At least the meido outfit let him keep some of his dignity. This, though?
WHAT WAS THIS
This didn't even count as a swim suit!
Zouichi stood in the sand with his inner tube, looking deeply unhappy and feeling disturbingly exposed. People should swim in their body armor! That's what he did.
5 and 4 ( I don't have a 'dying of shame' icon! D: )i_sell_drugsMay 11 2011, 16:39:15 UTC
Somehow, Howard's managed to contort his body in his floating inner tube and the ocean so only his head and shoulders are showing. This is a Good Thing. Otherwise he would be performing an experiment on himself to discover if humans can literally die of discomfort.
"You know what? Fuck the beach. Let's go back to the dinosaurs," he calls over to Zouichi, sounding deadly serious.
Re: 5 and 4 ( I don't have a 'dying of shame' icon! D: )zouichiMay 11 2011, 16:52:17 UTC
Oh, it was Howard. And for some reason, he wasn't mocking Zouichi. Which probably meant that he was in the same, or an extremely similar, boat.
"I've been trying to get off this beach. For a good half hour. It doesn't work. I keep walking off in one direction and ending up right back here."
And not that he's got anything to be ashamed of, but--
Actually, yes, he does. No matter how you slice it, it's still mortifying for him to be caught out in the middle of nowhere in this getup. Zouichi shifts a little, uncomfortable. He really does feel exposed.
"Get in the water, at least. It's about five percent less mortifying that way." Howard's staring into the sky rather than at Zou's skimpy outfit or at other people, many in similar states of under-dress. "We need to come up with a game-plan for getting off this beach and beating up whatever rubber-band company designs these outfits."
"If I get in the water, it will only be a temporary solution. And when I get out, I will be sandy, wet, and... underdressed."
He's also sure he'll look even more ridiculous trying to cover himself up with the inner tube. And it would only cover up part of one side, anyway. "I'm open to suggestions."
Howard's eyes narrow as he tries to think of a way out of this. He wonders if the dire circumstances could compel Z to some ethically dubious actions. Namely, stealing towels. Possibly he should exhaust other options first.
"Sand...considering we can't get off this beach, I call dibs on having you bury me in sand." Coverage is coverage, after all. "Or we can build an awesome sand castle and hide in it until night falls. Or, you know. Two awesome sandcastles."
There are times when you need to break some eggs to make an omelet, Howard, and according to Zouichi, that time is now. Killing someone for a towel? Bad. But stealing a towel to preserve some form of dignity?
They could be on this beach for days! Surely it could be overlooked.
Howard brightens up just a little. Something he knows how to do! Something that normally he'd never try to get away with around Zou, but now is encouraged to do so! Something that is absolutely vital to their continuation of their sanity and dignity!
"The people who were using the red and yellow ones over there are in the water now, and they can't see us from their position because that umbrella's obscuring the view." Why yes, Zou, he has been plotting this out before you mentioned it. "The purple ones over there are our second best bet but we'd have to cross the beach and that's not happening in this get-up. Ever."
Boy, Howard certainly knew an astonishing amount about stealing beach towels. "Are you sure about the red and yellow ones? It looks like more people have the purple kind."
It's important to have plausible deniability when you're snagging someone else's towel.
For such a general stick-in-the-crime-mud, Zou's sharp when it comes to the logistics.
"More people have the purple, but if we can make our way over to that side of the beach, there's a tourist group that has red and yellow towels. We can try and blend in with them. We can be over there by the time the towel-owners get back to shore and notice the towels are gone."
While stealing isn't Zouichi's thing, he is a quick study. Also, desperation makes an excellent student.
"...All right. Sounds like a plan. Are you going to come up out of that water, or not?"
Zouichi's toying with the inner tube casually now, to avoid alerting anyone else to his movements. The perfect image of someone deciding whether or not to go back into the surf, or grab their things and head back off the beach.
Oh come on, the only way Howard could have had a plan ready that fast was if he'd been thinking of it long before Zouichi had ever opened his mouth.
"Fine. But you owe me."
Zouichi walks casually off, trying to ignore the other beachgoers as he approaches his target. A group of bikini-clad girls walk past, some giggling, a few merely cutting appreciative glances at him that make him want to take up Howard on his offer of burying himself under the sand until night falls. After what seems like an eternity, he reaches the red-and-yellow towels.
