Geekin' Out

Batty · Jul 14, 2017

Dipping away from the crowd at the shore, Rio had taken off on her own to fully absorb the vibrancy of the cross-cultural cookout. It was a great idea, she remarked- after all, she had learn much more about the diversity of the island in the past hour than in the content of the dusty old textbook from her mythical creatures class. Here it proved that everyone, no matter their background or species, could find some common ground in food and traditions. She would later go back home to her dad and tell him all about it, to perhaps nudge him to participate next year.

But for now…

Rio decided to stick around the beach for a bit longer. Not necessarily to check out the booths, no. It was because of the green blinking light on her 3DS that signified that there were streetpasses to collect nearby. She was almost to 1000- her ultimate goal to beat by the summer.

Her eyes were glued to the screen as her webbed feet kicked up white sand from beneath her. On autopilot, she weaved through the crowds, only taking a break to spritz her scales with a water bottle whenever she felt dry. In a moment’s notice she had clipped it back to her side, not skipping a beat in her excursion.

998… 999…

OOF!

In a moment’s weakness, she rammed herself into the back of someone in the middle of the busy festival. It had knocked the gaming system from her hand into the sand, dazing her a bit before she shook her head, causing a few tentacles to spill out of her loose ponytail. ”Sorry!! Are you okay?!” She gapsed out, desperately pushing her ‘hair’ from her face. ”I didn’t hurt ya, did I?”

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Hyper · Jul 15, 2017

For once, Raphael was actually participating in an outdoor festival. It's not that he wasn't the type to do so but during the summer, he was more likely to be sitting in comfort at home, the AC blowing in his face and generally not doing outdoor things. Except today was the cross-cultural cook out and the teen was more than just curious about what the festival had to offer.

Raphael went around booth to booth, his curiosity just leading him around the entire beach layout. He never considered himself to be drawn to such things, but he supposed the sight of seeing so much cultural diversity in one place, laid out in the open drew him in. And perhaps new flavors as well.

As he continued to look around just trying to spot something that seemed to stand out while he treaded through a sea of faces, he felt someone bump into him from behind. His initial reaction was to apologize repeatedly, but as he did, the person in question spoke over him.

It was the moment he let her talk did he get a good look on her --Raphael would have said she looked peculiar, but who was he to say anything? "Ah yeah, yeah-- I mean no! No, I'm not hurt. I'm fine," he almost stammered out, self-consciously rubbing the back of his neck.

As he did, he immediately noticed the console lying on the sand, quickly darting for it like a reflex. Upon realizing, no, that wasn't his own, he offered it to the other, looking a little sheepish for suddenly picking it up. "This yours?"

Batty · Jul 26, 2017

Crap crap crap…

The boy facing her looked as flustered as she herself felt, her rubbery cheeks coming up with a blush. Luckily for her, he seemed to be fine. Not hurt by what was essentially a human sized fish monster, at least.

”Oh, whew. What a relief. That was like, totally embarrassing.”
As she adjusted her ruined pony tail, she finally noticed that she had dropped her 3DS. Luckily the other had picked it up before the ports were clogged with sand. That really would have been a damper on her day. ”Oh, yea! Thanks a bunch!” But then she realized- was it weird that she was playing video games? Did normal girls do that around here?
She held it in her webbed hands close to her chest. Looking down, she attempted to explain herself. ”Y’know, just wanted to play some games to pass the time. No biggie...”

Wait a minute… ”Hey, weren’t you that dude I saw earlier down by the shore?” She asked, a shark-like smile appearing on her face. ”I can’t remember if I got your name or not. So much was happening my mind was all over the place! I’m Rio, who’re you?”
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Hyper · Aug 3, 2017

A sheepish grin appeared on Raphael's face as she took back her 3DS, darting his gaze elsewhere for some reason. "No worries; wouldn't want it getting trampled on, right?" he said. The question of why she'd be playing video games for any reason at all didn't really get to him; if anything, it was the curiosity for her appearance.

Except well, Raphael didn't want to sound rude to bring it up. She was...erm. Very fishy. In the literal sense. He was thankful when she spoke again. At first, the horseman didn't seem to understand why or for what reason she had to explain herself until about 3 solid seconds already passed them. "What? Oh-- I mean, yeah. I'd probably be playing right now too, but my pa confiscated my Vita just now and said I should socialize." And even then he didn't get it right.

His expression brightened when she brought up the crowd at the shore. There was honestly a lot of things going on when he got there, and a lot of people around to immediately remember who he'd been talking to the whole time. "Oh, yeah! That was you!" he chirped, a grin breaking out on his face. "Name's Raphael. Yeah, there was a lot of things going on I was loosing track of the people I've run into here, right? I had to run off to find my pa after that; where did you even go earlier?"

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Geekin' Out

Batty

The artist formerly known as porky

Hyper

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Batty

The artist formerly known as porky

Hyper

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