( semi closed ) surf and sun! a bingo game of fate

[adoringpast]

WHO: Mizuki Sena and some other people, unfortunately
WHERE: all over the city
WHEN: 7/4 to the end of the month
WHAT: Sena's been chosen to participate in a mysterious game by Retrospec, and sets out to get to the bottom of this by getting all three bingos no matter what.
WARNINGS: none yet!

[ This is yet another one of those bingo logs! Sena's bingo card is right here so if you see anything else that strikes your fancy, feel free to tell me over at jikochuu! I'd be more than happy to help you fill out some of your character's squares too. ]

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ritsu; duel

[adoringpast]

[ in this case, a chess match. sena STILL does not want anything to do with that weirdo, but ritsu still tries to snake himself into his life. it's a pain, but if sena wins against him in chess, maybe ritsu will finally leave him alone.

even though his memories will not let him.

so here they are at the square, with sena prepping up his chessboard on a picnic table. ]

Do you even know how to play chess? Since you sleep in class and all.

[strayknight]

[Normally he wouldn't try to get too close to anyone but the fact that he had that weird memory and then with how standoffish Sena was about answering his question...who wouldn't want to explore it a little.

Luckily the need for duel was good enough and using chess was a way to go about it. It's been a little while since he's played a person at it but he has done video game chess enough.]

Secchan is so quick to assume that sleeping makes someone stupid, even though you refresh the brain with slee~p. I know how to play, it wouldn't be a duel if I didn't?

[adoringpast]

Right, of course it wouldn't.

[ but whatever. he still thinks ritsu is dumb as shit though, so maybe this chess duel will end in three moves or less. he's already smirking at how easy this will be. it really is too bad ritsu is playing against a former member of the high school's chess club - one who's really hard to beat. ]

Okay, I'll start.

[ moves a rook a couple squares forward. starting it simple at first. ]

leo; ode

[adoringpast]

[ this time he's in the public library, since he figured that he can apply everything he has learned from his music courses to this particular dare. writing odes should be easy, right? it's music composition 101.

his desk filled with books about music theory and all that, sena taps his pencil on his chin, his brows furrowed in concentration as he tries to make sense of this. making an ode to someone he barely knows is hard enough, but making a melody out of jumbled lyrics - now this is difficult. and he wants to make it perfect somehow.

he won't notice leo bounding towards him until it's too late. ]

[ucchu]

Mizuki!

[leo keep your voice down this is a library...

anyway, here he is, loud as ever and leaning right over sena's shoulder to peer at what he's working on.]

I didn't know you composed, too! Let me see, let me see--

keito; powers (of makeup)

[adoringpast]

[ sometimes sena drops by the school dorms, either visiting mary and making sure that she's behaving or even being forced to look at shin's kanpla. either way, he's there, and on his way to either one of those rooms, he bumps into that strict RA rather hard. of course he'll react. ]

Hey, watch where you going, you--

[ huh? what's on his face just now? looks nasty. ]

You should get that cleaned up.

[lecturehall]

I have to be able to see first.

[Which is the #1 difficulty right now. Not only is there a giant ugly bruise swelling under his eye but his glasses have cracked too. He speaks directly to Sena's left.]

Sorry about walking into you, [he squints, trying to make out a face] ... Mary's friend? [Hopefully he got that right. He's kind of preoccupied right now.] I'll talk to you later.

[He pats the wall for guidance as he turns around and...

... walks in the wrong direction.]

mao; skip rocks

[adoringpast]

[ a lot of people should be aware by now, but in case they hadn't, sena absolutely hates the beach during the day - especially in this sweltering summer season. but he and mao arrive by the beach in the late afternoon, while the beautiful sun is slowly sinking into the ocean at the horizon, so at least it's not that hot out. it's a bit refreshing, actually.

but enough about that - today they're going to fill out each other's squares on their respective bingo cards: skipping some rocks for sena and building a large sandcastle for mao. should be easy enough, but if only sena would stop complaining along the way. ]

Why aren't there any rocks that are good for skipping on water anyway?! This is suuuuper annoying!

[ he did bring a bucket full of flat rocks that are perfect for that but. you know. ]

[chuusai]

[ Mao knows, but he's got more than one beach-related thing on his bingo card so he's determined to get at least those couple done. He'll need a hand for the sand castle but luckily it aligned with his friend's interests and so he has a hand. He knows if that wasn't the case, he'd be on his own.

He's got a little bucket of castle-building tools, and he looked up techniques online for how to get them to stay taller, but since Sena's task is superficially easier, he's thinking they might start with that. ]

There were probably other people with the same square on their card who got here earlier.

[ That's what you get for being delicate. ]

mafuyu; item theft

[adoringpast]

[ now this is difficult - it's not as if anyone will just show off the things they have gotten from the app, right? this is what sena is thinking while he was walking down the boardwalk... until he sees mafuyu again with that shitty-ass wig. what, she still hasn't learned how to style that? ugh, it's such an eyesore!

which is why he picks up the pace to catch up to her and YOINK! wig = get! and now he'll run off before mafuyu knows any better. ]

[buncho]

[ The style is called "windswept" okay?! And she definitely felt it getting tugged up from her head, spinning on her heels and flailing up above her head to grab it back from the— ]

FEATHERY ASSHOLE!

