Teeny Weeny String Bikini [OPEN!]

[shikisha]

Who: Nonon Jakuzure shikisha & Anyone who was invited, or anyone who is crashing the party!! Rock Lee even invited everyone!
When: IC 1/16 - All Day
Where: Indoor waterpark in the Entertainment District
What: An indoor waterpark adventure! It's like a beach episode in the middle of the winter! Basically, Nonon wanted to go with just Ryuko but suddenly more people were invited than she intended. Now the word is out, it's not longer a private date for the two, and instead filled with friends, food and swimming!
Rating/Warning: None so far!

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It all started with a simple text message to Ryuko. Nonon had found a bikini she wanted to wear and heard about an indoor waterpark in the Entertainment District that is heated in the wintertime. And what she had secretly hoped to be a day out between her and her sister's best friend that she might or might not be feeling some sort of unresolved tension with, suddenly grew bigger when she was told to invite Athena. Soon more and more people were invited until it was a small crowd all planning to meet up at the waterpark.




And what a park it is!

With a giant heat lamp in roof overhead it's almost like being at the beach in summer! The change of temperature as soon as you arrive is almost staggering. The heat is a nice change of pace though from the snowstorm that had hit earlier over Christmas, making it all the better reason to rip off your clothes down to your swimsuit and enjoy a day in the water!!

There is plenty to do:

Water slides!

A wave pool!

A hidden grotto with hot tubs for secret rendezvous...

Lazy river!

Deliciously fruity cocktails from the swim-up bar that are known to be deceptively alcoholic...

Some local jerk has even brought food for people to eat, or you can eat at the snack bar!

Sunbathing!

Chicken fights!

And of course, swimming with friends!

Just be careful around the little robotic crabs that move around, as the self-cleaning systems. There's rumors that if they were all to come together in one place they might form into a giant dangerous crab robot that would need to be battled, in some kind of... Crab Battle. So don't do that.

The park closes at 9:00pm, and the sun slowly turns off with sundown, so enjoy a romantic evening lit by underwater lights.



[ ooc: Make your own top-level and tag around! Even if you don't know Nonon, Ryuko, Athena, Rock, or anyone else who was doing the inviting, feel free to show up anyway, there's a 20% discount off admission! Just have fun with it, do whatever you want! ]

Comments

[fairbrook]

Oh--! It's you.

[Integra gasped in surprise, looking up from her book... Is that how she's greeting him now?]

I trust you've had a pleasant evening so far?

[Okay, Integra was horrendous at small-talk, but that wasn't about to stop her from trying!!

Wearing a blue swimsuit and an unbuttoned white blouse that fell loosely over her shoulders, she idly swayed her legs back and forth in the pool. Somehow Integra felt strangely at ease around him, despite the nature of their last meeting.]

[bewrightback]

Integra! [Apparently we're greeting each other with gasps of surprise now. The Phoenix scratches at his ear sheepishly.]

Um... Yeah! Things have been pleasant, nothing to complain about!

Um... What about you? [I never would have guessed she even had a swimsuit...] Did something happen?

[Despite how oddly casual things seem, he can't help but assume something else went wrong.]

[fairbrook]

[You mean aside from the fact Rip is making a point to attack her subordinates? Everything is fine! Integra would prefer not to burden Phoenix more than she already had to, and if Blackquill wished for him to know, she's certain he would have made himself known by this point.]

I would keep an eye on that cohort of yours. [Which is to say Maya guilt-tripped her into coming today. Let's bury the larger issue here...] I heard she stirred up quite the ruckus today.

[True, it's more skin than Integra is typically comfortable with showing (hence the blouse), but she had her own reasons for agreeing to come. After all, she couldn't deny there was a certain therapeutic benefit to the hot tubs!!]

[bewrightback]

[Well, that's definitely less heavier than he expected to hear. He gives a good-natured grin and nods along.]

You're telling me! I'm only here as her hostage, after all.

Don't tell me she even took on the formidable Integra Hellsing...

[fairbrook]

[Hey now, Integra can pretend she's not a horrendous danger magnet for ten minutes!! At Phoenix's comment she casts her book aside, and inches closer towards his edge of the pool.]

Oh dear, oh dear. Just what would my superiors think of me now? I'm afraid they just might consider stripping me of my knighthood. Miss Fey is a brave girl.

[She tells him this in jest. There's something bubbly-- even cooing, prevalent to her tone. It's apparent she hasn't allowed herself to be this happy in some time.]

[bewrightback]

[It's an unusual surprise. He still feels a little tense, a little uneasy, but no one's necks are being bitten in the vicinity, so it also feels okay to take this nicely for the moment.]

She's the bravest girl I know, without a doubt. I don't blame you for having been taken by surprise.

But, I think you're probably lucky if she didn't also rob you for all the money you had that could be put towards food. You're not completely down and out yet, Integra.

[fairbrook]

Ah-- do you think? [It's difficult for her not to chuckle at this. Money-- even in this world, has never been an object to Integra.] Don't tell me she's been robbing you blind? No, I don't believe we can have that.

[His perturbation doesn't go unnoticed, and truth be told, she couldn't stand to see him this way. She slides a piece of hair behind her ear, looking upon him with a knowing gaze, and allows her lips to morph into something of a goofy grin. She wanted to reassure him and tell him that she was okay-- that she was prepared to handle this kind of threat, but decided against it, and opted to rest her hand atop his instead. Whatever she felt needed to be said would be conveyed in her touch or gaze.]

I don't suppose I am.

[Her endless worry aside, she had missed bantering with him. It was a welcome feeling.]

[bewrightback]

[The grin, the hand - they all come as surprises to Phoenix. It's unexpected, but he'll accept the hand over his as some sigh of comfort from her. But he feels like he can only guess at it all. And he nods slowly, with a shrunken smile.]

That's reassuring to hear. Your money and groceries might just be safe yet.

[He shakes his head.]

As for Maya... that's just a consequence of having too many teenagers. She robs me blind, my daughter robs me deaf... and I'm pretty sure that Kay Faraday girl is aiming to rob me mute.