It's break time for the characters. That means beach time. Enjoy.
Beach Day Part I
Everyone was gathered in the main living room, trying to come up with some ideas for things to do that day. At the moment, it was a vote between pinning the tail on the donkey or spin the bottle, both ideas submitted by Solo, who was at least trying to be part of the group since they first came to the Prime Zone.
"Is this really the best that we have," Jen asked, tallying up the votes.
"Yeah," Maylu said. "This is the best we have. So, what's the final vote?"
"Ummmm…..they're all blank." And it was true. Every piece of paper was blank.
"Damn, this is sad," Megaman said.
"Wait a second," Will said, snapping his fingers. "I've got the perfect thing for a hot day like this."
"What?"
"The beach. It's only about half an hour away and we've got daylight burning. It's either that or we sit here and do nothing for the entire day."
Everyone looked at each other, considering the suggestion. "But it's still gonna be hot," Bud said.
"There are ice cream stands all over the beach," Will said.
Bud and Dex were in their swimming trunks in the blink of an eye, Dex's having Gutsman's navimark on it, Bud's with a flame design. "Let's go," they both said enthusiastically.
That pretty much sealed the deal there and soon, everyone was in swimming gear, the navis, reploids, and EM beings in their human forms, ready to go out. "Wait," Yai said, a sudden realization hitting her. "How do we get there?"
"I'm driving," J said, a pair of keys in his right hand. He went through a door next to the front door and everyone heard the sound of a vehicle transmission turning over. When they all went through the front door, J pulled out from a larger door on the side of the house in a large camper, red stripes going along the sides.
"We're going in that thing," Pat asked, looking rather doubtful.
"It may not look like much, but this camper's gotten us through a lot," J said, whacking the side of the camper. The back bumper fell off, making a large clattering noise and giving everyone a reason for not getting on the thing. "I can fix that."
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Forty minutes later, they arrived at the beach and the first thing Dex and Bud did was to run off to one of the many ice cream shacks scattered around the beach.
"Well, while those two go off to try some ice cream, I'm gonna catch some of those waves," Max said, walking over to the side of the camper to open the compartment with various beach items stacked inside. "Anyone feel like joining me?"
"Eh, why not," Omega-xis said, heading over to the open compartment and pulling out a blue and green striped surf board.
"Sam, have you ever surfed before," Geo asked.
"Naw. But how hard can it be," Omega-xis said, walking towards the surf. "Here we go." He got into the water and began to swim away from shore, looking for a wave.
"This should be good for a laugh or two," Lyra said, watching.
A wave began to form and Omega-xis turned his board, swimming away from the wave. As it came up under him, he tried to stand, but began to lose his balance. "SHIT," he yelled, the board flying out from under his feet as he flipped over, hitting the water head on, literally. He resurfaced, sputtering and coughing up the saltwater in his mouth. He looked at everyone on the beach and simply said, "Not one word. Or I'll kill you."
"You all have fun with the surf. I'm going off for a walk," Will said, walking away from the group.
"I'll come with," Kass said, jogging to catch up with him.
"Those two are getting really close," MD said, floating in front of the group. "Hey, are you guys sure I won't stick out?"
"Pretty sure," J said. "There have been weirder things happening around here before."
"Like what?"
"Floating boards. Like those," he said, pointing out over the water. Everyone turned to see a group of people, all standing on individual boards floating just above the water's surface.
"What are those," Megaman asked, holding a surf board in his right arm.
"Gravboards. Pretty popular around here."
"Any easier than a surf board," Omega-xis asked, now out of the water.
"Nope. Harder. If you can't balance on a surf board, you'll fall off of those things just as fast."
"Damn it," Omega-xis said, snapping his fingers. "Ah screw this. I'm going shell hunting." He began to walk after grabbing a bag from the compartment.
"Wait for me," Lyra said, walking after him, Gemini, PD, Zack, Ophiuchus, and Palette behind her.
"What about the rest of you," Max asked.
"I suppose Zero, Axl-R, and myself will go look for some players for a game of volleyball," X said.
"I'm up for a game of beach volleyball," Axl-N said. He went to follow them towards the volleyball nets.
"Hey, I'll come too," Iceman said, followed by Glyde, Sean, and Tory.
"I'll do some surfing," Luna said, a surfboard already in her arm.
"I didn't know you surfed," Sonia said, a little surprised.
"What's your point?"
"Nothing. Nevermind."
"Hey, is there a place to work out around here," Gutsman asked.
"Yeah. Go just past that stand down there by the showers," Max said. "It's hard to miss."
"Thanks." Gutsman walked off to the where the showers were, followed by Taurus.
"I'm going for a swim," Layer said.
"I'll come," Roll and Maylu both said.
"Me too," Z said.
"I think I'll go watch the boys play volleyball for a bit," Alia said. "I'll meet up with some of you eventually."
"Well, I guess the rest of us are going surfing," Max said, looking around.
"Correction. You are going surfing. I am going to rent a gravboard," J said. "I'll meet up with you guys in a bit." He walked off to a stand with gravboards stacked behind it.
"Alrighty then. Well, I'm gonna go ahead and hit the surf. Hey, anyone see where Solo went?"
"Nope. But knowing him, he'll show up somewhere," Geo said. He grabbed a surf board and he started towards the water.
Meanwhile, J was picking out a gravboard and saw Solo looking around at the gravboards as well. "hey, Solo," J called.
Solo looked around and saw J. "What do you want," Solo asked.
"Nothing. So, you plan on trying out the gravboards?"
"Might as well. It can't be that hard."
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