[open / +a mingle activity for younger characters!] sports + food = good lyfe

[blitzcheer]

Who: Tidus & You!
Where: Kitchen carriage, dining, wherever he gets teleported to, and sports gym!
When: Quicksand 1 - 6 (before mission time)
What: Cooking, teleporting, and a kid-teen friendly exercise/obstacle course!
Warnings: Should be none!

1. cooking, morning and dinner ( p-p-p-pancakes and panfried meals)

You know what Tidus wants to do?

He wants to cook.

And what a good month to have that urge, with Purple on meal duties. He doesn't usually bother to take charge in the kitchen for chores, sticking with helping out if he's interested. But this time? Why not. They've got new foods, with enough of a selection that he goes for it: writing down his name for a breakfast and dinner shift after going through the ingredients, and making a call later over the ICPs:

"Hey, Tidus here! I'm cooking for breakfast tomorrow. If any newbies don't know how the kitchen works, or you just wanna cook some food, come 'n' help out - I'm thinking pancakes, smoothies, and pan frittata for breakfast."

For dinner, it's the same set-up, Tidus inviting others to join him for whatever reason, just with a different menu: fish and veggie skewer bites, pan-fried rice with vegetables and meat, and even squash and pineapple fried up with a few veggies.

a: cooking

Whichever time you'll meet him, he'll be found in the kitchen, readying the ingredients and the pans he'll need. He's got a bud in one ear playing music that he hums along to, so you might need to speak up to get his attention. But he's got a good view of the doorway, and will usually give someone he sees a 'Sup!' or 'Morning!' - depending on the time, of course.

Are you here to learn a few things? Do you just want to help out? Or maybe you're just here because you are = Tidus will accept any and all reasons, so long as it doesn't include intentional disasters.

b: it's eatin' time

There's a giddiness that comes with the apprehension of having enough, but surprisingly, it works out. Tidus is skilled at making more than he needs to, and it shows by the spread set out on the end of the dining table close to the kitchen. Oats have been set out, fresh sliced fruits (strawberries, banana, apple, and more), an oatmeal bake of pineapple and cinnamon, yoghurt, and bowls to pick and mix the selection from.

There's also the promised pancakes, and some slices of frittata - a meaty version with turkey bacon mixed in, but a veggie variety too. Tidus will come out to top up the heated food when it's getting low, or you can come into the kitchen to let him know - or even come in, and try out the smoothie maker they have set ready too.

(Don't worry, there's plenty of fruits and vegetables left for the month.)

Truthfully, he's nervous on the inside, both for breakfast and when dinner rolls around, and he hangs around the kitchen just in case. But you know he'll play it cool when and if anyone comes inside during eating times, smiling, and definitely not in a 'oh man I hope everything's okay' way.

2. your very own dreamboy (teleporting shenanigans)

There's more than just food to worry about, though. Since Praeus, some of Tidus's Diagad powers have started to show themselves, with somewhat positive results. The ability to show up around whoever wants him near, or who he asks - pretty handy, and it hasn't been messing up too much since he's started practising.

Life won't let him keep that up.

Because all it takes is a stray thought, either from Tidus or anyone else; not even anything deliberate, but just thinking about him gives him a feeling. Like someone is talking to him, and he thinks to answer them, turning his head to respond--

And he's gone from wherever he was - the sports gym, sitting in bed, sitting in a chair - and appears wherever that person was. And the feeling they receive from Tidus is much the same. Did they just hear Tidus? Feel him? -- now he's right there, usually toppling over something or walking straight into places that shouldn't be walked (and if there's something in the way - you bet you're hearing an 'ouch!' as he knocks unfortunate body parts.)

And it only gets worse, when Allen's bad luck power just makes him show up around random people without any stray thought.

(help)

3. a teen and younger obstacle course

Link leads to its own top-level available for younger characters to tag and do activities! Older folks allowed for teaching moves and w/e, if they're supporting the younger folks.

Toplevels:

Molly Hayes
Madoka Kaname - Bow and Arrow
Ken Amada - Spear fighting
Little One/Buttercup
Peter Parker - Chaperoning
Ple Two
Roland Crane - Swordfighting

Feel free to message me over journal or at blitzoff if you have questions or want to plot!

Comments

[flatteries]

"I was joking."

Look at that. Inigo actually manages to say that with a straight face, rather than crumbling under the pressure right away.

Maybe he's getting somewhere in life after all.

"What?" He says, tilting his head sideways very slightly. Oh-so-innocently. "Are you saying you couldn't tell?"

[blitzcheer]

"You were joking."

Tidus is looking at him, searching his face; not for a truth (Tidus knows what the truth is), but to put the pressure on him. He might not even look Tidus fully on, but that's fine. Tidus will be putting his fork onto his plate, and then making that plate disappear - away, inside his arms band.

(His smoothie, too.)

"Alright then," he starts, voice feigning acknowledgement. "--Then I guess you really don't want to do anything. I'll just be in our room."

