Swimatorium(#5453RC) From inside the Swimatorium, you can see the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of irregular polygonal surfaces where the transparent bubbles that comprise the dome meet one another. Each reflects, and refracts, the light to some degree, so that the view through the bubbles, transparent though they are, eventually fades off into dim whiteness, like fog. The at the centre of the Swimatorium is surrounded on the two long sides and one end by rows of plastic seats in the Swimatorium's pastel colour scheme. The remaining end contains the judges' tables, the , and the entrances to the showers and dressing rooms. Along one side of the pool, a transparent partition marks off a spectator pool for aquatic creatures such as dolphins, mermaids, and the like. An underwater allows access to this. Signs are posted every so often in the spectator pool reminding people not to splash excessively, as it creates unwanted choppiness for the swimmers. (N.B. - Things marked with can be looked at.) Obvious Exits: [O]ut, and [U]nderwater Tunnel Contents: Ping, Valleyminks, Roofus_roo, Beltrami, Sally, fluffy, Azure, Static, Tategoi, Aquamarine, Niny'ah, Austin, Tamara, Morticon, Chitter, BunnyHugger, Aina'(#9668CJXZ), Sora, J.P., Featherwing, Premchaia, Zair, and Samnang A swirl of rainbow colours spreads over the bubbles of the Swimatorium, then subsides. BunnyHugger says, "Stand by for instructions!" Valleyminks rings the side of the glass. "Keep it fun, yepdook." Zair says, "Aye, Captain." Tategoi looks up at BunnyHugger. Samnang stands, still figuring a style and move with hand motions. RULES 1. Each diver will get three poses per dive (one for takeoff, one for the "flight," and one for the entry) and should take no longer than five minutes to complete the dive. (Please try to write ahead.) 2. Each will perform one dive. 3. Judges will assign scores out of ten (in .25 increments) by first whispering them to me. I will direct the judges to display the scores on cards after all have whispered. 4. The scores should be determined by the judges as follows: 3 points for the takeoff, 3 for the dive, and 3 for the entry, plus one at the judges' discretion. 5. Judges should take level of difficulty into account in scoring the dive (we will not be using a separate modifier for this, to simplify things). 6. Scores from all judges will be averaged to determine final scores. In the case of a tie, multiple medals will be awarded. Morticon says, "Is it one diver total per turn allowed?" BunnyHugger says, "So basically, judges will do just that -- use judgment. If we get toooooo technical it won't be fun!" Sally raises an eyebrow at Morticon's question. Morticon hmms. "Guess so." Morticon shoots a look at Sora that says 'figure it out'. BunnyHugger says, "I did intend this to be an individual diving event." Sora is already talking to her comrades. She'll make it work. Ping takes a seat in the stands, and raises a little banner with the image of interlocking rings, making it rather hard to tell who she's rooting for. ;) NBC flies back to his camera and perches back on it. JasonRDT steps off of the floating disk that carried him up. JasonRDT has arrived. A swirl of rainbow colours spreads over the bubbles of the Swimatorium, then subsides. Zair gives BH a nod. "Alright, understood!" Beltrami grins. Zair is still wet, of course. Her shirt will dry out eventually. Zair not that this is actually a problem or anything. JasonRDT coughs. BunnyHugger says, "I have the following competitors on my list. Anyone else I've missed please whisper: Tamara, Sora et al, Niny'ah, Tategoi, Aquamarine, Austin, Featherwing." Sally says, "It's a pity there are no diving birds present." BunnyHugger says, "I'll be rolling for order." Sora is a diving bird, sort of. BunnyHugger says, "OK, and Samnang." BunnyHugger says, "Anyone else? Oh wait, Beltrami, sorry." Samnang holds his hands up and dances a moment. BunnyHugger says, "OK, others?" Sally examines Sora. "Sort of..." Beltrami pats herself and signs OK. Sally was thinking more of egrets, etc. BunnyHugger says, "OK, then." Valleyminks pushes his....flask..closer to the edge of the table, forms into a huge eye behind the glass, watching closely. Tiny bubbles emerge from somewhere near the ceiling, and drift down into the pool. >> BunnyHugger