The Sun, the Beach and the Water Guns (OOC, OPEN)

[The Selkie]

Ok. Sure.

Alright, I thought about it. Knowing you, I have to insist on Rule 6, no one-liners, but other then that...

App for The Sun, the Beach and the Water Guns

Name: Sulejman Fazlic
Occupation:
Medical doctor
Country of Origin:
Bosnia
Appearance:
5 ft 11 in, muscular, white with black hair and brown eyes.
Culinary Concerns:
No pork.
Medical Concerns:
Needs to take anti-anxiety medication.
Notes:
We’re not a slaver state and even when we were, Sulejman and Fatima Fazlic didn’t own slaves
(And neither did their parents).
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App for The Sun, the Beach and the Water Guns

Name: Fatima Fazlic
Occupation:
Medical doctor
Country of Origin:
Bosnia
Appearance:
5 ft 9 in, in a burqini, white with black hair and brown eyes.
Culinary Concerns:
No pork.
Medical Concerns:
None.
Notes:
We’re not a slaver state and even when we were, Sulejman and Fatima Fazlic didn’t own slaves
(And neither did their parents).
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App for The Sun, the Beach and the Water Guns

Name: Amina Fazlic
Occupation:
Secondary school (daughter of Sulejman and Fatima Fazlic)
Country of Origin:
Bosnia
Appearance:
5 ft 9 in, in a burqini, white with black hair and brown eyes.
Culinary Concerns:
Vegetarian.
Medical Concerns:
Needs to take anti-anxiety medication.
Notes:

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Accepted. Welcome aboard.

[Sky Reavers]

I finally posted! Sorry for a bit of a delay.

[The Selkie]

I finally posted! Sorry for a bit of a delay.

No problem, it is alright. So far, has anyone been hit? Or are we just ignoring that little detail in favour of having fun? ; )

[Sky Reavers]

I finally posted! Sorry for a bit of a delay.

No problem, it is alright. So far, has anyone been hit? Or are we just ignoring that little detail in favour of having fun? ; )

So far no. But Seth might get hit in future. Or ignore that if ya' want?

[The Selkie]

No problem, it is alright. So far, has anyone been hit? Or are we just ignoring that little detail in favour of having fun? ; )

So far no. But Seth might get hit in future.

Fair enough. Though, to be honest, I wouldn't have anything against ignoring that in favour of fun, if you want, too.

[Tummylandia and Susistan]

App for The Sun, the Beach and the Water Guns

Name: Adriana Jimenez
Occupation: Author, Librarian for local library.
Country of Origin: Tummylandia and Susistan
Appearance: https://i.ibb.co/XZbXH9Z/female1022539964599.png
Culinary Concerns: Has an allergy to peanuts
Medical Concerns:
Notes: 32 years old, comfortable middle class
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[The Selkie]

App for The Sun, the Beach and the Water Guns

Name: Adriana Jimenez
Occupation: Author, Librarian for local library.
Country of Origin: Tummylandia and Susistan
Appearance: https://i.ibb.co/XZbXH9Z/female1022539964599.png
Culinary Concerns: Has an allergy to peanuts
Medical Concerns:
Notes: 32 years old, comfortable middle class
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First of all, welcome to NationStates and welcome to the Forums!
Second of all, accepted. Glad to have you onboard.

[Tummylandia and Susistan]

App for The Sun, the Beach and the Water Guns

Name: Adriana Jimenez
Occupation: Author, Librarian for local library.
Country of Origin: Tummylandia and Susistan
Appearance: https://i.ibb.co/XZbXH9Z/female1022539964599.png
Culinary Concerns: Has an allergy to peanuts
Medical Concerns:
Notes: 32 years old, comfortable middle class
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First of all, welcome to NationStates and welcome to the Forums!
Second of all, accepted. Glad to have you onboard.

It's late at night at my time zone (philippine time) so i will probably actually write things tomorrow

[The Selkie]

It's late at night at my time zone (philippine time) so i will probably actually write things tomorrow

No problem, good things need time!

[The Selkie]

IB, for the record, the RP takes place on the day the IC started, the 21st of June 2022. So, unless your people can look magically into the future by three months, the wedding you are describing does not yet happen. And no, they can not look magically into the future (see Rule 4.8., and this is not a case I allow).
(My apologies for the double post, everyone.)

EDIT: Thank you, IB.

IC: the Bosnian family are watching the Bosnian royal wedding on the state broadcaster through their phones.
They are happy delighted both at how happy the couple and at the beneficial impact it will have on the country as a whole.
Later, however, they read news that slavery has been reinstituted in Bosnia.

[Ezhara]

Selkie, uh, when does a water gun match end? Also, is throwing a whole bucketful of water at someone allowed?

