Get up in the morning and I can't keep it in...

[augustpenguin]

Who: Nagisa Hazuki and YOU!
When: 9/3
Where: Plaza
What: Nagisa has arrived, and while he should probably be a little concerned, he's far more focused on the fact that he's under water
Status: Action!

[It was probably a good thing that the locals of Vatheon had a tenancy to be rather... oblivious to their off-world neighbors that dropped in like clock work every month. Most of them went through the typical gamut of reactions - upset, confused, frightened, even angry. But it was rare that one might just pop in and actually be happy. Or excited, really, not to mention standing around in nothing but a set of black and pink-striped jumpers and nothing else.

Admittedly, though, Nagisa Hazuki was just as confused as anyone at going to sleep, exhausted from a very long swim back to the mainland shore where and his friends had been only to wake up on the cold stone floor of a plaza in some unfamiliar city. He was worried, too, since he woke up with none of his friends anywhere near him.

But that was until he looked up to see the water over the bubble, and all of that instantly vanished from his mind.

So if any non-local happened through the plaza today, they might be greeted to the sight of a slight but well fit and shirtless blond, happily staring up at the bubble with his arms spread wide and his eyes practically sparkling.]

Comments

[seaborg]

[It's not even the shirtlessness that catches Pyunma's attention first, it's the pose. Newcomers appear, soaked and surprised, from all different situations and in all different states. It might even be normal for this person to go around shirtless, though Pyunma thinks he recognizes the look of a bathing suit.

It's just the sheer happiness that he finds strange, and that eventually drives him to approach.]

Is everything all right?

[augustpenguin]

[Nagisa is a special duck-- er. Penguin.

Getting approached and spoken to does snap the boy's attention away from the bubble, though he's practically bouncing with energy.]

Well, I don't know where I am or where my friends are, but that [he points to the bubble] is really amazing! I've always wondered what a city under the ocean would look like and now I know!

[seaborg]

Have you not wondered how you would get to a city under the ocean?

[He's caught somewhere between bemusement and amusement, to be responded to so cheerfully. It's not every day that you hear someone so nonchalantly talk about showing up in a new place surrounded by strangers.]

[augustpenguin]

No, not really! I was near the ocean, when I fell asleep. On the beach, actually! Though... I don't think I got pulled out by the tide. Pretty sure Mako-chan or Haru-chan would've grabbed me if that happened...

[Unless they were still asleep, of course. But this is getting Nagisa to focus more on the actual issue of where he is instead of the fact that there's a bubble holding back sea water all around them.]

I guess I should ask where I am... and if anyone has seen my friends.

[seaborg]

[Oh good. Though still, he's not sure whether the continued lack of freaking out is a good thing or not.]

Well, I can answer part of that. This place is called Vatheon. It's a city trapped inside a barrier.

[darkasnight]

[Hello Nagisa it would seem you have an audience of one right now and a very fuzzy one at that.

He creeps up alongside the fountain, watching Nagisa stare up at the glass dome in his... half-nude state. Weird.]

[augustpenguin]

[scuse you its a bathing suit. That's not half nude, that's perfectly clothed for swimming.

Nagisa obviously doesn't notice the cat right away, though. He's too busy staring in awe at the bubble to realize he himself is being stared at.]

[darkasnight]

[Hopping up on the ledge now.]

Aren't you even a bit cold like that?

[Will a talking cat get his attention?]

[augustpenguin]

It's a little cold, but the water was colder!

[Of course he's going to answer before looking.

But once he does turn to face the speaker... well... it looks like no one is there.]

... eh? W... was some one speaking just now... ?

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[Well hello cute guy. Cute shirtless guy. Minako just cant help but stare slightly before making herself known.]

I've never seen you around before, so you must be new. ,small>[With a smile, she leaned over slightly. He seemed rather happy, didn't he?] For a new guy you seem awfully happy.

[augustpenguin]

[Oops, some one is talking to him!

Nagisa turns with a cute but somewhat oblivious smile.]

Well, I don't really know where I am! But it's beautiful!

[soldierofloveandbeauty]

[So she was right about him being new at least.]

You are in a place called Vatheon. It's kind of a underwater city, like Atlantis in those stories.

[augustpenguin]

[Indeed!]

I knew it was under water! But... how did I get here? I didn't... y-you know...

[He makes a motion at his neck, indicating drowning/choking]

[fourleafed]

[Hello Nagisa, this is Yotsuba leaning over your face and peering at you.

And then there is some prodding, because she's going to poke Nagisa's face to see if he's alive or not.]

[augustpenguin]

Uwaah!

[that sure was a child suddenly in his face

and that sure was a lot of flailing from Nagisa]

[fourleafed]

[And Yotsuba is startled and steps back.]

You're alive!

[augustpenguin]

Of course I'm alive! ... at least, I think I'm alive.

[dontyoujustwish]

[There is really only one way for Anya to take the sight of a shirtless teen lying in the middle of the plaza.]

Four months and I finally get a cabana boy. Is that how it works, is there a waiting period?

[augustpenguin]

Cabana boy... ?

[Sorry, Anya, you're just going to get blinked at in confusion.]

I'm not a cabana.

[dontyoujustwish]

You're certainly dressed appropriately.

I can show you the ropes first and then you can start doing my bidding.

[augustpenguin]

[Nagisa isn't the type to usually scowl when irritated, but that brings an expression across his face that's pretty damn close.

Actually it looks more like a pout, but hey he's trying.

He sits up, resting hands on his ankles.]

I'm dressed for swimming because that's what I was doing. And I don't see why I have to do anyone's bidding. There are labor laws for a reason!

[bethehugejerk]

[It's about time for new people, isn't it? That's Karkat's thought, and what has kept him on the lookout on his trips through the Plaza lately. He... hasn't really seen any, though, at least not until today. It's a little odd, but he hasn't worried about it, since it's generally only a few people he outright looks for at these times.]

[Of course, none of that ever stops him from talking to the newbies. Especially when, like this one, they act dumb.]

[That's why this grey-skinned alien with nubby perfectly respectable horns is storming his way on over to Nagisa.]

Good job, you spotted the ocean! Yes, it's up there. Yes, we're underneath it. Do the general population a favor: put a shirt on and stop gawking like it's a miracle made manifest for your ganderbulbs.

[augustpenguin]

[Been screamed at lately, Karkat? Because Nagisa was perfectly okay with the ocean and the city under the water but gray skinned alien-looking... person pushes the line of what he can handle.

The second he sits up to greet the person who was very angrily welcoming him and sees all of that, he lets out a very shrill scream, scrambling away and slamming his back in to the wall surrounding the fountain.]

YAAAAHHH! A-ALIEN! MONSTER! GET AWAY FROM ME!

[bethehugejerk]

[Karkat's steps falter hearing the scream, and it's not a second later that his irritated look draws into an outright grimace.]

Calm your flailing rumblespheres, human, I'm not going to kill you. Unlike some senseless asshats I have an actual sense of decorum, which means not senselessly murdering all I come across. Do you see anyone else panicking about me? So much as a raised eyebrow? Of course you don't: no one gives a shit and I haven't given them reason to.

[augustpenguin]

[He does stop screaming, but the terrified look stays, along with the very obvious panicked rise and fall of his chest.]

H-how can I trust you? Maybe you're just a master of deception! You've tricked them all in to believing you're good and you're just waiting for the right victim!

[... way to jump to insane conclusions, Nagisa.]