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XXXTREME COLLAB CRAZY EIGHTS - Eighty Crates

Summary: BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! Crossdressing.


[Alex] "Yeah... I'm fine. Really. Just you being here made me better already." He told her with a sheepish grin on his face. "As far as the dress..." He began, looking down at his dress.

"I'm pretty sure I'm a lost cause." He told her, chuckling at himself. He picked at the dress and pulled it up. It felt awkward with his clothes underneath but he didn't really have room to complain. He didn't want her to have to help him. She'd had to do enough for Crash already. At the though, Alex's eyes darkened a bit. But he perked up again when he heard her tell him to ask his question.

"Uhm... Well..." He began, already losing his confidence. He took in a deep breath and turned to face Kathy, suddenly very serious. "So... I had a pretty terrible mother. And by terrible I mean... not there. So... This is going to sound weird but..." He began, wringing his hands. He hadn't been this nervous in a while. It wasn't like he was doing anything too terrible. "Could... you pretend to... be my mother?" He asked, very serious. He looked into her eyes, his own eyes clear and dead set. He wasn't joking and he wasn't really trying to be cute.

"Come on, I can help you get into it properly. It's not hard at all." Thinking back at Crash, she felt a little guilty about letting Alex get away with something rather simple and innocent. But Crash was Crash, and he had been embarrassing her quite a bit lately. Alex on the other hand probably didn't need much more stress at the moment.

Listening carefully, Kathy couldn't help but look a little surprised at his request. "Mother..?" She repeated, feeling unsure of herself. She looked into Alex's eyes. This seemed to be a rather serious request of his. 'Oh dear... A mother though... What would I do exactly..?' She felt nervous about the thought, but after some careful consideration she ended up saying, "... If... You really want. Um... I'm not sure exactly sure I can be a good mother for you, but I'll try." Kathy figured he probably didn't mean something like literally being like his parent, but of something along the lines of being someone he could rely on and go to for help. That much she could do. In fact, if that was the case then she was more than happy to help him. She gave him a gentle pat on the head. "I don't mind at all Alex, if you're alright with me."

Vanessa Grinned at Seven floating above her as she thought of all the outfits she could put this little bakeneko in. She thought in her head back to what she had in her wardrobe...Most of it was black. She grinned and stood up. "Well if you don;t like my idea, any suggestions?" She giggled deviously as she thought of what to put this little cat in.

Seven wonder what he will be dress up as...or even will he even look good in a dress or a skirt? "Well...I wore a lot of frilly stuff before...Circus and things so I really don't mind on that but really...its your decision" He smiled carelessly as he jumped back down on the ground and scratched hie ears with his foot. "Oh I am surprised...." He gave s smirk that showed his mischievous side. "How you just don't notice me naked, how odd of people"

Anedine had decided to agree to Mercy's request on sharing Darwin in the cross-dressing competition with a cheerful nod and a glittering, timid eye. Unintentionally, the white-haired girl made herself look like something a guy like Ryuu would be needed to be rushed to the hospital due to heavy anemia, but despite how her cutish face looks right now, inside she was as determined and confident as a knight ready to go in a large-scale war while facing a thousand enemies (and ironically, she is actually afraid of such situations). She turned to face the outfits, deciding on which to pick that Mercy can also agree on.

Crash hadn't thought out his words very well, neither had he realized what he had asked her to do. He blinked in surprise when she came into the changing room having had expected her to hover in the doorway. Surprise aside he went completely red in the face as she laughed at him, lifting his hand to the back of his neck and casting his gaze to the side. "Yeah, yeah...laugh it up" He grumbled though there was the faint curve of a smile on his lips, he couldn't help it he had grown rather fond of her laugh. "Maybe can't say they really appealed to me...maybe I've just seen them on the wrong people. Not that I'll ever look at them the same after this" he answered with an awkward shrug, twitching away from her poke as if she'd shocked him with electricity."E-easy on the sides" He stuttered, the blush on his cheeks darkening as he tried to remain still while she zipped him into the costume discretely guarding his sides as she did. He huffed as he turned back round to face her, raising an eyebrow st her as she lifted a red ribbon towards his face he leaned forward and down so she could access his head easier eyes lingering on her face for a moment before concentrating on the door behind her, aware she could probably feel the heat radiating from his face. As soon as she was finished he lifted his hand poking the bow on his head. "You're really pushing the boat out on this..." He murmured as she handed him the socks and told him curves were required before leaving him to his own devices looking rather pleased with herself. It took him a few minutes to get his sock curves in place before he finally emerged from the changing room, despite feeling like a complete idiot he confidently strode out of the changing room looking rather proud of his look. "There are we happy now?" He asked Kathy having walked over to stand by her and Alex, he even pulled a ridiculous pose for them, dipping a hip hands on his waist. Though he couldn't hold it for long, chuckling to himself before looking
over at Alex. "Is that all you have to wear? I feel overdressed for the occasion" Crash joked a friendly grin crossing his face. "Careful, this is what you can expect if you let Kathy get her hands on you" He continued the jest playfully nudging her side with his arm and grinning cheekily. He was deliberately ignoring the amused murmurs of a few other people.

Little Feather found herself smile back at the bunny, she hadn't seen one smile before...it was beyond adorable. "You're such a little cutie" She murmured to the bunny (Alistair) walked to the front of the crowd still stroking the bunny gently between his ears, realizing it hadn't spoken a word to her she cleared her throat. "Since you're staying with me, might I know your name? Otherwise I'll have to call you Hopper" She grinned at the bunny, deciding on a gender neutral name as she wasn't sure whether it was a he or a she. Lion looked up at her, as he came and sat next to her. I know talking to animals is your thing, but you're wasting your time its just a stupid rabbit he grumbled at the dark haired woman, who tutted at him and looked over at the guys already at the starting line. "Lets check out whats in these chests" she whispered down to Hopper (Alistair) before subtly moving towards Carmen, approaching the chest from behind Carmen she looked into it with a raised eyebrow...it was full of so many peculiar things, shifting the bunny so shr could support it with one hand she crouched down and begun to rummage through it. "We should dress Lion up in this, too bad he can't participate" Little Feather grinned as she pulled out a small black and white dress unbeknownst to her it was in fact a maid costume.

Mercy took the white haired girls silent smile as confirmation enough. "You're an angel, thank you!" She thanked her, tugging Darwin over to the nearest chest. "We've got to be quick the race will start in a minute!" She told them both practically diving into the chest throwing various drab dresses out of of it as she dug around. Reappearing with some pink ruffle lace panties which she threw to Darwin before diving back into the chest finally pulling out a burlesque style corset this particular one was short with a feather trim around the hem, although it was white in color the front was bejeweled and rather sparkly. With lines of glittering jewels trailing up the bone lining the front of the corset joining into the jeweled chest piece that was shaped to specifically to fit a woman. "We have a winner" She grinned holding the burlesque costume out to Darwin. "Would you not agree?" She asked her partner in crime (Anedine) handing the costume over to Darwin. "Quick put it on lets see what it looks like, I'll tie you in" She grinned at him, dipping back into the box and pulling out a long pair of white stockings, a bejeweled choker and a pretty Victorian style pale pink fan. "Accessories for you" She grinned at Darwin though feeling a bit guilty for taking over she turned to the cute white haired girl beside her. "Sorry I didn't mean to take over...erm...Where are my manners, I didn't even catch your name...." Mercy trailed off hoping the girl would step in and introduce herself.

Save could see that the 3ds suddenly was lying in the sand "what the hell" she could see Cyber and Ara running of while Cyber still tried to grab his 3ds "Hey don't leave me" but it was probably already to late to even try shouting at him. She got out of the 3ds and watched around her seeing other people playing games that she couldn't join herself "yeesh now I'm gonna be stuck her for forever seeing other people have all the fun" she got back in the 3ds as she played around trying various things. She found a list with devices that the 3ds could connect to. She soon noticed that she could just go to other devices and play around in them. She dashed over multiple devices of the students leaving the 3ds behind as she did so. Most of the cameras that she could use were just the smartphones of the students that lied somewhere were she could not see anything. She ended up in the phone of Darwin and could hear some people talking "Quick put it on lets see what it looks like, I'll tie you in" She just realized that she might be able to just use the speaker of his phone to get their attention "Hello somebody there"

"Oh there is this cross dressing event where guys well, were girls have to dress up the guys but sadly not enough guys are here so we might just have to watch. Oh I am Garden by the way, nice to meet you!" She gave a weird look at the girl "Wait why would there be something like that on the beach." she thought back and just realized that she was with 2 guys the whole time but where could they have ran of to "Damn bunny, well I was with 2 guys just recently but I sort of left them behind in the forest" She putted her hand behind her head and made an awkward laugh

Alistair wasn't entirely sure how she expected him to talk, but she did appear to have some kind of telepathy with the creature so he decided to try, he closed his eyes for a second trying to send his thoughts to the girl 'I'm Alistair" he opened his eyes and looked at her again.
she started walking over to the chests and started rummaging through, she held up one and said they should dress 'Lion' in it, Alistair assumed that was the creature, and also assumed the child was making a joke. she didn't appear to have heard him but she did seem like a sweet girl, and he wanted to thank her, so he suddenly hopped out of her arms and looked up at her. his body began to fade out as it shifted and grew till he was in 'human' form. he was about eye-to-eye with the girl.
He smiled "i'm Alistair, the Bunny, i wanted to thank you, i panicked earlier when your..." he looked at Lion "lion, was going for me so i couldn't transform, you saved me, thank you"

Darwin grinned at the two girls while he thought about magical dolphins in the water. He was completely oblivious to what would come next, but he was happy he was oblivious, he loved surprises. Suddenly he was hit in the face by a pair of ounj ruffle panties to which he chuckled and threw them off his face. Then suddenly Mercy had emerged with an amazing, fabulous, AWESOME costume. Darwin didn't care that it was fir girls,bit was just right for him! He grinned and grabbed the corset before turning away and slipping it on. The chest area felt a bit empty but it was an alright fit. He turned around for Mercy to tis him in as he got ready to out on the stockings. "Nice pick by the way!" As this happened he heard his phone shout something. "My phone is talking." He said to them seemingly unfazed.

