aterat | Inari in July! Log times!

Who; Yusuke and whoever is around!
What; Beeeeach tiiiiiimes
Where; See above
When; All through July!
Warnings; None, but I will update if it comes up!

Prawndering New Shores - OTA

Yusuke wasn’t particularly fond of the heat, it had to be said. Nor was he fond of the idea of sun-damage, so summer was always particularly challenging for him as seasons went. Whether that had any bearing on the element of his persona was uncertain, but hard to not consider once in a while. On the one hand, a sweltering sunny day was better than being caught in a massive downpour of rain you didn’t see coming (it happened), on the other… He had the complicated task of staying cool while also avoiding sunburn. The teen did not tan, after all. He only burned, and while he was fond of lobsters, he had no interest in having his complexion match their colours.

Since he did not arrive with his favourite summer-weight hooded sweater, this meant that the only wait to beat the heat while enjoying the sandy shores of this lovely new beach was to get creative. Yusuke had managed to beg a (ridiculously) oversized, wide-brimmed summer hat from one of the people who worked at the orphanage, and managed to find a light cotton shirt to wear open with a pair of shorts. Regardless of how it might look, it worked rather well, if he did say so himself. The brim shaded not only his face, but even his shoulders as it flopped down over them at a careful angle.

As he wandered the shores with the curious eyes of someone looking for something, but not knowing what… It wasn’t long before Yusuke happened upon a large, delightfully lively tide pool. The teen could be found, chin resting on his knees that were drawn up to his chest, staring in awe at the varied life in the shallow, sheltered waters. Lobsters, of course, were a particular treat. Smaller juvenile ones scuttling around the floor amidst little fish that had gotten trapped when the tide went out. So many little creatures in such an unexpected space, enduring the low tide until the waves came crashing back in. “Magnificent, never have I seen such beautiful beings before!” He murmured, fingers itching for his sketch pad.

The pad was present, of course. Settled in the coloured bag that he received when he arrived, preferring to leave his leather satchel home rather than drag it to the beach... But the teen was truly captivated as usual, by the many little creatures going about their day in their own unexpected ‘home away from home.’

So if anyone happened upon what appeared to be an oversized beach hat with its back turned to the public while observing things… They are welcome to distract him!

If they didn’t find the massive hat that was Yusuke there, they might also find him later on, sitting on the shore while he resumed watching the shoreline for interesting sights while attempting to build a particularly impressive looking sand castle that appeared to have been decorated with shell and the odd sand-sculpted lobster. Humming to himself and occasionally stopping, to make his fingers into a frame to observe the progress thus far… “Yes…! Perfection.” He commented before a pleased chuckle escaped him, and he resumed working.

(Find him while he’s wandering the shores, while he’s hanging out at the tide pool, or while he’s building a sand castle!)

A Kriller Storm - OTA

Sometimes one had to muse that things were going too perfectly. A day spent enjoying one’s self to the fullest, plenty of good food and fun to be had… Not a cloud in the sky… Until there was. Creeping in over the horizon and spreading more quickly than one might notice as they were focused on something in front of them instead of what was above them.

This was the case for Yusuke that day, as per usual, settled on the shoreline as he worked on some sketches that would be drafted for paintings at a later date. At least they would be once he had a chance to finish getting the rough outlines down. Instead? Instead, he was frowning lightly as he felt something lightly beginning to hit his oversized hat. The tap-tap-tapping only increased in frequency as what could only be described as a flash rain storm began coming down quite hard. He let out a displeased, undignified groan as he hurried to close his notepad and hugged it to his chest, angling his hat down to shield him better as he scrambled to put everything in his bag and get up to leave.

Looking more and more like a drowned rat than a person as his hat was weighed down by the water and the wind blew the rain more at an angle, which meant less protection. He could almost hear Ryuji’s eloquent eff this! in his head that would be voiced in these moments if he were here. Instead, he could only frown severely and let out dramatic huffs and sighs as he hurried away from the shoreline to look for nearby buildings for shelter.

It didn’t help when the over-sized brim of his hat got caught up in a gust of wind and blew off, making him have to change course again to try to catch it. Considering it was borrowed, he wasn’t about to lose the darn thing! He wouldn’t even know how to begin to replace it!

Why did this always seem to happen at the worst possible moments?

Shellebration of Friendship - Closed for Ren, Haru and Yusuke!

