Twenty-somethings gotta twenty-something

[mikangirl]

Who: Everyone invited, everyone gatecrashing (technically you're all invited, so...)
Broadcast: Who knows, maybe some drunken texting later on
Action: Iskaulit Pool!
When: 3 July

[It's a party for a narcissistic redhead who likes to be reminded she's alive.  Come celebrate!  Alternately, come sneak in and steal the food!  There's a bar set up for drinks drastically lowered to cost-price or to-be-paid-later-tab, a non-alcoholic punch in case of wandering minors (spike it and Nami will end you) and random snacks.

Oh, and a pool.  Which is heated.  Kind of important, that part.

Step right up, I'm reliably informed we'll have Thor with his shirt off, take pictures while you can.]

Comments

[axi]

[So she shall be!]

That goes beyond my Earth references, I'm sorry. [Even if she doesn't seem it at all. (She's not.) Kaname stands from her crouching position, shaking her head to get some water out of her hair.]

See? You're having fun now. [Oh look... floating by is a water gun. She idly reaches for it.]

[candothat]

I think that it's a fencing term. Probably not applicable to water fighting.

[Oh no! ...No, he's not really threatened.]

Would you shoot an unarmed man?

[axi]

I don't think it would be.

[Filling it with water, she eyes him a little warily.]

I'm not sure... you've got two decent, functional looking arms. I think you can manage.

[She squirts some water at him.]

[candothat]

Only decent?

[She doesn't give him a lot of time to pretend to be offended. He ducks underwater... and immediately resurfaces, looking a bit sheepish.]

I was going to tackle you, but it occurs to me that I don't know you well enough for that to not be extremely impolite. So imagine, please, that I did that in retaliation.

[axi]

[His explanation catches her off guard, but she nods. It does make sense, and she appreciates the courtesy. Kaname sets the water pistol down, letting it bob along.]

That might constitute a victory for you. [She can't help her smile.] However, I don't know you well enough either. So any comment about your arms being nice to look at or only decent seems forward of me.

[Kaname does direct the floating 'weapon' in his direction.]

[candothat]

I'm not opposed to forwardness if it takes the form of compliments. Insults, however, require more familiarity.

[He picks up the water gun and fills it.] Are you surrendering? You could tell me what you would theoretically do in response to me theoretically tackling you.

[axi]

You didn't strike me as someone who'd fish for a compliment. [She grins. It's hardly an insult.]

Hardly. But that's hard to say. Sometimes you don't know what you'd do in a situation unless you're actually in it.

[candothat]

I am a complex and sometimes surprising person, Kaname. [He smiles like he thinks he's joking.]

Are you saying that, if I want to know if you would or wouldn't surrender, I need to actually tackle you?

[axi]

Aren't most people? [She wasn't, but sure.

She eyes him, smile still in place.]

And if I said yes?

[candothat]

Most people, yes.

[He considers that.]

Then I would need to be satisfied with hypotheticals, probably.

[axi]

Then it looks like I've likely won.

[Still, she doesn't reach for the water pistol.]

Hypothetically of course.

[candothat]

So it does.

[He sighs dramatically.]

That was the most anticlimactic water fight I have ever witnessed.

[axi]

I should possibly apologize for that.

[Instead she just splashes him again.]

[candothat]

That was the opposite of an apology.

[He splashes her back MIGHTILY because honestly, that squirt gun just isn't going to cut it.]

[axi]

I never said I wo-- Ah!

[The MIGHTY splash interrupts her words, and she yells with a laugh, trying to block the incoming water and failing. Soon, she just sinks back into the water.]

You're right, it was!

[candothat]

[HA, non-hypothetical victory! He grins, entirely unbothered by the fact that such a mighty splash meant getting soaked himself.]

Thank you, although I forget what you weren't apologizing for.

[axi]

So do I. [Kaname swims over to the side of the pool.]

I'm going to get a refill on my drink. Want anything while I'm over there?

[candothat]

A hollow victory. [He makes his way to his shirt and pulls it back on with some effort. Shirts weren't actually designed to be put on wet, who knew.]

No thank you. I'm confident in my ability to drown without the help of alcohol.

[axi]

[Kaname looks at him, puzzled.]

I'll be right back. Besides, there's a decent variety of non-alcoholic as well. That's what I've been having.

[candothat]

Non-alcoholic drinks at a party? I could never.

[He's oblivious to her puzzlement as he reclaims his former seat on the edge of the pool, feet staying in the water. So maybe he did do things slightly backwards there.]

Unless something strange and exciting happens, I'll be here.

[axi]

It's either that or pool water if you get thirsty. I hope you choose wisely.

[Shaking her head, she nimbly pulls herself out of the pool and heads over to the bar area. It doesn't take long for her to return with a glass of something for herself... and she places a bottle of water by him.]

A compromise of sorts.

[candothat]

[He is touched by the gesture since he was being kind of a smartass.] Thank you, Kaname. [He smiles up and her and wow, her legs are not only right there but very nice. Maybe she won't notice the brief lingering or the hurried looking-away.] What did you get for yourself?

[axi]

[Luckily for both of them, she's too busy sitting back down to notice his gaze.] You're welcome.

[She lifts it up with a smile.] Juice. For now.

[Taking a sip, she glances at him.]

So what's with the pattern on your swim trunks? Do you like the colors?

[candothat]

[Thank god for small miracles.

Her question gets an immediate grin. Look, it's an excuse to mention Russia!] These are the colors of my home country's flag--not on purpose, I assume, because there is no reason to think that the inhabitants of the planet that I purchased these on are familiar with the Russian flag. White stands for generosity, blue for loyalty, and red for courage. All very important Russian attributes.

[axi]

[Kaname blinks, a little taken aback by his sudden enthusiasm, but his grin is infectious.]

I've heard stories of flags and color standing for things back on Earth. It makes me wonder how they figure out what stands or what.