[LOG]: 'Cause I need a break, I need a vacation

[callbacks]

Who: The Homestuck posse and anyone who might be on the Olivine beach!
Where: The beach in the southwest corner of Olivine City
When: All day August 2nd
Summary: We kept talking about a beach episode, and now there is a beach episode. Just slap up a toplevel, hang out, and mingle!
Rating: T for Terrible Language
Log:

It's a pretty impromptu thing. Now that they've retrieved Jane from the horror of having to walk all the way through the early routes, their party's up to six entire people, which is the most any of them have been likely to have hung out with in...ever, basically. Jane doesn't even know anyone but Dirk, she's that far back on the timeline. So what's the obvious plan of action?

BEACH. FUCKIN'. EPISODE.

There are big, colorful towels and big, colorful umbrellas. There is a picnic basket, even though the boardwalk is pretty much, you know, right there (they can sample Olivine's fine dining for dinner; for lunch, there's Hawlunchables). There are bottles of Lemonade and Fresh Water, AJ for Dave, and Soda Pop for Dirk, the godless heathen. There are plastic buckets and tiny shovels because fuck you, that's why. There's even a beach ball. No one knows who brought it.

And of course, everyone better have brought their bathing suits, because there's ocean.

Comments

OTA

[charcoalfeather]

[Do you know what beats the pants off of wandering through piles of flowers, an inability to sleep for three days straight, and whatever the heck Tobias had been going through for a while there?

Going to see the ocean. Thanks for the invitation, Dave and friends.]

A: Beach

[Rakka had never been this far west of Goldenrod, but BOY, was today going to be a lesson on what she's been missing out on. No sooner had she accepted this impromptu trip, had she found herself needing to go through some of Olivine's stores as a necessity. So now she could stand on the beach in her brand new - and first - swimsuit and sunhat, and a shirt she hadn't taken off yet.

Here she was... the beach, one that frankly puts the rocky expanse in Cherrygrove to shame.

The beach.

And the view...! The bright blue ocean, the sounds of the waves, and the scent... It's all new, and wonderful and just... gosh she's happy to be here. There's even that smile on her face, you know the one.]

...hmmmmm...

[Eyes briefly shut, she stretches to work any nerves out of her system. Everything is Fine, which means she'll totally chat up whoever catches her just enjoying the scenery.]

B: Ball

[If you think that a beach ball, regardless of who brought it, is going to go unnoticed by Rakka or her Pokemon. It's not long before she works out just what she can do it with, and her Togetic, Kuu, really seemed to be asking for it...]

Ready... Ha!

[Serving a beach ball for the first time, not especially easy, but still a game of head-it has started. Kuu and Rakka somehow managing to keep the ball off the sandy ground for about a minute.]

Ha! Ah-Wha!

[Bird noises everywhere, as Kūki, Fezā, and Tamashī dash through, taking the ball with them. Of course, Rakka gives chase down the beach, even if sand sucks to run on while she chases after her Dodrio.]

C-come back with that!

A

[wing_attack]

Enjoying the ocean?

[Tobias and Erek wander up to her, the Eevee skipping happily in the sand. Tobias, for his part, has a towel and a book under his arm... and no swim suit.]

I guess seeing it for the first time must be really... something.

[charcoalfeather]

It really is.

[Kuu, her Togetic, hung close to Rakka's shoulder, lightly tapping her as Tobias approached. Rakka's focus finally broke, and she gave Tobias a smile.]

I never thought I would see anything like... huh?

[Wait a second...]

[wing_attack]

Yeah, it's huge... I guess I got used to it, since I went between coasts, so I saw it a lot... huh?

[What is it? He looks around, trying to figure out what she's going 'huh' at.]

[charcoalfeather]

...Uh. [Whoops. Now they were both standing around, looking confused. Uh.]

Sorry, but... You don't have a swimsuit.

[wing_attack]

[That is okay, he is easily confused.]

I don't do water. I've had enough undersea missions for like five lifetimes, I don't need to drag myself under the water for more things.

[There's also the issue of... not really... knowing how to swim real well. That's also a problem.]

[charcoalfeather]

Oh, that's right, you... uh. [The war. Being a soldier of a sort... it's all quite clear to Rakka at this point. Whoops.

Rakka glanced down at the water, the waves reaching almost to her feet. Almost.]

...How are you doing right now? [It kind of just comes out. Her gaze snaps back to him.] I mean... now that we're here.

[wing_attack]

... I'm okay. It... I'll be okay. I can remember things now.

[charcoalfeather]

You can? Well, that's great... isn't it?

[She shuffles a bit from foot to foot, toes digging into the warm sand.]

If I'm being honest, I was a little worried. You couldn't remember anything.

[wing_attack]

... Yeah. I thought it was all another hallucination from when I was... captured and tortured.

[charcoalfeather]

....Tobias...

[what exactly can she say to that... besides look sorry.]

[wing_attack]

It... it's not like there was anything you could do.

[charcoalfeather]

....I would have tried anyway.

[Because that's just the sort of person she is.]

[wing_attack]

I know. But really all you could have done was wait.

[He sighs and toes the sand a bit, shaking his head.]

I'm... I don't like talking about it. I don't like worrying people.

[charcoalfeather]

...Me either. But, sometimes you just have to.

[She says it in a quiet voice, holding an energy Rakka reserved for conversations like this. It's a topic she's thought about for many a day.]

Tobias, if you ever want to talk about it, I could listen. Otherwise, you might just make people worry anyway. That's what I've learned.

[wing_attack]

... It gives me nightmares. I don't want to give other people nightmares, too.

[charcoalfeather]

.... I've had bad dreams too, you know.

[wing_attack]

I don't want to make them worse...

[charcoalfeather]

But sometimes things get worse before they get better. That's just the way it can be!

[...She could potentially spend all day talking with Tobias about the deep subjects of dreams and their meanings, but...]

I mean, if you want to, that is. I won't try to force you. [She frowns.] So, uh, how about we do something else?

[wing_attack]

... Yeah. Let's have some fun today.

[charcoalfeather]

Okay. What did you want to do? [She looks down at the ground.] I was thinking of making something out of the sand here... I've seen people do that back in Charrygrove.

[But not nearly as much.]

[wing_attack]

Uh... we can make a sand castle?

[charcoalfeather]

Yeah! That's uh, absolutely something we can do!

[Oh thank goodness. That's what she had been trying to suggest the most.

Ahem.]

[wing_attack]

Let's see... I don't have a bucket, but maybe we could find a cup? Or we could just make it kind of like a pile, but that's less fun.

[charcoalfeather]

[Hmm. Rakka's brow knits together, like this is a serious problem they were experiencing right now. But, it was for Tobias. So it was definitely a problem.

It hits her soon enough.]

Oh! I'm sure I saw some buckets over by Dave and Karkat, I'll go ask them!

[She'll be back soooon tobias]