kicking butt and taking selfies

[usedswift]

Who: Tenten and ANYONE AND EVERYONE
Where: Blackthorn City hot springs
When: March 9th-10th
Summary: Tenten's birthday party!
Rating: G unless someone starts throwing punches and people start bleeding (likely).

Catch-all party post for Tenten! She's got so much money these days that she just rented the closest thing to an onsen-and-ryokan she could find. I'll be throwing up different areas and turning comments off, so feel free to thread amongst yourselves. It's a party post, you guys know how to do the thing. Also feel free to assume that Tenten would have made arrangements around March 3rd, and worked to try to get flyers to Fly people in if necessary.

ALSO IT'S GOING TO END UP THUNDERSTORMING (thanks, weather); everyone is invited to sleep over. There will be a thread for inside shenanigans, too.

Comments

[bertall]

<sub>[Someone really should've given Bertholt some fashion advice before he packed up for the trip to Blackthorn, because his shorts are absolutely hideous.

Or amazing, depending on your taste.

Having never been to an actual hot spring before, Bertholt practically melted the minute he found a spot. If it wasn't for the Feraligatr floating in front of him and acting as an anchor to keep him from floating away, he probably would've fallen asleep.]</sub>

...I could stay here forever.

[usedswift]

Bertholdto!

[There he is! Tenten's on her way to greet him when a Marill pops up between them both, squirting a friendly stream of bubbles in his face. Hello hello!!]

[bertall]

Tent--

<sub>[Tenten what are you wearing.

No, really. WHAT ARE YOU WEARING, TENTEN. This is the first time he's seen anything like that, because what are swimsuits and he is very quickly turning red in the face--

And then the Marill hits him with the bubbles. Thank you, little buddy.]</sub>

A-Ah...

[usedswift]

Ten-chan, don't!

[Ten-chan being Tenten the Marill, that is. The girl version grabs the little Pokémon and hoists her out of the water before she can do it again.]

Sorry about that, it's how she says hello. [And then she notices his flush with a little concern.] Hey, are you okay? Have you been in the water too long?

[bertall]

Hhhhh--N-No!

<sub>[HE'S SORRY TENTEN He has to cover his eyes a little -

okay, having both hands over them is more than a little, but at least his face is mostly hidden.]</sub>

I-I'm sorry! I-I didn't--I-I'm okay! _{[That Feraligatr of his? Oh, she's just snickering up a storm. Poor Bertie.]}

[usedswift]

What...?

[Ten-chan squirts another stream of bubbles at him as soon as Tenten puts her back in the water, giving the Feraligatr a suspicious look as she moves in closer and grabs both his hands.]

What're you doing?

[bertall]

_{[Yes, pick on him! The Feraligatr only goes to encourage Ten-chan with a snort, earning a small whine from Bertholt.]} A-Annie, don't encourage--

_{[Ah... Farewell, hand-barriers! It should be easy to avoid eye contact, right? If he looks down-- No. Okay, what about to the side? Yeah, that's better.]}

Y-Your, um... _{Your clothes...}

[usedswift]

It's a bathing suit. [Technically a bikini, but she's just going to cross her arms and give him a bit of an indignant pout. It's more to hide a smile than anything else, because hey, it's kind of flattering, isn't it?]

Don't you think it's cute?

[And she tosses the Feraligatr a wink. Pick on him? Okay!]

[bertall]

That's und--

_{[Oh no, oh no no no, not with the face.]}

Y-You're cute! I-I mean, it's cute! It's cute, you're n--_{[Oh goddamn it Tenten, you're killing him here.]}

...Tenten? Can you do me a favor? _{[Drown me.]}

[usedswift]

[Oh no she can't hold the pout. She bursts out laughing, dropping her crossed arms to cover her mouth and giggle.]

What is it?

[bertall]

_{[Fwoosh goes the esteem.]}

...Can you hold me underwater until the bubbles stop?

[usedswift]

[Ten-chan bounces excitedly with another chirping trill. She'd be happy to! Tenten just laughs again then moves around him to sit next to him, stretching her arms over her head with a contented sigh.]

You know, back home, we didn't have to wear bathing suits in this kind of place.

[Just casually tossing that out there.]

[bertall]

_{[Ten-chan, your trainer is so cruel. So cruel.]}

Why would you tell me this?

_{[Tenten pls.]}

I-It's like you're doing this on purpose!

[usedswift]

'Cause it's interesting, isn't it?

[Oops giggling again, though this time she at least makes a half-hearted effort to stifle it. Alright, she'll shift the topic (for now).]

Didn't you guys ever go swimming in your world?

[bertall]

I-I don't know... I guess?

_{[It's a good thing he's the only one from the 104th here, or else he's 99% sure he'd never live any of this down.]}

B-But not like this. We had rivers, ponds and a few lakes I think but nothing like this, a-and I don't remember girls wearing anything that, um... _revealing...

[usedswift]

What'd you mean, revealing?

[Have a frown this time, though both eyebrows quirk up as she tilts her head to try to meet his eyes.]

It's just a normal swimsuit, sheesh. What'd they wear where you're from, like, the one-piece kind of stuff?

[bertall]

Just--clothes, I think? Shirts, shorts, that sort of thing... I-I don't really know.

_{[He glances up.]}

It's... new to me.

[usedswift]

Huh...

[She bites back another giggle and rests back against the wall again.]

Well, it's a good kind of new, right? I mean, I could think of a lot worse things than a bunch of girls wandering around in swimsuits at a friend's birthday party, couldn't you?

[bertall]

I-It's not as if the view is bad, it just...

_{[Tenten he's in a glass case of emotion.]}

I don't really know how to describe it...

[usedswift]

[Those giggles she's trying to hide behind her hand? Yeah, they're just getting more audible in spite of her best efforts.]

I think you're overthinking it.

[bertall]

_{[His life.]}

Overthinking it?

[usedswift]

You can just say, "Yeah, I think you look good," and that's the end of it!

I'm sorry

[gardentrainer]

Actually, you wouldn't want to do that at all!

[Jade is floating on her back, but she stops so she can sit next to Bertholt.] You see, it would be great if we could do that, but our bodies aren't meant to stay submerged in water. Our skin starts to deteriorate, which could leave to serious infections. Not a plus when your skin is already deteriorating.

Water pressure also lowers circulation to our extremities, so you'd probably start having trouble breathing, along with a lot of other issues.

While being in water for hours won't cause that, I wouldn't recommend forever. Or even a few days.