Though normally she would have felt a little bad at making someone blush so much, for some reason Kathy simply found the entire situation to be highly amusing. Perhaps it was because Crash himself did not look too troubled and sometimes even smiled back at her. It was rather reassuring and made even this kind of awkward situation rather fun. Raising a slight brow at his reaction at the poke, she had a slight feeling of déjà vu. “Say, could it be that you’re rather weak at the sides?” She asked, grinning.

Looking up, she saw Crash looking surprisingly dignified in the bunny costume. “Yup, very happy. Maybe you should consider wearing stuff like this more often.” She laughed as she felt a slight nudge on her side. Then sticking the tip of her tongue at out Crash for a brief moment, Kathy hugged Alex while giving him a pat on the head. “I wouldn’t do that to poor Alex. He’s adorable enough the way he is.” Then letting go of the boy, she gestured towards Ara. “At least I chose something that’s fairly easy to move in. Look at that one.”

Ara looked at the boy (Cyber) funny. “Found what out..?” Obviously since he didn’t know that he (Cyber) dressed like this as part of his usual attire, Ara was rather confused at this strange question. He stopped pushing the guy towards the course when he asked for an explanation about the event though. “Wait, you mean you don’t know?”

Now the pieces of the puzzle were beginning to fall into place. “Aaah… I get it. You’re one of those, aren’t you? What’s it called, ‘traps’?” Instead of looking disgusted though, he felt rather amused. It was the first time Ara had met one, and that alone was fairly interesting. “It’s an obstacle course where all the guys have to cross-dress. Seems like you’re very well-suited for the event.”

Then hearing the guy (Cyber) laugh, he shrugged. “Yeah, my partner had quite a bit of fun with the outfit I got assigned to wear.” Then deviously, Ara began to wave his hand in the air and yelled out, “HEY! This guy over here needs a partner!! He’s trying to sneak out of something better by getting himself dressed!”

"Oh, it was so much fun!" Carmen piped up as Ara talked with a new face. "And you enjoyed it thoroughly as well, didn't you?" she returned to Ara with a devious smile. Carmen was having too much fun, and then she noticed the redhead she now knew as Crash from the bar dressed in a seductive bunny suit, and burst out laughing. "Excuse me for a moment," she said to Ara while still laughing. "I have to check this out." Noting that the redhead girl who presumably picked that out for him was looking at her, Carmen approached her first, still stifling a laugh. "Pardon me, but I must say I love what you've done with him," she said to the girl (Kathy). "You certainly have a wonderful taste in fashion...and comedy, of course." Pausing to think while looking back and forth at Crash and Ara (and noticing some of the other outfits being put together), she continued. "So terribly sorry about back at the bar, by the way...though as you can see Ara isn't currently enjoying himself [looking back over to the wedding dress-clad doppelganger], and I must admit I enjoyed that exchange almost as much as I'm enjoying this one. Surely you understand," she finished, before hastily introducing herself as well. "I'm Carmen, by the way," she said as she extended her hand for a handshake. "And you are?"

Little Feather was oblivious to the bunny’s attempts to communicate with her, she looked a little surprised as it hopped out of her arms. As he morphed into a human however shock quickly crossed her face, frozen to the spot as he formed into a rather attractive young man right before her eyes she felt the blood rush to her face realizing she was staring at him she threw herself back with a small squeak of apology. Lifting a hand to her mouth as she listened to him thank her from saving him from Lion, she was slowly calming down by now trying not to think about how she had treated him as a bunny...”I-I’m so sorry! I had no idea you were not...a bunny” She apologized to him. Oh my god I called him Hopper! Little Feather got to her feet unsteadily. “And I’m really sorry for Lion’s behaviour! He’s harmless really...except maybe to bunnies...” She was rambling a little bit now. The Indian girl had never experienced something like this, pure embarrassment it usually flew straight over her head yet here she was red as a hot chilli pepper and stumbling over her words. She nervously pushed her hair behind her ear. “I’m Little Feather...its nice to meet you” She introduced herself as well. Lion came up next to her his tail wagging in amusement. Make him compete, you’re wishes were apparently answered The lion purred his jowels lifting in a smiile, as he looked up at Alistair. Little Feather felt a mixture of feelings over the subject, nervous of even thinking of asking him that...excited by the idea of participating. “A-are you a student here?” She asked him curiously.

Crash shook his head vigorously before he could stop himself as she asked about his sides. Ah no! Act casual keep this low key... He’d missed this opportunity. “Not at all” He shrugged nonchalantly offering her an easy smile in an attempt to cover up his weakness.
Crash lifted an eyebrow at her, inwardly grimacing at the idea but deciding to play along. “Why not? I’m thinking of adding it to my wardrobe for special occasions” He jested, an affection smile greeting her childish gesture as she poked her tongue out at him before turning and hugging Alex he rolled his eyes at the pair of them. “Favouritism” He pointed out clicking his tongue, though the amusement in his expression hinted he was still joking about. He looked up as she mentioned the other contestants, he was barely able to stifle a laugh as his eyes fell on Ara...he may not have looked quite as ridiculous as Crash but it was still amusing on all accounts. He turned to look at Carmen as she spoke to Kathy, raising an eyebrow at the pair recognizing her larger than life hat, she was his triumphant opponent back from the water balloon event. As Carmen congratulated Kathy on her costume choice he couldn't help but feel like a prized Guinea Pig...well maybe not so much prized...He frowned as she mentioned the bar, but he was merely eavesdropping so didn’t open his mouth to ask, he stood next to Alex watching the exchange between the two women who were clearly both more devious than they appeared...this Crash was sure of.

Cyber stop laughing as he heard the guy (Ara) answering his questioned well loud request... "Yes...I am one of those traps..." He blushed and stick his tongue out like a child. The first guy ever from not his family to find him out so quickly... he panicked a bit well not a bit he seemed really worried, his cover was going to get blown and soon enough he couldn't use his charms to get what he wants. “HEY! This guy over here needs a partner!! He’s trying to sneak out of something better by getting himself dressed!” The guy shouted as he waved his hands... Cyber really began to panic, he ran towards the guy and tried to make sure his cover isn't blown. "HEY! HEY!" He...with full panic as he was really worried and can't deal with this guy and his cover being ruined...in a way glomp him very tightly making sure he doesn't say much or anything at all. "DON'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE!!" He started to hit the guy on the head like a child having tempur tantrum. "IF YOU DO I WILL REALLY MURDER YOU UNTIL YOU DIE!" ...'okay maybe use my words better...' But he made sure he can keep his secret well...skills a secret.

Garden was very interested at the girl she was talking at but one thing struck her mind when that girl said something. "Damn bunny, well I was with 2 guys just recently but I sort of left them behind in the forest" ...uh what? 'You...left them? That's kind of...un well...and well...why?" She was really curious on why she would leave two guys...at the forest! She scratched head and scratched sunflowers head making him gave a mewl. "You are so cute!" She said as continue to pet the little kitty.

“?” Ara looked around to see what Carmen was just finding so amusing. Turning to gaze at where she was running to, he also burst out laughing. “Seriously?! Wow, that girl’s a lot more fun that I would’ve thought.” His impression of Kathy had basically consisted of her blushing and curling up into a small ball back at the bar and hiding behind Crash, so he never would have imagined she was capable of doing something so bold. Though his costume was ironic and too hard to move in, he felt quite lucky himself now. A bunny costume… Not even B would’ve wanted to wear such a thing.

He barely managed to keep his balance when the trap (Cyber) suddenly jumped at him and began to wave his fists around. “Tsk, ow, hey!” Then hearing the threat, Ara grabbed the boy’s head under a vice grip and squeezed as hard as he could. He growled out, “Brat..! Either learn to ask nicely or just try it. I’ll floor you if you dare.” Then getting an idea, a smirk came back to his face. “Or know what? Why don’t I just announce what you really are to everyone here? I’m sure no one would mind me borrowing that megaphone over there for a few seconds.”

“Okay, then I suppose you won’t mind the occasional prodding there every so often? You know… Since it isn't a weakness at all.” Kathy laughed, clearly taking advantage of the situation. He was already a lot better at making her blush though so it was only fair she could get have a trump card of her own. Noticing the click of Crash’s tongue as she hugged Alex she chuckled, “Did you want a hug too?” An instant later, she blushed a bit. It had just slipped out naturally, but now that she thought about it she didn't really think she would be able to hug Crash so nonchalantly. Luckily for her, the blush was fairly light and she became distracted by someone else approaching them.

Kathy recognized the girl coming up to them. It was a little difficult to mistake someone that stood out so much in such a large hat. “O-Oh, thank you.” She was a little surprised to be approached in such a friendly manner, but seeing that Carmen didn't seem to have any bad intentions she accepted the hand and gave her a firm handshake. “Kathy. It was… Quite embarrassing, but it’s fine now. Thank you.” Then gesturing towards him she added, “By the way, this is Crash. I’m not sure if you’ve met him yet.”

Alistair was slightly amused by the girl's reaction, she was stumbling over her words "no need to apologize, i was acting like a bunny" he smiled. She apologized for lion's behavior, he waved it off "it's alright, it's a natural response, just a little scary when you're the one being attacked" She was extremely red, he had watched enough human's to recognize this as a 'blush' something humans do when they're embarrassed. he felt his own cheeks heat a bit and he chuckled. Lion came up beside the girl and Alistair gave him a nod of hello.
“I’m Little Feather...its nice to meet you” Alistair smiled "it's nice to meet you Little feather" she asked him if he was a student and he couldn't help but laugh "so that's what you all are? No i'm not a student, i live here, thank you for asking"
"what exactly is this competition that is happening?"