He's stood up, pausing as he puts his hands on the table to get his leg over the bench seating. Eyes on Inigo, a rise in the ends of his lips.

"I won't be getting up to anything. Save relaxing." A beat. "I won't see you?"

[flatteries]

Please.

Please.

Tidus would get away with this, if it wasn't for one thing. One thing that stuck out so much to Inigo that he can't help but drag it back now, even as he's still sitting there, staring at the other - while Inigo himself doesn't make even a single motion that looks like he's leaving just yet.

"I thought you said you have some paper stuff to take care of?"

Are you going to do that in their room, bro? Where there's no place to write?

[blitzcheer]

"Relaxingly doing paperwork." Hah, see! You didn't catch him out, he has no qualms about saying the most ridiculous things. He's done it all his life! And now he's straightening up.

"Gotta update my spreadsheets and audit my audits." No shame, as he throws words together, let them and Inigo's brain work to make any sense out of them. Tidus pats the other guy on the shoulder as he moves behind him. "You have fun! It'll just be me and a hundred piles of paper. See ya!"

He drags out that see ya as he starts to walk. He's leaving, Inigo! Leaving to go to their room and the sexy paperwork waiting for him.

It's so sexy, he won't be able to keep his pants on.

[flatteries]

There's absolutely no way Tidus is serious about any of that.

Even if Inigo can be oblivious sometimes - sometimes! - this definitely isn't one of those times. It's all way too obvious for him to consider taking this seriously even for a single second. Tidus would never be caught dead doing auditing.. or even if he was doing it, he'd try to make it look like something else somehow.

And while it would be so easy to just go after the other right away, Inigo doesn't. Because he's pretty sure that's what Tidus expects him to do. Like Tidus is some sort of tanned Adonis, thinking that Inigo is so thirsty for him that he can't even wait a few moments! P-Pah, can't let that guy's ego get too big!

So Inigo doesn't get up right away. Instead he's just helping himself to the food that's left. Yes, that's right, Tidus, he will just let you keep walking! And he'll keep eating! Look at him, a cool guy, totally unaffected by the idea of a jock waiting for him.

And if Tidus does, in fact, go back to their room already, he'll find that Inigo doesn't immediately follow him. Not for a few minutes.. then not for half an hour..

Starting to get a little sweaty yet, bro?? Feeling like you're getting edged here??

[blitzcheer]

Does Tidus suspect that Inigo will follow him straight away? Of course not. That would be making it too easy after everything!

But how long is five or ten minutes, or even half an hour? Tidus can wait that long, or at least in theory. In reality, this ignores how terrible Tidus is at waiting. Patience? What's that. Passing time? Sounds like a really good time to take a nap.

Which is exactly what ends up happening: Tidus falls asleep, tucked up somewhere in the middle of the bed, down to a t-shirt and his underwear. So, his usual nightwear.

And there's not a sexy spreadsheet in sight.

There is only: snzzzzzzzz.

[flatteries]

In Inigo's mind there is basically a myriad of things that could be awaiting him upon finally going back to their room, after taking his sweet, sweet time with everything in between.

And yet, despite said absolute myriad of possibilities existing out there, even in Inigo's mind, apparently he didn't come up with this one. Not the possibility where he uses his ticket, enters the room.. and sees Tidus right there, sprawled out on the bed and fast asleep.

This has absolutely got to be the least sexy outcome, even if Tidus is already basically in his underwear. It leaves Inigo standing in the doorway for a few moments, wondering where his life has gone wrong, before just letting out a dramatic sigh and letting himself flop down on the bed as well.

And by 'down on the bed', I of course mean 'right on top of Tidus'.

Welcome to the world of the waking once more, bro.

[blitzcheer]

You know when you feel like you just dropped off to sleep, but then something wakes you up?

That's happening to Tidus now, and the something is Inigo. "Whuhh?" is the groaning noise he makes upon waking, the sudden shift disturbing his beautiful slumber. His brain still mostly asleep, but he notices he can't move well, drags his gaze to look at what or who's on his side, and behold.

"Stop climbin' on me," he grumbles, grabbing at Inigo's sleeve to try and drag him onto the bed (and off him). "Get in already."

Which makes more sense when you're under the blankets, but Tidus's brain isn't functioning well. All it knows is that Inigo should be on the same side of his stomach, to be his little spoon. That's just how this works!!

[flatteries]

This is what makes Inigo pause. Even Tidus's reaction here is unexpected, and Inigo momentarily finds himself struggling with it. Halfway desperate to get some cuddles in while Tidus's half-sleepy mind doesn't seem to know, and halfway very much aware of the shoes he's still wearing, since he just went for the flop right away.

Which means that Inigo does get off Tidus, but rather than getting under the blankets, he just sits up, his cheeks starting to turn pink.

And even as he turns to quickly try to take off his shoes, bending over to do so, he's stammering: "W-Wait, that's what you want?"

