Test Drive #10: Sittin' in the sun, Catchin' all them rays.

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The days have gotten longer lately, and hotter. It's been a while since everything has bee so calm but it seems it will actually last. Even more so it looks like with the warm weather has come a few nice editions to the pond and windmill area. fairly large logs and stone benches seem to ring the cool pond and the cold water seems more inviting than ever.  Not far off there are tables lined with picnic foods and even a fire pit that crackles to life as the sun sets. Torches light the area, keeping the darker corners lit and inviting.

The calm life not quite for you? Need a little more excitement?

Well.

Check those boxes and tubs full of water. Each tub of water has a couple hundred water balloons and the boxes all have water guns in them ranging from tiny wimp peashooter types to entire water canons!

So have fun! Soak up the sun, play around with others, do what ever you want!
 

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Souji Seta | Persona 4

[protagonisting]

[ The last thing he remembered it was later in the year, summer had been over for a while. So why was the sun shining? Why was it so warm? Souji didn't quite understand. They were supposed to be taking care of Adachi! They had to, Nanako was in danger....she...she could die.

What were they going to do if he was...where was he? This looked nothing like Inaba. He had never seen something quite like this place. It was pretty, but still left him feeling...off.

At first he looked ready to fight...but then...was that food? And water balloons?

What was going on here!? ]

[miseris_socios]

[... You know what he's not going to question sudden Yu.]

[Just throwing a water balloon at Yu's head from behind.]

[wantedittobeagame]

[ He probably should have expected this at this point, considering his shitty luck. Really, Adachi should have just turned around and walked away as soon as he saw that damn grey bowlcut. But... well, he needed to deal with the fact that the kid was the favored hero across the multiverse. It was a moment before he let out a sigh, putting on the best, "I'm a totally calm and (semi) responsible adult," face he could manage. ]

Hey. Figured you'd show up eventually.

[ He'll just... keep a hand near his sword in case this ends badly for him. ]

Vergil | DmC Devil May Cry

[confligo]

[ Vergil stands ramrod straight, his brow pinched as he looks out over the pond. Yamato is sheathed and held to his side as he tries to make sense of this. Seconds ago, he was with his brother and overlooking the remains of the city. Limbo was collapsed and the demons were exposed but this--...

What is this? Where is this? How did it happen?

Turning on his heel and shifting his sword over into his other hand, he sets out to find someone. As he knows through experience, answers won't come unless he actively searches for them. ]

yooo silver haired katana users unite!

[protagonisting]

[ Hey there Vergil, there is a teenager walking up to you. He's smiling and seems pretty normal.

For now.

Souji waves as he gets closer before stopping. ]

You look like you're new here too.

[ He laughs a bit as he scratches at his cheek a bit. ]

Here have a red-eyed older pokemon Rival.

[brbstealingpknm]

You new? [Silver's done with water fights for now; He's soaked, and needs to dry off before another round at the very least. None of his pokemon are around right now, but that doesn't mean the seven 'balls (not all of then red-and-white) aren't in plan view at his waist, just like his own katana slung across his back.] Or just lost?

Kaladin Stormblessed | Stormlight Archive

[stormblessed]

[ Yeah this is. This is terrible.

Absolutely terrible. ]

Is the grass dumb or something?

[ It's not moving away from anything. He's even managed to pull some out, and is staring at the dirt in confusion. ]

... There's no way I'm in Shin.

[ It has to be Shin, though. Soil isn't anywhere else. ]

[confligo]

[ Well, you're not wrong about it being terrible. But at least Vergil is finding some kind of amusement out of the question. ]

As opposed to intelligent grass?

[ He walks until he's a few paces away, setting his sheathed sword point down and resting his hands against the butt of the hilt. ]

I'm guessing you're another person brought here against their will.

Zorua | Pokemon

[multiforms]

[Where was he? The last thing Zorua remembers was being curled up next to Meema. Nothing about where he was looked familiar...

... But it didn't seem dangerous? Curiosity eventually takes over as Zorua notices the boxes and tubs, and without any concern for who's around him, walks over and places his paws on the tub to see inside. Inside were balloons, round and colorful - though Zorua hasn't seen anything like them before.

So the next logical step was to bite down on one. To his surprise, water bursts from the balloon and splashes all over him. He emits a surprised yelp before darting behind a nearby box, glaring and growling at the tub full of water balloons.]