Water guns
The sun beating down, the waves crashing, and the boys walked in, with Kasem removing his windbreaker and shirt and tossing them near the designated starting area, revealing an athletic, youthful build that was eager to grow up to develop into a man's strength, to become a bastion of protection and love. Next to him, Eiko only tightened his yukata and glanced around, shuffled as he walked. Around him came a mist-like, vague fear, like a child who knew the odor of smoke in their house but didn't recognize that it heralded fire, and still he remained silent.
"Eiko?"
He blinked. "It's..." He looked Kasem over, trying to push those thoughts down, of the way he was... He sighed, feeling Kagutsuchi's flames drain away. "It's nothing."
"I mean... well, you just seem really distracted."
Eiko reached out to a curl of his hair, refrained for a moment when he felt an undesired, buried hunger reach out from within him, but the sweetness of his beloved's concern was enough to assuage and cool it. He reached in to stroke the curl. "Look, I'll get into the right rhythm soon enough. Trust me. Look, if we win—"
Kasem leaned in, and Eiko whispered something to him, and a grin spread across him.

Seems they had an exciting plan of their own — a dessert, most likely.

On the other side were Lorenzo, surveying the area and carrying an extra water gun at his waist, and Kaz, who was carrying the small buckets from the wagon.
"Dang it..." Lorenzo said. "Thought we'd be on beach sands and dunes, not suburbia..."
"See what I meant?" Kaz chuckled. "Overprepared on all the wrong things."
"Better than dressing up like you're here for war."
"Not a war, not a war. Just a game that's my life— er—"
"Sounds like war enough."

"Well, all I got to lose is a bit of pride instead of my life." He paused to further examine the area around them, the suburban walls that didn't quite look destructible and held firm when he gave a gentle kick. "Not as bad as it could be. Course, I don't think I could fight in a war. Or kill anyone, really."
"Eh?" Kaz frowned. "Would've thought it wouldn't be too high of a step above."
Lorenzo shook his head. "It's guys like you who got no idea how bad kills are because you've lived your whole..." He paused. "Look, we'll argue later. For now, we got a fight, and neither of us can ruin this, got it? I've had to deal with plenty of people and teammates who'd rather me gone than there, just because of all the rumors— so don't go around thinking that I'm the problem, because I know for a fact that I can work just fine with other folks, got it?"
Kaz leered. "Really, why so defensive?"
Lorenzo tightened his grip on his gun, then breathed in, muttering to himself. "Don't even bother... don't even bother..."

Shortly after, the game began.
Kasem and Lorenzo both sprinted ahead, followed at a slower pace by their partners, but once they were a few steps out of their initial areas, both changed. Kasem slowed and kept his water gun raised, and where before there was just a boy, there were now the promises of an inexperienced, but at least knowledgeable-enough, special forces of some sort. On the other side. Lorenzo scrambled up a wall, ending up on a top part that seemed too thin for any intended walking, but still he balanced and crawled atop it with ease.
And on the ground, behind and at least slightly clueless, were their partners.
It took Lorenzo only a few seconds of scrambling along the wall before he made a controlled tumble back down onto his side, not too far from Kaz. Before he approached him, though, he cupped his hands and whistled a strange, animal-like call down one of the avenues towards Kasem, who perked up when he heard it.
Stepped towards it, Eiko in tow until a hurried hand signal sent the actor back.
Kasem saw nothing and stepped back.

Lorenzo had taken out his water gun, gave it a rough aim, and fired above them.
Enough water landed for Kasem and Eiko to yelp, look skyward in a panic as their soaked hairs whipped droplets. "Lorenzo!" Kasem said, running down the avenue.
The perpetrator hurried back to Kaz, refilling at a bucket near them. "Got them. Now, you run back to spawn and sing, I'll flank them." With that said and Kaz obeying, Lorenzo grabbed the bucket, emptied the rest of it, and threw it towards the route where the other two boys would come from, letting it land with a clatter. That, he guessed, would've grabbed their attention, warned them to pay heed and that they were there. Yet, considering the earlier trap, he had enough doubts to go through with his part of the plan; perhaps they would be enraged enough to chase that sound, or at least bloodthirsty enough to seek an engagement.
He rounded a corner. Nothing. In the distance, Kaz's whispery singing rang out even softer and more echoey than usual, drawing in even a piece of Lorenzo's focus. "I talk and talk about love but it's above the clouds..."
Another corner.