Andromeda smiled when Maria said she could take over "Thanks!" she watched as she walked away, then she turned to Andromeda "so ... um, what should i dress you in?" she walked over to one of the chests, unsure of whether he was actually following. She leaned down beside the chest and started ruffling through it "do you have any ideas, Ryuu?"

Cyber was getting really scared and worried....at first it seemed he could handle that guy (Ara) But now...he is the one getting threatened as the guy was vice grip his head tightly. It hurt him really badly...He squirmed trying to get out but the guy seemed to be to strong for him. “Or know what? Why don’t I just announce what you really are to everyone here? I’m sure no one would mind me borrowing that megaphone over there for a few seconds.” ...Cyber really began...like really began to panic, he felt like he couldn't breathe nor move, very thing went to fast for him and the only to probably process everything was... "WWAAHH!!" He started to cry and weep like the little child he really is. "No! Please don't tell!!" He shouted, cried and struggle to get free. Tears pouring down his face. "Okay! okay! I will do the stupid race thing or whatever! Just don't tell!" He cried out, weeping and shouting like he was scolded really badly.

Ara knew he had been quite threatening, but he hadn’t expected him (Cyber) to just suddenly burst out into tears. He could already imagine B’s smirking face telling him, ‘Oh dear, oh dear. Look at what you did A. Such a mean guy. Why don’t you take it easy and let me be the one to walk around from now on? I wouldn’t make such a dumb mistake.’ Clicking his tongue in annoyance, he loosened his grip on the guy’s head and let go. “Dammit, I get it okay, I won’t tell. One minute you’re a twisted brat that doesn’t know how to say please or sorry, and the next you’re crying like a fountain. Geeze you’re busy.” Sighing, he continued, “I honestly don’t care if you participate or not so just do as you please.” Rolling his eyes, Ara walked away before things got any more complicated and troublesome.

"If by 'met him' you mean domin...errr, fought ferociously in a game of water balloon dodgeball, then yes, I suppose I have," responded Carmen to Kathy's introduction to Crash. "Other than that, I only know that he has red hair, his name is Crash and he looks positively dashing in a bunny suit. I mean...what more is there to know?" she said playfully. "But in the interest of completeness, I suppose we should meet formally eventually instead of merely being near each other a lot," she offered to Crash, extending her hand again to shake his hand. "You two do look happy together...is there a thing? Or is there going to be a thing? Should a thing be considered? It seems perfectly natural anyway...you both have red hair! And a competitive streak, for sure," she finished, reminiscing about the dodgewater match earlier.

Little Feather played with the ring on her finger absently avoiding looking Alistair in the eye, she instead concentrated on his shoulder or maybe his chin or cheek. She was glad he seemed to be of good nature about the whole situation. “I can imagine it would not be a pleasant experience” She murmured to him, repeating her previous action of pushing her hair behind her ear as he chuckled, she smiled as he said it was nice to meet her as well. She figured she was getting better at this interacting game...She blinked in surprise as he laughed her cheeks coloring a second time. “Y-yes...I oh, I didn’t know anyone lived here! Does your family live here too? I thought it was part of the school. Cub, give the guy a chance to speak a rumble passed through the lion’s chest as if he were laughing. “Oh...sorry about that” She frowned looking away and running her fingers through her hair nervously. “From what I can gather the girls are all dressing up the guys in these strange clothes” Little Feather explained to him reaching into the box and pulling out the outfit from earlier and holding it up to show him. “Perhaps...you would consider competing?” She asked him out of the blue adding from memory a phrase she had Mercy say. “You’d look cute in this” She smiled, obviously unaware of her social blunder the lion beside her however put a paw over his nose. I don’t think that phrase would work so well here Cub Lion grumbled causing Little Feather to blush for the third time. “Uh-um-I mean...” She started up though trailed off very quickly, holding the outfit more to hide herself from view now. Pull yourself together Shiko...

Crash groaned inwardly knowing full well he’d given her a trump card. “Of course not” He answered her though the smile he gave her was definitely a little strained. Crash was surprised by her offer, he hadn’t meant to incite that reaction he wouldn’t have declined one but it’d be an awkward exchange at this moment. “Perhaps if I cross the finish line” He grinned at her trying to make light of the situation. He was readjusting his ‘socks’ as Kathy gestured to him, he looked up at the pair instantly stopping what he was doing, he was about to say something when Carmen begun to speak, his eyebrows perked up at her wording until she changed her tune. He allowed a chuckle to escape him as she complimented his ‘bunny suit’ “Why thank you” He grinned at her half bowing as he was unable to bend freely in his current attire. “I should probably warn you I’m extremely clumsy just so you’re aware, apart from that I think you’ve got it covered” He added before taking her hand and giving it a gentle but firm shake offering her a wide smile as he did. “I would be inclined to agree with you” He dipped his head in a nod releasing her hand, he’d barely retracted it before she’d moved the conversation on...straight into uncharted territory. Did she?! Is she?! Crash looked positively stunned by what she was saying, the last time something even close to this had come up Kathy had been forced into a ball. Crash wasn’t quite sure what to make of it all, perhaps he didn’t want to admit anything...but neither did he want to deny anything. He lifted a hand to the back of his neck a bashful look flickering across his expression before he settled on a neutral but warm smile, his mind instantly began to sort through multiple branches of action within a matter of seconds he had come to what he believed to be the best solution. “Erm...yeah sorry about that by the way I can get a little competitive in sports like that. I didn’t hurt you did I?” He opted to change the subject gripping the last part of her question, this had to be safest route...right? Concern leaked into his expression before he could stop it he couldn’t help it even if she had assured him at the time he had already considered adrenaline could have been in play before. “Kudos to you for that last assault, you owned me that time around” He quickly added, trying to keep all traces of color from his face though his pulse was pounding in his ears.

Ryuu gulped. Thankfully enough, Maria seemed to move away from him. Andromeda definitely seemed like a better option to stick with right at the moment, though he personally thought that being dressed up by any girl was embarrassing in its own context. Still...

When Andromeda asked of him for some ideas, the otaku thought carefully.

"...It'd be cool if there was something like a... sailor uniform. Or something like that," Ryuu said. He hoped that at least one of the uniforms, if there were any, did not have the color pink on them.
GIGA COLLAB EPISODE VI: Return of the Melons

Summary: Crossdressing.


Mercy was so busy cooing over the kitten she actually jumped as Darwin reached a pitch she had not deemed possible. "Whoa! Impressive set of pipes you've got there" She grinned up at Darwin looking back over at Garden she tilted her head to the side still scratching the little thing behind its ears. "Does...it have a name?" Mercy asked. "So far its going to be multi-colored courtesy of Darwin over here, and we're definitely making it big enough for us to fit in" Mercy chuckled at the idea she had by now successfully filled a bucket with sand which was constructive! She got to her feet brushing herself down. "We are going to need a bigger bucket..." She sighed looking up to see where Koop was, she waved at him giggling as the little moogle dive bombed into her arms fluttering his wings behind him happily. "Music is necessary, get some of these lazy buggers up...ice on Crash should definitely happen, also need more space" She instructed the small creature who purred happily before pinging back into the air and zipping away.

Crash by now was dozing, no longer paying attention to his surroundings he didn't really feel the need to. He had practically dried off already by now well minus his swimming trunks they were still damp, and his hair perhaps...not that this really mattered. For unbeknownst to Crash and unfortunately Kathy who was laying beside him, Koop was hovering just above them rummaging through his messenger bag, well they couldn't have people missing out right? Mercy had told him to douse Crash in ice, if he was careful enough he'd miss Kathy. The little moogle fished around his bag before pulling out a stupidly large bag of ice...it was the same size as him! His wings were having to flap twice as fast as they usually did to keep him elevated, with a rather devious little smirk, the cream bundle of mischief grabbed the bottom of the bag and upturned it, sending a wall of ice cubes cascading down straight onto Crash's torso, a few of them probably bounced off of him and straight onto Kathy's back. "Ffffizzwads and Crambletoads!" Crash yelped the shapeshifter's reaction was immediate, as soon as the first few ice cubes touched him he had jolted upright, pulling his arms across his chest as more of the cursed cold things fell on him, he flailed for a moment trying to get his feet as they ran off of his shoulders, down his back he nosedived over Kathy hitting the sand the other side of her, rolling around the sand like a beached whale for a moment. "What the-Who the-grr!" He brushed his hands over his burning chest, completely oblivious to the fact he had probably dropped all of the ice that had previously landed in his lap...on Kathy as he passed her. Koop by now had pegged it, his legs were even moving as he flew away from the pair arms waving wildly either side of him, sweat droplets flying from his head as he moved.

Garden looked back at the two and smiled. "No.. but I would like to call him or her...sunflower! I had a friend named sunflower and he/she has the same flowers so it seems perfect for her or him" Being tired to wonder if it was a girl or a boy she picked up the kitten and looked underneath it. "Oh its a boy! How oddly lucky!" She giggled as she petted sunflower lightly and cuddle with the cute little bundle of fluff. "Something colorful and big enough to fit us in?! Wow! That sounds really cool!" She smiled brightly and she watched as Lady Mercy asked the cute little poof thing of fluff with wings for a bigger bucket, ice and music. Garden put sunflower on the sand and pet his ears. "Okay, stay there for a moment and I promise I give lots of love and food later." She stood up and help with making the amazing sculpting they were going to make.

