[OPENish] ~LIFE NEEDS MORE BEACHES & BONFIRES~

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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

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Well, he can turn into a lot of things. This one time, to thank me and my buddy, he gave us ice cream made out of...

[No, you know what? Probably not a sound story to be telling people. Wasn't like he and Okuyasu had actually eaten it...or at least, he hadn't really. But even so, some people don't have much of a stomach for that kinda implication.]

Ahhh...sounds like you're pretty lucky. Must be blissfully relaxing where you're from, so being here must be a big change, huh?

[anthropophagite]

[ BLINKING.

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE JOSUKE???? ]

That sound... okay, I'm not going to lie, seriously weird.

Is it normal for people to be able to turn into things, in your world?! [ because in kaneki's sure isn't. ]

Er- I suppose so. being here can be pretty weird. [ lie learning that people turn into sneakers and icecream. ]

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[It's rad. Most of the time.

...okay, well it's never boring????

Let's go with that one.]

Haha! Yeah...I guess it is, huh? But...no, I wouldn't say it's normal. I mean, it took me by surprise, and I've seen a lot of weird stuff!

[He gestures for Kaneki to grab a seat next to him and pass him the binoculars.]

I think the weirdest thing I've seen here though...yeah, it's probably that dinosaur. But I try and steer clear of it. [He shudders. Whether it's pretend or real is hard to say, though if you know him...you can bet it's real. Ick, reptiles!] What about you, what's the weirdest?

[anthropophagite]

[ does he even want to know what sort of weird things Josuke deals with?

kaneki decides to just chuckle instead and listen to what the other has to share instead. He sits down after, handing Josuke the binoculars and looking at the ocean ] Hmmm- let's see.

The talking dinosaur IS weird. But I think what makes it really weird is that he is some sort of scientist. [ kaneki chuckles ] Honestly, I don't have just one. being brought to a whole different version of Earth is weird as it is.

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[Honestly, there's some stories Josuke could tell that'd probably interest Kaneki! But...they're also not the kinds of stories Josuke likes telling.

You know, the sort that involve schoolmates who like to stab out eyeballs with pens, serial killers who chop off young ladies' hands, rats who're smart enough to store human food in fridges...]

Is it really not a scientist? ...I honestly can't say I've bothered to ask. The whole thing really wigs me out! Like, a lot more than a whole different Earth does.

[Because he's seen people stop time, man. It's not too far-fetched to think that people could fuck further with it.]