Event || The Festival Of Light

[melodiesmods]

Characters: All the Heroes of Light and their Moogles.
Where: Aqures Ixen.
When: July 27th - August 03rd
Summary: Feel free to use this post to participate in the Festival of Light. Post your own threads or jump into someone else's thread-- This is a free for all mingle post!
Warning: N/A

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[shepherd_prince]

Yuna seemed to have a natural aura of peace about her. It was soothing, relaxing even. Her calm sweetness seemed to have an effect on Chrom's mini-crowd of fans as well when they saw him comversing with someone more modest and reserved.

But he was still only talking to Yuna for the time being.

"I confess I have not, nor have I attended one of the games held at the stadium," he said. "One of my housemates plays on the official team, however. I'm afraid that's the full breadth of my blitzball experience, unfortunately." He wondered why she'd asked. Did she enjoy watching the games as well? Surely someone so ladylike wasn't an avid player as well. Suuuuuuuuuuurely.

[grandsummon]

Surely. "Then, let's play!" the atmosphere around the pool that day seemed to take hold of Yuna, bringing out the playful side of her she so often kept in check.

Probably to the surprise of onlookers, she eased herself into the pool fully clothed, wading gently over to Chrom's moogle and inquiring softly, "May I borrow this?" with a smile.

[shepherd_prince]

Kulevi's smile just kept growing and growing. Now here was a lady who liked the water as much as she did! "Sure!" she squeaked, pivoting in the air and kicking the ball toward Yuna with one of her stumpy little legs.

Chrom was surprised as well, but made no overt objections. Yuna wasn't worried about getting her clothes wet, clearly, so he wasn't going to worry about it either. It was a warm day, she was in no danger of getting cold unless the weather took a turn for the worse.

"What are the rules?" he asked. Obviously a ball was involved, so he got that much.

[grandsummon]

It helped that Spira was a water world, Yuna was used to getting in the water in these robes, it felt familiar and nostalgic somehow. When she returned to where she'd left Chrom, she looked thoughtful with a quiet, "Hmm..." as she looked around them.

"Well, we won't be able to play the traditional way, since we're only half way in the water," something about her seemed to grow more animated as she talked about it, excitement building behind the blue and green of her eyes.

"So how about this! We'll start in the middle, just like real blitzball. You'll have to get it to my side of the wall, and if you do, you get the chance to take a shot on the goal, and I'll get a chance to defend it."

[shepherd_prince]

He nodded slowly, halfway between understanding and hilarious ignorance. He looked at the ball, then at the other end of the pool. Imagine just how much more perplexed he'd be if they were in an actual Blitzball sphere.

"Do I need to carry the ball physically, or are we allowed to throw it?" Clearly he didn't know just how futile it was to throw an inflated ball, and was due for a frustrating (comical) experience if he tried to chuck it across the distance with his strength alone.

[grandsummon]

"You can throw it," she nods, getting visibly excited to start the game. "But you'll have to be the one to touch it first in order to complete the pass that means!" there was an almost sing-song tone to her voice as she continued. "So you'll have to beat me to it first for it to count," it's a playful challenge, as she turns the ball idly in her grip.

"Ready? I'll throw it up to start, so we'll both have to jump to lay hands on it first!"

[shepherd_prince]

"Very well," he agreed, and focused his eyes on the ball. "Let us begin."

But it seemed like it might be an unfair game. He was taller, and his arms were longer. If he just held the ball over his head, Yuna might have a tough time even reaching it before he'd waded his way over to the goal.

Then again, she might wind up surprising him.

[grandsummon]

"Okay, then... ready?" There was something of a mischievous gleam in her eyes when she said it, perhaps something more akin to a certain Al Bhed, but then... they did share blood. "Blitz off!" Yuna cried, laughing as she released the ball upwards, aiming to toss it behind Chrom.

And while he was hopefully distracted with his eye on it, she had already taken off in the water, laughing happily as she got a head start to reach the spot it had landed, about mid-way between the starting point and his goal.