"?!" Feeling something cold briefly bounce to her side, Kathy's eyes opened wide with surprise as she reflexively yelped out and swatted away whatever had just landed on her. Before she had real time to ponder what had just happened though, a much bigger yelp beside her distracted her. "What's wro-" Mid-sentence, Crash suddenly flew over her to the other side and dived into the sand. At the same time he had just dumped a wad of ice onto her bare back, making her instantly bolt up in surprise. "Cold cold cold..!" Getting goosebumps from the sudden chill, the ice slid off her back with the help of gravity as she sat up with a look of confusion and surprise.

Now unfortunately for Crash, Kathy had been on her front with her back exposed to the sun the whole time and didn't see the real culprit behind the whole thing. Puffing out one of her cheeks, she took a handful of the melting ice that had fallen behind her and dropped it back on top of Crash. "Geeze, where did you suddenly get this from anyway?" She asked.

Crash looked up as Kathy exclaimed he watched the ice slide from her back his face portraying a sudden flush of guilt. Had he done that? He shivered involuntarily, Goosebumps apparent on his upper torso around the nice red marks that now littered his torso, his eyes instantly flicked up looking for the culprit, he had his knuckles pressed against his pectoral muscles looking a bit like a cave man as he cast his gaze around them frowning, he didn’t notice Kathy grab some of the melting ice and bring it towards him. Of course his reaction when she dropped it on his head was rather amusing. “Nngargh!” He exclaimed as the cold water trailed off his head followed by chunks of ice, he clenched his fists waving his arms from the elbow down only as his shoulders curled in tightly he glared up at her only succeeding in looking rather childish. “Wh-what was that for?!” He squeaked yes squeaked...this was not a proud moment for him, he hadn’t even been aware he could reach that octave. He hopped to his feet reaching up and furiously batting at his head, flicking her with the cold water that had accumulated on his fingertips once he was done before clearing his throat. “Me? I didn’t get it from anywhere! It was tipped on me!” Crash answered her his voice returning to normal, brushed the sand off of his chest. “Why would I tip ice over myself...on purpose?” He added the last part, knowing full well he had in fact spilt ice down himself before by accident. “I’m not a magician I can’t make things appear out of thin air.........” Crash stated, watching her carefully in case she felt the need to bombard him with more ice, a thoughtful expression crossed his mind for a moment. He felt his shoulders slump as the gears clicked into place. “Women...” He muttered as if cursing them in general although he unintentionally left himself open for a punch for that one. “Unless Ara can move like a ninja whilst carrying a bag of noisy ice, there is only one culprit!” Crash announced, lifting his index finger pointing towards the sky before aiming it at Mercy who was assisting Garden and Darwin with a sandcastle.

Crash without really thinking ducked down beside Kathy, scooping up a handful of the ice that had fallen onto her towel just behind her, as he stood back up he deliberately allowed some to escape his hands so it landed on her before he danced out of her reach knowing he was so going to pay for that at any moment, he hot footed it across the sand making a bee-line for Mercy who was oblivious to him. “MJ!” He called to her when she was close enough, it worked wonders as she turned around Crash threw the melting ice pieces at her as she turned most of which doused her torso, causing her to shriek quite inhumanely and dance around like a ninny as she tried to wipe the ice from her torso. “You little sod! You’ll pay for that!” She growled after Crash as he sprinted away again, heading back towards Kathy out of habit as he retreated from Mercy’s wrath.

“Alright you lot, announcement number 2!” Mercy called to everyone. “I will shortly be revealing the next event! So don’t disappear...trust me you do NOT want to miss this one” Mercy had a very devious smile plastered on her face, her eyes drifted to rest on Koop who was almost finished setting up an assault course on the far side of the beach.

Watching Crash's unexpectedly exaggerated reaction to the ice, Kathy couldn't help but let out a laugh. Especially when his voice actually ended up even higher than her own. She closed her eyes momentarily as a small spray of water was returned to her, but the amused smile on her face did not disappear.

In Kathy's complete defence, she hadn't seen Crash get dumped with the ice before he ended up leaving quite a bit of it on her back. However, listening to his questions and hurried comments, she was beginning to get an idea of what had really transpired. At his little mutter of 'women', however, she puffed out her cheek again and tossed another bit of ice in Crash's direction.

"Ara..? Who's-" Not having been introduced directly, she had forgotten his name for a moment but then remembered that it had been the brown-haired boy from back at the bar. "Right." Letting out a sigh, she had been distracted by the memory and hadn't noticed Crash's movements until he was... Right beside her really. Still sitting up on the towel, Kathy felt her face turn red as the shapeshifter nonchalantly picked up the ice behind her before dropping some of it on her head and running off. At the moment, she was almost glad for the ice on her head really. Hopefully it would help her calm down again. By the time he returned, the blush had mostly faded away again as she looked at him and joked, "You seem really bent on making a lot of enemies today Crash."

Darwin grinned at Garden and Mercy before rollijumping up and down in excitement. "WASN'T THAT KITTEN SO GOD DAMN CUTE!"

Vanessa took off her shades and looked coldly at the boy before her, "Oh look, a very squirmy boy. What do you want?" She scowled at him while putting on a mischievous grin. She loved teasing and watching boys try to impress her, it was a good sport. "Wait....how can you float."

“Aah… That.” Ara shrugged. “Crash, that’s the guy from the bar by the way, threw a water balloon at me, I threw one back, someone else joined in for some reason and… It all just snowballed from there really.” His own temper probably had a lot to do with it, but he wasn’t going to admit to a fault that easily. Besides, no harm was really done and Carmen seemed to have enjoyed herself at any rate.

Carmen looked over at Ara. "Ahhh...I...think I get it? Well, the game was fun anyway, except when I got knocked over. I think I won my duel though!" she said, grinning with pride. "With that guy from the bar, actually...Crash, you said his name was?"

Seven looked down at the girl, so much black.... He gave his signature smile and waved at her even though he was still floating above her. " Well being a bakeneko is sure have its perks!" He smiled as he bath in the sun light while licking his hand. "What about you, this is good sun! Why are you just hiding underneath that parasol?"

Ara nodded in confirmation. "Yup. Probably a nickname, unless he had some pretty wild parents." He wiggled around in his seat a bit. It had been a while but he had hardly dried out at all. He was in swimming trunks so that was fine, but his shirt was getting uncomfortable. He probably should've thought of that and taken it off before the water ballooning had began.

Save looked at Cyber as her whole body started to tickle "umm.. What are you doing" Cyber suddenly kicked a guy in the face as she could see multiple colors appear in front of her vision. She could hear the wind and the people around her as she floated in mid air above Cyber. She gave a dumbfounded look at Cyber and Dendus as she could feel the air on her face "What... happened?"

Cyber was most definitely getting annoyed with these guys yet he can't do much trouble... but as he was about to use Cyber click he remembered that this area was a bit to small and there was still random civilians waling about. So he grabbed the shirt of the guy and pulled his face close to his. "Okay...I am not interested..." he stopped grabbing the guys shirt and walked to Save at his 3ds.

Save tried to float away but she got sent back into the 3ds as soon as she tried to float away "This is freaking me really out" After a moment of weird movements in the 3ds she saw the same thing she just saw a moment ago as she was being sent back to the real world again "Cyber look I'm real" as she wanted to fly away again but it still didn't work as she entered the 3ds again "I can come to the real world but I can't move an inch" She said as she looked at Cyber through the camera.

Mercy grinned at Darwin as he rolled(?)Jumped about still obviously excited by the kitten, she dusted her hands off. Having readjusted after Crash’s icy assault, she glanced at Garden and Darwin. “Excuse me for a moment” She smiled at the pair, before walking back over to her chair, climbing back up the ladder she stood up on the chair. “Alright everyone listen up, the next event is all set up!” Mercy announced motioning at the rather interesting assault course that had been set up where the waterballoon dodgeball had taken place earlier, in front of them were 6 closed chests 2 of each kind. “Sorry gentleman you lost the last event so you've been nominated for the next one. Unfortunately because of treacherous rule breaking and friendly fire you are doing the next challenge in fancy dress...or more to the point woman's clothing” Mercy continued grinning deviously. “Ladies for winning the last event, how would you like to pick one of the guys and make them look pretty?”She asked, looking rather smug with herself as she looked at the 5 guys stood within close quarters. Darwin, Ryuu, Ara, Seven and Crash were still stood close by. “Once all the guys are dressed up its a free-for-all through the assault course to our left” Mercy continued explaining. “This course must be completed in the outfit you will dressed in, no ifs or buts that is a rule! The course pretty much speaks for itself under the netting over the rickety ladder bridge and to the table at the end. On that table you will find 6 pieces of paper on it, pick One. You must grab whatever is written on that piece of paper and take it with you over the finish line if you fail to grab your item you’ll lose the race and be in for a nasty forfeit” She explained hoping she hadn’t left anything out. “Alright, so who’s dressing up who? We’ve got Ara, Ryuu, Darwin, Seven and Crash up for grabs. Once you’ve got one take them over to one of the six chests and get started” She grinned deviously.

Crash hadn’t realised how flustered he had made Kathy as he’d scooped up the ice though he offered her a cheeky grin at what she said. “As long as you’re on my side I’m good” He returned her jest, winking slyly at her. His ears perked up as he heard Mercy announce the next speech, he stood beside Kathy folding his arms as he listened, though at some point he finally cottoned on to what she was implying. What? Hell no! He grimaced before attempting to slink away from the large group.

