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[if there was one thing Elympions were really adept at, it was creating highly technological constructions and living the "high life" so to speak. after the schism dropped, this only increased due to the access to additional, if currently expensive, resources. and with Rieze Maxia also being rich with resources and willing to increase the economy, coordinating to create a fun place where both citizens could enjoy was easier than expected. had a few bumps along the way, of course, including whether the location would adversely affect the neighboring towns, but after several months of planning and clearing out the monsters, a large portion of the Kijara Seafalls had been converted to something like a water park resort. using the natural formations already existing, including the many waterfalls, the company in charge of this endeavor managed to recreate the setting to include natural made water slides and of course the many variety of natural and artificial pools—casual ones to just sit and relax, larger ones to just swim around, wave pools, and even a section for some heated ones.

technology wise, it's a combination of spirit artes, spyrix, and spyrites. the use of spyrix had been as minimal as possible, but their world isn't quite there with replacing it with spyrite. however, it has been designed so that the conversion would be seamless, and it helps that the park is indeed mostly naturally made.

so during the following summer of their last adventure, Alvin had received two tickets to its opening. a gift for being a Svent. although he isn't really "part of the family" anymore, he can't exactly say he didn't like the few perks that come his way. free gifts definitely were one of them. now the problem is...would he actually go? If so, who would he ask? or should he just give them both away? but even with those questions, he was already thinking, "Leia would probably kill to have these." and well, that made his decision for him.

and so invite her he did and here they are at the Kijara Seafalls Resort. the opening ceremony had been a "splashing" hit and the place is packed with a variety of people from esteemed invited guests to those who managed to purchase tickets to every day families who won the lottery prize. and a lot of kids. a lot of kids.

and like everyone else, he's dressed in casual swimming shorts, sandals, sunglasses, and a loose unbuttoned shirt.]

Well the lines are going to be insane, I can tell you that much. So what should we try out first?

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[this would have been so much more painful and difficult on normal land. hooray for water!

and he's just laughing until he chin accidentally hits the top of her head so. she'll get her wish at the expensive of both of them feeling some kind of head pain.

of course by this time the staff have started to come over to them. busted.]

[ oops. she rubs her head awkwardly as she moves away, and when she sees the staff coming over, she makes a face at him. ]

See, now we're gonna get in trouble!

[ which is clearly the most mature thing to say, right. maturity probably isn't going to get them anywhere, though, because once the staff get to them, they're asked to either leave the pool or quiet down, since they're disturbing the other guests. ]

Yeah, yeah, whatever.

[so he says with a slight eyeroll before the staff reaches them. he'll just, you know, apologize before kind of elbowing her underwater.]

So what do you want to do? Stick around here or try somewhere else?

[ she follows his apology with one of her own, and returns the nudge (even if she's a little less subtle about it than him). ]

Let's go ahead and try something else for now. I don't wanna cause any more trouble for them.

[ even if he was the one who started it— ]

[she retaliated and it just kept on going.]

Well there's going to be a long wait no matter what, so how about we just choose one of the attractions you wanna go on.

[look he's letting her choose as a sort of apology. sort of. not really.]

All right!

[ even if he doesn't mean it as an apology, she can still take it as one. so, she grins at him as she moves to the edge of the pool and pulls herself out. ]

I guess I wanna try one of the slides, or to get some snacks. Does that sound okay to you?

Hm...

[he hauls himself out after her, running a hand through his hair a bit as he makes his way over to where their stuff is.]

Eating before going on a slide might not be a good idea. Unless you're really hungry right now.

[though of course she'd suggest a snack.]

[ and she follows, naturally. ]

Oh, yeah. I probably should've thought about that first.

[ she digs a towel out of their bag lets her hair down so that she can start to wring it out before continuing. ]

I'm not super hungry or anything, though, so I guess our next stop is gonna be the slides!

[and drying himself off as well before slinging it over his shoulder and putting on his sunglasses because man it's bright.]

Want the super big one or something smaller? I hear they got some real crazy ones here.

Well, I've never been on anything like that before, so maybe we should start small...

[ she mulls over that for a moment as she drapes the towel across her shoulders. ]

Or we could work our way through them from biggest to smallest! [ which is definitely the more exciting option. ] What do you think?

I say we hit big first. [of course he would say that.]

Besides, I thought you liked challenges.

Heck yeah I do!

[ if he puts it like that, even if she's kind of nervous, there's no way she's going to back down. ]

Let's go find us a big slide!

[ and she does a little fistpump. ]

[pffft. he chuckles a bit as he grabs both of their bags and shoulders them.]

All right then. Let's find some lockers to put these in and then head over to it.

All right!

[ and she's going to start leading the way. then: ]

This is kinda exciting, huh?

It wouldn't be a good park if it wasn't.

Good point! I think it's living up to the hype so far, though.

[ so it's definitely a good park, and she'll probably drag him back again someday.

and as they continue walking, a set of lockers come into view, so she points at them and then turns her head to look at him. ]

Looks like we found what we were looking for!

Well one part at least. [as he digs out his wallet to pay for the locker, he glances up. hm...it's for the ride that's right over—

he almost drops his bag before he reaches over and grabs Leia's arm, pulling her over so that she can see what caught his attention.]

Uh—Leia—you might want to take a look at that thing.

["that thing" being the super giant slide that's producing quite a few happy screams. with a very sizable line leading all the way to top, it's a slide that had been constructed above the highest waterfall. there's the obvious platform and open tube slide that spirals down into the rock, and if they watch long enough, they'll see the people burst out from near the bottom of the waterfall into the deep pool below. it's a long drop, and there's a diagram nearby depicting all the watery twists and turns of the tunnels made within the actual cliff.]

[ when he grabs her arm, she stumbles a little, and then— ]

That's not the slide, is it?

[ that's. that's not what she was expecting. her eyes go wide and she quickly looks from the slide, to alvin, and back again. she might be up for a challenge, but that thing is huge, and she's never been on anything like it (aside from maybe the wyverns they rode that one time, but that was still different). so, it's intimidating, to say the least. ]

There's no way it's actually that big, right?

I...I have no idea...but they really did outdo themselves with it.

[although it's large...he actually still wants to try it. it's huge, looks fast, and he's always up for thrills. so the real question was if his partner over here could handle it. a slight glance down at her.]

Still want to do it? [as if on cue, out pops out another raft with its screaming occupants. though seeing them he realizes something else about it.] Apparently you can have two people on the raft, so if you're feeling a little nervous...

[and a grin.]

Uh... yeah, totally!

[ though her enthusiasm probably sounds just a little forced, because everyone is screaming so much, and it's really high up, and it looks fast, so it must be terrifying. ]

Maybe we should use the same raft, just to be safe, though.

[ a small, sheepish laugh. ]

[slight arch of the brow. ...hm.]

You know if you don't want to it's fine.

But I do want to!

[ which is partially true. she also doesn't want to chicken out on him. ]

You sure?

[and now he's actually seriously asking her.]

Yeah, I'm sure.

[ she sounds a little more convincing this time around. ]

It seems like it might be kinda scary, but that's what makes it fun, right?

[he looks at her for a moment, as if debating, but then he nods and claps a hand on her shoulder.]

All right then. Wait here a sec while I put up our stuff.