Fifty-Eighth Keychain - [Voice/Action]

[perplexme]

[Housemates will probably find Roxas in the kitchen with newspapers on the table, a palate of paint, some paper...and a very disgruntled cat who doesn't understand why his human wants him to dip his pretty paws in the wet colors.]

Nea, come on. You were doing really well, too. You can't just give up now.

[There's a hiss from the cat before he swats at the paint palate. Roxas sighs and shakes his head, giving up for now. Artists can be pretty temperamental, after all. Instead he'll focus himself on the journal, opening it up and idly leafing through it. His conversation with Naoto's been on his mind, and he has an important question.]

So...what's the main difference between being a boy and being a girl? I mean, girls can do things boys can, right? So what difference does it make? [He doesn't quite get why people were upset with Naoto for being a girl detective, that's all.] Answer me that.

And answer me this: how come everyone else got a horse last week except for me? Total bummer.

[Filtered to Axel]

I've got something cool to show you, but you have to go to the battle dome with me.

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[Filtered to Xion]

Do you need anything? [He's worried about you, bff dos. He's in overprotective mode now.]

Comments

[perplexme]

Nope. What does the ocean have to do with a board game though?

[doubleppk]

Seahorses look similar to one of the chess pieces: a knight.

It's just their name. Seahorse. I'm pretty sure the chess thing is why they were named that, since they look and act nothing like regular horses.

In Japanese they're called sangotatsu: which roughly means coral dragon. That comes from an old Japanese story that seashorses are actually ocean dragons in a sort of... baby form.

[perplexme]

Huh. I'll have to take a look now. Do you really think they're dragons though? I know stories are stories, but they have to come from some kind of truth, don't you think?

[doubleppk]

No. I've seen a real dragon before. Even before coming here, I mean. Their snouts are kind of similar to a seahorse's, but that's about it. I guess bundled up their tails are similar too. Similar, not the same. It makes as much as sense as naming them after a board game piece really.

[perplexme]

That's disappointing. Oh well...I'd still like to see them someday. You said their ocean creatures right? Maybe I'll head to the beach.

[doubleppk]

You could ask around. Someone might be able to help you find one. Or draw it at least.

...omg my typos /headdesk. Sorry

[perplexme]

I think I'll do that...thanks a lot. I've been meaning to do an ocean exploration anyway.

lakjdsklajd no worries, I had big ones earlier in the other thread orz

[doubleppk]

Oh? Sailing on the surface you mean?

FFFF and I noticed nothing

[perplexme]

That's one way, yeah. But I've wanted to go swimming on the shore and look, too.

heh I appreciate it when people don't see my fail B) /tries to return the favor

[doubleppk]

Hah yeah... water sports are the best!

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[perplexme]

What's your favorite then? My friends are used to them, but where I'm from we didn't get a chance to go to the beach a lot. [Or ever, but details.]

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[doubleppk]

Windsurfing. Faster water speed in the world. Even speedboats aren't as fast.

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[perplexme]

Is it just like it sounds? Like you're on a board and the wind just pushes you?

[doubleppk]

Yes! It's a surfboard with a giant sail attached to it! It's quite a lot of fun. And you're less likely to fall over than on a regular surfboard.

[perplexme]

I skateboard a lot...think it'd be easy for me to try windsurfing?

[doubleppk]

Maybe! It requires a pretty good sense of balance and currents, but that's similar enough. Couldn't hurt too much to try, right?

Can you swim?

[perplexme]

Well enough, yeah. Is a lot of swimming required?

[doubleppk]

If you fall off.

[perplexme]

I've got good balance. I won't fall off.

[doubleppk]

Okay! We should go out sometime! It'll be fun!

[perplexme]

Name a day and I'm there. Let's try to go before it gets too cold though, okay?

[doubleppk]

You think so? But it always gets so exciting this month in Luceti. Hm... I wonder when it'll snow. We should have enough time right after Halloween, right?

[perplexme]

It usually doesn't snow until November, but we might have time early November. Let's shoot for that. If you're okay with the water being cold, I mean.

[doubleppk]

Works for me!