Cyber looked at Save who was trying to get out of his 3ds...he was confused and sort of freak out why she was doing that...'Maybe she is a really human?' He thought but he shook his head and tried to to freak out. "Look lets talk about this...or you being stuck in my 3ds... later but for now... what is happening outside?" He heard some noises outside form the shop, picking up the 3ds with Save in it he turned back to the guy he was trying to seduce with. "Onii-chan! I will be right back! please wait for me." He giggled in a happy fake tone and left the store skipping. As he was already at the beach he could some sort of...beach olympics? or games...what ever! He wonder what was happening and why are there chest on the beach. 'What the hell?" he questioned what was happening, he turned the 3ds around so Save could see the beach. "Here, it a nice view but not my type...I seen better in video games..." He smirked as he watched the waves crash down on the shore.

Realizing Crash was trying to slip away from them, she quickly grabbed onto his wrist to stop him. "I guess I've chosen the one to dress up then." Kathy smiled, enjoying the situation quite a bit. 'Crash in a dress...' She almost felt bad at finding the image incredibly hilarious. Almost. Not quite enough to let go and allow him to escape.

Pulling him towards a chest that was blue and yellow in colour, Kathy reassured him, "Come on. It'll be fun. And women's clothing isn't all that uncomfortable, I promise." Rummaging through the chest, she found that there was quite an assortment inside. From costumes like dancer outfits or wedding dresses, to more normal and casual clothes like mini-skirts or summer dresses. Laughing, she beckoned Crash over and asked, "Okay... I'll be nice and let you choose what sort of outfit you want. Easy to move in and revealing? Or well-covered and not quite good for the beach?"

Maria grinned at Mercy's words, her eyes darting over to Ryuu. She walked over to him with a wide grin on her face.

"Well, look what we have here? You need some clothes don't you?" She spoke slowly, giving the boy a smirk. She turned to Mercy and motioned that she was taking Ryuu. She then motioned for the boy to follow her. She took a look in one of the chests and looked through it a bit. Nothing was really sparking her interest. Everything was too... plain. She threw dresses behind her back left and right before stopping. Her eyes went wide as she looked at it. She glanced over at Ryuu with a look that said, 'Should I? Should I really?' Her lips curled upwards and she smiled. She held up a piece of cloth. Two pieces in fact. She held a red, white, and blue bikini in her hands. The top had red, white, and blue tassels hanging from the breasts. She glanced over at Ryuu, trying to contain her laughter, already imagining the poor boy in it.

Carmen was intrigued when she heard the next event was going to be a crossdressing obstacle course. She had no idea how that would go down but as the lady went through the details she grew an amused grin. Turning to Ara with a bright smile, she said, "So! Are you game? I CHOOSE YOU!" Ara is now a Pokemon

Grinning widely, Ara jumped out from his seat and looked back at Carmen. "Hah, great. Just when I wanted some dry clothes to change into." Unlike the other guys, he wasn't fazed at all at the fact that he'd have to dress in women's clothing. After all, he had memories of being a woman. The horrors and embarrassment of those could not possibly be compared to mere cross-dressing. Rubbings his hands together, he waited for Carmen to start leading him over to one of the chests. "Do I get to wear your awesome hat? Though I hope you'll dress me in something I can still win the race in."

Carmen raised one eyebrow when Ara seemed almost eager to change into women's clothing. It certainly wasn't the reaction she was expecting, but then again his doppelganger was a girl. But still...that can't make crossdressing something that requires no hesitation or impulse negative reactions. Oh well...it just made it easier for her. "Sorry, this hat is off limits," she said in response to his question. "Ok...let's do this then!" She pulled him over to one of the chests and opened it up. "And no promises on the race winning thing...this has to be as entertaining as possible, obviously." She rummaged through the chest, finding all kinds of wonderful things to put on Ara. She momentarily stopped, thinking. "Yeah, it's gotta be this one," she said, pulling out a gigantic wedding dress...veil, train and everything. "Still excited?" she asked with a smirk. "Well, go on, put it on!" she said, holding the dress out for Ara to grab. "It's easy!", she finished with a laugh.

Alistair was very interested to find out what a 'cross-dressing' competition was and as his followers could cleary see the way out of the forest he had his light fade out till they could no longer see him and transformed into a bunny. as said bunny he hopped out of the woods and onto the beach , slowly hopping across the sand until he was approaching the large group congregating there. he then stopped staring at the group, which contained a few very attractive girls, including one with a very odd hat and a girl who appeared to have snakes for hair, he was really enjoying this particular group of guests.

Ara rolled his eyes and let out a groan. "What part of that looks easy to race in?" The white dress was ridiculously poofy and probably extended past his ankles. "... Is this karma for the whole wedding heckling I was doing back at the bar?" He wondered aloud, and looked at Carmen with one brow raised in suspicion. Was he allowed to rip the thing to make it a bit easier to run in? Technically he would still be wearing the entire outfit. Wrinkling his nose, Ara took the dress from Carmen and shook it up and down a few times in distaste. "Seriously. If I'm going to compete, I want to try to win you know?"

Carmen laughed. "No it's not karma...that was hilarious! And this will be hilarious too," she finished, confident in her logic. "So win!" she said playfully. "You'll find a way. That dress is very expensive, you know. So don't compete too fiercely. It's like racing while holding a priceless painting. You can do that, right?" She was very amused by this whole situation, and her face showed it. "Besides, I'd imagine you can use the fact that you're wearing an entire bridal outfit to distract your opponents," she opined. "Although I absolve myself from all responsibility if Crash teases you for it. Fair's fair."

Ara couldn't see a better time than the present to admit he probably wouldn't have cared squat about holding a priceless painting. "Aah, so you mean I can just let the thing snag and rip as I please? That's fine then." It wasn't his dress or money. Or Carmen's for that matter. Meaning, he felt very little guilt in potentially ruining the whole thing down to rags. He sighed and unzipped the back of the dress. Taking off his shirt, he stepped into the opening and pulled the dress up over his swimming trunks as he slipped it on. About halfway through pulling the zipper up, however, it got stuck and he couldn't finish putting it on. "Hey Carmen, help me out here."

Waiting for her to help, Ara looked at some of the other clothes poking out of the chest. At least his wasn't very revealing. Even he would've been quite apprehensive about showing too much skin in something clearly meant for the opposite gender. "And Crash can try all he wants. Oh, but if he asks then you're my groom alright?" Smiling cheekily, he winked at Carmen.

Carmen's eyes widened a little as he discussed being careless to the dress. "Hmm...I'm going to have to go with no on that one, boss," she said, somewhat half playfully. "I don't like seeing a good dress go to waste, you know." She walked around as he attempted to put it on, and soon enough asked for her help. "Aww, you can't do it yourself? ...well, at least I know you're not experienced then," she chided playfully. She walked up behind him and unstuck the zipper, zipping it the rest of the way up. "Hmm, that was too easy," she remarked to herself. "They could've at least picked a harder dress to get into. Well, it's least it's big." Carmen reacted in dramatic shock when he mentioned the groom. "ME?! A groom? Certainly not," she said indignantly. "I'm just a bridesmaid, dear," she retorted with an endearing smile. "Ready for your big day yet?"

"Your fault for putting it on me. You've been warned." Ara shrugged back. Then hearing her comment about being 'experienced', he couldn't help but let out a small, defeated-sounding laugh. Oh if only she knew. Though technically he had never really cross-dressed himself before, so perhaps it didn't really count if all he had were disconnected 'memories'. Also, he had to admit he was surprised to find that the dress actually fit. Ara wasn't exactly bulky, but he was still bigger than the average female due to his gender. And unlike girls, his waist didn't slim down dramatically to create curves. Well... The chest area was awkwardly just hovering over his non-existant upper curves but that much was to be expected.

Pretending to look hurt, Ara clutched at his chest and clicked his tongue. "Ouch. Rejected right before the big event. What a mean woman you are." Then letting out a laugh, he gestured towards all the wedding accessories still in her hand. "So are you gonna let me off the hook with this much, or are you going to put those on me too? I have no idea how all those things go, so you're going to have to put them on me yourself if you're going to dress me in them."

"It's not me, it's you," she responded playfully. "And of course you have to wear these too. They're not that hard to figure out, but let me help you out. The necklace goes on the neck, the veil goes on the head, the bracelets go on the wrists, ...I think you get the idea. Have fun!" she finished as she handed the lot to him.

The next event draws near, and Anedine still hasn't found a partner. Like a watchful eagle on its routine hunt, the meek girl's eyes rolled over to the group. Ryuu was taken by the Principal disappointingly, after he had seemed to compliment Anedine for her "beautiful presence", of which she only responded with a simple smile. Then there was a purple-haired boy (Darwin), a boy with a presence comparable to Ryuu's, and possibly his friend too. After a short two-second debate in her head on whether she is sure about her decision, Anedine walked over to him, her had waving a warm greeting and an invitation.

"Poor me, i don't have anyone to partner with." Anedine asked in her usual timid, cutish tone. "Mind if you would be one?"

Dendus, while still heading to the souvenir shop, briefly screamed in surprise as Cyber suddenly disappeared off from his hand. Wait a second, it seemed he said something beforehand... Breach Oily Picks? Peach All Repicks?

...Beach Olympics!

He looked around, finally seeing the two heading to the direction of the sandy shores. He sighed frustratingly, wondering why does he even try to be with her... wait a second, two!? There goes it, the girl in the device is real. His body shook in surprise again, before calming himself down. He walked to their direction, to find there was only the girl again. Probably just imagining things? Ah, well. On another look around the vicinity, it seemed that the Beach Olympics has already begun, and with the first event already over. There was what seemed to be girls' clothes , and a line of men with a female partner nearby.