Cool attitude from a while ago? The idea of waiting to make Tidus suffer?

Totally gone. Inigo is too weak.

[blitzcheer]

Freedom!! Tidus flops onto his back, his internal clock telling him he hasn't been asleep that long. He squints under the light of their room, puts an arm over his forehead to block some of it out as he hears that last stuttering question.

"You still wanna have sex?" --Oh, wait. They were playing hard to get. "I thought we banned each other for a month?"

His thoughts are scattered, not quite in order as they should be, remembering parts of a conversation that feel further back in time than they likely were. Does he still want to have sex? Does he want to tease Inigo, put on a solo show? Actually, wasn't the ban for a week? Whatever.

He kicks his feet up some, an idle movement as he decides, "Let's just lounge around in bed. S'easier."

There, no overthinking (or any thinking) involved.

[flatteries]

Please, there's always overthinking involved when Inigo is around. Even as he's finally managed to kick off his shoes - somehow that always seems to take more fiddling and more time when he's actually more focused on the act, like in this moment - and moves fully back onto the bed, there's definitely still something more flustered about him. It becomes even more obvious in the face of how casually half-sleepy Tidus still seems.

"S-Sure."

It's why that single word comes out with a stutter, even as he moves the blanket to actually come lie down in bed as well. A little bit more clothed than Tidus, but hey, that doesn't really matter if they don't need to lose clothes in the first place, right.

"You've got to stop playing with my heart like this though. It's bad for me! I'm going to get a heart attack!"

.. you know, said as if Inigo didn't totally participate in the joking sex banning only a few moments ago. Maybe he's too flustered to think about it in this moment, his heart pounding so high up that he can feel it in his throat.

[blitzcheer]

Will Tidus point out how Inigo is the one jumping all over him? How about his delicate heart? No, Tidus figures that isn't what Inigo means, and Tidus gets distracted by this shuffling to actually get under the covers. Oh, let him join into that too, so he can wrap his arms around Inigo, getting up into his space with a chuckle in his throat.

"I'm playing? You're the one who started asking for it in the middle of dinner! You didn't think I got the message loud and clear?"

Please! Inigo absolutely started this, whether intentionally or otherwise. So deems the court of Tidus!

[flatteries]

"Y-You were the one saying you have ways of distracting me!" Inigo sputters.

Then again, Tidus could easily claim that he meant other ways of distracting him entirely.. but Inigo knows better than that. He remembers the tone the other was using back there, the kind of expression Tidus had on his face.. if not just because they made him get all hot and bothered in the moment.

It's hard to easily forget something that makes you feel that way.

Especially when the person who caused said something is currently busy trying to cuddle up with you. Inigo can feel his cheeks growing a little hotter again as he just allows it to happen, moving his arms to hold onto the other as well, m-maybe even tangling their legs together a little under the sheets..

Scandalous.

"What else was I going to think of while eating when you were saying that? Is that what you're telling all the girls out there?"

.. you know, even though Inigo sure isn't a girl. But Inigo is pretty aware that Tidus usually isn't going to go out of his way to flirt with a guy. Is this how he's getting all the blitzball groupies instead!!

(Not that Inigo has any idea of the concept of a groupie, mind you.)

[blitzcheer]

Oh yeah, he did say that, didn't he.

He did actually forget, his own reaction to Inigo's promises - a promise he had wanted to see Inigo go through - clearer on his mind. It would be worthy of noting and then filing it away, but it's the delivery, Inigo's reaction that gives him reason to stick to them longer.

Look at his bro sulking like this, their legs tangled together, arms around one another. It's cute. Nice.

"Why would I say it to them instead of you? You know what I mean."

His fingers play with strands of hair, finding and pressing along the nape of his neck. Tone knowing, and the look he gives him now daring Inigo to meet his gaze, lips pulled into a playful smile.

"I like distracting you a lot."

Heheh.

[flatteries]

Inigo does dare to meet Tidus's gaze.

Though it might just be the only thing he's actually capable of in this moment. He can feel his cheeks getting so, so warm, and he's trying to tell himself that it's just because of his current cozy proximity to the other guy, but Inigo knows it's not just that. This is exactly the sort of stuff he was warning Tidus about. The sort of stuff that threatens to give him a heart attack with how quickly it makes his heart pound.

Tidus saying things that are mostly teasing, but that feel so sweet too in their own way. Or at least - they have their way of making Inigo feel special, and it's a feeling he never knows quite how to deal with.

.. though it's a little nice, at the same time.

"I'm noticing that," he manages to say, little more than a mumble. But then again, is more necessary in a situation like this? Tidus can hear him just fine when they're this close. "I guess I.. don't dislike it when you distract me."

Okay, Inigo. Sure. 'Don't dislike,' says the guy who's basically melting in Tidus's arms over here, flustering over nothing more than the other playing with his hair while teasing him.

"Or any of this right now."