Splash [Nixie/Wander Blitz]

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Splash [Nixie/Wander Blitz] Sept 3, 2018 13:30:22 GMT -5

Post by kap on Sept 3, 2018 13:30:22 GMT -5

Nixie Summers

Playing harmless pranks on people has always been a thing I've enjoyed doing. Most people think I'm rather innocent, so I'm rarely ever suspected to be the troublemaker by anyone outside of my family. I enjoy messing with others, as long as I don't get in trouble for it. I've always hated getting in trouble. It makes me feel terrible about myself when I get punished. Although, for some reason, I tend to do it again, anyway, most of the time.

Today was another one of those days where I spent it having fun and amusing myself in any way that I could. Seeing as my form of amusement was generally messing with others and being a nuisance, that's exactly what I was doing today. When I set out, I decided to bring a few things with me, including a bucket full of water balloons, some fishing line and a few other odds and ends. In the past, my parents would have questioned what I was up to. At this point, they knew, and had practically given up on trying to stop it.

When my prank was all set up, I sat on a bench to wait for things to unfold. If someone tripped the fishing line, they'd soon be met with a dozen water balloons coming down on them. Now, I just had to watch to see who would be the victim of my fun.

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Splash [Nixie/Wander Blitz] Sept 3, 2018 14:53:01 GMT -5

Post by WT on Sept 3, 2018 14:53:01 GMT -5

With the heat starting to fade and Wander several months into practicing on grounded equipment, Linares has finally started allowing ver onto docked boats to get a look at how the things ve's learning to repair fit together. It's not sailing, yet, but it's enough of a step in the right direction to put Wander in a good mood as ve heads home despite the sticky late-summer air. Linares promises that someday soon it'll be as natural as breathing, but for now, learning to balance over sloshing water is the most fun Wander's had at work.

An abrupt splash breaks this train of thought. Wander yelps, staggers back a step as several somethings hit their shoulders, and processes the scraps of plastic on the ground around ver just in time to feel one last water balloon splat against vis head. Ve reflexively scrunches vis face as the splash comes down, trying to keep the water out of vis eyes, and only mostly succeeds.

There's a startled moment where Wander shivers in the sudden damp and some passerby tsks sympathetically, and then ve loses it, leaning one elbow on the nearest wall to prop verself up. Cadenza would have loved to be here for that. "You still here?" ve calls, still laughing. "That was good, I didn't see it coming."

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Splash [Nixie/Wander Blitz] Sept 3, 2018 18:12:38 GMT -5

Post by kap on Sept 3, 2018 18:12:38 GMT -5

Nixie Summers

When the individual ventured closer to my tripwire, I was sure to pay attention to it and see it all go down. The bucket flipped upside down and all of the water balloons that I had filled came tumbling onto the person. My victim was now all wet from the 'splash' of a prank that I had pulled. The best thing about it, though, was that laughter erupted from the person hit by the balloons. It was like they'd actually enjoyed it!

"You still here?" the person calls with a bit of laughter erupting from them. "That was good, I didn't see it coming."

The words that had emerged weren't angry. No, they were amused and it was a wonderful feeling! No one wanted to scold me for what I'd done this time. Instead, they seemed almost impressed by it. In response, I stood up from the bench where I'd been observing from and walked over to where my victim was rather quickly.

"Thank you!" I said joyously. "I'm glad you're not angry at me. I like to have fun, but sometimes it gets me into trouble."

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Splash [Nixie/Wander Blitz] Sept 3, 2018 22:21:37 GMT -5

Post by WT on Sept 3, 2018 22:21:37 GMT -5

Sure enough, someone Wander hadn't even thought to look twice at stands up. Ve pushes away from the wall and ducks vis head a little to watch them approach without dripping water into vis eyes. The kid's young, maybe Nate's age, and all but levitates across the way in glee.

"I'm glad you're not angry at me. I like to have fun, but sometimes it gets me into trouble."

That sounds pretty familiar—Cadenza meanders over the line sometimes, too—but there's no harm done, here. "I'm going to be a sailor, if I got mad when I got wet I would have bigger problems." Wander pats vis hair—ve'll have to fix the buns at home, but to be fair they probably weren't in top form after working outside for several hours, anyway—and shakes off vis hands, splashing droplets playfully at the prankster. "I'm Wander, and you need to meet my baby sister either yesterday or never." Ve grins again to take any edge off that last bit. "She's gonna be sad she missed this. How'd you get everything up there, climb somehow?"

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Splash [Nixie/Wander Blitz] Sept 4, 2018 6:45:39 GMT -5

Post by kap on Sept 4, 2018 6:45:39 GMT -5

Nixie Summers

With the way that this particular person had decided to respond to my little bit of fun, I realized that it was very possible I'd just made a new friend, or at least, someone that I could say 'hello' to if I saw them walking down the street on any given day here in District Four. I gave a smile in response to their words.

"I'm going to be a sailor, if I got mad when I got wet I would have bigger problems." The person on the end of my prank expressed this while flicking a bit of the water that was dripping off of them at me, which caused me to let out a playful laugh in response.

"You're funny!" I exclaimed. Then, my ~~victim~~ new friend spoke again, this time giving an introduction.

"I'm Wander, and you need to meet my baby sister either yesterday or never." This was followed by a grin from the speaker and I let out a slight giggle, a smile crossing my face as well. "She's gonna be sad she missed this. How'd you get everything up there, climb somehow?"

Oh! I'd been asked a question! This made me excited, as someone was finally curious about how I did what I did.

I nodded in response to their question.

"See that line of trees behind you?" I asked, motioning towards the trees I had the bucket still nestled in. "I climbed up there and set it up. I feel like I'd probably be pretty good at traps if I needed to be, don't ya think?" For some reason, another giggle erupted from me again. I hadn't been this happy in a while.

When I was able to stop laughing, I spoke again, the remains of laughter still somewhat audible.

"Oh, and my name's Nixie."

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Splash [Nixie/Wander Blitz] Sept 4, 2018 23:42:07 GMT -5

Post by WT on Sept 4, 2018 23:42:07 GMT -5

Given how the prankster lights up, Wander suspects people don't usually take this much of an interest. Their loss. Ve follows the gesture to see the bucket, newly knocked askew and still attached to the other end of what must have been a tripwire ve stepped on. It's a straightforward but effective setup, and Wander nods along at the explanation, until raising vis eyebrows at "I feel like I'd probably be pretty good at traps if I needed to be, don't ya think?"

"Little morbid, huh?" Wander doesn't think much about situations that would call for traps—the Games, needing to hunt, living somewhere dangerous, all of that will happen or it won't and worrying about it in the present doesn't do any good—and it's a little disconcerting for someone to allude to anything like that so casually. Still, it's hard to feel dispirited next to that laughter. The kid's good cheer is infectious. "You're right, though."

Calming a little, Nixie returns the introduction. "Nice to meetcha." Wander considers for a moment, rolling one shoulder to adjust the weight of vis work bag, and decides there's no rush to get home. No one will worry if they all assume ve's still at work, and all ve would do at home this early is argue about whose turn it is to cook today, anyway. (When Wander checked before leaving this morning, the chart on the counter said it was Nate's, but no one ever believes the chart. He and Teresa can sort it out.) "Got anything else lined up, Nixie?"