Cyber made sure that Save could see the whole view of the ocean, well it was pretty but he hated the outdoors so he really didn't like it much. While looking around he notices the guy from earlier, he should really asked his name... he waved him over and walked to him well skipped to keep his girly innocent girl persona contact. "Oh Hi again Onii-chan! Sorry I had to leave earlier I needed to talk to someone but I am okay again! Oh I should really ask your name, my name is Cyber nice to meet you!" He gave a very sweet totally fake but doesn't seem like one smile and batter his eyelashes. He was getting a bit annoyed, he just wanted some food and a drink for free! But as soon he though of food his stomach gave a loud growl. "Oh! wow I must be that hungry" He gave another giggle and looked at the guy waiting for the right response he was looking for. Meanwhile the 3ds he was holding was still pointed at the beach. He looked back at Save hoping she is enjoying the view. Cyber was getting a wee bit impatient and started to look around a bit more. "Hey lets look at event, it looks fun! I will go ahead okay?" He giggled again with a fake tone but you know doesn't seem like it and walked towards the beach. While walking he was so busy about thinking about food he accidentally bumped into someone (Ara) causing him to fall on the sand. "Ow!, hey be careful!" He shouted at the guy as he got up and rubbed of the sand of his shorts.

Garden listened carefully to what lady Mercy said...a cross dressing race competition for the guys!! Oh she never heard such on an event. Males in dresses or skirts at an obstacle course...what excitement! She looked around for a guy to dress up as but as she was about to ask Sir Darwin another girl asked him... 'Oh Lady Anedine!' She smiled as she saw her again, so since Sir Darwin was taken she looked around for another partner... to her surprise she forgot about sunflower! She picked up the little kitten and then again looked around for a partner... It looked like a lot of were taken...

Seven was so confused...a cross dressing thing and he is included? But he didn't even join that idiotic fight thing earlier...

Darwin was upset thinking of kittens flying around his mind when suddenly.....a girl appeared out of nowhere. Why did girls just love to jump him whole he thought about kitten and or skittles. Now he tonight about it he was hungry for skittles. he chuckled as the girl approached and piped up, "Hey! Anedine...right? oh I'd love to, nobody has picked me yet and I'm getting pretty bored just standing here in the seller ing sun with all this sand everywhere! So yeah! So what you want!" As he said this he tried with all his might not to stare at what Ryuu called giant melons....
Alright dudes and dudettes.

I have officially initiated Operation Get The Current Pad Posted And Get Things Moving Again.

We have 824359324759 lines yet to post on the current Pad, so I'm going to be posting all of them posthaste. Why? So we can move off the pad and onto a fresh one to start training. Currently the only thing that's happening is Cyber and Alistair are making nice nice (suggestions have already been made on the Pad to move that to a private collab). Everyone else has been standing around idly chatting since the event finished. We were really cooking and these past couple days we've pretty much completely ground to a halt. So...I'm doing my non-GM/co-GM/co-co-GM part to fix that.

Let's keep the Athalia train rolling.

/motivationalspeech
Miyoshi was not at all surprised when the report came in of six more missiles being launched. She was certainly pleased to hear that these were also the last six, but there were six missiles to take care of in not a lot of time. Fortunately, the subsonic Kh-55s were significantly outclassed in speed by both Deep Blue and the missiles it carried. That didn't mean it would be easy, though. The missiles spread out a great deal as soon as they were launched, meaning Miyoshi and Six would have a lot of distance to cover to down all the missiles in time...or at least, their missiles would. Miyoshi wasn't planning on trying to pick off all of them with guns like she had the last two. Time was of the essence.

"All right, Massao, let's do this," she said to her aircraft. Locating the three missiles closest to her, she sprang into action. First, the necessary radio calls. "Roger, Overwatch. Moving to intercept cruise missiles, over," she responded to the AWACS. Her radio responses often had a receptionist-like tone to them - almost robotic. "Six, I'll take the right three, you take the left three. Let's knock 'em out!" she said, more animated than when she had responded to Overwatch. As soon as she clicked off the radio she pulled hard up on the stick, executing two successive Immelmanns to get behind her three missiles.

The missiles were indeed quite spread out - if she was going to go for guns the quickest way would be to cross them all in a single angled run. She still had five long-range R-37Ms left, as well as two medium-range K-77Ms and four short-range K-74M2s, so she elected to use the missiles for time's sake. Flicking the fire selector over to the K-77s, she came in behind the missiles. They were far, far in front of her, which was deliberate so she could see and target them all instead of having to weave about. Targeting the first one, she fired off the first of two K-77s with a "Fox Three" on the radio. Switching to the second missile, she did the same. Out of K-77s, she switched to short range K-74s and pushed the throttle forward. This gave her insurance in case the first two missiles didn't hit their marks for whatever reason, and also allowed her to be in range for the short-range missiles. In a matter of seconds the fast Foxbat was within firing range, and with a final "Fox Two" the K-74M2 left its hardpoint and streaked towards the third missile. Looking out of her canopy, Miyoshi could still see all three missiles with her peripherals, and waited for her missiles to connect.
Lucas could tell that Claire was at least as happy as he was to have made this encounter. He could honestly say it was the best thing that had happened to him in a while. His life was nice - living by the beach, lifeguarding and going to college not too far away wasn't a bad way to be, but...nothing ever happened. It was always the same old, same old. Perhaps Claire could change that.

Her hesitation when saying she also had a lot of time confused him a little, but he quickly forgot about it as soon as she suggested a Q&A session, to which he nodded in approval. It was clear that this was no longer just a "nice meeting you, bye" kind of encounter. He chuckled at her mention of "stepping over the line," and responded. "You'll find that my 'line' is a lot farther than most people's. Some would say nonexistent. So...be careful what you wish for," he said with a playful smile. Then he pondered about what to ask...there were so many possible questions. He collected his thoughts and started by sizing up what he knew out loud. "Let's see...your name is Claire, you work at the coffee shop, and you enjoy relaxing in the water when nobody else is around. Since you work at the coffee shop you're not just a tourist and are a regular. What brought you to the beach?" He hoped his first question would go over well...it seemed harmless enough to him.
Claire's suggestion made Lucas happy for several reasons: first, he was no longer the bad guy. Second, a walk all alone with a girl who he now could see was very cute might have just been exactly what he needed. And third...the only two people on the entire beach were no longer awkwardly not noticing each other, let alone interacting. In short: this was a good thing.

Lucas was now a good bit more relaxed than before as soon as the suggestion was made. He chuckled at her attempt to get him to introduce himself. "True, but 'most people' also don't meet each other on a deserted beach at sunset." He paused as he considered what he had just said. Meeting a deserted beach at sunset was one of the most unorthodox but coolest ways of meeting someone he'd ever heard of. He didn't dare think "romantic" yet, as they had literally just met a few seconds ago. But, looking out over the ocean, he concluded that it was indeed a very romantic image. "But, I suppose I'll tell you my name. Just for you," he said with a smile, looking at the girl who was now standing close to him."It's Lucas. Certainly not a name as nice as Claire, but it's mine and I like it," he said with a friendly shrug.

"So, how 'bout that walk?" he offered. "We can go anywhere you want. I've got nothing but time," he finished, smiling at her.
Mini writing exercise: "Your character stands in front of a locked door and needs to get inside. What would they do?"
Carmen

1. Brood about it.

Carmen, definitely loud enough that others can hear said "Ugh, this is SO inconvenient!" (Dramatic flash of the hair)


2. Try a few more times. Maybe I was just doing it wrong.

Carmen's hand trying the door said *jiggle* *jiggle* ... *SHAKE*


3. Sigh.

Carmen, sighing said "sighhhhhhhh"


4. Look around to see if anyone is watching.

the sound of looking around said *checks, coast is clear*


5. Forces the door open with a trumpet blast.

It's THAT EASY!
As Lucas approached the figure, the figure noticed. Well at least I won't be freaking anybody out today, he thought. He got closer and the figure became a girl, though he couldn't tell much more than that in the dim light. He predicted her obviously crestfallen reaction at seeing a lifeguard. Maybe I shouldn't have worn this shirt after all, he thought.

"Hey, relax - I'm off duty! I'm not going to tell you to leave," he said, attempting a smile to make her at ease. "I just figured I'd say hello and make sure you were safe. Occupational obligation, y'know? I was just taking a walk and saw you over here. If you haven't noticed, there's nobody else on the beach," he continued, looking around. "A meeting was pretty much inevitable," he said with a shrug. He sincerely hoped he hadn't ruined her time alone, as he himself had been trying to be alone just moments before. He was definitely prepared to let her be and walk off somewhere else - still within eyereach of course - if it meant she would be at ease again.

Lucas looked around his person when the girl, now introduced as Claire, asked him for a flashlight. "I guess I don't have one on me, sorry. I'd be happy to walk you back if it would make you feel better. Or I can leave you be. Doesn't matter," he said with a sheepish smile. He was getting a little flustered that he interrupted this poor girl's solitude. "It's...nice to meet, you, Claire."
Uhhh...some stuff. A good amount of stuff. Like...check out the last 4 IC posts, and that's only half of what we've done in the collab.
MEGA COLLAB: III EDITION - "The Ultimate Crucible"

Summary: Some people throw some balloons and some people get hit by said balloons.


Seven looked up to Mr. Lion as he asked he hated water very much, he gave a nod and sort of a pathetic mewl. "Yes...its like awful and cruel...I alwaya hated water,plus I can't swim so might not survive..." Seven grumbled out as he watched the waves of the ocea splash down on the shore. "I can't trust it, I can't trust alot of things...but I can trust you guys!" Seven luaghed a bit but stayed underneath Mr. lion until the water ballon fight ends soon. he licked his paw and scratch his ear until the time comes...

