1,2,3 and strut

[depolarized]

 Who: SEMI-OPEN : Photoshoot People! Models, photographers, assistants, drivers,costumers, hangers on,etc.  
What: Photoshoot, man, I'm telling you, a pho-to-shoot.  A.K.A. This Thing Right Here (OOC Signups; info updated)
When: August 3-4 weekend  
Where: Multiple, Meet-Up point at a cafe on the beach, beach photoshoot, church + forest

[OOC: Okay people, feel free to post around, mingle, start your own threads if dissatisfied with current ones.

Do your job! Get Echoes! MINGLE. DERP. BE CRACKY. AND OH GOD WHAT ABOUT THAT GIGGLEWATER.

Also for models, etc. If wanted, just comment directly on the main shoot threads with whatever you want to do with your character. Shou is officially our director but Riku and Maya will probably also be able to tell you what to do---IF you need someone to tell you ;).] 

Comments

[ursoreckless]

[what? what? seriously? Shou has to wiggle free, dancing over to the edge of the ocean before snorting and tossing his loaded gun at Riku. He picks up his bag and takes out his spare gun and bends down to fill it up.]

You're on! One on one, winner gets totally dunked!

[depolarized]

[Riku catches the gun, brandishing it at Shou.] Works for me--If you can catch me when I win.

[He kneels to fill up the tank, too, simply submerging the pistol in the water and watching the bubbles go up.]

[ursoreckless]

I'll catch you alright! [finishes filling up and waits, his gun at the ready.]

You're not that fast.

[depolarized]

Wanna bet on it?

[He finishes filling up and levels the pistol at Shou.] I won't take it easy on you.

[ursoreckless]

Don't wanna cuz it'll be stealing money.

[levels the gun on him, still smiling] I wouldn't ask for it any other way.

[depolarized]

On 3. [He grins back and turns around to start calling out the numbers.] 2... 1...Go!

[He rolls to the side, splashing in the water.]

[ursoreckless]

[Shou laughs and then fires in his general direction, moving away but not too far away. it would be pointless if they get out of the range of their guns after all.]

How long should we keep this up?

[depolarized]

[Riku runs after him, shooting jets of water as he circled to keep moving, trying to get close without getting hit.] One round, one tank, if you're out, you're out.

[ursoreckless]

[some water hits but they were only flesh wounds. Shou laughs and shakes his head, firing but not exactly aiming anywhere in particular as he dodges around a stack of chairs.]

That sounds just right.

[depolarized]

Come on, Shou, is that really the best you've got? I thought you were better than that. [He laughed, the words spilling out easily, familiar in a way that didn't quite line up. He ducked to dodge a wide shot, choosing to save his ammo for now.]

[ursoreckless]

If you insist on me getting serious... [his next shot was much more focused, aiming for his chest.] I will.

[depolarized]

Walk the talk! [And oh, that was close, he dodges but his left arm gets soaked. He laughs anyway, twisting to aim the water gun at Shou's face and pressing the trigger.] That's more like it!

[ursoreckless]

Ha! Is that all you can aim for? [and he dodges it, twisting so that the shot that was for his face hit him on the shoulder instead a fatality. he still wasn't sure about how this uncanny reflexes came about, but he has been getting better with them thanks to working out in the gym.

laughing, he aims his next one at his other arm.]

C'mon, put your balls into it!

[depolarized]

[Nice reflexes, Riku's honestly impressed, but he doesn't have time to admire it long, since his other arm gets wet but he's already moving again, sweeping water out with a kick towards Shou's legs to distract him.]

Takes more than balls to fight. [And with that he squirts out a jet of water at Shou.] And what's with the voice? Here to collect?

[ursoreckless]

Want me to collect? It might get a little painful. [he flips in mid-air landing slightly off because of the sand but he still has his gun and he still fires it, though the shot is a bit wide.]

How are for ammo? I'm running a low.

[depolarized]

You can just try. [Riku watches the water go wide and moves in closer, checking the tank with a glance.] About half.

[Then he shot at Shou, three long depressions on the trigger.] Whoops. Not anymore.

[ursoreckless]

[the first shot missed Shou but the second two hit in non-vital spots. Shou used it to get in close and fire before moving back out of the way.]

Wanna draw for the last shot? Winner take all.

[depolarized]

[Riku gets hit in the middle of dodging, but he rolls up to his knees and stands, sand sticking to his skin and dripping seawater but looking like he's having fun.]

Sudden death? You count. [He stands back, holstering the gun on his shoulder.]

[ursoreckless]

Fine, fine.

[he stands upright, letting his gun fall at his side with his fingers curled around the handle.]

One.

fail html orz

[depolarized]

[Riku stands loose and easy. After Shou's pause, he shrugs and calls out the next, grip tightening a smidge on his own water gun.] Two.

/patpat

[ursoreckless]

[oh he's grinning now - a wild, unhindered grin that seems to say 'I'm crazy' without needing the extra cheesy laughter.]

THREE!

[and he draws.]

[depolarized]

[Riku snaps his arm forward, barely aiming before he's already pressing the trigger, shooting saltwater straight at Shou's chest.]

[ursoreckless]

[he could have shot Riku, he could have done something but instead he felt the world shift with the beat of his heart. it felt for a moment like something hit him hard right where that odd scar was and then he was hitting the water without a sound. reflectively he thought that it was a graceful collapse, the way his knees gave out and he just went backwards but then there was water and not much more but the pulse and memories of gunsmoke.]

[depolarized]

[For a moment, Riku wasn't sure what had happened. Shou was just... standing there. Not shooting. Not anything. Then he sank to his knees, keeling over into the water.] What--Hey! Shou!

[No response, he wasn't even surfacing. Without another thought, Riku surged forward, kicking off the damp sand and wading into the cold seawater.]

[Then, taking a breath, he threw himself down into the water, looking for Shou's flash of color.]

[ursoreckless]

[no breath. fluid instead, sloshing around, pushing against his ribs. a heavy weight, a tearing point and a voice. familiar. warm. and in so much pain.

his eyes closed and he felt something under his hand, the sensation barely there against something else. his ears hurt but all he could hear was a voice.

you must be tired of this pointless slaughter, Sho. Let's end this.]