Green. Lorenzo unholstered his Tauwerk gun and fired in the same motion, feeling the quick response, not nearly as great range, and he could already plot out how to play with these new toys. Before Eiko could fire back, the paintballer ducked behind cover.
An explosive, hateful epiphany rang across the field. "I can't see it with my clouded mind!"
Trouble. From around the corner, he could hear Eiko sprinting towards him.
Lorenzo fled. The sound of turning feet, and the paintballer grabbed the edge of the oncoming corner, pulling himself into safety, while his other hand sprayed the Tauwerk in a narrow arc above and to the side of himself, from in front of Lorenzo to behind him and aimed to where Eiko would be coming from. For once, the lower range was a benefit: just weak enough to clear the wall, Would that be it?

Kaz's singing had stopped. From Lorenzo's left came annoyed grunts, from the right and down a corridor came hurried steps. Shots were true, Kaz was being chased. The paintballer hurried towards his ally, and when the steps behind him sounded more direct, he whirled around and drew his Ezharan water gun in the same motion. Eiko rounded the corner. Lorenzo fired and sidestepped to his right, saw Eiko adjust, saw water only just miss the flying fabric of his sandy jacket.
He had to run.
A glance to the side as he sidestepped away, with Kaz running into his peripheral from the corridor nearby, and Lorenzo fled forward, down another corner with a water bucket.
Dead end.

[The Selkie]

Selkie, uh, when does a water gun match end? Also, is throwing a whole bucketful of water at someone allowed?

Water guns
The sun beating down, the waves crashing, and the boys walked in, with Kasem removing his windbreaker and shirt and tossing them near the designated starting area, revealing an athletic, youthful build that was eager to grow up to develop into a man's strength, to become a bastion of protection and love. Next to him, Eiko only tightened his yukata and glanced around, shuffled as he walked. Around him came a mist-like, vague fear, like a child who knew the odor of smoke in their house but didn't recognize that it heralded fire, and still he remained silent.
"Eiko?"
He blinked. "It's..." He looked Kasem over, trying to push those thoughts down, of the way he was... He sighed, feeling Kagutsuchi's flames drain away. "It's nothing."
"I mean... well, you just seem really distracted."
Eiko reached out to a curl of his hair, refrained for a moment when he felt an undesired, buried hunger reach out from within him, but the sweetness of his beloved's concern was enough to assuage and cool it. He reached in to stroke the curl. "Look, I'll get into the right rhythm soon enough. Trust me. Look, if we win—"
Kasem leaned in, and Eiko whispered something to him, and a grin spread across him.

Seems they had an exciting plan of their own — a dessert, most likely.

On the other side were Lorenzo, surveying the area and carrying an extra water gun at his waist, and Kaz, who was carrying the small buckets from the wagon.
"Dang it..." Lorenzo said. "Thought we'd be on beach sands and dunes, not suburbia..."
"See what I meant?" Kaz chuckled. "Overprepared on all the wrong things."
"Better than dressing up like you're here for war."
"Not a war, not a war. Just a game that's my life— er—"
"Sounds like war enough."

"Well, all I got to lose is a bit of pride instead of my life." He paused to further examine the area around them, the suburban walls that didn't quite look destructible and held firm when he gave a gentle kick. "Not as bad as it could be. Course, I don't think I could fight in a war. Or kill anyone, really."
"Eh?" Kaz frowned. "Would've thought it wouldn't be too high of a step above."
Lorenzo shook his head. "It's guys like you who got no idea how bad kills are because you've lived your whole..." He paused. "Look, we'll argue later. For now, we got a fight, and neither of us can ruin this, got it? I've had to deal with plenty of people and teammates who'd rather me gone than there, just because of all the rumors— so don't go around thinking that I'm the problem, because I know for a fact that I can work just fine with other folks, got it?"
Kaz leered. "Really, why so defensive?"
Lorenzo tightened his grip on his gun, then breathed in, muttering to himself. "Don't even bother... don't even bother..."

Shortly after, the game began.
Kasem and Lorenzo both sprinted ahead, followed at a slower pace by their partners, but once they were a few steps out of their initial areas, both changed. Kasem slowed and kept his water gun raised, and where before there was just a boy, there were now the promises of an inexperienced, but at least knowledgeable-enough, special forces of some sort. On the other side. Lorenzo scrambled up a wall, ending up on a top part that seemed too thin for any intended walking, but still he balanced and crawled atop it with ease.
And on the ground, behind and at least slightly clueless, were their partners.
It took Lorenzo only a few seconds of scrambling along the wall before he made a controlled tumble back down onto his side, not too far from Kaz. Before he approached him, though, he cupped his hands and whistled a strange, animal-like call down one of the avenues towards Kasem, who perked up when he heard it.
Stepped towards it, Eiko in tow until a hurried hand signal sent the actor back.
Kasem saw nothing and stepped back.

