[OPENish] ~LIFE NEEDS MORE BEACHES & BONFIRES~

[unbreaker]

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.

Comments

[goldenlegacy]

[Him? Show off? Noooooo.]

I'm saying frolicking is prone to happening on shorelines, yes. Isn't that why we're here?

As for the shoes, I didn't intend to get them wet so I didn't think it would be a problem. However was I to predict that you would be throwing waves around like kaiju rising from the depths?

[seesthestars]

So now I'm a frolicking kaiju...? Well, I guess there are worse things to be.

[Which means she'll go ahead and kick another splash his way, although this one is smaller and not really meant to soak him. This time.]

If you hit the beach, you should expect to get wet. That's the rule. There's always going to be someone splashing around... just like you said.

[She leans in a little.]

Besides, we can't all float like you.

[goldenlegacy]

There are. You could be the people caught beneath the kaiju's waves.

[Like him for example. Just ignore him, he might be quietly wrapping seaweed around her ankles and feet.]

Splashing is a pre-dusk activity. And you probably could. You just haven't applied yourself.

[And now he's pointing at her.]

Here's a tip! Learn to float.

[seesthestars]

[And she just sort of stares at him because. what.]

"Learn to float"? Just like that, huh? I never tried it... well, there was this one time, but it wasn't me doing it. Some asshole was messing with the gravity.

[You know. As you do.]

[Anyway she's thinking about this now, but it's important to add--]

People can splash any time they want, you know. Especially if they're a kaiju. You don't really get to tell those things what to do.

[goldenlegacy]

[Yeah, you heard him.]

It's nothing more than a secondary application of your Stand abilities... unless your Stand is nailed to the ground.

[He's not even phased by the gravity thing, Diavolo fucking rewound time, if he had just made things float, Giorno would have had a much better day.]

Anyway, I would gladly look a kaiju in the face and tell it that it is in violation of curfew.

[seesthestars]

[Wow, Giorno. Are you even real.]

Yeah, I bet you would. You seem like the kind of guy to do that.

[She's looking at her feet now, though. Or... the water covering them, anyway.]

Secondary application of... where do you get this stuff? You know, it's not like there's a manual for these things. I just never had a need to do anything like that.

It could come in handy, though...

[goldenlegacy]

Fear is nothing but a limiter. If you're held back by the fear of a kaiji, you'll never get it to stop splashing after dusk.

[Yeah, he went with "continue as though this is a real subject." But as for the rest of it...]

I like to push my own limits. [He sounds more serious now, at least. Thoughtful.] It seems a trait I have in common with my father. Or so I've heard. In the end... I accept no limitations.

Once one breaks the box that contains them, they find their abilities a far more open space.