VACATION IS WHERE I WANNA BE

[kametaro]

☼ BEACH VACATION MEME ☼ Summer begins, and the saniwa's army earns a well deserved vacation. All expenses paid for by their organization, from travel to lodging to food, and yes, even the swim wear and toys. The water is blue, the skies are (mostly) clear, and it's time to have some fun at the beach! Watch out for the jellyfish and KBseagulls. ***Feel free to include some prompts in your top level. If you can't think of any, pick from below for some ideas!** 001.IN THE WATER This is why you're here, right? Take to the water and splash around. Now might be a good time to learn to swim if you don't already. But watch out! Here comes a large wave--! 002.SANDCASTLES This is it... the enemy's stronghold... not! It's a race against the clock to build a castle before the tide comes in. Collect those seashells, fortify your fortress, and don't be a jerk and ruin some else's castle. 003.SUNBATHING or maybe you've opted to sit under the shade of a large umbrella instead. Some times it's good to just sit back, relax, and watch to make sure no one needs to be rescued later. Keep an eye on the tide or you might find yourself getting wet anyway. 004. BEACH ANIMALS There are tiny fish in the tide pools, crabs crawling around, and uwah are those sea turtles?! Tsurumaru, put that octopus down right now. Ouch, did that jellyfish get you? And look, over there! That's a dolphin! You know, dolphins are intelligent creatures and have been known to help people-- WAIT NO ITS A SHARK ITS A SHARK NOT A FRIENDLY FISH IT LOOKS LIKE A DOLPHIN BUT ITS A SHARK. 005.MELON SLICING The organization has been kind enough to provide food and drink as well. They must have felt very clever sending all of those watermelons, though. Really, who needs that many watermelons? It's a competition to see which sword is the True Melonslasher. 006.STORM Those clouds came in so quickly, you barely had a chance to notice. The sky is dark, the rain is pouring down, and the wind is blowing cold. It's time to quickly collect your things and try to find some place dry. 007.KBCGULLS. Oh no, who fed the seagulls? They're circling around like vultures and making swoops at you, trying to steal your food. Hey, wait, that's not even edible! Was it just you or was there an evil glint in that bird's eye just now...? 008.BEACH PARTY. All of those watermelons you sliced earlier are being put to use. The sun is setting, the food is out, and a bonfire is going on the beach. Eat your heart out and dance around the fire. Watch the sunset, look at the stars, this sure is nice, isn't it? 009.WILDCARD. Mix and match. Create your own prompt. Find the dragon king's palace or something.

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[kametaro]

WILDCARD 1.

( Of course, everyone has to help carry things down to the beach so they can enjoy their long day. Urashima is helping to carry a small cooler with drinks, Kamekichi resting on his shoulder as usual. As he walks along side yo towards the beach, he's happily chattering along, )

Hahah! Are you ready to visit the Palace of the Dragon King?

( He has literally not stopped talking about this since the moment they left the citadel. Heck, he's been talking about this since the moment he arrived at the citadel, even. BUT THIS IS IT. THIS WILL BE THE DAY. )

007. "I'm no turtle!"

( One minute he was playing around in the sand, building a fantastic castle for Kamekichi and then he looks away for one minute and-- )

Kamekichiii!!

( A seagull swoops down beside the two of them, knocking Kamekichi clear on its side. Urashima is quick to get to his feet and begin waving his arms around in the air, chasing away the seagulls from his friend but these possessed birds are clearly set on getting a taste of turtle. ) Ow, ow! Picking on turtles?! You picked the wrong sword to mess with!