Lorenzo had taken out his water gun, gave it a rough aim, and fired above them.
Enough water landed for Kasem and Eiko to yelp, look skyward in a panic as their soaked hairs whipped droplets. "Lorenzo!" Kasem said, running down the avenue.
The perpetrator hurried back to Kaz, refilling at a bucket near them. "Got them. Now, you run back to spawn and sing, I'll flank them." With that said and Kaz obeying, Lorenzo grabbed the bucket, emptied the rest of it, and threw it towards the route where the other two boys would come from, letting it land with a clatter. That, he guessed, would've grabbed their attention, warned them to pay heed and that they were there. Yet, considering the earlier trap, he had enough doubts to go through with his part of the plan; perhaps they would be enraged enough to chase that sound, or at least bloodthirsty enough to seek an engagement.
He rounded a corner. Nothing. In the distance, Kaz's whispery singing rang out even softer and more echoey than usual, drawing in even a piece of Lorenzo's focus. "I talk and talk about love but it's above the clouds..."
Another corner.

Green. Lorenzo unholstered his Tauwerk gun and fired in the same motion, feeling the quick response, not nearly as great range, and he could already plot out how to play with these new toys. Before Eiko could fire back, the paintballer ducked behind cover.
An explosive, hateful epiphany rang across the field. "I can't see it with my clouded mind!"
Trouble. From around the corner, he could hear Eiko sprinting towards him.
Lorenzo fled. The sound of turning feet, and the paintballer grabbed the edge of the oncoming corner, pulling himself into safety, while his other hand sprayed the Tauwerk in a narrow arc above and to the side of himself, from in front of Lorenzo to behind him and aimed to where Eiko would be coming from. For once, the lower range was a benefit: just weak enough to clear the wall, Would that be it?

Kaz's singing had stopped. From Lorenzo's left came annoyed grunts, from the right and down a corridor came hurried steps. Shots were true, Kaz was being chased. The paintballer hurried towards his ally, and when the steps behind him sounded more direct, he whirled around and drew his Ezharan water gun in the same motion. Eiko rounded the corner. Lorenzo fired and sidestepped to his right, saw Eiko adjust, saw water only just miss the flying fabric of his sandy jacket.
He had to run.
A glance to the side as he sidestepped away, with Kaz running into his peripheral from the corridor nearby, and Lorenzo fled forward, down another corner with a water bucket.
Dead end.

When it ends is up to you (including when all the water is spent ; )) and throwing a bucket... well, as long as you only throw the contents and not the bucket itself...
That being said, the draft attached looks wonderful.

[Seleucid Pergamon]

I forgot I participated in this, haha. I'll post something today, and Selks, you're okay if I mention an object Ira spotted underwater, right?

[The Selkie]

I forgot I participated in this, haha. I'll post something today, and Selks, you're okay if I mention an object Ira spotted underwater, right?

Depends on what you had in mind...?
(And no problem.)

[Seleucid Pergamon]

Several objects in mind: a porcelain pot, gold coins, an expensive watch, even a shipwreck (doesn't have to be big).

[The Selkie]

Several objects in mind: a porcelain pot, gold coins, an expensive watch, even a shipwreck (doesn't have to be big).

Let's take the pot and save the wreck (and its gold ; )) for later.

[Seleucid Pergamon]

Several objects in mind: a porcelain pot, gold coins, an expensive watch, even a shipwreck (doesn't have to be big).

Let's take the pot and save the wreck (and its gold ; )) for later.

Gotcha. Sounds good!

[The Selkie]

Let's take the pot and save the wreck (and its gold ; )) for later.

Gotcha. Sounds good!

It does, doesn't it? ; )

[Alegeharia]

man my irl got hectic x.x

[The Selkie]

man my irl got hectic x.x

No problem. RL is always more important then RP. I'm glad, that you're in a less stressful time now?

[Alegeharia]

man my irl got hectic x.x

No problem. RL is always more important then RP. I'm glad, that you're in a less stressful time now?

ish x3 but yus it seems its going on a down trend so its getting better ^>^

[The Selkie]

No problem. RL is always more important then RP. I'm glad, that you're in a less stressful time now?

ish x3 but yus it seems its going on a down trend so its getting better ^>^

That is wonderful to hear. I will sadly be at work again starting next week, so I won't have long afternoons writing posts... instead I'll make do with several short ones.

[Ezhara]

Complete post released. While Kaz doesn't know the full depth of Eiko, it's not a very apt justification for this, and all. Only Kasem and Tohru know the full depth.

[The Selkie]

Complete post released. While Kaz doesn't know the full depth of Eiko, it's not a very apt justification for this, and all. Only Kasem and Tohru know the full depth.

Still, I like it. Prepare for lunch invitation! : D