open | come bury your toes in the sand

[redigere]

WHO: Naminé and friends; open to passersby
WHERE: Beach near Heropa
WHEN: October 15th
WHAT: BEACH PARTY! Feel free to create a new prompt if the ones below don't appeal to you.
WARNINGS: None for now!

It'd taken a lot of last minute scrambling, a lot of runs to the grocery store, and a lot of help from her friends. But as Naminé steps back from the set up, she smiles. Allows herself a little bit of pride in what she's accomplished.

The home tent is where all the food is. Fold up tables have been loaded with an array of sandwiches, finger foods, and drinks, and a cooler nearby has fish and other seafood goodies to be grilled at the bonfire once someone gets hungry for it. This is also where she'll direct friends to drop off snacks and homemade goodies. Please do not sneak any of the chocolate and marshmallows meant for s'mores later.

Close by is the rest area, which is really just a big spread of blankets and a couple fold up chairs on the sand. She doesn't expect everyone to want to stay standing up all day, after all. Naminé knows she's going to be there for a bit, chatting with friends who are visiting, and she may have started a tiny sandcastle and collection of sea shells at the edge of the blankets as well.

The volleyball net and accompanying volleyball are borrowed from a co-worker, so it definitely needs to get back to her in one piece. There's plenty of space for other sports and competitions though...perhaps a game of soccer? And how could anyone ignore the ocean? She and a few others will likely be waist deep in it, learning and practicing how to swim.

Not bad for her first party. Now all she has to do is wait for her guests.

Comments

[thepalinpaladin]

She is.

[Said with all the pride of any cat owner anywhere.]

Maybe a bit of a brat sometimes though. Dunno where she gets it from.

[redigere]

She doesn't seem like a brat at all, though!

[thepalinpaladin]

She's a spoiled kitty, aren't ya Blue?

[Blue responds by knocking herself hard against Lance's noodle legs, knocking him to the ground]

[redigere]

[She's trying really hard not to laugh, but it's pretty obvious from how she's hiding her face behind her hand.]

Are you okay?

[thepalinpaladin]

Yeah, she does this like a dozen times a d--OOF.

[And there's a cat in the lap. which is less pleasant when they're made of metal]

[redigere]

[Yeah, now it looks a little painful. She steps forward a bit, concerned.]

...do you need help? Um. Blue, would you like to sit with me instead?

[thepalinpaladin]

She does this all the time too.

[But attention from a new person is still enough to draw the lion away. She's more gentle with Namine, just nudging against her legs without too much force]

[redigere]

[Naminé very gently sets a hand over Blue's neck to return the gesture. The metal of her body feels smooth and sun-warmed under her fingers, and is bewilderingly different from petting her own house cat. But not in an unpleasant way.]

You two are very close. I wish I could draw that right now.

[thepalinpaladin]

You draw? That's so cool!

[redigere]

...um, really?

[Nobody's ever called art skills 'cool' before. Pretty, sure, but not cool.]

Thank you. It's just a hobby...

[thepalinpaladin]

Maybe, but it's something lots of people wanna be good at.

[redigere]

I never realized! Would you and Blue like to look at my sketchbook?

[thepalinpaladin]

I'd love to see anything you wanna show me.

[redigere]

Okay, just one minute!

[She ducks back under the home tent and returns with a sketchbook, flipped open to the first page: a sketch of a collection of animals, including a dog, cat, two pigs, and a little leopard gecko.]

Here you go, you can look through it.

[thepalinpaladin]

[leans over to look better. Blue's interest is grabbed too]

You're really good, wow. You should get some sorta art job.

You should TOTALLY draw me sometime.

[redigere]

Thank you! I do want to an art job soon, but I haven't found anything yet.

And I could draw you now, if you're free?

[thepalinpaladin]

If you want to, yeah! I've never been drawn before. Not by a professional anyway. What kind of sexy~ pose should I strike?

[redigere]

I'm not a professional at all, but thank you.

[A little blink.]

A normal pose is fine. If you want to pose with Blue, that would be good too. Whatever comes naturally.

[thepalinpaladin]

What's a normal po--

[Blue Lion knocking him onto his back because to her that's it that's the answer. This is the pose the world must see]

BLUE

[redigere]

[She giggles and starts putting pencil to paper.]

Good idea, Blue! That has nice composition.

[thepalinpaladin]

I'll just. Stay like this then.

[thumbs...up...]

[redigere]

[She takes a while to sketch the two figures in front of her, then starts working on the finer details, quiet all the while until it occurs to her that he...might want a break...]

...Lance? Are you still okay down there?

[thepalinpaladin]

Yeah, yeah. I'm kinda comfortable in a all the children in my family like to sit on my chest sort of way.

[redigere]

I'm sorry. I'm done with the sketch so you can get up now. Or, rather, Blue can get up off of you now.