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Who: Rikku, Open
When: Afternoon
Where: Balamb
What: relaxing :D
Rating: PG13 (just to be safe)



The sun was shining brightly and the sky had nary a cloud in it. The horrizon blended almost seamlessly with the calm blue ocean and somewhere not far away, the sound of seagulls could be heard mingling with the waves as they lapped up against the concrete walls of Balambs harbor. Everything was calm and peacefull, and the only disturbance was a gentle breeze that came blowing in from across the beautiful sea. All in all, it could be considered a perfect day.

At the end of a pier, a blond girl sat, her feet dangling over the edge, fishing pole in hand. The bobber drifted lazily on the ocean current, as her swirled green eyes stared at it. Her expression slowly changing the longer she looked at it. Finally, the girl stood up, reeled the line in, and shoved her hands rather violently into the air.

"I. am so. BORED!!!" she yelled, disturbing the peace, the quiet, and the gulls all in one breath. "Three hours and not a single bite! I thought fishing was supposed to be relaaxxiinnnggg" she gave a bit of a whine, before finally sighing and looking around. No one seemed to be there, maybe...it wouldn't hurt anything...

The girl set down her fishing pole and started removing parts of her outfit. The ruffled sleeves, her leggings and shoes, and her skirt and her scarf. One by one she removed them, until only her swimsuit remained. Then she looked around one more time before walking to the opposite end of the pier. She wanted to get a running start for this after all. Jumping up and down a few times to get ready, Rikku plowed headlong toward the end of the pier, leaping into the air to perform a spiral maneuver that ended in a diving position. Nothing like a little swim to take care of a bored mood afterall!

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Krile had, unsurprisingly, managed to get herself lost. That wasn’t so bad when she was just wandering, but she’d heard rumors about a scientist seeking help in Esthar. The man at the chocobo farm where she’d been staying had told her only that Esthar was across the sea. Across the sea she went, but she ended up near a place called Balamb instead. She had elected to spend at least a night here before seeking more accurate directions to Esthar.

It was a rather small island, really, with only town that wasn’t very big. She’d seen enough during her travels to write off the entire place as boring. After checking into the hotel and dropping off her belongings, she decided to take a walk. All this water, the crying birds, the docked ships…it was the same as any harbor. She spied a pier and decided to sit at the end of it and dangle her feet in the water, something she hadn’t done since she was a child.

Her plan probably would have quite well if a soaked blonde head hadn’t surfaced a few feet away from where she sat. Quickly, she drew her feet out of the water and stared at the person who had apparently felt the need to take a swim. At least, she hoped that was what had happened. “Are you okay?” Krile called, ducking as a gull swooped by her head.