[satanslash]

[Zorua's misfortune with the water balloon would be met with snickering. Not from one of the many humans around, but from a Shinx sitting higher up in the area with a nice view of the antics going on. There was a... sort of human near her, though, his strange fluffy black tail giving a lazy sway behind his back.] Tomomi-chan, that's mean. [Being chastized didn't seem to matter to the Shinx, and she simply let out a huff and returned to watching the others as her supposed-trainer knelt down next to Zoura, smiling as kindly as he could manage with noticeable fangs.] You probably shouldn't bite those. You okay?

Black*Star | Soul Eater CRAU

[hoshikishin]

The balloons and water guns are reminders of days past, the times when Black*Star could be silly and have fun with his friends. It's been at least five years since then and he isn't sure he likes the reminder. Of course this is less pressing than wondering where he is.

A moment ago he'd been about to go out and check on Soul in his prison. Now he was in a place that feels much different. The heavy feel of madness isn't hanging over his heart anymore. It's not pressing down on him, making it so every breath takes a toll. Somehow this doesn't comfort him, it only makes him even more aggravated.

Black*Star shields his eyes from the sun with a hand and looks around, trying to see if he can spot anyone familiar. He's in a defensive stance, he doesn't trust a place that looks so calm. Not when it sprung itself on him like a predator.

He looks ready to jump on anyone the instant they even speak to him. Approach with caution?

[harmonicalsoul]

Soul knows his best friend well. He knows when Black*Star is joking around and when he's serious, and that stature spells double-serious. Soul considers what to do about this and finally picks up a gun from one of the boxes. "Black*Star," he says, and aims it at the other's head. "Watch out."

Stream of water goes shooting right at him. So much for caution.

time for the good old my character stands here and does no approach yours threadstarter...

[blackblooded]

Anyone familiar, like the slender form of a certain lilac-haired meister? Crona is carefully and cautiously inspecting the food tables, Ragnarok leaning on his meister's head and providing running commentary on all the available snacks. The pair are two wrapped up in their own petty conflict to be paying any attention to confused arrivals.

At some point, Ragnarok grabs an entire giant bowl of chips, and uses his meister's head as a table. Good job, Ragnarok.

But it's a silly, casual sort of scene that highlights the lack of insanity here, the stability of wavelengths once fractured by madness. Crona (and Ragnarok too) is more sane, more stable, than even when the teen was living in Death City.

Alex Eames | Law and Order CI

[seemeinabluedress]

She apparently fell asleep while waiting for Goren. Because she was definitely dreaming of some campground with a pond and firepit. Getting up, she wandered over to theck out the tubs and boxes, pulling out a watergun to use. Her nephew would love one of these.

Taking it out, she checked that it was full before continuing to wander around the area. Even if this was a dream, she could enjoy herself before her partner woke her up, right? The food looked decent, so she grabbed a sandwich and watched to see if anyone else showed up.

Re: Alex Eames | Law and Order CI

[painful_finish]

[There's a water balloon headed for your head, but the one who threw it was actually aiming for someone else, so there's a warning from behind...]

LOOK OUT!

Oh - oh yes please my tag you

[brbstealingpknm]

You gonna join in the fun after eating? [It's an off-handed question from Silver, who's more feeding his sneasel pieces of chicken out of his own sandwich, than he is eating. Even his helpers in the fun need food.

He doesn't seem to have a water gun though, and his hair's been pulled up into a messy high ponytail.]

Patty Thompson | Soul Eater

[perkysister]

A

[Did. Someone. Say. BEACH????

Patty is all over that the minute she realizes it's there. OK so it isn't the ocean and there isn't really a sandy beach but she's happy enough to sit out in the sun with her feet in the water no matter the salinity. She kicks a little to splash the water before falling back happily onto her back, letting the sun wash over her.]

We totally need like, a tire swing or something.

[You know, to swing out over the water and jump into the water from, like in the movies!]

B

[Someone let this girl get her hands on the water gun equivalent of an AK47. They almost definitely regret it, because she is going manic hog wild.

Wild high-pitched cackling and everything as she shoots everything within range. This thing has some pressure behind it too. Hope you didn't plan on staying dry!]

Take that! And that! Hahahahahahahaha! Bow before meeee!

B

[harmonicalsoul]

[ Guess who she's shot? Soul. And he doesn't look very happy about it. ]

Patty, what the hell? I'm not even armed.

[ He's a lying liar. He's got a water gun at his back, tucked into his waistband. But he wants to lull her into a false security before he even tries to fire back. ]

You just go around shooting innocent people?

A

[soundmind]

Hmm?

[Maka's, what else, reading. A lazy summer day that's peaceful (for the most part) definitely calls for reading.]

I don't know if there's anything that even has tires here. That sounds like something we'd have to ask Ozuma for.

[Blowing a favor on a tire swing is a weird idea.]