rolls 1d9, and gets 6 BunnyHugger says, "Austin's going to go first!" Sally yays! BunnyHugger says, "Representing Team Ringtail, I believe." Static barks, "Go Austin!" >> BunnyHugger rolls 1d8, and gets 5 Zair waits at the judges' table, eyes on Austin. [OOC] Azure returns, perhaps! Austin says, "Hooray!" Austin says, "And I am, yes." BunnyHugger says, "Aquamarine will go second, and I'll roll again once Austin's done. OK? Let the diving begin!" Austin climbs up the tower, ambles along the diving board, and looks around at the assembled crowds. [OOC] BunnyHugger says, "It's recommended to try to write ahead if possible." Austin stands on his hindpaws, lowers his tail to the board, and rolls forward, dropping straight down to the water! A lot of fans are wearing green plastic hats that look like fishheads. Austin hits roughly nose-first, with a sloppy splash, and paddles his way back to the water surface and the ladder out of the pond. Tamara stands next to Niny'ah, arms crossed, watching the first! Austin says, "(-30-)" Sally wingclaps, a muffled foomfoomf sound. Sora stares at the coati. Austin licks water out of his fur, and yichs a bit at the chlorination, but licks again, and bleahs, and trots over to BunnyHugger. "Want a sip, dear?" Samnang has disconnected. BunnyHugger applauds. A lot of fans are wearing pink plastic hats that look like fishheads. Samnang has connected. Static applauds Austin and smirks. How can he not root for Team Ringtail? BunnyHugger says, "Er, no thanks Austin. OK, judges, whisper me your score out of ten and wait for instructions!" Morticon eyes Static! Zair nods. She's poking at a notepad, ready in a moment! NBC follows Austin with the mobile camera, closing up as he exits the pool. Static looks back at Morticon, "What? If it was team Wallaby, can you say you wouldn't cheer for them?" Chandra steps off of the floating disk that carried him up. Chandra has arrived. >> BunnyHugger rolls 1d7, and gets 7 Sally greets. Azure bows to CHandra, "Mr. al-Alkani." BunnyHugger says, "By the way, next will be Aquamarine, and after that, Beltrami." Aquamarine tailwaves to Chandra again, watching the performances. Sally says, "You've only missed one dive." Aquamarine huhs? "I thought you said one diver per team?" to Bunnyhugger. BunnyHugger reviews a slip of paper she received from Valleyminks. Morticon grins, "True.. true..." BunnyHugger says, "Oh no, we can have more than one diver per team -- just not more than one at once." Static barks, "I'm still eager to see how the girls do. " BunnyHugger says, "All right, judges, you may reveal your scores to the audience." The bubbles of the Swimatorium deepen from a pale green to a sudden, intense emerald. The building seems to glow for just a few seconds. NBC turns the camera to face the judging table. [OOC] Aquamarine will have to pass.. assumed otherwise and idn't prepare -anything-, mental or otherwise. Azure yips, "Valley is on my team, too?" Chandra wanders in and finds a seat somewhere comfortable. "Hello, Sally and Mr. Varisha." he says as he gives Sally an open-handed wave and fuzzles on Azure's ears. Zair holds up a board with a big '8' written on it. BunnyHugger says, "Then Beltrami will be up next followed by..." Valleyminks' image fuzzes, then forms into a 7-segment display of '5 25'. Sally yays! >> BunnyHugger rolls 1d6, and gets 6 Azure pads over and hugs Chandra, curling up next to him. BunnyHugger says, "Followed by Samnang." Chandra gives Aquamarine a polite nod. JasonRDT hugs Chandra! Beltrami nodnods. She grabs hold of the diving tower and swings herself up, tail waving like a pendulum bob, up to the top of the tower. Morticon grins, "They'll do fine." Chandra says, "Hello, Mr. Drifter-Trenner."" BunnyHugger says, "All right, that's 6.625 for Austin." A lot of fans are wearing blue plastic hats that look like fishheads. Beltrami nodnods. She looks to BunnyHugger and signs OK? BunnyHugger says, "Go ahead, Beltrami!" Aquamarine grins a little bit at Chandra.. "Hi there. How've ya been?" she asks him. NBC closes up on Beltrami climbing the tower. Beltrami swings herself up to a handstand, and 'walks' on her hands to the edge of the board. She lowers her hands, then pushes up, leaping up into the air and spiralling! Niny'ah watches interestedly Sally ooos! Beltrami folds her arms