( Except he doesn't have his sword because this was supposed to be a fun day at the beach. )

007. PICK YOUR OWN

( come at me bring it i'm ready )

[koshirae]

003.
[ hachisuka might not be quite as fussy with his appearance as kashuu, but he's still been well taken-care of over the centuries, the sword of a very well-to-do family, and so he likes to take care of his looks. with that said, between the heat and the harsh salt water, he's chosen to curl up under an umbrella and read. sure, being a spirit, it's not like a sunburn would last, but better safe than sorry, right? every now and then, he'll glance up, blue eyes unerringly finding urashima across the sand. doubtless the fake is also keeping an eye on hachi's precious little brother, but he doesn't trust him to do it properly.

join him? tease him for his brother complex(es)? ]


006.
[ when he finally gets under shelter, hachisuka is soaked, his hair is sticking to everything, and he looks extremely annoyed. he's scowling faintly as he turns to the person beside him. ]

Do you have a towel I could use? [ he starts carefully gathering the long, tangled strands of his hair, frowning mournfully at them as he cautiously tries to fingercomb a few of them. ] What a miserable day this has turned out to be.


009.
[ hit me with your own scenario! ]

007!

[koshirae]

Urashima!

[ one of the seagulls, then another, is whacked away with a book, and a moment later, hachisuka descends onto the scene like an avenging fury. how dare these stupid birds pick on his brother('s turtle). he stoops to sweep kamekichi into a towel in his arms, ducking another swooping gull and dumping the little bundle in urashima's instead. ]

Let's find somewhere the birds won't bother us. [ there are a couple of rock formations scattered around-- maybe one of those will give them some privacy from the pests. ]

[adornmental]

oo6;
[SUDDEN STORMS ARE BULLSHIT
-Kashuu Kiyomitsu, 2205

But really, what is this frigid air, who invited the rain to the party... He came to the beach with the hopes of clear blue skies and warm sun (that he could enjoy from underneath the safety of beach umbrellas and sunscreen, of course) and THIS IS WHAT HE GETS. He's drenched despite his careful avoidance of the tides, and he's cold on top of being soggy, which is a recipe for a very unhappy camper.

That's why he sounds pretty dang "need a nap" levels of snappy when he appears wherever you are, you poor unfortunate soul, you sad nerd who was just trying to find a nice dry spot... Whether that spot is under a cluster of dense trees, below the curve of a rocky overhang, in the small caves by the tidepools - here comes Kashuu, arms full of Beach Stuff™, very insistent about sharing the space.]

Move, move! Gimme some room!

oo8;
[With the rain gone and Kashuu nice and dry and warm again, it's time to enjoy the rest of the evening! And he's looked up how to do this, okay, his knowledge about beach parties is vast (and primarily magazine-based but whatever). Anyone wandering by one of the smaller bonfires can find him fiddling with a bag of marshmallows. There are a few silver wrappers tucked neatly under a rock nearby... And a cookie box of some sort? S'mores Redux: Cookie Edition is happening here right now. He's heard this kind of thing is popular overseas, even though it's way too sweet for him...

But he's almost done with his Frankensteinian creation, and anyone lingering too long will be waved over.]

Hey! Come try one! If you like it, I'll teach you how to make them, 'kay?

[He'll flaunt his knowledge and you'll get tasty snacks for it; pretty good deal, right??]

oo9;
[hit me with ya best shot punk]

[swordsitter]

001.
[ haru has earned this break, surely. he's earned a few hours of sun and sand, especially since it's--like many of his spirits--his first actual time to the beach. what can he say, he's from a tiny rural town and he grew up poor. and it's not like his parents were interested in taking their kids anywhere. despite all that, haru can actually swim, so he's out in the water on a float. he's also slathered in sunscreen, given his fair complexion, and there's a pair of cheap sunglasses hiding the fact that he's dozing.

tip the saniwa into the ocean if you dare. (he'll be roughly as entertaining as a wet kitten.) or.. you know, keep his float from going out to sea. whatever. ]


004.
Ah, look--

[ suddenly there is a crab in your face, angrily waving its claws and possibly plotting your demise. and.. there is haru holding it, a sunhat on his head and pale eyes very wide and fascinated. ]

Do you think if we catch enough we can cook them? [ haru no. ]


008.
[ away from the bonfires, near the edge of the tide, suddenly something lights up, sparkling against the evening backdrop. haru has brought sparklers and other small fireworks, and he's sharing them with anyone who seems interested, showing them how to use them.

at this point, it's clear he managed to get a little sunburned despite himself, but he looks obviously happier than his spirits have probably ever seen him.. at least for the moment. until tsurumaru starts chasing someone with sparklers or someone gets burned or some other minor disaster happens. ]

Oh-- no, don't-- [ his hands curl around the person's next to him, gently plucking the sparkler from them and turning it around. ] Like that. You light that end, and be careful not to burn yourself..