[doublegunbarrel]

Lis isn't a very happy woman right now, to be here in this strange place. It's full of strangers and it's taunting her with fun, something she hasn't been able to have in years! She'd grabbed a water gun but ended up tucking it into her belt because she couldn't bring herself to use it. Her mind is too swirly-swirl to run around and torture people with water, as cool as that would be.

There's hardly any madness wavelengths here and that's what is confusing her. Okay well, there's one, but she's avoiding it deliberately because she knows who it's coming from and she doesn't want him even slightly near her. If Black*Star comes close, he'll receive a Liz punch to the face!

Without the madness pressing down on her, she's more than a little shaken, but she's determined not to show it. The only people who would be able to guess are those who can sense her wavelengths - people from home. Of course it's going to be hard to keep up this mask soon. If she's startled or upset, she may just go a little mad.

For now she's consuming food near one of the tables. She hasn't had good food in years but she refuses to take a manner other than polite. She's eating very slowly and carefully. Almost too carefully, one might say.

[perkysister]

Speaking of people from home and familiar wavelengths, Patty can sense her sister's from a mile away. She hones in on it like a beacon, zooming in from behind to wrap her arms around Liz's waist and greet her with a high-pitched Patty-wail.]

SIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS I found you! Where have you been why weren't you with me? What's wrong why do you feel all...

[She makes some sound effects and waves her hands around to illustrate the strange alteration in Liz's soul.]

[evensides]

A:

Care to throw down with Death the Kid? You might just have to. He's stalking around the place with two waterguns of precisely the same size and width. He shoots both at the same time almost always, but occasionally one comes out before the other and then the fill doesn't match. It drives him crazy when that happens and then he settles on the same target until he shoots enough that both the waterguns match again. This ends up with some mightily wet people but that's the point, isn't it?

But Kid's really enjoying himself for the most part. There's a grin on his face, something that hasn't happened often lately for him. He's not used to this feeling anymore and so he wants to grab onto it as long as he can.

B:

The inevitable does happen, unfortunately. Kid's shooting his guns and then one runs out of water and when he tries to refill them, he can't put in the same amount of water to fill them. One only needs to be loaded with 3/4 the water while the other needs 9/10. He's absolutely stressed by this and he ends up sitting on the ground next to the water, rocking a bit as he mutters nonsense numbers under his breath.

B

[harmonicalsoul]

Soul takes it upon himself to confiscate the guns away from Kid, eyeing their fill and wondering what's the big deal. Yet again, Kid sees something that nobody else can, which is sometimes good but sometimes very bad. Guess which of those classifies right now?

"Look," he says, not even bothering to greet properly. "Relax. We're just going to pour these out, alright?" Soul undoes the stopper on each gun and turns them over, letting the water trickle out to the ground. "There, now they're both empty and even. Okay?"

[manypetals]

Tsubaki is smiling. She has no idea where she is, but she's decided to roll with the punches until she finds someone she knows. That would happen sooner or later, wouldn't it? If it became later, then she would start to frown.

She has an armful of water balloons and she is surprisingly good with her aim. She almost never misses and occasionally she hits a person with two just for good measure. She had a full blown water fight with someone earlier so she is soaking wet, but she doesn't mind.

Eventually she uses her last balloon and treks towards the water, ready to swim. At this time she is starting to worry about the fact she hasn't seen anyone, so she isn't thinking about her surroundings. She is vulnerable to a water attack.

[soundmind]

"Hey!"

Anybody would usually surprise attack, Maka is not one of those people. She sees Tsubaki taking a break and sees fit to jog up next to the other girl, all smiles and breathless from extreme horsing around.

"Going to take a swim before lunch? You know, even though you're a ninja, that doesn't mean someone can't sneak attack you when your back is turned."

That seems to be some kind of Albarn code for "I'm going to keep you company for now" as she falls into step with Tsubaki.

Dante | DmC: Devil May Cry

[caveo]

[ This sure as fuck wasn't where he was supposed to be. One minute he was checking out the wreckage with Virgil and the next he was....he didn't even know where. This wreaked and he didn't like it, last time he was dragged somewhere it was Limbo.

But that was gone now and beside, this place was nothing like Limbo.

So far.

Actually it was pretty sunny, almost nice. Of course, Dante's not about to let his guard down. Rebellion on his back, Dante is ready for anything.

Well...almost anything.

He might not be ready for a water balloon. Or squirt gun to the face. ]

Have the gengar first

[brbstealingpknm]

[What about a water balloon or several thrown from above by a red eyed, grinning purple ghost half visible, half not? It's got an armful of the things, and it's not afraid to use them on anyone.] Gahrr~

[His master is around somewhere.]