lap five // day 198 (open)

[amphibian]

Who: Aoi and anybody!
Open: Open!
When: Day 198; late afternoon/early evening.
Where: At Aoi's new pool.
What: THERE'S A POOL HERE! A POOL!!! A POOL!!!!!
Format: Action tags, please!
Warnings: N/A, probably

THE POOL'S HEEEEEERE!

[—is what everyone is going to hear as Aoi sprints across the Bastion. She flings her sweatshirt off, leaves it on the ground as she goes, and launches herself through the doors of the new building not far from the forge.

Anyone nearby will hear a resounding SPLASH through the doors, left wide open, as Aoi cannonballs into the deep end of the pool, shorts and tank top and all.

If anyone checks in on her, she's swimming rapid laps from one end of the pool to the other down the middle of the center lane, pausing at the ends every now and again to laugh, absolutely delighted, and wave at anyone who's shown up.] C'mon in, the water's fine!

Comments

[amphibian]

Oh, you missed it! We had a race! It's been a long time since I had someone to race with, hehe, and it was a real close match!

[coolerthansora]

Heh. Yeah, they seem to like racing.

[amphibian]

They seem to be real good at it, too! Hey, hey, what about you? Can you swim?

[coolerthansora]

Me? Sure, I can swim. I'm- basically an islander at heart.

[Roxas no.]

I HAVEN'T EVEN PLAYED KH AND I'M CHOKING

[amphibian]

Well, then what're you doing way over there?! C'mon in! The water's great!

[coolerthansora]

Ah- well, okay.

[She has a point. Roxas tugs his sneakers off and drops into the pool in the rest of his clothes. Isa promptly swims over to give him a light headbutt.]

[amphibian]

[Oh, hey, that was easy. Aoi cheers and meets Roxas's resurfacing with laughter and a light splash.] See! It's great!

[coolerthansora]

[Aoi might notice that the water does basically NOTHING to that hair of his.]

It- smells different from the ocean, though.

[amphibian]

[Her ponytail is as perky as ever, too; they can be the weird hair club.]

'cause it's not saltwater! And it's chlorinated to keep it clean, of course.

[coolerthansora]

[Roxas doesn't know this is a weird hair thing. Can't everyone's hair defy water and gravity? He leans back, swimming leisurely away from the wall.]

What's chlorinated?

[amphibian]

It's...y'know, like, a chemical or something that gets put in the water, and it kills germs. So the pool stays squeaky clean!

[coolerthansora]

Oh...

Germs are what make you sick, right?

[amphibian]

Yeah. You must come from some way far-off past, right?

[coolerthansora]

No, I just- um... Never had to ask about it.

[amphibian]

And...what, did no one ever tell you?

[coolerthansora]

I might've forgot.

But- I wasn't sure I could get sick 'til now.