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Richie "Gear" Foley (put_it_in_gear) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-07-22 13:45:00

Current location:	Quatro Park - Sector 4
Entry tags:	:mingle, bak chang, calliope-caliborn, duo maxwell, kitty pryde (evolution), lacus clyne, lelouch vi britannia, richie foley, sougo okita, terry mcginnis, zatanna zatara

[Day 229] [Voice|Closed|Action|Open] WATER BALLOON FIGHT
[It is a hot day. Sweltering and humid and for many it could feel pretty icky. It is around noon when a unfamiliar and obviously modified voice comes over the network. It sounds a little robotic, too high to be normal, but also manic, in a good way. Excited, amused.]

Anyone really fed up with the heat yet? I know I am. So here's your Declaration of War on Humidity. Park your butt on the number four and you'll get yourself a nice splash of color to cool you down.

[There is silence for some time, enough that one might even think that he disconnected. Then it comes back with a laugh.] Or you could just come over to Quatro Park and join in on the fun. [Then there is a disconnect. Someone could try to ask a question, but no responses will be given.]

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[Anyone who is Sector 4 and wanders towards Qautro Park might notice that there is large bucket sitting right at the entrance. Look inside and you will see that it is filled to the brim with balloons. Water balloons.

And there are more buckets like this. Scattered all over the park, beside a bench, behind a bush, right in the open in the center of a copse of trees. They are everywhere. All of them full of balloons.

And if you don't look out you might just be hit with one of them. Oh, what's all that red covering your hair and your shirt? Whoops guess these balloons are full of colored water. It might wash out at the end of the day, but be careful now or you could end up looking like a soaked rainbow.

Do you turn back and try to escape? Are you trapped there as a victim of water balloon warfare? Or will you grab a balloon yourself and go looking for whoever just threw one at you?]

{OOC: Water balloon fight! Richie spent the morning putting it together so it's forward-dated to noon and later. Two robots will be there making up more balloons as the day goes so they won't run out for a while and another is hiding in the park to throw balloons at random passersby. The coloring in the water is completely safe and washes out with soap from clothes, skin, and hair. Not that characters will know that at first. Have your characters wander in, get dragged by a friend, become an accidental casualty, anything you want! Mingle away the heat!}

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sadistfaction
2013-07-28 03:31 am UTC (link)

[He wouldn't put it past them either. He just preferred making a joke of things. Things were a little easier to deal with that way.]

This is definitely better than tons of snow. It's a good excuse for cold sake and living by the pool or beach. Girls in bikinis, what guy wouldn't find that better? [That gets a smirk out of him, and he looks at Lacus, awaiting her comeback!]

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fields_of_hope
2013-07-28 03:55 pm UTC (link)

[What, is she getting a reputation?] If I'd known your preferences I would have chosen different attire. [Although her now-soaked white sundress is arguably even more indecent than the skimpiest bikini.]

We shall have to find another woman to sit on your other side and feed you grapes while I pour drinks. [Speaking of, as soon as the drinks arrive she does just that.]

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	sadistfaction 2013-07-28 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	I like the way you think. [Sougo has the most amused expression on his face. He is just so glad he moved in with her. He watches as she pours the drinks.] Okay, now you must prove you've been taught well by Sake Master Sougo. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fields_of_hope
2013-07-28 08:24 pm UTC (link)

[And she's always glad to see him smile! Thank goodness there's a way to do that other than an exhibit of torture devices.]

[Lacus offers him the larger dish with her usual effortless sgrace and perches the second on her fingers, positioned like he told her.] Is there anything else I need to know before we drink? [The sake dishes don't look like they should be clinked together like normal glasses.]

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	sadistfaction 2013-07-29 12:55 am UTC (link)
	[As soon as the dish is offered to him, he doesn't wait a second longer to have a sip! Then he stops for a second to answer her question.] Oh yeah. Cheers. [Then he sips his sake some more.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fields_of_hope 2013-07-29 12:58 am UTC (link)
	[Only Lacus could find that adorable. After a second of grinning she sips at her dish.] It's good, but it is very strong. [She has another long sip, for posterity.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sadistfaction 2013-07-29 01:13 am UTC (link)
	[Sougo nods.] Isn't it though? [A beat.] You're good as long as you keep drinking it like this, unless you wanna know what death going through your body feels like. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fields_of_hope 2013-07-29 01:43 am UTC (link)
	Oh? [She examines the sake and then takes another, thoughtful drink.] I've never felt ill effects from alcohol. Maybe Coordinators react to it differently. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sadistfaction 2013-07-29 02:44 am UTC (link)
	[Did he hear that right? He turns to stare at her. Just staaares.] Are you for real? That's not even fair. [He holds up a fist.] What good is being a normal, regular human?! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fields_of_hope 2013-07-29 02:48 am UTC (link)
	That may be because I've never drank to extreme excess before. [Lacus reaches up to put her hand over his fist and lower it.] And I'm a human too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sadistfaction 2013-07-29 02:51 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, but will referring to myself First Division Captain give me some sort of tolerance? Probably not. [He points a finger at her, before sipping sake. Gotta drink it before it gets warm!] That Coordinator stuff gives you some kind of protection? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fields_of_hope
2013-07-29 02:57 am UTC (link)

Perhaps. My body is put together differently. It's more efficient in terms of metabolism and bloodflow and the like.

[She finishes off her drink and goes to pour them both a refill.] The wars I participated in were essentially fought because many natural humans didn't believe Coordinators should exist. And because some Coordinators didn't think natural humans should exist. They were both wrong because we're the same. My enhancements don't make me who I am.