as she spirals and drops, and tucks her head down just as she hits the water, diving in a bit and splashing further. Roofus_roo oohs. Beltrami bounces a foot off the water, and splashes down again, on her belly. She rolls over to her front and paddles her way to the edge of the pool. BunnyHugger applauds. Beltrami pulls herself up and swings out of the pool, and waves! Sally yays! Slowly, the bubbles of the Swimatorium change from pale green to pastel pink. BunnyHugger says, "Beltrami is representing The Otherwise Other Team, by the way! And is its captain." BunnyHugger says, "All right judges, whisper your scores when ready." Beltrami touches her chin and smiles to the pool's bubbles! BunnyHugger says, "Meanwhile I'll roll... next is Samnang and after Samnang issss...." >> BunnyHugger rolls 1d5, and gets 1 BunnyHugger says, "Tamara is next after Samnang." Samnang gets excited and almost prances to the dive tower. BunnyHugger says, "But wait up, I'm still waiting for scores." Chandra looks at Aquamarine for a moment, then looks back at the diving competition. "Perhaps we should reserve small talk for some other time." Samnang whuffs, "Ok, just say go." Tiny bubbles emerge from somewhere near the ceiling, and drift down into the pool. Chandra adjusts his grip on the spine of the book he's been reading. Tamara winces. "That must hurt." BunnyHugger says, "All right, judges, your scores for the audience, please." Aquamarine shrugs a little nad turns her attention back to the pool, then. Azure tries to see what Chandra is reading. Zair shuffles through the cards available to her and pulls out a '6'. Valleyminks swirls into a spiral and shows '::. :.' in binary Featherwing looks at Tamara. "To Bel, that's nothing more than a bounce on the grass..." ( The leatherbound book's spine has no lettering or title on it. It looks like it ) fluffy says, "I think that said '6.5.'" ( 's more of a journal or a manuscript than anything. ) Beltrami blinks at Tamara? Tamara points at Beltrami's tummy. "Water flop, yes?" Valleyminks fades into blue ripples against the end of the glass. BunnyHugger says, "All right, that's a total of 6.25 for Beltrami and the Otherwise Other Team!" The smell of seawater wafts into the crowd. BunnyHugger says, "Go ahead, Samnang!" Morticon wows. "tough judges." Samnang whuffs, "Yay!" Tategoi looks at the scores expressionlessly. Beltrami nods slowly. Samnang climbs the diving tower to stand at the end of the diving board thinking about a nice forward flip and a finish jack-knife style. Waiting a few moments to get several deep breaths in before nodding as if talking to himself. Holding his hands out to his sides he leans forward then launches into a short two step sprint before jumping. The landing is a few inches short of the very end of the board but close enough to give a good downward press and recoil return of the board. Bending down at the knees and moving his arms for extra 'umph' he jumps high and out, but didn't quite stick the direction. Dingo has arrived. Samnang leaves the board with a rising backwards twist, curling quickly to grab his knees to try and recover something from having too good of grip on his feet. Spinning in a single backwards pike style dive one full rotation, then two rotations before opening up with a half twist, knees tight as possible. Dingo huggles Roofus. Featherwing clawwaves to Dingo. :3 Samnang hits the water with the best entry he's had so far, a bit of an angle and certainly less splash than his first spaz out attempt, which thankfully remains in the memory and not on tape, unless a camera was filming at the time. slipping easily down deep in the water thanks to the near water frictionless qualities of his dive suit. Pumping his arms and feet to swim upwards towards the ladder for a much easier exit, cheering himself inside his head for not hitting back or stomach first. Small victories. Dingo smiles and waves at Featherwing. <3 <3 Beltrami waves to Dingo! Samnang shivers with the post dive adrenaline rush of not having slapped the water like a wet bag of cement. Xinarse steps off of the floating disk that carried him up. Xinarse has arrived. NBC bobs his head a bit as he adjusts focus. Beltrami claps for Samnang! Dingo waves at Beltrami! <3 Morticon grins, "I wonder if a frictionless suit would let you