[Xion looks happier than she's been in a while, and she waves at the mirror, practically bouncing up and down in place. Her black coat has been replaced by a dress and hoodie combo, and her feet are bare for once. There's what's unmistakably a coconut tree behind her.]

[and miles and miles of open water.]

It's been so busy, with those robots and everything, that I almost forgot. Mahalia and I: we made an ocean! A real ocean. It's where the wild dunes used to be--near the clock tower.

And I just thought...we made it for ourselves, but we want to share it with everyone here who misses the ocean like we do. Or...or wants to see it.

[she ducks her head, almost shyly.]

I think, if it could make just one person happy, that would be great.



[ooc: important info about the ocean here, if any of your girls fancy a dip.]

[Anyone who knows Fela knows very well how much she likes to sunbathe. Considering how little she sleeps at night, with her mind busy roaming the dreaming, her frequent habit of daytime naps is not so very strange. She can often be found near her house, laid out on the warm clay with the sun spilling over her face.

Today, however, there is ocean. She does not remember the last time she saw the ocean in the waking world, but she knows that its beauty is featured often in the sleeping fantasies of those she cares for. And it is beautiful. The water glitters beneath the full sun and the sand is silky beneath bare feet. She shields her eyes for a moment as she comes upon the dunes, looking out over the scene with eagerness, feeling the breeze kicked up by the tide as it sends her hair and her skirts fluttering.

She unties the long skirt from around her waist as she heads out across the sand in her top and simple colaless. The top, however, will not be lasting long. It is already quite revealing, covering only the barest essentials for polite company, and in its bright print had probably already been mistaken for a cloth bathing top already. She unties it without much care, making a pile of clothes that she weights down against the wind with the many colorful bracelets and necklaces she wears, as well as the beaded purse she keeps across her body.

She heads down to the water then, laying out in the wet sand where the tide can keep her cool and wet under the sun. She doesn't intend to go anywhere else today. Although there is one thing missing, which she calls to the vine to attend to:]

Mahalia? [She's rolled onto her stomach, wet hair spilling across her face. She pushes it off with a laugh. As she moves, the sun catches her skin and the water and she really is absolutely glowing.] Are you coming to join me?

[As the tide rolls back, it becomes a bit more obvious that it was not just the water glittering so brilliantly. The wild effects of the water have deemed that their visitor be gifted with scintillating scales, nearly translucent except for the sheen of colors that flash every time they catch the light. A rainbow of color overlaying already golden skin. But perhaps you will have to get a bit closer to see them in detail.]

It is lovely either way, but you know I would enjoy your company. Well, really, anyone is invited.

[She laughs again, wiggling her fingers in greeting at the mirror.]




[[ooc; is Vee blatantly abusing the fact that her PB is a sexy sexy swimsuit model? Yeah. Yeah she is.]]

[Amamiya, dressed in a simple blue one-piece swimsuit, stands at the water's edge, letting it lap at her ankles. It had been so long since she had swam in the ocean - the lake just wasn't the same.]

[She runs forward into the surf, diving right into the oncoming waves and down below the surface once she's out far enough. She kicks her legs in practiced motions and slides through the water smoothly.]

[When she needs a breath, she surfaces, a rare smile spreading across her face. This reminded her of...something. Something she couldn't remember, even though she was pretty sure she should.]

[Her smile turned briefly into a frown. That was going to bother her.]

[ooc: Beach shenanigans! Open to anyone. Amamiya will, naturally, wind up suffering a wildcard effect of some kind, although I haven't decided what it should be yet.]

[Nepeta had been in significantly higher moods ever since Equius had arrived. Beautiful as the gardens were, and as happy as she was to be meeting new people, especially ones who were so nice, not having her moirail around had been like missing a part of who she was. Now if only Terezi and Karkat were here--and all the others as well. Then things would be just perfect, but as things were?

She could be happy with this. Between Equius, Kanaya, and all the new friends she was making she honestly did not feel like she was lacking anymore.

The sun had begun to go down not too long ago and Nepeta was exploring the northern edge of the Gardens, a place she had yet to venture into. She was down on all fours, scouting the area and taking in the new smells. As this place was ever expanding, there were always new places to go to that made her adventurer's very content indeed!

Not to far in the distance she could see the silhouette of some building. Probably someone's hive. Curiosity got the better of her, and she began to make her way towards it.]n

((ooc; this is primarily for Gabrielle-mun, but if anyone wants CR with Nepeta they are free to hop in! :33))

[The sudden appearance of an open sea in the garden's wilds was an welcome change from the greenery that pervaded most of the world. Tsukasa, having been cooped up with said greenery for a period of months, quickly took the opportunity to pay a visit to the sea and try and whip up a fun afternoon for herself. Wearing a blue one-piece swimming suit colored a shade of blue just a bit darker then her hair and flanked on either side by her ever present demonic companions, she hits the water with as much zeal as any battle that she has ever taken part in.

However, upon entering the depths, Tsukasa lets out a loud yell in a tone much higher then her normal speaking voice. Similarly, her Pixie makes a noise more akin to her one her master would make. The Jack Frost beside the two seems entirely unaffected by the oddities going on around it. Eventually a voice, tiered and lower, rings over the vine. It sounds like Tsukasa, though the blue haired demon tamer can see playing the background...]

Is there something strange going on with the ocean? I don't feel to good...




[ooc: Tsukasa and her Pixie have swapped bodies due to the ocean's wildcard effect.]