[ No, it's just a regular asshole, not the seagull she'd thought had snagged the wig off from her head, as it takes a second for Mafuyu to look back down from the sky and spot Sena's retreating back, and a second later, she's giving chase. ]

Come back here!

shuji; spite-shopping

[adoringpast]

[ the selection of various things at the Towers are wide, but too bad that he and shuji are only to choose from the registry of that jim asshole. does he even keep shitty things? one way to find out. ]

What? We can't just give him that! No, it has to be worse. He deserves that much.

[thesettingsun]

I kind of liked the symbolism that even when we're giving him something, we aren't giving him anything.

[But, okay, not the gift of nothing.]

Actively bad. A detriment to his quality of life. Got it. If we get him something tacky enough, maybe Janet will dump him.

[He considers the emoji-themed gumballs, which are on the registry.]

koutarou; sibling shenanigans

[adoringpast]

[ it was hard finding someone who has a sibling, and he'd rather not want to hang out with either narukami twin this time around. but then one of his art professors mentioned that he has a sister that's coming over, so here he is in front of koutarou's atelier. he hasn't visited this one before, but there's always a first time for everything, right?

sena's already sent a message to his professor that he's here, so he'll play the waiting game right here until he shows up. ]

[wordcarvings]

[ Let's say this is on the seventh? Koutarou has not had the best kind of relationship with his closest family ever since he ... ran away from home to attend Recollé U and to pursue art. But he ended up agreeing to being his sister's and her family guide when they came visiting...from as far away as the outskirts of the suburbs, apparently. There is no way that he's showing his student that he's on bad terms with his family though, and hopefully he won't sense the tension between the siblings. And he has nothing against his nieces and nephews, just their parents and his own father, so since this one about meeting Sena is actually coming from his niece, and not her mother, he agreed to ask him if he would be willing to meet. Though... He does wonder how they even found out that Sena was one of his students.

They're a little late because Kayoko, his sister, was making a fuss about...well, what it was about doesn't matter, it was something stupid anyway. Nozomi had been excited for days, but she had become quiet and shy once she actually spots her celebrity crush (that's what it's called, right?) down the street. ]

Sena-kun, thank you for making some time for us.

yukine; hanging out with a friend's friend...?

[adoringpast]

[ right, anya did mention a friend of hers named yukine, didn't she? sena isn't really interested in getting to know her peers, but it's all in the name of this dare anyway, so he'll go along with it.

they plan to meet in this cafe and it SHOULD go as smoothly as planned, but sena just keeps on giving him that look on his icon as he sits across him in this booth they're sitting in. so suspicious........ ]

[secare]

( awkward.

yukine isn't sure what exactly he was expecting from this, but it definitely wasn't getting stared down by this guy at the other end of the table. )

Uh. Are you alright?

cleo; sparring

[adoringpast]

[ okay, first off, he knows jack shit about sparring. but maybe learning basic self-defense won't hurt? so sena will stroll into that dojo cleo frequents and as expected, she's there. with actual cat ears and all. ]

Hey. You. Me. Let's go.

[ he is so bad at this but please indulge him. ]

[cattack]

[Cleo, to her credit, keeps her expression rather neutral when she spots him. Her ears, however, are much less subtle, flattening back with anger.]

Though I would greatly relish the chance, you hardly have the appearance nor bearing of someone who has trained. I would not enjoy picking on someone weak.

mari; pool noodle

[adoringpast]

[ a sculpture made out of pool noodles? really? these dares are getting stupider with every square. but sena will do it anyway, if it means having to collaborate with annoying third-person girl right here in the square. sena has researched a reference and everything - a simple one anyway, but --]

Ugh, are you blind or something? Those colors would never go together like that!

[shinyidea]

Don't insult my colors if you want my help!

[ plan #killhimwithkindness is still in full force for this dude but she's also here to give him reminders on how he should treat nice girls. its a hard job but someones gotta do it ]

takumi; rollerblading

[adoringpast]

[ with takumi going through some shit right now, sena shouldn't take this challenge too seriously but nope - his pride will never falter, even when his friend is uh...

wait, what's he doing? is he even feeling okay enough to rollerblade? does takumi even know how to rollerblade? ]

You could've just told me that you don't know how to do this, you know.

did you ever ping me for this

[botamochi]

[ ... Sena has been acting really weird lately? While Takumi still suffers from the same nightmare, they're spread around now... Before it would constantly show up in his dreams. He's fine for the most part.

But he does remember he comes from a world with furries in them. Whatever. Takumi is lacing up his rollerblades. They're old, but they'll do. ]

I'm probably rusty, but I remember how to rollerblade, mother. What's up with you? You seem anxious.

[alienates]

[ so, karkat has been working on his bingo card all month, but there is one square that he has been avoiding. he feels personally attached by his middle square? losing an argument almost seems as bad as losing a limb (he's dramatic) and he would prefer not to attempt it at all.

but. not getting that square done seems like it'll fuck him over in the long run, so he might as well attempt it. he's wandering around tisse, trying to find a potential victim. he thoroughly searches for about ten seconds before giving up and just walking up to the first person he sees. ]

Hey you. Are you doing the bingo thing?

[ an innocent question with no ulterior motive, obviously. ]

[adoringpast]

[ innocent question, my ass. sena's just minding his own goddamn business, checking his progress of his bingo card on his phone when some kid just approached him from out of the blue. great, here comes another one. ]

What's it to you? If you're offering help to fill a square on mine, don't bother. I'm almost done anyway.

[ yeaaaaaah. ]