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maskormenacelogs2014-06-18 08:36 pm
fieldresearch) wrote in maskormenacelogs2014-06-18 08:36 pm
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somewhere, beyond the sea [ OPEN! ]
WHO: Hange Zoë and OPEN!
WHERE: The beach near Heropa, then the aquarium! There will be separate headers for each
WHEN: Backdated a little to saturday June 14
WHAT: Hange explores the WONDERS OF THE OCEAN. Because she's never seen it before. Then to the aquarium to see seacritters up close and personal.
WARNINGS: Usual AoT cast warnings apply; possible mentions of violence, cannibalism, and perhaps SPOILERS
[ BEACH ]
[She'd seen it from afar, from pictures crying out "COME VISIT, COME RELAX, COME SPEND MONEY AT FANCY RESORTS", from the road. But standing next to the ocean, gazing out and seeing nothing but blue seas as far as the horizon… that was an altogether different experience. It was so vast, so wide, and only vanished because the curve of the earth wouldn't have it any other way.
She drops her bag (sunblock, notebooks, pens and pencils, a large camera, a net, and a book on Floridian sealife contained within) in the sand and sinks to her knees, moving only to hold the broad, floppy sunhat to her head to prevent it from flying away in the breeze. All she can do, for a full ten, fifteen minutes, is stare out at the ocean in awe, watching the waves roll in and out, birds diving for fish and boats sailing in the distance. It's a good thing that she applied sunblock before coming out here, because she'd have burned to a crisp just sitting there in the sun.
Eventually, she does make her way into the shallow water, cautiously. She kneels down and takes a handful of water, then puts it to her lips. She immediately spits it out, but lets out a yelp of happiness]
It's salty! It really is! And animals live in this?! This is amazing!
[and that was that. Her awe is not lessened, but her caution is thrown to the wind. There were things to explore, to see, to learn about!
As such, Hange will be running up and down the beach like a toddler on stimulants, doing every manner of thing, from picking up shells to hunting for invertebrates and small fish in the surf with a net. Drawing unique seaweed, floating in the sea, screaming about jellyfish, photographing shells and waves… everything that a scientifically minded person can do at a beach will be done]
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[ AQUARIUM ]
[At the end of the day, Hange is exhausted, dehydrated, and sunburnt. Her hair is a hot mess, barely tamed into a ponytail, and her clothes are disheveled from salt and wind.
And yet, her enthusiasm hadn't dimmed a single bit.
She takes pictures of everything, shoves little kids out of the way to read the placards, and spends a gratuitous amount of time by the shark tank and the touch pool]
Ahhh! Starfish can grow back completely as long as part of the central disc is intact… what amazing little creatures! OooOOOHhh! and they eat by everting their stomach on their prey!! Truly starfish are the most amazing creatures in all the sea!
[of course, she's said that about pretty much every animal in the aquarium thus far…]
WHERE: The beach near Heropa, then the aquarium! There will be separate headers for each
WHEN: Backdated a little to saturday June 14
WHAT: Hange explores the WONDERS OF THE OCEAN. Because she's never seen it before. Then to the aquarium to see seacritters up close and personal.
WARNINGS: Usual AoT cast warnings apply; possible mentions of violence, cannibalism, and perhaps SPOILERS
[ BEACH ]
[She'd seen it from afar, from pictures crying out "COME VISIT, COME RELAX, COME SPEND MONEY AT FANCY RESORTS", from the road. But standing next to the ocean, gazing out and seeing nothing but blue seas as far as the horizon… that was an altogether different experience. It was so vast, so wide, and only vanished because the curve of the earth wouldn't have it any other way.
She drops her bag (sunblock, notebooks, pens and pencils, a large camera, a net, and a book on Floridian sealife contained within) in the sand and sinks to her knees, moving only to hold the broad, floppy sunhat to her head to prevent it from flying away in the breeze. All she can do, for a full ten, fifteen minutes, is stare out at the ocean in awe, watching the waves roll in and out, birds diving for fish and boats sailing in the distance. It's a good thing that she applied sunblock before coming out here, because she'd have burned to a crisp just sitting there in the sun.
Eventually, she does make her way into the shallow water, cautiously. She kneels down and takes a handful of water, then puts it to her lips. She immediately spits it out, but lets out a yelp of happiness]
It's salty! It really is! And animals live in this?! This is amazing!
[and that was that. Her awe is not lessened, but her caution is thrown to the wind. There were things to explore, to see, to learn about!
As such, Hange will be running up and down the beach like a toddler on stimulants, doing every manner of thing, from picking up shells to hunting for invertebrates and small fish in the surf with a net. Drawing unique seaweed, floating in the sea, screaming about jellyfish, photographing shells and waves… everything that a scientifically minded person can do at a beach will be done]
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[ AQUARIUM ]
[At the end of the day, Hange is exhausted, dehydrated, and sunburnt. Her hair is a hot mess, barely tamed into a ponytail, and her clothes are disheveled from salt and wind.
And yet, her enthusiasm hadn't dimmed a single bit.
She takes pictures of everything, shoves little kids out of the way to read the placards, and spends a gratuitous amount of time by the shark tank and the touch pool]
Ahhh! Starfish can grow back completely as long as part of the central disc is intact… what amazing little creatures! OooOOOHhh! and they eat by everting their stomach on their prey!! Truly starfish are the most amazing creatures in all the sea!
[of course, she's said that about pretty much every animal in the aquarium thus far…]
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Should we head in? Tickets are over there.
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[she holds up a finger in a "wait" gesture, digging through her pamphlets. She pulls out two tickets] Ta-da! Already purchased them! Let's go!
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Okay!
[Once inside, Armin flits under impressive display of jellies in a fancy tank shaped like an arch, immediately taking out his phone to snap pictures.]
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So Hange is the fun parent, is what you're saying, Armin.She walks in and immediately gawks, open mouthed, at the jellies above and beside her]
..... Hiiiiiiiihhhhhhhhh!!!!
[she glues herself to the glass, staring wide-eyed at the mysterious, bobbing creatures. Such beauty! Such refraction of light! Such delicate strands, like beads on a string!]
Armin!! They're see through! Look, they're just like glass, living glass!! [she turns to the plaque and reads it, quickly] .... No brains?! No internal organs?! Amazing, amazing!! That such a thing is classified as an animal and not a plant...! Jellyfish, wow!! And those tentacles.... they contain tiny, no no, microscopic venomous harpoons! Can it really be so?! NATURE!!
[Are you ready for about three hours of this, Armin. Are you.]
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