Match 3

[mathisradical]

Action: Outside 1249 Williams Road

[ Niou steps out the front door just to trip over a package lying there. He trips, letting out a couple of swear words, and looks around quickly to see if anyone saw him. ]

Who the fuck-

[ He stops his angry question when he actually looks down to see what he tripped over. It's a package, and the shape of it is very, very familiar. He bends down to pick it up, turning it over in his hands. Could this be...? Tearing off the paper, he discovers that yes, it is! It's his tennis racket.

Seconds later, he's heading down the sidewalk and towards the rec center. If he remembers correctly, they have tennis courts. ]



Action: Rec center tennis courts

[ The dull sounds of tennis balls thumping against a racket and the courts are accompanied by the occasional grunt. Niou is serving balls hard over the net. He's easily fallen into a familiar rhythm, and it might take a bit to catch his attention as he's in the zone. ]

Comments

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

[ Niou's quite happy with the workout, not to mention his victory. Upon waking up in the fifties, his first thought, after the initial "oh shit where am I?" was "there's not gonna be any decent tennis around here."

He had to work to win, and he's happy about it, because it wouldn't be any fun if it was easy. He's sitting on the court, trying to regain his breath, although his stamina is in much better shape than Marui's. ]

Like I said, no excuse. You should work on that, though. That whole 'being a doubles player' thing. Bet I could whip your ass into playing singles.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

I don't wanna play singles, though. Doubles is more interesting, don't you think? [ he pushes himself into an upright position before slowly getting up to retrieve the wristbands he'd thrown away about two-thirds into the match, looking a little displeased as he puts them back on.

But if he didn't, that voice in the back of his head that sounds suspiciously like Yukimura wouldn't be very happy with him, so. ]

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

[ Niou stays sitting, not quite ready to get up yet. He grins a bit at the displeased look, but doesn't comment on it. ]

Yeah, doubles is more interesting, but being able to play both is more diverse. It's like playin' doubles and singles is the bisexuality of tennis.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

Everything about you has to be carefully ambiguous, huh? [ he grins in spite of himself. ] Heh, well, I guess I don't have much of a choice 'bout singles or doubles, anyway. Unless Jackal shows up.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

Of course. [ An eye-roll. ] I hope nobody else from our team shows up here.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

Huh? Why not? [ ... ] I mean, I guess it would suck to see them dragged into all this Mayfield bs, but it'd be nice to have them around.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

Exactly. [ He glances over at Marui with a raised eyebrow. ] I don't know about you, but I'd pick not seeing them over them havin' to deal with all this bullshit.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

It'd still be nice, though. Guess I'm a little selfish, but I can't help really feeling that way.

Kinda embarrassing to admit, but I do miss them a lot.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

[ He's quiet for several seconds before pulling himself off of the ground. ] Yeah, I miss them, too. [ He grabs his racket and walks over to the bench. ] Anyway, we should start a tennis revolution. Kidnap a whole bunch of people and teach 'em how to play so we can form a Mayfield team.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Yukimura was talking about doing something like that before he got droned, too. Dunno if I'm really up to teaching or captaining or coaching, but hey - it's worth a shot. [ he'll drag himself over to the bench, too, rummaging through his stuff for a water bottle. ]

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

[ He shrugs and brushes his face with his shoulder to wipe it off. ] I'll captain. You can be my vice.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

Aye aye, captain! [ he can't help but grin a little. ] We'll hafta steal some members from the soccer or football teams, I guess. Doesn't seem like tennis is all that popular here.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

[ Niou grins a little, too. ] Seems so. We'll just have to fix that, then. This place will have tennis comin' out of it's ass.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

A tennis revolution, huh? Sounds like fun! And with all the different kinds of people here, I wouldn't be surprised if we ended up finding some sort of tennis prodigy in the process.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

Maybe. But we still won't find anyone at Rikkai level. Which is a bit disappointing, but it's not like there's that many people out there as awesome as we are.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

Of course not, that's why we're the kings.

... Soooo, should we begin recruiting now or wait 'til the school year to start?

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

Hell yes.

[ A thoughtful look. ] When does the school year start?

[myougi.livejournal.com]

That's a good question, I'm not really sure... prob'ly later this month? Or maybe beginning next month?

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

Fuck that, I'm not waitin' that long. We should start soon. Start roundin' people up who like to hang around here. [ He pauses. ] Do you think they have fireworks that spell out words layin' around? 'Cos that's some fuckin' cool advertising.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

Sorry, my knowledge of '50s fireworks is not that comprehensive. We can go check out the store or something, though. Dunno if they're allowed to sell fireworks to minors, though.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

Do fireworks even exist in the fifties? You know what, whatever. We just need a better form of gettin' the word out than flyers or some shit. Flyers are boring. Except for that one time I used them to find Yagyuu.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

What do you wanna do then, do tennis tricks in the park and hope they attract peoples' attentions? [ ... ] Well, any chance to show off my genius skills is okay with me!

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

A couple of dudes doing tennis tricks in the park might attract girls' attention, considering it's a couple of good-lookin' dudes. But- [ He stops short, pauses, and breaks into a grin. ] Y'know, a couple of chicks doing tennis tricks in the park might attract guys' attention.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

... Are you trying to say you want me to crossdress with you? [ ... ] Wouldn't that be awkward to explain at the first practice? Like, "Oh hey, I know you showed up for the cute girls, but surprise! The cute girls are actually guys!"

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I'm tryin' to say. Maybe, but I reckon if we tie 'em up and shove tennis down their throats fast enough, they'll be too wrapped up in the awesomeness of it to care that we lied to them. [ He's kidding. Kind of. ]