[OPEN] Soldier On--

[bufudine]

Who: Serph and YOU
Where: The Park
When: November 14th, afternoon
Style: [brackets] preferred, but I can adjust
Status: WIDE OPEN

[It's been quite some time since Sera's departure, and since then, there have been others -- both Tribe and friends -- who have left Vatheon and not returned. Serph doesn't know if they'll return. Maybe they will. Maybe they won't. In the end, the decision isn't in his hands.

Before, there hadn't been time for these departures to affect him.

Which is why he's in the park, kicking a hacky sack. Signless had taught him the game when he'd noticed Serph watching him, so many months ago. In some ways, this is an imitation of that time; while Serph's content to play on his own, he's more than happy to play with people passing by.

Will you join in?]

Comments

[bufudine]

[Serph catches the hacky sack on the side of his foot and holds it there for a moment.]

How large should a 'really good ball' be?

[blitz_acing]

About this big.

[Tidus holds his hands out about the same width as a soccer/blitzball.]

But I guess you wouldn't be playing whatever it is you're playing. What game is it?

[bufudine]

I was told it doesn't have a name.

[Serph kicks the hacky sack into the air, juggling it between various parts of the same foot.]

The aim is to keep the ball in the air using only your feet.

[And with that, he kicks it over to Tidus in an easy lob.]

[blitz_acing]

You could make one.

[It sounds like fun, so he kicks it in the air, reminding himself not to kick as hard as he normally would. He balances it on his foot before returning it to Serph.]

[bufudine]

[Serph isn't very creative when it comes to names. The last time someone asked him to name something (in this case, a son), he just gave Cielo's name.

Serph bounces the incoming ball off his knee and onto his foot, kicking the hacky sack to his other foot before kicking it back to Tidus in a high arc.

No, he can't think of any names for this game.]

What name would you give it?

[blitz_acing]

[Tidus looks up thoughtfully, bouncing the hacky sack on his heel and kicking it back to Serph.]

We have to use our feet, so...how about toe ball?

[bufudine]

[Toe ball... Serph nods.]

It's a good name.

[Serph catches it easily and juggles it for a while. He's a little impressed by how easily Tidus has been able to control the ball right from the get go.]

You've picked this up quickly.

[It makes him think of Angelo, whose experience with the bow helped his accuracy with a pistol.]

Have you played something similar?