Laughing, Kathy replied to Crash, “Don’t worry. We’ll be the ones to win this game.” With Alex on her shoulder, she began to move to join the other girls on their side of the court. Even though they were on opposite sides, it was very easy to spot Crash with his red hair and bright swimming trunks. Her face turned red when she saw him suddenly toss his shirt aside. ‘Was that really necessary..?’ She wondered. It should’ve been quite… Normal though. There were already plenty of other guys around that already had their shirts off because they had been enjoying their time at the beach before the event already started. ‘Ugh… Normal, everything’s normal.’ She chanted inside her head as she shook her head, hoping to clear away the redness on her face. Though she had been trying not to look, her eyes were drawn towards the scar she could see. She frowned a bit, but decided to put it out of her mind for now.

Luckily, Alex was helping her with that. Listening to him, she smiled warmly and replied, “Alright! I’ll be relying on you then Alex.” Actually, Kathy planned on protecting him from any of the incoming water balloons but she could at least appreciate the sweet gesture. Besides, it was quite adorable to have a small ‘knight’ on her shoulder.

"Yes!" Alex shouted, sitting up and soluting in a mock gesture. He giggled at himself and then turned to watch the action.

Meanwhile, Ara was waiting impatiently on the men's side of the court. He briefly checked to see where the red-haired girl (Kathy) was, though he probably had to search for her again when all the chaos started. Crash seemed quite a bit further down the line than he was. Well, he wasn't too worried about that. No one could possibly be too dense to notice that someone was deliberately aiming all the balloons they had at the girl (Kathy) even if there were closer and easier targets around.

... And why not. He'd try to shoot a few at Carmen too. What better way to celebrate a new friendly acquaintance than to start chucking water balloons at her?

Chris stood, a sour expression on her face. She glanced around, looking at the other guys around her. She walked over to the red head(Crash) and waved with a smile. "'Sup! Name's Chris." She said, holding out her hand to shake his.

Lily sat on one of the lawnchairs, watching everything. Even the principal messing with that one kid. She had to admit, it suprised her how relaxed the woman was. Then again, at her old school there were no teachers nor higher uppers. Just the students for some reason. She sighed and shook her head. When she noticed more people getting ready for the game, she stood up and walked over, making her way over to Kathy. She blinked when she noticed the small boy on her shoulder. A pixie? That was what his energy told her but... It was muddled. She shrugged and stood next to the girl. After a few moments of silence, she looked over and smiled at the girl.

"Hey... I'm Lily." She began. Hopefully she wouldn't be ignored... Again.

Andromeda flashed Ryuu a smile, as she took up a position on the sidelines to basically be his cheerleader.
Oona looked around at the competition, there were a few large men over there, but size wasn't everything, she was rather sure her team could win, they were actually quite a few people on both sides, they appeared to have a reasonably even chance of winning.
Waterballoon Dodgeball. The ultimate crucible of competition.

At least, that’s how Carmen’s mind saw it. She had a fierce competitive streak that she had completely forgotten about until just now (the martini from earlier certainly didn’t help) and for her it was like the beginning of an internationally televised and dramatized sporting event. Winners would be exalted. Losers shamed. But, of course, even her competitiveness couldn’t trump her need to look fashionable at all times. Luckily her gigantic sun hat came with a neck strap, which she presently tightened as she looked down at her dress.

Yeah, this will work fine, she thought. It’s a beach dress, after all. What’s a little water? …and besides, I don’t plan on getting hit anyway, she thought, smiling. She was stood in the middle of her team which was generally milling about (as well as the other team) and not noticing her, in the middle of the “court”. Like a scene from a sports movie, she slowly brought her head up to face the other team as the lady she didn’t recognize announced that the game was about to begin. With her game face on, she picked targets, but truthfully they all were wonderful targets, and she certainly didn’t want to be picky.

Mercy waited for a moment longer as she watched with the exchange between Maria Cross and Ryuu, an amused smile apparent on her face as she chuckled at the pair. Without further ado however she felt it was time to get this blood bath...water bath going. “Alright everyone, on your marks” She called out, as Koop came up next to her pulling an egg timer out of his messenger bag he twisted it and waited for a moment. “Ready...set...” Mercy started leaving a small pause as she was sure they were all pretty tense, coiled up like springs. She placed the whistle between her lips before blowing it sharply, allowing the sharp sound to pierce the air. At the same time Koop released the timer...let the game begin!

Chris wasted no time, she rushed to the line, grabbing as much as should could and booked it back to the back of their little area. She yelled at her team mates, telling them to get the move on as she went back for more.

Carmen immediately bolted to the line like a runner after the gun was fired. Quickly grabbing several balloons, she ran backwards back to the rest of her team who were also prepared for the initial onslaught. Picking out targets, she quickly fired some of the balloons she had at basically everyone she could see, not even looking to see if they hit as she reached down to grab some more of her initial ammunition.

Breaking off into an instant sprint, Kathy ran to the starting line and managed to grab a few water balloons before she quickly jumped back, hoping no one could take aim at her that quickly. She glanced over at Alex on her shoulder momentarily, hoping that he wouldn't fall. She quickly took aim and launched a few water balloons at anyone she saw near the center line.

Alex held on for dear life.

Ryuu began to run-

WHEN SUDDENLY....

A bunch of Hilly Balboas began to fly and entered bullet-time, letting Ryuu see every single watermelon being thrown into the air by a bunch of farmers.

Ryuu Yamauchi said "Dear Mom; today, I stand before so many watermelons."


"OH MY GOD," Ryuu screamed, instantly having two spiralling waterfalls of blood shooting out of his nose. Much to his surprise, the women were extremely fast, but he had been expecting this. With a mighty lunge, the otaku quickly snatched several water balloons off of the ground before backing off with surprisingly far-jumping back flips. He eventually stopped, landing on his feet, as he put down three balloons, carrying one with two hands. He failed to get a bucket, but he sure as heck got some ammunition.

Maria ran up to the line, eyeing Ryuu with curious eyes. "Prepare yourselves." She said, aiming her words at the boys. She took a bucket in her hands and ran back with the other girls.

As soon as the whistle went Crash propelled himself forward practically diving for the nearest bucket , whether that was because he tripped over his own feet was questionable as he lurched into the bucket pulling the bucket back with him, balloons already flying he barely missed one as it soared over his head another landed harmlessly in his bucket strike! He managed to backpeddle at an impressive speed and without incident! Once it was safely back he scooped a balloon out of the bucket , now he was ready! Crash tossed the balloon to his over hand before pulling his arm back and sending the balloon into the sky spinning as one would a football, it made a perfect arc and headed towards the back portion of the girls court by now he'd already scooped up two more balloons.

Using a few nearby guys as meat shields, surprisingly enough Ara actually took his time to get to the center line. Whistling to himself, he hid behind his teammates as they got hit by the first splashes of water, keeping himself safely dry for the moment. Noticing that Crash had actually managed to bring a bucket safely back away from the area of chaos, he decided to back track as he continued to weave around behind his teammates.

"Thank you." Chuckling, he took an armful of balloons out of the bucket after giving Crash just a brief bit of appreciation for his efforts. Looking for his pre-determined target, he quickly launched one balloon after another at the girl (Kathy).

Chris felt a water balloon hit her back and she looked back to see one single redheaded female standing as if ready to throw. Chris' eyes narrowed and she grabbed a balloon with a smirk. She pulled her arm back and sent the balloon headed straight for the girl's face.

Lily blinked. Yeah, ignored. Though, not really her fault. She stood as balloons whizzed by her, her arms folded. Why was she even here? She sighed and walked over to a nearby bucket her team had gotten and haphazardly threw it over at the boys. This was... boring.

Launching the last of her initial plunder, Carmen looked up to see balloons coming at her team from the other side...many balloons. Running to avoid them, she managed to survive the opening onslaught. However, she was out of balloons, and her teammates seemed to be totally occupied with theirs, so she initiated a suicide run to attempt to grab a bucket for the team to use as ammunition. Running up to the line from the side of the court and then running across ducking to grab the bucket, she had to jump a few times to avoid some thrown at her feet. Meraculously, she survived the front line and brought the bucket full of balloons back to her teammates alive. "HEY! I grabbed more ammo for us!" she yelled at her teammates, already grabbing a couple to lob at the other team. Her luck with avoiding everything would surely run out eventually...

Ryuu eyed the other side of the court...

...But he just could not look at it for long amounts of times. He was thankful to have sunglasses partially censoring the women's "imported goods."

And all of a sudden, a man appeared on the other side of the court.

"DAFUQ?!" Ryuu shouted silently. "Why the hell is there a man over there?!"

But Andromeda is watching me. And I frickin' TOLD her to cheer for me, so I need to at least survive...

Determined to stay in the game, Ryuu held a water balloon up in the air. He heard the woman supporting him cheer for him, which made him take the game more seriously. His hands briefly crackled plasma energy and, with a mighty swing, he jumped and flung his body around in the air a dozen times before throwing the balloon at a particular woman. She admittedly looked pretty, but he still needed to do something, right?

The balloon charged toward the target (Kathy) with an incredibly fast speed. At this point, Alex had moved away.

"H-Huh?!!" Kathy had expected balloons to come flying at her, but the sheer number of them was very unexpected.

Crash noted where Kathy was almost instantly among the chaos but he deliberately steered clear of her instead he aimed a balloon at a rather bored looking girl (Lily) lobbing it at her before darting away again, hit and run! Momentarily distracted as he noticed Alex grew to adult size, he skidded to a halt watching in a half amused half perplexed manner leaving himself vulnerable to aerial attacks. He clocked where most of the projectile's were coming from, he narrowed his eyes briefly at Ara before swooping back to the bucket, moving over to Ara he couldn't help but be drawn to Carmen'S 'Larger than life' hat unable to resist he sent multiple balloons in her direction before grabbing more, the bucket was going to run out soon...