009.
[ wildcard me!! ]

3

[lazing]

[ Akashi is lying on his stomach on a beach towel, relaxing under an umbrella next to Hachisuka's. He's also chosen to watch his brothers from afar, but not for the same reason Hachisuka is. No, he's just too lazy to get off his butt and do it like an otherwise doting brother would. Of course, Hachisuka's behavior doesn't escape him: the eyes that light up when Urashima does something cute, the mouth that frowns when Nagasone appears the moment after. Thinking he has it figured out, he laughs in amusement. ]

Ain't a good thing, being jealous.

[reprizesal]

1. WATER
[He's out in the water and swimming around in it. Sayo's arms are covered in these to help him keep afloat in the water. So even if he's drifting away from the shallow ends, he won't drown!

Especially as he get swept away by the waves... further...further...

Um.

There's a tantou being swept away from the beach hELP.]

Master... Niisan...!

7. Damnable Seagulls
[Alright, you damn punks.

Sayo have been initially friendly and feeding them. But now they're swooping in and stealing the food. And the most blasphemous of it all? They try to get his persimmons and snacks. So logically, what does he do?

Pick up seashells and throw it at the seagulls. Watch out if it's coming in your direction...!]

9. WILDCARD
[Alright, gimme your best shot, bruh.]

[koshirae]

[ the other spirit startles briefly, eyes widening.. then narrowing. the look hachisuka then gives akashi is one that could curdle milk. ]

Who's jealous. Of that fake?

[ he huffs, tossing his hair over his shoulder and deliberately turning away from urashima and nagasone. jealous. jealous. why would he be jealous? nagasone isn't even really their brother. ]

[yamanblanketry]

002 Not my sandcitadel!

[ One sword is not here to be in the water. In fact, one might say he is very bad at going to the beach. Yamanbagiri continues to wear his cloak over his suimsuit, and he refuses to go swimming. The closest he'll get is where the waves have crashed and receded over the sand a while ago. There he finds something to pass the time. He starts by building the citadel using compressed piles of sand then carving it. He adds the stables, constructed of driftwood fragments. The field is populated by tiny shells, kelp, and seaweed that has washed ashore. Then the waves grow stronger again and reach farther and farther up the shore. There's not much time before the citadel will be flooded.

Instead of moving out of the way of the incoming wave and staying dry, Yamanbagiri starts hacking away at the sand with his shovel intending to make a large moat to divert the water away from his work. His eyes are full of determination at the task of saving the citadel from watery destruction. ]

007 KBCGULLS?!

[ Here Yamanbagiri was, minding his own business when this flock of death decide to surround him. He pays them no mind at first. He'll just walk closer to the tide pools and try to hide among the rocks... but the birds follow and begin to fiercely peck at his cloak, tearing strings from the frayed edges. Loud caws fill the air. Yamanbagiri starts sprinting across the sands.

This is happening because he's a replica, isn't it?! ]

Or pick your own!

[oshikiru]

TWO

[It's not something he would actually do willingly, but after many requests by certain individuals (be they tantous, saniwas, random friends, or adult swords who dared challenge him), he will now take on this task to do the beach gods proud. After all, it's kind of like an order, isn't it?

Right now, he's carefully building a moat around a mound that still needs working on. This is actually kind of tough, he knew he should've researched the art and architecture of sandcastle building prior to coming here.]

This sandcastle must and can only be perfection.


FIVE

[The title of Melonslasher will not belong to Mitsutada alone. He's not the only one with "slasher" in his name, okay. In fact, no one will be able to claim this name.