swim." BunnyHugger applauds. JasonRDT arfs, "I don't think so, Morty..." Tamara claps! BunnyHugger says, "Judges?" Xinarse wanders in from a portal of darkness, then finds a seat somewhere. BunnyHugger says, "Meanwhile rolling for order..." Featherwing applauds yet stays focused, waiting patiently for his turn. >> BunnyHugger rolls 1d4, and gets 4 Azure tips his hat to XInarse. Sally applauds! Xinarse nods and gives Azure a small smile. Dingo has to say something when no one's busy. :P BunnyHugger says, "Tamara will be the next diver, followed by Featherwing." Niny'ah headshakes, "You'd be able to thrust, due to water viscosity." Tamara otts! Samnang settles into a chair and seems to deflate a bit. Tiny bubbles emerge from somewhere near the ceiling, and drift down into the pool. BunnyHugger says, "OK, judges, reveal your scores." Sally says, "Whatcha gotta say, Dingo? If you wait for quiet, it'll never get said." Tamara "Here I go!" She smiles and climbs up to the springboard, waiting for the signal. Briefly grinning at Niny'ah. Niny'ah gives Tamara a thumbsup! fluffy wanders off, muttering something about a giant hippopotamus. fluffy has left. Samnang gives two thumbs up for Tamara. "knock it outta the park!" Valleyminks forms first into the shape of a ridged Klingon forehead...then at the resulting blank stares reverts to binary. '::: ..' Zair picks up the same '8' she had before and adds a smaller '5' next to it. Looks like the second card came from a deck of playing cards. BunnyHugger looks to the judges. Static adds floats and an impeller unit to his wishlist while watching all of this. BunnyHugger says, "That's 7.75 for Samnang and... wait, what team are you on, Samnang?" BunnyHugger says, "That's the score to beat right now!" Tategoi circles in the spectator pool nervously. Featherwing looks at Tategoi, "You'll do fine. Don't let these good scores get you down." Samnang whuffs, "Team that Azure is in charge of and I'm constantly forgetting... Ill Advised." Dingo yips, "I just wanted to apologise for not being here for the activities yesterday... I tried to form a last minute team and couldn't be here since my player had to work unexpectedly." Tamara looks to BunnyHugger. "I go now?" The bubbles of the Swimatorium deepen from a pale pink to a sudden, intense red. The building seems to glow for just a few seconds. BunnyHugger says, "Go ahead, Tamara!" Sally says, "I missed it too - that happens." Tamara bounces some on the springboard, giving it a test. Standing straight up, she then tenses and moves up and down to get the hopping motion going. Using her powerful leg muscles, she leaps up into the air gracefully, tail trailing her! Her slinky form really showing itself off here. Dingo hugs Sally. Tamara pulls her body in close, rolling in the air, even tucking her tail in to look like a dark, spotted cannonball! Able to get two rolls in, she suddenly straightens out, head and arms pointed right at the water, ready to go straight in! Clearly at home in the water. Tamara's streamlined body enters the water with a minimum of splashing, disappearing deep into the pool, nearly touching bottom. After a minute, she surfaces way on the other end of the pool, pulling herself out with a grin. Sally wingclaps! :> NBC follows Tamara with the mobile camera, while the stationary cameras are also tuned in for different angles. Morticon grins, "Well, Dingo, there are plenty of activities left to do. The fun's just started." BunnyHugger applauds. BunnyHugger says, "Judges, your scores please." Samnang salutes and applauds a very remarkable dive. The bubbles of the Swimatorium deepen from a pale green to a sudden, intense emerald. The building seems to glow for just a few seconds. BunnyHugger says, "And while they're figuring: Featherwing will be next and after Featherwing..." Dingo just feels bad when she's not around for something she said she was going to do. Tamara shakes herself off a bit as she walks over to Niny'ah. "How I do?" >> BunnyHugger rolls 1d3, and gets 1 BunnyHugger says, "After Featherwing will be whoever is diving for the SED team." BunnyHugger says, "All right, judges, you may reveal your scores." Sora says, "I will be competing, along with 72. Two of us, but separate." Niny'ah pats Tamara on the shoulder, "I think you did very good." Tamara otts! Zair has an '8' of a completely different color, followed by the seven and five of spades. Static grins and is quieter about rooting for Sora and 72, but his crossed arms and proud expression say enough. Niny'ah has no idea what that consists of, Tamara! Valleyminks forms into the glow of Nixie tubes, in bluegreen: 8.75 BunnyHugger says, "Wow, the judges are in agreement this time. They seem to be getting more in tune with each other as we go along." BunnyHugger says, "That's 8.75 for Tamara and Team Otter." The bubbles of the Swimatorium deepen from a pale yellow to a sudden, intense gold. The building seems to glow for just a few seconds. Featherwing flutters up to the top of the board. He lands, then turns his back. He hops a few times then launches upward. Tucking into a little ball about a meter higer than the board, he spins several times out and above the water. Sally yays! Tamara says, "Team Land Swimmers!" BunnyHugger says, "Featherwing is up." Azure has disconnected. BunnyHugger says, "Sorry, Team Land Swimmers!" Azure has connected. BunnyHugger corrects her notes. Azure yips, "Thor H. Odinsson!" Chandra pats Azure. Featherwing uncurls after a few seconds and spirals down counterclockwise, wings tucked neatly against his small back with little overhang. He then points his wings towards his legs and holds his hands over his head. NBC watches Featherwing with all his eyes. Sally OOCly used to have an ancient Sperry-Rand calculator that used blue/green nixies! Morticon grins, "Clearly the judges are in collusion." Room: Swimatorium -Stat-Name----------------Sex---------Species--------------------------------- Xinarse Male Human? MAJR Dingo[2m idle] Female Dingo IC Chandra Male Leptailaurian (Serval: al-Alkani) IC JasonRDT[5m idle] male Hybrid: Wolf-Dragon-Kitsune Ping[19m idle] female mouse OOC Valleyminks[2m idle]Gosh Firemink ... Roofus_roo[4m idle] female Spacey Fairy Princess Kangaroo IC Beltrami[10m idle] female Balloon Mermaid Sally female Golden Eagle e^- Azure Male Chromalopex Eruditovenator Caeruleus IC Static Male Ringtail Cyborg IC Tategoi[6m idle] male goldfish-koi cross >Aquamarine Female Vaporeon |Zenkuro NBC male peacock watr Niny'ah[2m idle] female Seirmerine Ph.D.Austin[25m idle] male Elastic Coati IC Tamara Female Spotted Otter IC Morticon Male Wallaby IC >Chitter Male Squirrel |BunnyHugger BunnyHugger female Devilbunny IC >Aina' Female Tiger |Sora IC Sora[2m idle] Female Black Fox SQRL J.P.[asleep] male Winged Eastern Grey Squirrel w/bunnyears drg Featherwing male silver dragon with black feathered wings whr Premchaia[11m idle] female black dragon Zair Female Totodile 'Morph !kraBSamnang Male Afghan Hound ---[ Found 27 characters. ( 23 Awake / 1 Asleep / 3 Zombies ) ]--------------- Featherwing enters the water with a small amount of splash occurs because of the wingtips. He surfaces, then does the olympic salute after getting out. Sally applauds Featherwing! :> Zair says, "It's only enemy action if it happens three times, sir." Tiny bubbles emerge from somewhere near the ceiling, and drift down into the pool. Tamara ooos. "Flying swimmer." Sora eyes Featherwing carefully! Niny'ah watches, impressed. She nudges Tamara gently, "I think you'll like what I'm gonna do." BunnyHugger applauds. BunnyHugger says, "Judges, do your judging!" BunnyHugger says, "Next will be Sora and 72 in whichever order they prefer." Dingo's calculator is on her watch. O_o Tamara grins, doing a thumbs up! Sora will go next, to compete against that flyer! Sora climbs up the short ladder to the board, waiting for the signal. Morticon grins, "You can do it, Sora!" The smell of seawater wafts into the crowd. Dingo yips, "It got chewed by a fossa that I got to pet at a con! It crawled up my arm, but it was so cute.." NBC turns to show the judges concentrating. Static barks, "Show 'em what you got, Sora! " Zair is picking from a hand of playing cards. Very big ones. BunnyHugger says, "OK, judges, you may show your scores." BunnyHugger says, "Once again the judges are like-minded and there's a score of 8 overall for Featherwing, putting him currently in the second place position after Tamara." Dingo is going to head out for a while... Dingo is glommed down and swept away by a plastic hippopotamus mouth. Dingo has left. BunnyHugger says, "Oops, I spoke too soon." BunnyHugger blushes. