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[OPENish] ~LIFE NEEDS MORE BEACHES & BONFIRES~

WHO: Josuke, Kaneki, Hazel, Annie, Hide, Reiner, Usagi, Jolyne, Giorno and possibly Hisoka
WHERE: Cape Canaveral Beach
WHEN: Saturday Night, February 7th
WHAT: BONFIRE! BOOZE! ROASTED MARSHMALLOWS! ...skinny dipping?
WARNINGS: Teenagers. Shenanigans. Probably mentions of nudity. TBA IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE!
NOTES: More or less OPEN? I mean, if one of the above characters would have or did invite yours (talk to the muns!) then please come join us! Opener's in prose, but feel free to use whatever works the best!

They'd come from their homes to the military base in Cape Canaveral, and that was where they'd agreed upon meeting one another.

The plan from thereon in was simple. (Maybe too simple to start with—Josuke had originally under planned, after all—but thanks to some helpful 'intervention' things were on course and running smoothly.) A hop, skip, and a jump away was the beach, but in order to be sure they were appropriately distanced from military property, those who were able and willing were to visit the garage and borrow vehicles that could be used to usher their small group a little ways down the coastline.

And by the time they had all arrived at the designated location—an end of the beach decorated with bits of driftwood and only a very light dappling of footprints—the sky was already beginning to darken. The bands of color that had once streaked the horizon like the layers of a sedimentary rock were now fading to a beautiful blue-grey monochrome; the rippling waves looked less like glimmering silk and more like impenetrable velvet; and the sun was barely a glowing sliver, minutes away from disappearing entirely behind the skyline.

It was cool, but not cold, and as the fire was struck, as it reached brightly skyward, flames dancing and crackling, warmth soon began to fan outward.

Around the bonfire were blankets and towels for people to sit on. There were snacks of all kinds: marshmallows, chocolate, graham crackers, chips, and hot dogs—and there were skewers with which to stab several of these foods. There was a volleyball, too, pairs of binoculars, someone's media player and headphones, and a small cooler full of drinks on ice: water, some selections of soda, and of course...the alcohol. In short, everything anyone calling themselves a 'teenager' might need to cut loose on a Saturday night.

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[ Annie hears this over the sound of the waves, and chooses to entirely disregard it. Why? Because she needs sand under her feet to be grounded, and she's not inclined to listen to someone who she literally ran into while swimming underneath the surface.

Still angling sideways, Annie tosses a look Hazel's way. Then her focus shifts forward, up to the point where she could feel sand under her feet and she could stand to resist the pull of the waves.

Which is when she looks back Hazel's way, barely decent because the water level when she's standing swells between going over her shoulders and about a third of the way down her upper arm. ]

What the hell were you doing?

[ She asks, dragging her fingers through wet bangs to forcibly pull them back off her face. She doesn't cross her arms over her chest or do anything more except continue to subtly adjust her stance as the water tugs at the sand under her feet. ]

[nO THIS IS WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO PREVENT]

What the hell are you doing!?!

[her voice is impressively shrill, especially considering that she's still bobbing up and down gently in the deeper end of the water. she keeps her gaze resolutely on Annie's face, which isn't difficult considering all of the overwrought dramatics she's ready to start flinging.]

[ Zero hesitation on Annie's part to answer with the blunt truth: ]

Swimming.

[ She's digs her toes into the sand, waiting for Hazel to pony up her own explanation. ]

Sorry, did I float into a nudist colony? Because people don't swim like that.

[at least, people who weren't completely high off their asses. also haha explanation, you're going to have to put those disturbing naked boobs on her head or something equally threatening to get that out of her.]

Edited 2015-02-12 21:48 (UTC)

[ Hazel. Your water nymph assault fantasies are getting out of hand. ]

You were floating along underneath the surface of the water.

[ "People don't swim naked." Annie also has a bridge for sale. It's in Heropa. ]

Most people actually don't do that.