Sometimes the universe had rather funny timing, if one stopped to consider it. Yusuke himself had just come to this place a short span of time after a beach party with his friends, and somehow, despite it being the end of summer then…? He found himself experiencing the season all over again. Only this time, it was in an entirely different world and the group was oddly smaller (but no less cherished).

It wasn’t long before he discovered that however far ahead the other two were; they had not arrived at another summer yet and one among them had not gotten to experience a beach party as the rest of them had. This came up easily enough in conversation as they discussed the fact that this world seemed to have changed again to somehow grow an entire stretch of beach with inviting scenery and businesses.

… And rumors. Rumors that, if one were prone to belief, indicated that this beach came with a creature none of them had yet to see. A sand shark. What did they look like? Did they truly move through the sands? How large were they??? All these questions sprung to mind, and more as the trio decided (with quite a bit of excitement on some parts) that a phantom thieves investigation (and party) was in order to both look into the rumors and to see to it that they all had gotten to enjoy a fun afternoon at the beach that they had sadly missed out on before.

Because, really, it would be a terrible shame to not. No one wanted to imagine the sadness that might grip their friend to miss another chance at a fun day in the sun looking for sand sharks!

The weather was beautifully warm and clear that day, not a cloud above to suggest any unfortunate downpours that might dampen the occasion. The sandy shores stretch out before them were lightly dotted with people who seemed to have had the same idea, and the sound of the waves gently brushing against the shore could be heard as they approached.

Yusuke turned eagerly to his fellow Phantom Thieves, adjusting the (absurdly) large summer hat he was using to shade himself in the absence of his hooded sweater. “Do we have everything?? I have my sketchbook-” You know… In case he wanted to sketch the sand sharks. Inspiration could be found anywhere! “And some of the snacks in my bag.” Also arguably important, what was a trip to the beach without beach snacks!

Threaded | Flat

One benefit from spending most of her life in Midgar was that Aerith was more than used to the heat. Luckily for her she'd been able to find a summer outfit that reminded her of something she'd worn on a particularly fateful day. Memories were funny things sometimes, weren't they? They could fill you with bittersweet sadness and at the exact same time they could make you smile like a lost puppy that found it's master again. Yeah, that was an appropriate analogy for this particular outfit. Funny that she'd find something so similar here. Funny that she'd find so many similar things here.

After all, here she was with a basket full of her favorite flowers from her shop to sell to fellow beach goers. Some things really did always stay the same, didn't they? It actually surprised her how many sales she'd managed today all things considered. Looks like she'd chosen a nice batch of flowers to bring out. They were bright summer flowers of varying color that all seemed to glow like they were still alive in the ground. Maybe that was part of the charm that sold people on them. Though, she'd like to think it was her upstanding salesmanship that sold them. By the time the storm clouds began to rush in she only had a single flower left. A young man had just approached her as the sky roared and water began to plunk down on top of her.

"Not again...." she said looking up at the sky (which just served to get her more wet) and stomping down her foot like a child. "Well phooey on you!" The potential had long since left, hurrying to take cover as Aerith found herself once again at the mercy of the sudden showers. All of this was made infinitely more complicated as something blew smack into her face. She stumbled back, falling butt first into the sand as she grabbed the mystery object and pulled it off.

"A...hat...? I was just attacked by a hat...?" Of course she was. Great, just great.

It simply wasn't summer without time out with his friends, and the idea of spending some time at the beach with Haru was too much to turn down. She hadn't been with them the last time, and so much had happened in the time since she'd joined them, there hadn't been much time to think about things like parties at the beach. This place certainly wasn't Tokyo, or anything near as lively or overly populated, but there was something even more quaint about it be cause of the, well, quaintness of the whole place.

For his part, Ren had brought a large umbrella for the three of them, which he had hoisted over his shoulder, and a blanket folded under his arm, ready and armed to the teeth for the perils of the beach. Well, for the most part. He hadn't remembered to pack sunscreen, or even checked to see if this city had sunscreen. He'd left his glasses back in his chest of drawers at the orphanage but hadn't bothered looking around for a pair of sunglasses to replace them. Maybe the boardwalk would have something. He made a mental note to invite Haru with him to check out the shops and other businesses later, but for now, it was group relax time, and then it was off to investigate the reports of sharks that swam in sand. How as that even possible? It sounded like shadow behavior just by association, and that meant action. Since they were isolated to the south, he wondered if that meant the sharks might be coming from the forest. It was something to look into.

But that was business for later. For the moment, he nodded, patting the bound shade of the umbrella in his hand. "Ready." though his eyebrows rose at Yusuke's declaration of food. "You brought snacks?"