Surf's up!

[indigo_league]

Who: Everybody!
Where: Fuchsia City Beach
When: July 15th
Summary: Get yo beach fun on


As far as perfect summer days are concerned, this one is as perfect as they get. The sun is warm, the breeze brings just the right amount of needed refreshment, and the ocean waves are totally gnarly. Because that is what you say when a wave is good.



Seeing as this party has been 'organised' by a group of beach bums, their surfing buddies, and a group of very relaxed Pikachu, it's best not to expect anything too structured out of the day. That would totally harsh the vibe. No, this is very much a 'show up whenever, do whatever, be chill' sort of meet-up.

There's a little stand where visitors can rent all manner of surfboards, wakeboards, and floats. Not for rent, but definitely for fun, is a giant, blow-up Cresselia float. Anyone wanting to join the party need only climb on board to be towed across the water by the surf-stand owner's Blastoise, which is having just as much fun as you are.

Always able to Detect an opportunity, several smaller stands of local merchants can be found selling everything you could ever want in the name of hydration and refreshment. Ice-cream, sodas, fresh water! You name it, and someone is bound to have it.

And while there really are no organised events, ever so often the surfers (human and Pikachu alike) will hold impromptu surfing contests. Feel free to join them. Or feel just as free to tap someone on the arm for some surfing lessons. You might even snag a small, electric instructor.

Speaking of snagging an electric buddy -- that, unfortunately, is the one rule this party does have: No battling and catching the Pikachu!. If you happen to hit it off with one and have a defining character moment after which it decides to stay with you? That's fine. But seriously. No battle. Not even mock-battles between friends. Vibes. Harshed. Let's not.

As evening begins to creep down on the shore and a beautiful sunset bathes the beach in golden light, a bonfire is lit, and food starts appearing everywhere.... though it is all, unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you swing), strictly vegetarian. Anyone craving a good, meaty burger (or an old-fashioned marshmallow) better have brought their own, because here you will find only vegetarian substitutes.

So feel free to drop by, catch some waves, share some food, and who knows, maybe you might even make some new friends. As they say --



Surfs up~!

Comments

[firstonesexpert]

The Impidimp immediately squats, hunkering down more firmly on Entrapta's head, but Entrapta just puts her work on her towel, picks up Leslie from her head and pulls one thick ponytail over her shoulder to reveal her bare neck. "Sure."

Though this only raises further questions, in Entrapta's mind, and she logics through it out loud. "This clearly suggests you're familiar with both my and Horde Prime's work, suggesting we're on a similar timeline within our own universe, but perhaps not familiar with the fact that we successfully defeated Horde Prime and successfully intercepted the network his chips are on, thus rendering them nonfunctional. Or that this is very likely to be an independent universe compared to our own, especially with the presence of Pokemon and the absence of magic you may be more familiar with."

[cutesneeze]

"I know we defeated Horde Prime, I was there." Catra crosses her arms over her chest, and forces down the creeping discomfort of a lack of tail to lash in agitation. "That doesn't mean people from a world where they shove magic animals into tiny balls so they can use them to fight couldn't duplicate his work. They would have had plenty of time while we were unconscious in that crazy woman's house."

But Entrapta's spine is clear of any obvious circuitry. While Catra's dominant reaction is relief, beneat it, there's a faint, sick shiver of unease. Her hands twitch agaist her upper arms, and it's only the complete absence of her claws that keeps her from drawing blood.

To say she doesn't like being this out of her depth would be putting it mildly.

"Entrapta, it's Catra. I don't look that different."

(She kind of does.)

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[firstonesexpert]

"...Catra?"

There is some long staring, as she does the mental acrobatics to try and see this human as her feline friend, until...

[firstonesexpert]

There is a loud and excited scream as she leaps to her feet, science project abandoned in favour of grabbing Catra's shoulders with both hands and yanking her closer to examine.

"You're human, how did this happen!!" She's turning Catra around and yanking her hand up to get a closer look at and just generally manhandling Catra at high speed - with her hands, rather than her hair, for obvious reasons. "I'm aware this universe stripped us of magic but I didn't think it would extend so far as to forcibly applying human-grade templates to people who weren't the correct organic species! That's amazing!!"

[cutesneeze]

"Hey!" Catra squawks as she's spun and yanked this way and that, realizing only too late that she really should have anticipated this and remained out of grabbing range. Vertically. She swats at Entrapta's hands, less effective than it would be if she still had claws rather than blunt human nails, and far less violent than she would be if she was truly motivated to stop the manhandling.

"It's weird. Is this what it's like for you all the time? No wonder Lonnie and Kyle hated night patrols."

[firstonesexpert]

It's a good thing Entrapta always wears gloves - even being in a new universe hasn't stopped that old habit. She's still beaming at Catra, looking very eager and like she wants to dissect her.

"Possibly! I haven't noticed any loss of night vision on my own part, so it's very likely yours has been reduced instead! Humans need a surprising amount of light to be able to see with sufficient clarity!" And then she's racing off on another subject. "What Pokemon do you have? I met Leslie in the weird mother-figure's house" - and the Impidimp gives Catra a mildly suspicious squint from their towel - "and Winter and I have caught around ten Pokemon between us!"