That has nothing to do with any of this!

[actually, yes it does. but if there's one thing that Hazel's a pro at, it's shifting blame and dodging talking about herself! and seriously nudity is not acceptable at this point in their society.]

... Yes it does. You dodging the question makes it more obvious... Were you even breathing?

[ Or was she breathing underwater? Annie knows Will can, but the other isn't unheard of - like. Not every person needs to breathe... ]

I don't have to answer anything someone without a shirt on asks me.

[DEMPSEY ROOOOOOOOOOLL]

Ah, so that's part of what's the matter... you didn't expect to be seen.

[ unless you have a problem with lots of men because men often do the shirtless thing it's a fact and yes actually not answering their questions can sometimes be the wisest thing you do, good on you, stranger ]

Are you even listening to what I'm saying!?

[she has a problem with shirtless guys, oh yes, but it's an entirely different one. but there aren't any shirtless guys in the vicinity, are there?

SO GET FUCKING DRESSED]

It's what you're not saying that I'm more interested in, considering where the hell I ran into you. You got invited by Josuke, didn't you? You're not press, and you're not military. I'll go ask him what's up.

[ Apparently while naked? (No, not really, but her clothes are all on shore, it's not like she has someone running her clothes to her!

But yeah if this is how it's going to be, she'll just. Go ask the person who "coordinated" all of this. Even if it wasn't Josuke directly, he'd know who did, since the game here seems to be six degrees of separation. Annie starts backing up, not wanting to turn her back on Hazel... slowly turning around as she walks forward, STILL WATCHING HAZEL.

u never turn ur back on the sea

or sea people ]

People go diving all the time, this isn't weird! He's never going to tell you anyway!

[she cups her hands and keeps shouting at her as she retreats, somehow even more flustered by her leaving than her arrival. maybe it's because she's worried that questions will prompt someone else to come out and have a look, and then she'll be backed up into stupid lies when she just came out here to have fun.]

You better put on a shirt before you talk to him!

[...orrr maybe it's just that. somehow the idea of her talking to Josuke naked is even more upsetting than Annie talking to Hazel naked.]

Edited 2015-02-13 01:41 (UTC)

...

[ hazel you basically confirm there's something to tell - and it's not that annie thinks josuke will but what. okay. paying attention to hazel now?

the hell, anyway. Annie pauses somewhere when the water's like, cresting at her thighs. she's not accosting anyone in the nude wow that's only for titan form? but - ]

That's kind of a secondary concern to me right now!

How the hell is that a secondary concern? Don't you dare-!

[nope, ok, no, she can't live in a world where this is not only happening but happening because of her. as Hazel's voice continues its amazing ascent into new heights of shrillness, she starts wading towards the shore.

there is no way she's going to let this happen!!!]

[ annie would congratulate herself on this going just as planned, but she's more finding this absurd. that said, it means she does shrug her shoulders and hold her hands out to the side. ]

Actually, I'd be surprised if no one came down this way to see who's making all that noise in the first place...

[hey, guess what. absurd is essentially Hazel's middle name. she continues towards the shore, undaunted when she trips over something on the sandy bottom and takes a brief dive back under. GOTTA KEEP FIGHTIN' FOR THE GOAL]

Have you heard that bonfire snap when you toss a log into it? Nobody can hear us.

Sounds the same as when you toss a body on the pyre, really. You can still hear more than you think.

[ because sometimes you need to IS SHE KIDDING IS SHE NOT KIDDING it'd be hard to tell, though Annie is basically pacing Hazel to the shore. good work, you've got a ... nude... teen.......... to be absurd at. ]

Though you're right, I'll probably have to go get Josuke myself.

[ frack it's getting cold now that she's out of the water and there's just... you know, early spring coldness around. annie shivers, but you know what? she knew what she was getting into. she rubs one hand on her arm in a covert way of bringing a little promise of heat back into it as she waits. ]

[Hazel is so focused on the crisis at hand that she doesn't even remember to be unsettled by that comment. on the bright side, at least she's also so focused on the crisis at hand that she doesn't throw the comment back that teenagers have no idea what a burning corpse sounds like so there's no way they'd hear any of this.]