He picks up two, wrapping one securely around his waist, draping the other over his arm. After a moment of hesitation, he drops his inner tube on the sand nearby, figuring it an even trade, then turns around, heading toward Howard.
Re: No problem!i_sell_drugsMay 11 2011, 21:33:29 UTC
Maybe Howard's just that quick-witted! But no.
"Fine."
He waits for Zouichi to get back, still trying to keep his eyes on the sky and not meeting anyone else's, just in case. It's not that he's bad-looking, just average scrawny teenager, but the banana hammock looks ridiculous enough on Zou, who actually has some muscle mass to speak of. And being checked out just seems like it'd feel weird.
At least Zouichi looks just as uncomfortable. Misery loves company!
"Just toss it in the water, I'll get it." No, he's not leaving the safety of the ocean and the inner tube until he absolutely has to.
WHAT WAS THIS
This didn't even count as a swim suit!
Zouichi stood in the sand with his inner tube, looking deeply unhappy and feeling disturbingly exposed. People should swim in their body armor! That's what he did.
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"You know what? Fuck the beach. Let's go back to the dinosaurs," he calls over to Zouichi, sounding deadly serious.
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"I've been trying to get off this beach. For a good half hour. It doesn't work. I keep walking off in one direction and ending up right back here."
And not that he's got anything to be ashamed of, but--
Actually, yes, he does. No matter how you slice it, it's still mortifying for him to be caught out in the middle of nowhere in this getup. Zouichi shifts a little, uncomfortable. He really does feel exposed.
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He's also sure he'll look even more ridiculous trying to cover himself up with the inner tube. And it would only cover up part of one side, anyway. "I'm open to suggestions."
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"Sand...considering we can't get off this beach, I call dibs on having you bury me in sand." Coverage is coverage, after all. "Or we can build an awesome sand castle and hide in it until night falls. Or, you know. Two awesome sandcastles."
Because hello, awkward.
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There are times when you need to break some eggs to make an omelet, Howard, and according to Zouichi, that time is now. Killing someone for a towel? Bad. But stealing a towel to preserve some form of dignity?
They could be on this beach for days! Surely it could be overlooked.
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"The people who were using the red and yellow ones over there are in the water now, and they can't see us from their position because that umbrella's obscuring the view." Why yes, Zou, he has been plotting this out before you mentioned it. "The purple ones over there are our second best bet but we'd have to cross the beach and that's not happening in this get-up. Ever."
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It's important to have plausible deniability when you're snagging someone else's towel.
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"More people have the purple, but if we can make our way over to that side of the beach, there's a tourist group that has red and yellow towels. We can try and blend in with them. We can be over there by the time the towel-owners get back to shore and notice the towels are gone."
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"...All right. Sounds like a plan. Are you going to come up out of that water, or not?"
Zouichi's toying with the inner tube casually now, to avoid alerting anyone else to his movements. The perfect image of someone deciding whether or not to go back into the surf, or grab their things and head back off the beach.
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It was only fair. After all, this was Howard's idea.
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"Come on, man, I'd get one for you," Howard says in his best pitiful, helpless whine.
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"Fine. But you owe me."
Zouichi walks casually off, trying to ignore the other beachgoers as he approaches his target. A group of bikini-clad girls walk past, some giggling, a few merely cutting appreciative glances at him that make him want to take up Howard on his offer of burying himself under the sand until night falls. After what seems like an eternity, he reaches the red-and-yellow towels.
He picks up two, wrapping one securely around his waist, draping the other over his arm. After a moment of hesitation, he drops his inner tube on the sand nearby, figuring it an even trade, then turns around, heading toward Howard.
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"Fine."
He waits for Zouichi to get back, still trying to keep his eyes on the sky and not meeting anyone else's, just in case. It's not that he's bad-looking, just average scrawny teenager, but the banana hammock looks ridiculous enough on Zou, who actually has some muscle mass to speak of. And being checked out just seems like it'd feel weird.
At least Zouichi looks just as uncomfortable. Misery loves company!
"Just toss it in the water, I'll get it." No, he's not leaving the safety of the ocean and the inner tube until he absolutely has to.
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