Heshikiri Hasebe is up for the challenge. He moves towards a particularly strange shaped melon, holding his sword and placing his hand near the hilt.]

Step aside.

[WHOA THERE.]


WILDCARD

[GIVE ME ANYTHING.]

[lazing]

[ Despite Hachisuka's reaction, Akashi's smile doesn't leave. But alright, that might not be it. Everyone knows of Hachisuka's legendary contempt for the fakest faker who ever faked. That leaves him with his second guess. ]

I reckon he can handle it, though. [ He nods toward Nagasone. ] Looks awfully reliable to me.

5

[pluvial]

[ ok he was just gonna go and break apart this melon to share with everyone, but if this guy wants to do it, that's cool too. but maybe he's mostly doing it so he can pick up some skills. look, when you're at a beach party with a million sword spirits, what else would you do? aside from maybe trying to be their friends.

anyway, yamamoto steps to the side amicably enough, one had gesturing towards the melon. ]

All yours.

8

[lazing]

[ Haru's assistance is a pleasant surprise. Amused at his own ignorance, Akashi can't help but chuckle. ]

Haha, whoops... The master is so reliable. Thanks.

[ And it's a good thing too, because judging from appearances also, there's no way Akashi could take care of himself. Now where did he put that matchstick... He's patting his pockets. Aizen didn't give him the whole box for some reason. ]

[koshirae]

[ he purses his mouth, hedging another glance up, faintly worried despite himself. ]

I wouldn't be so sure. [ after all, they'd both been taken by the kebishii. hachisuka still worries vaguely that urashima will get snatched back up somehow, a fear that won't leave him no matter how much he tries to banish it. ] He's far too easygoing with Urashima. He should watch him closer.

[aslyfox]

(004)

[ Like with the horses back at the Citadel, Kogitsunemaru has a certain fascination with trying to trick other creatures with general, lighthearted forms of harassment. However, there are no horses here at the beach to look disdainfully and judge the little fox for his curious, annoying attempts of his brand of fun.

So when Kogitsunemaru sees these little weird things scuttling around on the sand, his first reaction is to follow them and when they try to lose him, he gives chase. He's having a pretty good time, white hair fluttering behind him as he stalks the crabs around in the sand... until he loses his balance and falls, causing a few to go flying.

This is why you have come across the foolish sword surrounded by a circle of clickity-clackitying crabs, with a slightly larger one across from the little fox, who looks increasingly amused but unaware of the pinching that he may sustain on what is supposed to be a lovely day at the beach.

It's a... CRAB BATTLE?! You should probably intervene, otherwise who knows what will happen, especially because Kogi just sits here all 'weh'-like. ]

(009)

[ Maybe you've just woken up from a nap from under one of the giant beach umbrellas or are now coming out of the water, and you'll notice a few odd sand-sculpted creations creating a trail of some sort. There's probably a couple of weird aburaage shaped ones, a few crudely shaped foxes with multiple tails, some decent looking turtles, and maybe an attempt at a sword or two (even though they just look like someone smushed some piles of sand into a line).

But if you follow the creations a bit farther away from the main camp, you'll find Kogitsunemaru sitting in the sand using the remaining portion of water from a bright pink pail of water and trying to shake the rest out into the sand so he could attempt another fox. ]

Hey, will you get me some more water? [ He'll toss the bucket up to you with the expectation that you'll do him a solid and bring him some more crafting materials to start creating more things. Maybe he'll teach you how to make cute little sand foxes, too! ]

(009-2)

[ Have any other ideas/scenarios? DO THE THING. ]

2 bc i can

[kotatsu]

[ don't u worry, uncle hasebe, nanako just happens to be a sandcastle expert. she hauls up a bucket full of water and sets it next to him for whenever his moat is ready. ]

Mister Hasebe! We should put something on the highest point of the castle! That way everyone knows it's ours.

[swordsitter]

It's okay. This is your first time with fireworks, right?

[ of course it's natural that he might have trouble with them. but haru watches the spirit pat his pockets for several moments before sighing in fond exasperation. .. honestly.. a big brother that's more like a younger brother sometimes.. ]

Have you misplaced your matches?

