Pool Pool Pool

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Who: Everyone!
Where: Hinoto-Ri Public Pool
When: The weekend of June 7th-9th
Summary: We have a pool now!  Summer fun for everyone!
Warnings: Probably none.

[It's summer, and what would summer be without a pool?  Well, thankfully for the good citizens and Visitors of Hinoto-Ri, the public pool is finally open for business!  With three different pools, a snack bar, and plenty of space on the grass for playing frisbee or just laying out to get some sun, there's plenty of summertime fun for everyone!  There are also a number of pool toys to use, ranging from basketball hoops and plastic balls, water noodles, boogie boards, and just about anything else you can think of.]

((OOC: Open log!  Everyone just tag around at your leisure!))

Comments

[otakuro]

Oh, sit down and take a break!

[Atsuro scoots over to make room for Nano even though nobody else was even at his table anyway. At least some people had the good manners not to approach him while dripping deadly water everywhere cough Hizumi cough.]

Have you been out here long?

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[Smiling and nodding, Nano sits at the edge of the table, careful not to get too close lest she give herself away. She'll settle down and sit in a more normal way as the conversation proceeds, though.]

Only for a little while. I was just splashing around in the shallow end. I don't really know how to swim...

[otakuro]

I'm impressed you can swim at all without getting your... mechanisms wet. But I guess if they can make waterproof watches...

[Atsuro gives a small shrug.]

Don't worry about it, anyway! I don't swim well, either.

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Oh no, I'm very well insulated! I can even take baths!

[Haha! Ha.

Oh wait, that was a really embarrassing image to evoke. Nano turns beet red, glancing sharply down at the table.]

[otakuro]

...

[For some reason, Nano is radiating awkwardness again. Atsuro decides to politely refrain from asking.]

Oh, er, Nano! I had something to tell you... About our... project from last month.

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Oh! Yes, that! Did you find anything else out?

[otakuro]

Er. Well. I mean...

No.

[A short pause.]

So, I guess... I wanted to tell you that I didn't have anything else to tell you. I tried everything I could think of, but tracing data back to the machine it's created in is already a lot of trouble, let alone tracing it back to the brain it started in. Sorry, Nano.

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Oh...

[Nano frowns thoughtfully for a moment before shaking her head and smiling back at Atsuro all the same.]

That's all right. It's enough that you tried so hard for me.

[otakuro]

Ah, well. ...I think we accomplished a lot that day, anyway. I hope you haven't worried too much in the meantime, Nano.

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[Nano shakes her head.]

No, I've been fine.

[And after glancing left and right, she leans in, whispering.]

I actually found out I wasn't the only one that happened to, so I feel a little better about it.

[otakuro]

Oh!

[Atsuro blinks for a moment before he responds in kind.]

Wait, not just you? Other people, or... other robots?

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Both, actually.

[otakuro]

...Huh.

[It had been some time since he had given the matter much serious thought, but... Atsuro frowns for a moment as he tries to digest this information.]

So... it doesn't necessarily mean you were hacked then, more...

[...]

Ah, never mind; we can think about this some other time. We're here to relax, right? Let's try to just enjoy ourselves for a little while.

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[Nano blinks curiously at Atsuro as he's thinking, but is just as happy to dismiss that line of thought as he is.]

Yes! That's right. It's too nice out today to worry about things like that.

[otakuro]

The Anoli will always be there, anyway, right?

[With that cheerful thought, Atsuro closes the lid of his computer and stretches.]

I need a refill on these fries. You want anything, Nano?

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Oh! Um... whatever you're having is fine!

[otakuro]

Aw, there's so much, though! You should pick something you really want. I can cover it!

Come on!

[Atsuro will stand and tuck his (fixed) laptop under one arm before heading towards the refreshments.]

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Well, if you're offering...

[Nano stands to follow Atsuro, looking up at the menu.]

Maybe a slice of pizza? And a soda?

[otakuro]

Sure!

[It really was a nice day out. Atsuro takes his time as he heads for the refreshments stand, noting the cloud of people flitting in and out with their food. It would probably take a few minutes before they could be served...]

...You know, I kind of wish I did know how to swim well. It just wasn't something that happened when I was a kid.

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[Well, it is the height of summer, so that's no surprise. Nano's content to wait with him, though.]

It's all right, I don't know how either. I'm not sure if I really could even if I wanted to, so I just play in the shallow end.

[otakuro]

The, er... hydraulics aren't advanced enough?

[He had no idea if robot swimming operated on hydraulics, honestly.]

It's nice to just dip your feet in, too. That's usually what I end up doing.

[And it keeps your hands free to play games.]

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I don't know... I've never really tried before.

[Nano doesn't know either, so that makes two of them.]

Do you want to sit by the pool together when we're done eating, Atsuro-san?

[otakuro]

Er...

[Atsuro glances down at his laptop for a moment.]

...Sure! I can... put this back in my bag and bring it along.

[As long as sitting was all that was required.]

Do you think it's a little crowded right now, though?

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Oh... it might be. I wouldn't want to be responsible for breaking a second one of your computers.

[otakuro]

Hey, the first one wasn't broken! ...Just the screen. I had it replaced in less than two days.

[Part of the first day had been dedicated to a memorial service for his faithful screen for serving him so long.]

It'll probably be more open by the time we're finished eating -- Looks like the line here's opening up, too.