Alex blinked as balloons came flying at Kathy. It was too many. He glanced around quickly and noticed none of the girls were being hit with such fervour. Without much thought, Alex jumped down from Kathy's shoulder and landed in front of her, growing to his adult size. With swift hands, he knocked balloons out of the way, as they came towards Kathy. However, one manged to hit him on the shoulder. He glanced down at his now soaked shoulder and with a blank expression looked up at where the balloons had been coming from. His eyes narrowed as he sent a glare at the boy (Ara).

He turned back around with a bright smile and aimed it at Kathy. He was still being pelted with balloons but he didn't care. "See!" He told her, a toothy grin on his face. His voice was much deeper now and he was much taller than her, nearly towering over her.

Kathy had expected to be hit by at least one of the rain of balloons coming down on her, but to her surprise... Alex suddenly became even taller than she was and shielded her from all of it. "A-Alex?" Apparently he had not been joking about protecting her.

Blinking up at him in surprise, her mouth hung open for a moment. But a second later she quickly snapped out of her daze and began, "I... Um... Thank you but..." Kathy looked up at him, feeling apologetic. "I think... That probably counts as breaking the rules Alex. And... You can't stay here shielding me like this, you've already lost and I don't want to cheat..."

Everything went so fast, it was just like a bullet that was just shot. Garden was at dazed, everything happened so fast, she ran trying to get a water balloon yet she was a bit to slow and couldn't quite understand what was happening. Luckily enough Garden was able to grabbed one water balloon and pathetically threw it, but she closed her eyes so without knowing were she threw the balloon. Soon enough she began to dodge again, ducking a bit from the up coming flying water balloons. but she tripped and landed on the sand were she could be easily hit.

Andromeda clapped "you can do it Ryuu!"

Oona had been weaving in and out of the way of balloons for awhile, being unable to get one until she finally got one and aimed straight at the biggest guy on the other team.

After throwing the two balloons that she had picked up from the bucket, she noticed an abnormally large amount of balloons coming from one location all converging on...her hat? I wonder if hitting my hat counts as hitting me, she thought. Before she could think anything else she had to avoid the onslaught of hat-bound balloons and basically jumped onto the ground into a prone position to let the balloons sail over her. It worked...but now she was a sitting duck until she could get back up.

Koop timed his entrance perfectly, flying over to Kathy and Alex blowing a whistle at the pair. "Power usage prohibited! Kupo-po!" The little Moogle commented. "First warning...also you're on the side...kupo" The creature pointed out, he looked a little apologetic as he glanced at Kathy. "Rules, Koop didn't mean to be mean...Kupo-po" He murmured to her, the little creature was also rather fond of her but then again if anyone was nice he was fond of them. He quickly dipped away avoiding balloons as he whizzed across the field.

Crash ducked avoising another balloon watching Carmen hit the floor, a grin spread across his face as he jumped towards the line skidding to a stop he sent two more balloons at her before scrabbling his way back onto his feet laughing as he dove behind another team mate avoising a balloon and nabbing one from his team mates hand, his eyes travelling to rest on Ara he shifted before lobbing his balloon accidently at the back of his head...

Alex looked up at the... thing blowing a whistle at him. "Yeah. Then tell that guy to stop pelting her with balloons. She'll get hurt." He growled, his eyes narrowed. He stole a glance at the guy (Ara) before walking off and sitting down on the sidelines. His eyes never left the guy (Ara), piercing holes in the guy's skull.

Catching sight of Carmen as probably the easiest target now of the lot, he was about the launch a balloon at her when he felt something suddenly hit his head. Feeling water suddenly soak into his hair and fall down to his shoulders, he glanced around with an icy look. He didn't have to look very far. In the first place, he had already had a prime suspect from the fact he had been attacked from the back instead of the front where the enemy team was.

Well. Screw the game and winning now. Taking the last two balloons he had in his hands, Ara hurled one directly at Crash and threw the next one after a slight time lag a little more to the side in the case he tried to dodge.

"It's fine. Both of you." Glancing from Koop to Alex for a moment, she quickly waved off their concerns. Especially Alex's. The whole point of the game was to aim at each other so of course there would be balloons coming at her. Although... For some reason a lot of them seemed to be aimed at her more than anyone else. And speaking of which, another one was coming at her already. "?!!" Out of reflex, she held her hand out in front of her to try to catch the object. And she did, though it still exploded on impact and the water spread out on her arms. If it had been any normal game of dodgeball she would've gotten the other person out, but that's obviously not how this one worked.

Carmen's eyes widened as she saw two more balloons volleyed at her by the redhead from the bar earlier. Desperate, she did the equivalent of a barrel roll on the ground, quickly rolling to the left multiple times in a desperate attempt to avoid it. Luck was on her side again as she narrowly avoided them. However...she was now covered in sand and realized that if she wanted to compete with this guy, she'd have to do the unthinkable.

So she took off her hat and put it on the sideline (:O), revealing her long fiery blonde hair that was, admittedly, hidden by the hat. It was her only regret, but now the island would get to see her hair, which was no problem. It was now an all out brawl: Carmen vs. Crash. She needed to pay him back for making her take off her EXTREMELY FASHIONABLE gigantic sun hat. And with that, she picked up four balloons from the bucket and hurled them at Crash as he jumped and flipped around the court.

Crash lifted his hands apologetically at Ara. "Sorry dude, slippery little buggers" He smirked at Ara, jumping to the side avoiding the first balloon as he had expected it the second however exploded against his hip drenching the right side of his shorts. He jumped forward doing a rather fancy flip over the balloon bucket hand diving in and grabbing another balloon which he lobbed at Ara as he landed, momentarily dsitracted by Carmen barrel rolling across the court he barely stopped himself from laughing as he armed himself with more balloons. Now aware he had an enemy on his own side...He gulped as he saw Carmen take her hat off something told him he was in trouble now! He yelped as she threw the first few balloons at him, abadoning half of his own bar one the young shapeshifter decided free running was possible on this sand it just involved a dive through this team mates legs, a flash of guilt as Carmen's balloon belted him in the stomach as he got back up he felt another balloon collide with his shoulder spraying water over him as he took a flying leap knowing the next to balloons would hit him he randomly lobbed his last balloon...straight at Kathy as it seemed to completely miss Carmen, he hit the ground and rolled to his feet hand in another bucket as he tried to locate both Carmen and Ara quickly at the same time noticing where his projectile was headed...oops

Garden stood up from the sand, she dusted a bit of the sand off eventhough it was like a war zone. "Wah!" She tried to dodge yet she wasn't really that graceful with dodging more of dancing. Soon enough she ended up bumping with one of her team mates (Carmen) a lady with blonde hair and who had a sun hat but removed it. "S-Sorry!" She said as she tried to avoid everything but pretty badly.

Ryuu blinked when he saw a man splash away another dude.
He blinked again when he realized he actually got someone.

"...But... that's nice and all, but..."

...

...

...

...

...

...WHY WOULD YOU DO THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?

As two of his teammates began to fight each other, however, a woman just took off a hat. The otaku actually recognized her just by her looks, but he remembered her even more now that she took off that "EXTREMELY FASHIONABLE gigantic sun hat."

She was beautiful.

And deadly.

The woman aimed at Crash, a particular student Ryuu did not get to know much about. This guy, however, was the same dude being attacked by his own teammate. Rolling his eyes at the spectacle before him, the otaku focused extremely hard, so much to the point where his eyes blanked out. After selecting two targets, the physically powerful student chucked another of his balloon off of the ground. He spun around wildly before flinging one of his balloons at a balloon Crash completely failed to aim at Carmen. The angle he threw the balloon at caused Crash's balloon to suddenly head straight towards Carmen, while Ryuu's balloon headed to Kathy yet again.

Ryuu's other balloon was thrown at Ara with a power intentionally high enough to cause a hit target to become dizzy.

Knowing where the enemy was now, Ara didn't have much trouble dodging the next balloon Crash fired at him. Not all the concerned about the other side now, he grabbed more balloons out of another bucket and chucked them at Crash. A few of them ended up hitting some other guys that were unfortunate enough to be close by, but about 2 more were still headed in the right course.

Having made a blunder, Kathy quickly shook herself out of it. She was still a lot more dry than most since the water only hit her on the arms. It wasn't even that obvious since her clothes had managed to remain dry. Another balloon was lobbed at her, but this one wasn't very quick and she jumped out of the way as it hit the ground. Surprisingly enough, it didn't pop. Seeing her chance, Kathy grabbed the balloon and aimed it at a guy with dark hair (Ryuu) that seemed oddly distracted on the other side with something.

Having seen the balloon coming her way because she had been looking in that direction, she ducked out of the way... Only to be hit by a different stray balloon on the shoulder. It was really difficult to keep track of everything with so many people around.

The whole game couldn't go by without Carmen raising one eyebrow, could it? Of course not. And it happened when she looked over to see Ara, the guy she had chatted with up until this point, throwing balloons at his teammates. Well...that's something... she thought to herself. She noticed a potential problem when she saw a menacing looking guy take note of her existence. Uh oh, she thought. I can handle just the redhead, but two guys? Uhhh... She ran over to the bucket once again, rapid firing another volley of balloons to the other side - two aimed at the tall guy, and two aimed at the redhead. Feeling the collision with Garden, Carmen smiled at her apology. "It's fine!" she said quickly as she ran to pick up more balloons. She barely picked some up when she suddenly noticed a balloon coming straight towards her.

She was able to avoid all of the balloons so far, but a sudden change in trajectory at the last second would not be avoidable in the slightest by a normal person, and so it was that Carmen was hit with a balloon.

But it wasn't any old hit. The entire world went in slow motion as Ryuu's/Crash's balloon hit Carmen square in the sternum, right above one of Ryuu's melon farms. It was a violent hit, one fraught with a massive balloon explosion, causing Carmen to nearly fall down. And before she could compose herself, the redhead's second balloon came screaming in, hitting her in the same place and causing her to completely fall on her back, vanquished.
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