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Donna Luce ([personal profile] giglio_madonna) wrote in [community profile] interstellar55552016-04-14 03:01 pm

008 ✽ It's betta down where it's wetter

Who: Flowers Over Bones and those in attendance
What: One last solo band performance before the big tour, at the world's largest aquarium. Of course, being a giant aquarium, there's plenty of other things to do too.
When: Backdated to early April
Where: The Vista City Aquarium
Warnings: None planned, but note- this is set before Flowers Over Bones (Luce, Doctor, Rei, Ivan, Pao-Lin) escape out of Virgo's grip. If you want to talk with any of them one last time, now is the chance to do so. Also doubles as a mingle log!


As befitting such an enormous and thriving city, Vista houses the largest aquarium on the entire Americana west coast. Vista City Aquarium takes up the entirety of a multi-floor building, sprawling over a sizeable bit of land in the crowded city and providing nothing but top of the line care for its many aquatic and amphibious inhabitants. Needless to say, the gift shop is an entire floor all its own.

Such a place is obviously a popular place in the city for those interested in aquatic life, but today is special. The Annual Charity Run is taking place to usher in spring, just like every other year, and, to help this goal, they've enlisted the help of Virgo's own Flowers Over Bones. On one of the only levels not for the housing of aquatic life, a stage area has been set up for the band. All proceeds to see them, of course, go straight to the Aquarium.

That isn't to say people are obligated to go to the concert. It's an optional event of the day. There's still an entire building full of water and creatures to explore, an endeavor which can take up an entire day if one is so willing. Notable attractions include:

- A glass tunnel that goes through an entire tank of Caribbean sea life
- A room filled with screens livestreaming the events of oceanic researchers watching over the dolphins and whales the aquarium doesn't house
- A shallow tank where you can pet more docile small sharks and rays
- An area where you can play chess electronically with one out of a pair of octopi, Celia or Pat. Human winners are rewarded a voucher for food down in the food court. Celia and Pat get pieces of crab. Celia and Pat also have a high win rate.
- The food court and gift shop floor, where you can buy refreshments for the day or whatever gift shop knicknacks your heart desires. Not only are there the typical things such as clothing emblazoned with the aquarium's logo, keychains, and lovely coral or shark teeth jewelry.... But there are also plushies larger than most people. There's seemingly one for just about every kind of animal. Yes, even the blobfish.
i_am_not_cute: (can't hear you over the sound of noms)

Octopus Chess

[personal profile] i_am_not_cute 2016-04-21 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Pao-Lin sits nearby, watching Doctor engaged in INTENSE CHESS-PLAYING ACTION with Celia. To be honest, chess kind of bewilders/bores her. But Doctor himself is always fun to watch, animated as he is. Right now she's taking a breather from walking around the aquarium and currently working on devouring a towering ice cream cone.]
trustme: The Doctor giving a smug smile (smug smile)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-05-03 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
If I win I'll get a second free lunch ticket for the cafeteria. Want to come with me?

[ He's just THAT confident in his abilities. Forget the fact Pao-Lin has an ice cream cone already- she can eat an additional lunch! Celia makes her next move and he bites his lip. ]

Ooh you are very good Celia... I haven't had an opponent like you in a long time.
i_am_not_cute: ((manga) do i dazzle you)

[personal profile] i_am_not_cute 2016-05-07 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely! But let's go even if you don't win.

[Pao-Lin ffs -- ]