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sadistfaction
2013-07-29 03:03 am UTC (link)

[That's a crazy story. As much as Sougo thought having some sort of enhancements would be neat for unimportant reasons, even he could see how dumb the war she speaks of was.]

Guess there are idiots everywhere, not that I doubted it for a second. [He nods in acknowledgement of her pouring him a refill.] People are people no matter what. You don't got to be a genius to know that.

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	fields_of_hope 2013-07-29 03:07 am UTC (link)
	[Lacus smiles, interpreting his "people are people" to be more a positive than otherwise. She kisses his cheek again in response.] Just so. In any case, if I do end up hungover I'll be sure to inform you. [Another long drink! And wow, this stuff works pretty quickly.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sadistfaction 2013-07-29 03:14 am UTC (link)
	[There's some slight flushing at that.] You gonna kiss up on me all the time? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fields_of_hope 2013-07-29 03:16 am UTC (link)
	Maybe. It's no different than how I treat anyone else. [She leans against the back of the booth, possibly feeling the beginnings of the sake effects.] I know it doesn't mean anything. You never push. I could throw myself at you and you'd probably change the subject. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sadistfaction 2013-07-29 03:24 am UTC (link)
	I don't get why you would throw yourself at me in the first place. [He's maybe taking things too literally, and is just not sure how to take that. He sips his drink.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fields_of_hope 2013-07-29 03:31 am UTC (link)
	My point exactly. [Another drink of her own as she gives him a seemingly delighted smile.] You wouldn't like it. Even if I did wear your collar. [She giggles a little at the mental image and keeps the refills coming.] You'd be better for me than Tyki, I couldn't deny that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sadistfaction
2013-07-29 03:39 am UTC (link)

I never said I wouldn't like it.

[He feels the need to be clear. She may know a lot about him now, but not everything!]

And that's not true. Bitches like cool, cocky assholes who can take down other guys. [Not that he's calling her a bitch, per se, but surely she's used to his manner of speaking by now. That's his view of the kind of guy Tyki is. Someone much cooler than him.] Regular humans are no match for someone like him.

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fields_of_hope
2013-07-29 03:49 am UTC (link)

That's not why. [She's badass enough on her own not to need Tyki, or anyone, to do it for her, and that's certainly not how she chooses who to take to bed.] Actually, it's in spite of that attitude that I enjoy his company at times. And you would be better. Tyki doesn't care about me, not as a partner should.

[She rotates the sake dish in her fingers as she speaks, somewhere between thoughtful and absently.] I've thought about why I'm with him when he's no one I could truly love -- and perhaps that's part of it. It started selflessly, me thinking I could help bring out his human side. And I can, a little. He treats me well enough. I'd trust him with myself, and to protect me from others if it came to that.

But it's this place. [She gestures widely as if to reference everything around them, the entire dome.] It's very slowly killing something inside me. A little more every day. But when I'm with him, somehow I feel like myself again. [That's the best she can explain it. It's not Tyki himself, but the goal he represents. How she strives, always, to find the best in people and bring it forward. A perhaps futile cause that she nonetheless champions.]

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sadistfaction
2013-07-29 03:57 am UTC (link)

[As he listens to her explain her relationship with Tyki, he sips his sake, then refills his cup.]

So let me get this straight... what you're saying is that you don't always top everything. Life has been topping you. [Sougo logic, and since he found it to be the best way to explain things.] You really are an M. But I get it. I'm only an S because life tops me too.

[He nods, then looks into his cup. A hand to his forehead with a sigh.] Man, I hate this game.

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fields_of_hope
2013-07-29 04:07 am UTC (link)

[She finds the analogy amusing, at least. And it's apt enough; she is used to essentially winning at everything, all the time. Lacus Clyne the first daughter of the PLANTs, the famous ambassador, the idol singer, the war heroine, the Chairman and leader of her colonies. The woman Kira Yamato fights for and beside.] You understand quite well, Sougo.

Would you really like it if I did? [Throw herself at him, she means. Lacus looks up at him, for once not at all playful; more like someone in searching for approval.]

[Which is a strange feeling for her, indeed. And it's not as though she'd risk their friendship over something like that, of course not. Nor would she be devastated if he said no. But knowing that someone other than Tyki would want her is... somehow important. Lacus is absolutely confident in herself, or she used to be before this place, and it's still mostly there. She only needs a little reminder now and then, even if it's from someone who would likely never act on it.]

[Besides, she's curious. What more reason does one need to ask hypothetical questions?]

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sadistfaction
2013-07-29 04:16 am UTC (link)

Well... [He knows what his answer is, it just felt really weird that something like this would actually come up outside of his crazy sadist acts of making girls do things for him. This was a real thing.]

[He scratches his head, slightly flushed as he felt really embarrassed. He wasn't even sure why he was embarrassed, since it was such a simple question! But such a simple question that came with a lot of... feelings of being touched and actually being wanted by someone.]

Of course. I mean... I'd be an idiot to say no... No one's ever said something like that to me.

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fields_of_hope
2013-07-29 04:22 am UTC (link)

[The emotional boost that comes from his answer is more than her ego. He's being honest with her, and she loves when he is. The moment is quickly drowned out by confusion -- certainly Sougo can be difficult initially, but it makes no sense to her that no one ever would express that manner of interest.]

I should like to have a word or two with the women in your world, in that case. They're missing out on someone wonderful due to their own blindness.

[Lacus thinks you're a catch, darling!]

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	sadistfaction 2013-07-29 04:27 am UTC (link)
	[He was going to argue that he's not wonderful, but he knows what that would get him!] Unless you think I should count the opinions of drunken bitches, prostitutes, and other dumb criminal chicks I've had to arrest as valid ones, and not just their sad attempts at getting me to do anything other than throw them in jail. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)