Pool Pool Pool

[all_wound_up]

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

[bondsofsuffering]

[Riiight.]

Yeah! Let's see, I'm guessing you'd probably do best in the... middle pool, maybe?

[He'd been enjoying the adult pool earlier just because of the freedom it gave to swim around, but if Atsuro isn't actually that strong of a swimmer, it's probably not the best choice.]

[otakuro]

The middle pool?

[...Atsuro glances out at the pools from their position at the door of the locker room.]

Is that the one with all of the 12-year-olds running around it?

[bondsofsuffering]

Well, if you want to go to the adult pool, I'm not gonna complain. You can tread water, right?

[otakuro]

...

Is that the thing where you kind of sit there and try not to drown? I think I can do that. ...Probably.

[bondsofsuffering]

And that's why I suggested the middle pool.

Well, it's up to you! I don't know any life guard skills though, so if you start to drown you're on your own.

[otakuro]

The mark of a true friend.

Fine, fine, we'll take the grade schooler pool. ...I'll grab one of those colored floaty things, even.

[bondsofsuffering]

I'm still looking out for your health! But I can't do everything.

[Though he'll also grab a pool noodle on the way over, since it's not like they're about to do any serious swimming.]

[otakuro]

You could at least pretend you would try and help.

[With as much dignity as he can muster, Atsuro grabs a bright orange floaty thing and hangs on tight as he marches into the pool with a grim expression. ...All he needed to complete the image was the gangplank.]

[bondsofsuffering]

Didn't you know? It could be really dangerous for someone without any training to attempt a rescue, because they might just get in the way or even get injured by the person they're trying to save!

[He checks to make sure the coast is clear before happily jumping into the pool, sinking into the water only a bit before the pool noodle drags him up to the surface again.]

[otakuro]

It'd be totally worth it, though! My life is worth a lot; I've got the record for Donkey Crown in three arcade stores in Shinjuku!

[Atsuro is at least dignified about plummeting to his death. The skinny boy simply takes a small breath before jumping in as rigidly as a stick.]

[bondsofsuffering]

[...]

You realize just touching the water isn't enough to drown you, right?

[otakuro]

[Atsuro deliberately stays at the bottom of the pool as long as he can just to spite Hizumi before he slowly bobs to the top.]

...T-There, see? Exercise.

[He says as he clings to his noodle for dear life.]

[bondsofsuffering]

Congrats, you've exercised enough to burn off a grain of rice!

[He idly kicks around a bit, pushing his own pool noodle underwater in the process.]

[otakuro]

A grain of rice is exercised off in a half minute of breathing. That was at least five.

[Atsuro huffily floats forward a few more feet.]

[bondsofsuffering]

[Well, at least that makes him an easy target.

With a mischievous grin, Hizumi suddenly brings the noodle up again, blowing into one end so that the water that was previously inside comes shooting out the side and straight at Atsuro.]

[otakuro]

[The water of course strikes Atsuro straight in the face, sending him reeling backwards into the water and away from his noodle.

He slowly sinks great job Hizumi.]

[bondsofsuffering]

[And then Hizumi's first murder wasn't a cursed Blade Child but an ordinary human instead.

Wh...oops...?]

[otakuro]

[...Atsuro pops up after a few seconds of glubbing and sticks out his tongue.]

Splashing people is rude, you know.

[bondsofsuffering]

With weather like this, you should be grateful for the cool water!

[otakuro]

Yeah, the cool, Hizumi-spit contaminated water.

[Actually it probably had everyone's spit in it. Atsuro leisurely floats a few feet further into the deeper part of the pool.]

[bondsofsuffering]

Well, if you really think about it, the pool water is probably really filthy but... That's what the chlorine is for, isn't it?

[Atsuro harassment over for the moment, he's just idly hanging onto the pool noodle to keep himself afloat now.]

[otakuro]

[Float float float...]

I read somewhere that most pool water is generally around 0.5% urea.

[Thank you for that gem of knowledge Atsuro it probably isn't even true.]

[bondsofsuffering]

It'd probably depend on the pool though, don't you think? I could see that being true for a shallower one where you have kids who probably shouldn't even be in the pool to start with.

[He snags a stray pool noodle, adding it to his first one. Maybe he can make a raft...]

[otakuro]

...OK, I think it was time for a change of topic about ten minutes ago.

How'd you learn how to swim? Took lessons when you were a kid?

[bondsofsuffering]

[And Hizumi just laughs at that. Atsuro is surprisingly easy to put off during conversations.]

Yup! It was a while ago, but it's not so hard to remember again once you're in the water.