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Are you enjoying your time at the festival, Ultimania? Good.

Now have a screechy megaphone and a greeting of "HEYA" interrupting it. Tidus looks all-too-pleased with himself, standing on top of a booth while both booth-owner and former-megaphone-holder look up at him with displeasure. He looks down for only a sheepish chuckle before focusing on his message again.

"You guys know what this festival is missing? A blitzball game! If you haven't heard of it, it's only the best game ever." He jabs an outstretched thumb over his shoulder to point out a direction. "I'm gonna set up down by the other beach, so come join me, if you're not--whoa, whoa!"

...Oh, look at that. The booth-owner got him down...'gently'. Rescue him?

Even without help he'll eventually escape and head down to one of Bodhum's other beaches. Away from the main activity of the festival, it's quieter and ideal for swimming, surfing, or even a small game of volleyball. Of course Tidus, bouncing his blitzball back and forth between head, knees and feet, is looking to play a different sport. But let's be honest: how many people are going to be able to hold their breath for five minutes while learning a new sport?

[ ooc: feel free to tag other people in this post! I'll be tagging around with Tidus too, but I wanted to set up a quieter setting for more ordinary beach activities. ~~and the beach was just begging for someone to try getting a blitzball game going.~~ ]

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Yuffie managed to catch his little show, and just what is blitzball? The words 'best game ever' have her hooked, and look at that! She's searching him out.

"Hey!" She calls out, waving wildly at the blonde kid as she jogs up. "What's blitzball, and how do you play? Do you get prizes?"

Yuffie's guiding star - always with the prizes.

He pauses in the bouncing, catching the ball in one hand and spinning it on his finger before he pins it to his side. "So people really haven't heard about it here? Wow. You see, it's like this. You've got two teams in the sphere, right?" He's gesturing a lot with his hands here, and broadly. "And a goal on each end! Each team's got six players. You got the two forwards--they're trying to score--and then two defense and a goalie trying to stop 'em. Sixth is a midfielder to round out the team. They pass, tackle, and shoot to win!" An enthusiastic succession of gestures punctuate his words here: he bounces the ball from his front to back as a 'pass', bumps it hard off his head at 'tackle', and then does a flip, his foot neatly connecting with the ball on 'shoot'. The ball flies away!

...Luckily there's a natural wall to stop it not too far away, he's not going to send it flying into the atmosphere like he did in Besaid.

He lands in a kneel, laughing slightly as he stands back up, and then rubs the back of his head as he considers her other question. "Usually the tournaments do have prizes. But it's kinda just me here. I don't have anything to hand out!"

Yuffie will never admit it out loud, but she's pretty impressed. Sports have never been a thing in her life - it was always "Go steal that thing" or "Go run up this building and fight". Never anything mindlessly fun.

He is saying a lot of words, though, and she can't exactly picture just what he's trying to go for. Her interested, though, is still there even when she hears there is no prize.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," she says bluntly, shrugging. "But sounds fun! Can I see that ball?"

She wants to try her hand at kicking it while doing some kind of trick. She really just can't help herself.

"None at all?" There's a slight slump--at least Spira had had blitzball. But hey! She's still interested. "Sure thing!" He goes to collect the ball, tossing it with a soft underhand at her.

"Nope! Guess my home is a no fun zone. We should probably fix that," she says thoughtfully. Clearly a mission she should take on when she goes back.

Catching the ball, she investigates it - why was it so bumpy? Weeiirrdd - then drops it down, fully intending on kicking it into the air.

She misses, though, and with a scowl she kicks the stationary ball as hard as she can toward the wall. When it bounces back, she sort of flings herself to the side to try to catch it, barely doing so.

"How the heck did you do that flippy kicky thing?" Yuffie's good about acrobatic type things, but she needs to know how to kick a ball first it seems.

"Where is your home? Can't be anywhere I know." He's curious--no surprise.

He watches Yuffie's movements, though he sighs just a little when she lets the ball drop to the sand. He's probably not rounding up a team here.

"Practice. I've been playing blitzball since I was a kid! You should... probably work on normal shots first, before you try doing tricks like that." His tone's a bit more sheepish as he says the second part, because no one likes hearing that, but it's true.

"Hey, I can do tricks!"

Not really blitzball related tricks, though. More along the lines of acrobats. But she sighs loudly, jogging after the ball to fetch it. Setting it on the ground, she studies the ball, then kicks it hard enough to bounce off the wall. This time she manages to get in front of its return, kicking it again while she talks to him.

"So this is played between two teams and you said something about a sphere. What kind of sphere?" Guess who hasn't imagined holding her breath for longer than a couple of seconds?

"Oh yeah?

"In the water, where else!" Spheres are three-dimensional after all, and they can't exactly fly. "It's not a sphere like the stadiums, but the ocean works for training. Just have to mind the current." He folds his arms behind his head, looking at her. "You... are a good swimmer, right?" If her swimming was like her kicking, he probably shouldn't be trying to drag her out in the ocean.

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went slightly braindead on Tidus, haha

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