invitations would’ve gone out via a (handwaved) secret entry or word of mouth.
WHAT: Masaomi’s birthday party, planned by Shikamaru-Gold-Ikki.
WHEN: Wednesday, June 19th.
WHERE: The beach!
SUMMARY: BEACH BIRTHDAY BASH. It’s pretty simple.
RATING: B FOR BIRTHDAY.

So after being reminded about Masaomi’s birthday, Gold came up with a much better idea than Shikamaru’s (lame) sit-down dinner! Therefore welcome to an all-dayish surprise beach birthday party! There are tables for presents and food, there is music (chosen by the boys, not by Ikki), and there is a sand castle city, complete with sandscrapers, which is what Gold put Ikki in charge of. The sand castle city has gotten a little out of hand because of this.

So stop by, wish Masaomi a happy birthday, and HAVE FUN. While there are three topic threads, FEEL FREE AND ENCOURAGED to just throw up your character at the party below that/anywhere, as per always.

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Blame a seven year old being head of the planning crew. [He says this lightly before turning to face her fully and when he does... ...what is she wearing? Good lord. But he's in trunks with a T-shirt over it himself anyway, so his grin gets a little wider as he adds on] Still, within exceptions, [With a meaningful incline of his head] I've gotten some pretty girls in swimsuits for it.

[She can't help but feel a twinge of annoyance for a moment, even if she knows that he means she's an exception to the swimsuit part rather than the pretty part. She frowns for a second, but the irritation expression passes quickly.]

I can swim just fine in this, so I'm sure I don't know what exceptions you're talking about.

-Seriously?

[He says this with a wry smirk, not holding back his questioning here. He's probably seen her go in the water some with it before, but]

[Okay, she can understand the question. For completely different reasons, she had been rather incredulous of the more common swimsuits when she had first seen them here. And while she's gone in the water at such parties before, she generally avoids doing much swimming around crowds in case she gets too far into it and her hair lights up. So she grins a little in return.]

My people like swimming far too much to bother with a different set of clothing for in and out of water. We treat our clothes so that they dry off easily.

[By "people" she means "species," but she's hoping he'll take it as "culture."]

Hoooh. [And he reaches out, to try to touch her shoulder. To get a feel for what the material feels like because now he's curious, in spite of himself]

So you're in your element here.

[~~with the hopes that I'm not contradicting the headcanon of the other Ferines players~~ The material is somewhat rougher than the sort of clothes he's probably used to. Whatever method is used to make them waterproof, it's clearly different material than typical swimsuits, even if they are just as waterproof.]

You could say that. I mean, I grew up closer to a lake than the sea, but the sea's still better. Even a weird one like this one.

Weird?

[His touch only lasts a moment. No need to be weird. But when he retracts his hand he turns to look at the sea. He can think of a few reasons for it to be weird, but he wonders which ones are Fenimore's]

Huh? [She appears surprised by the question, as though she had thought it obvious but hadn't given enough thought as to why.] Well, uh....it's on a desert, right? The water just leaked in one day, so it's not a real ocean.

[The explanation is something she had come up with after the fact when she first was questioned about it. It just...feels off to her. The real reason is that this ocean isn't "alive" and connected to her people like the one back home, but her spiritual sense is nowhere near good enough to figure that out.]

True, true. But aside from the corpses of all those poor lizards and the ruins, we've got algae and fish and starfish in it. I guess in that sense, it always seemed "real" to me - so much so that the desert almost feels like the "dream."

[A bit philosophical. Maybe. More than a little, actually]

[She briefly makes a face at the mention of the lizards -- she'd never really thought about that and it's not exactly a pleasant one.]

I guess I never did see the desert before that myself. But...well, it's pretty much like an ocean, but it's not quite right...I think. Or maybe it's just a little different from what it was like near my village.

Well it does have a more definite end, it's just so far out I don't think about it.

It'd certainly take a long time to reach it. But that's still small for a sea...so maybe that's what makes it a little weird. [She shakes her head.] Or maybe I'm imagining it.

Or it could be it's normal and you're weird.

[He said blithely, a smirk on his face]

[She rolls her eyes.]

You sure know how to talk to the ladies. [But then she grins a little.] I'll let you get away with that since it's your birthday.

Heh, so should I rather be saying that there is no one I would rather have a private night swim with than the beautiful blonde by my side?

[Alliteration!! He says all this without missing a beat, though his tone isn't as sincere as it could be. The smirk probably doesn't help]

[She puts a hand over her mouth as she tries to suppress a laugh at that.]

Well, it might be better than calling me weird, at least.

Now if only your outfit allowed for me to add "buxom," eh?

[TOO FAR, as usual]

[Yeah, her grin is no longer there.]

I'll have you know that I am plenty -- [Wait, that's really not the point. Also "plenty" may be a bit of an exaggeration. But, again, not the point.] "Weird" was better.

It's okay, Fen-chan! I know you're plenty as impressive as any woman! More, even, because it's a secret I can only guess at!

[And he cackles here, an honest laugh as he taps her lightly on the back to reassure]

Well, it seems that it'll be fine to leave it to your imagination. It looks like you have no problem using your imagination for that kind of thing.

[Hmph.]

Wha---t!? There was an option for that to be real?!

[And he recoils now, flailing and grabbing the sides of his head with a pained expression]

[She doesn't answer right away, since she didn't mean to imply as much, but then she smirks. No need to let him know that, right?]

It's certainly not an option now. Sorry if you were counting on it.

Oh noooo, I ruined the birthday present!

[And now he straight up collapses onto the ground, rolling from side to side. Rolling]

[Masaomi, how can you be so ridiculous? She can't entirely muffle her laughter at that.]

I'm afraid you'll have to make do with the basket I brought as a back-up. [She gestures towards the present table, where the basket she'd brought sits.] But it's a valuable lesson for the next time you're looking for a present like that.

[He stops his rolling, sits up...! and he would leap to his feet, but, well, sand. The traction isn't good enough. She smiles and-]

So noted, Fen-chan.

[Oh he should smooth down his shirt, his abs and his nasty scar on his left side was exposed. Wouldn't want her to swoon]

Edited 2013-06-22 19:03 (UTC)