Come one, come all--

[thalassino]

Characters: Fish Olympics participants and those who would like to laugh at them cheer them on!
Location: Center plaza!
Time: Evening, Sunday
Style: Whichever suits
Status: OPEN, threadjack away!

[The natives were rather insistent at shoving people towards the center plaza this night. Very insistent indeed. So insistent it is rather hard to escape their grabby hands.

And when they've gathered as many foreigners as they can, they tell everyone the teams.

It's with a smile that the foreigner who seems to be in charge of this all says 'Good luck, teams! And please, be teams.' but then he is waving them off to go meet each other.

Also to hand out betta fish. Try not to lose your fish already, alright?]

Comments

Mingling

[thalassino]

[Try to find your teammates in the crowd! Or. Don't. That's cool too.

Betta Fish!

[thalassino]

[There's a whole tank of them--you know you want to go take a look, maybe get your team's.]

Poetry prompts

[thalassino]

[There's a very excited looking native with a hat with scraps of paper. You know you want this.

If you're not participating, he'll totally give you a prompt anyway.]

[drunkmanjuu]

[ Among the hustle and bustle, you can catch sight of a small black thing hopping about as strong as its little legs can carry it. It seems to be looking over the crowd and over heads and natives and what have you before suddenly declaring as loud as he can: ]

TEAM FIVE! HEY! WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?!

[ And it will be calling this out every now and then as he makes his way around the plaza. ]

Re: Mingling

[brbstealingpknm]

[Silver is rather cranky at all of this given that he was shoved, literally, to the plaza, so he's just glaring at anyone and everyone.] How the fuck am I to find my team if I don't have a fucking clue who the morons are?

[A native just shrugs, not phased much by Silver's language. Silver just snorts.

He'll be hassling anyone and everyone, asking what
team you are in. If it's not team Seven, he'll shove you away.] You think finding a bunch of morons would be easy.

[First Impressions: So not his forte.]

[asea]

[ Though Walter is inclined to ignore the obnoxious cry, he recalls that he's, unwittingly, a member of said team five. He turns his head slightly to look in the direction of the caller. At first, he sees nothing, but then the black blob pops up in the midst of the crowd and Walter's brows furrow.

What is that thing? Whatever the answer is, he's not going to stick around and turns on his heels to depart. He might have already dug his grave by briefly making eye contact. ]

[drunkmanjuu]

[ Yep. Eye contact was a terrible idea. At any rate, Mokona is off like a rocket, hopping after Walter through the crowd. ]

Hey! You there! What's your team number!

[asea]

[ That thing is fast. Knowing that it's talking to him of all people, he puts a hold to the current plan of "get the hell out of here" to look over his shoulder and address the thing. ]

I'm having no part in this.

[asea]

[Before the team meetup and once the names have been called, Walter pushes through the crowd, barely escaping the numerous hands of the natives in pursuit of the one in charge. He doesn't appear angry so much as disinterested, as is often the case.]

I didn't sign up for this.

[We know you didn't, the natives say mirthfully. Walter gives them a blank look, then turns away when they smile back. There's someone he needs to talk to about the matter of leadership in this absurd event.]

[drunkmanjuu]

[ Also, that thing is now on your head and peering down. ]

Aw, c'mon. We do things like this for fun! Dontcha like fun? You look like you need it.

[asea]

[ The urge to tear it off his head and throw it across the crowd is sorely tempting. And he will attempt it if it pushes him over the edge he's already teetering at. For now, he'll let the intrusion of personal space slide. ]

I don't need anything from this. Find a replacement.

[shirleyhopeful]

[Well, finding a purple fish shouldn't be too difficult...right?

Nope, she was wrong as she was trying to figure out how to get a certain fish when she wasn't even sure where it was. Better start looking!]

[digitalhazard]

[He'll frown as he gets shoved away.]

That isn't very nice. [Doesn't the red dino look vaguely familiar? Kind of like it evolved from that little red blob you met the other day.]

[elementofchange]

[She's not the only one looking for a fish. Not exactly in a 'people' mood right now, Tahno is just browsing and admiring the various sealife.]

[Sure, it still puts him in something of a bad mood, and at the same time.... doesn't. Betta fish are just rather beautiful and proud, how can he hate them?]

Do you have any idea which of these is yours? I'm trying to narrow down all these fish.

[Seriously no labels or anything, jeez. Way to be failures, Vatheon natives.]

[shirleyhopeful]

[Shirley wasn't expecting anyone to talk to her but she didn't mind. She did take a glance at him before looking back at the fishes.]

Um, no, not really. I'm trying to find a purple colored fish but...it seems like almost all of these fish could be it.

[She was starting to wonder what the people of Vatheon were really up to now...]

[elementofchange]

There are eight fish, it shouldn't be that...

[Wait.]

Which team are you on?

[shirleyhopeful]

[Blink]

I'm on Team Two, what team are you on?

[neededahand]

[This dude is very much not participating. He's just hovering a few feet above the ground, trying to find something he wants to take a closer look at.]

[elementofchange]

[Well then.]

The same, as it turns out. So I suppose that makes us... teammates.

[shirleyhopeful]

[Can you see the smile on Shirley's face?]

That's great! Um...I suppose I should introduce myself first. I'm Shirley and you are?

[behind_my_smile]

This is all so exciting!! [Fai is making his way through the crowd and heading towards the main event areas.]

I can't wait to play~ I wonder how my team will do. I've never played many team sports. This should be fun.

[brbstealingpknm]

Yea, and so what? [It does, but it's not a pokemon so Silver's not going to really put two and two together. Yet.]

[digitalhazard]

Nobody's gonna wanna help you if you aren't nicer.

[brbstealingpknm]

What do I care about nice?

[digitalhazard]

You're trying to find somebody, right?