Nope, no, no - not happening, no.

[she finally breaks out of the ocean and starts flapping her hands uselessly as she proceeds at a respectable clip towards Annie. she's not actually sure what she's going to do once she reaches her, but. plans are for babies.]

[ which begs the question, are they really teenagers, but it's not asked at all. Annie puts her hand on her hip and stares Hazel down as she gets closer. ]

Admirable, what you do for those important to you. [ She turns and starts walking toward the bonfire. This time, it's because legitimately, her clothes are that direction, but it does look like she's still living up to her threat. ]

STOP RIGHT THERE.

[alas, this is truly an example of 'poor communication kills'. there's no way for Hazel to know she's just going to grab her clothes, and so she goes immediately into survival mode.

and by survival mode I mean she's sprinting the rest of the distance between them and is totally going to try and tackle her to the ground.]

[ this is such a bad plan Hazel. Some people are much less able to fight in the nude. It's a psychological thing, certain things about defenses and defenselessness. Annie... doesn't have those same reservations. Sure, she wears a meat puppet as a Titan shifter, but she's "bare" then, and she's "bared" now.

Which means the sound of pounding feet as Hazel sprints her way has her reacting like she's trained to over the years, turning to reduce how much of a target she presents and attempting to keep Hazel moving right by on her own momentum... grab hold of behind her neck, or at her shoulder... and sweep her legs. Tries. ]

[pretty much every plan she's ever concocted without outside editing is a disaster, this is nothing new. Hazel sees her shift and tries to adjust herself so that she can still make the tackle, but doesn't quite manage it - while Annie doesn't quite catch her neck or shoulder, the sweep catches her off guard. she's never been properly trained to fight, ok.

what she does have, however, is an impossible amount of determination. as she goes down she latches onto Annie, grasping at any part of her body that she can get a grip on and clutching for dear life. if she's going down, she's bringing her naked nemesis down too.]

[ Annie comes down with Hazel clutching at her side, then her arm as she regained balance, only to go with the fall as Hazel dragged her there. Which is another terrible plan, on both their parts, since by now Annie, Naked Nemesis of Hazel, twists to attempt to come down with her weight landing on Hazel.

Which would lead to some awkward looking straddling, but this kind of grappling was so much a part of Annie's life she just acts naturally. Hazel wanted to bring her nemesis down, and Annie's just...

Two saltwater soaked ladies are having it out on the beach in a disorganized fashion.

It's a good night. Or a terrible night. no one really knows... ]

Generally people are polite enough to ask before deciding on an impromptu sparring session.

[it's going to be a terrible night when the panic not-adrenaline fades and Hazel realizes that she's basically been rubbing herself all over a naked lady to keep said naked lady away from a guy. it's like she's stuck in 80s movie hell.

FOR THE MOMENT THOUGH EVERYTHING IS MEDIOCRE. because Annie most certainly comes down on her and straddles up, but she's incapable of feeling any of it so it doesn't really slow her down. instead she makes a very undignified squawking sound that trails into her equally shrill response.]

This isn't a spar! This is me stopping you!

[she says as she tries to grab onto Annie's wrists and try to kind of...roll her off so that it's harder for her to get up and run off again.]

Stopping me from what? Getting dressed?

[ Annie is not making catching her wrists easy, and she's... mostly just staying in place and attempting to keep Hazel from getting up or getting into a superior position. Annie actually looks serious by now, and mildly irritated too. People need to get their emotions under control. ]

unless you're a shingeki

i don't think they really count

wow rude!!! theyre real fake people too!

no they're extra fake

does law even hold to them then

yes. more laws, even. superlaws.

good thing i play an antagonist then get my villain cred in here

gotta build it up somehow

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