[ thankfully, haru's at the ready, digging his own small box out and striking one, cupping his hand around the flame to keep it from blowing out too quickly. ]

006

[zazie]

[ BE PREPARED
-Scar, The Lion King (1994)

are you for real right now, Kashuu? even after Horikawa found this awesome cave hidey-hole where no one else even THOUGHT to look earlier and even pointed it out?! just because you didn't get the FYI to look at weather reports or anything (yeah, he's kinda that paranoid about things) doesn't mean you can just barge on in and get all up in his business... ]

Kashuu! Hold on, just give me a second.

[ he'll scramble to get his stuff moved so Kashuu could be accommodated to, already covered in a blanket after being equally drenched but maybe not as annoyed and huffing in frustration. ]

[lazing]

[ He hums in thought, turning his attention to Urashima. He's accompanied by Hotarumaru, whom he's recreating what they imagine the Palace of the Dragon King with. ]

Oh, he'll be fine. Hotarumaru's with him. [ Like that's supposed to make Hachisuka feel better... ] You worry too much, Hachisuka-san.

[ He says that, but while he isn't looking, a huge wave approaches... ]

wildcaaard

[adornmental]

[GOD, this kid... What a little bundle of energy. Kashuu, who's also carrying a little cooler (that is mostly comprised of his own stuff), glances over when he hears that. Is Urashima even talking to him?? A mystery... He happens to be closest though, so he'll be the one to answer.]

Sure, sure. Just don't wander out too far or you'll get stranded in some caves when the tide comes in.

[THAT'S A REALLY SPECIFIC CONCERN TO HAVE... Clearly someone's been watching too much television lately.]

7!

[adornmental]

[These seagulls are literally satanic. The one that Sayo just winged a shell at waits until it's almost struck, but then flies upward in a frantic burst at the last second, leaving the shell to sail at a new target instead.

And of course the new target is Kashuu. Of course. So he sure does get conked right upside the head with a sand dollar, which is mercifully free of edges but still pretty surprising when it comes out of nowhere... He jolts upright with a little yelp, quickly feeling his face for any marks with one hand while the other reaches for the disc.]

Who did that—?!

[HE'S EXPECTING TSURUMARU OR SOMETHING.]

008

[yamanblanketry]

[ Yamanbagiri hears the question but looks around to figure out if it was addressed to someone else. However, no one else is near Kashuu besides him. Him then. What does Kashuu want with him? Try what?

He comes closer to look at... that... thing that Kashuu's holding. It smells sweet, so it must be some kind of food. ]

What is it?

3!

[adornmental]

[WOW why is he the standard for fussiness here!! ...Even if he's protecting that title claim without meaning to because he sure did bring two umbrellas to the beach?! One big one, which is currently guarding his little shady spot away from the water's edge, and a small parasol that he's carrying around. Like he would risk walking under the hot sun from place to place...]

Something interesting over there?

[He'd stopped by to grab something out of the cooler, but Hachisuka's eagle-eyed attention is hard to miss...]

Re: 7!

[reprizesal]

[Ah, oops. When Sayo heard Kashuu's voice, he immediately realised what just happened and feel a little apologetic about it. Only the seagulls deserved to get a seashell thrown at them.]

...It was me.

[At least Sayo looks a bit... sheepish? Apologetic?]

Sorry. It was supposed to hit the seagull.

[kametaro]

Aah! Hachisuka-nii! Alright...!

( There's a bit of a sheepish laugh when big brother has to swoop in and save the day. He can take care of this... not that he minds the help, though. He's certain Kamekichi appreciates it and he gladly accepts the bundle, holding it close, and nodding in agreement. This was a retreat.

He gives Hachisuka one last look before getting Kamekichi to safety. The seagulls will follow but once the two get to the rocks, they seem to lose interest and fly off or settle down as if nothing had happened.

Whenever Hachisuka catches up, Urashima will be kneeling down on the ground, towel undone, checking on Kamekichi. )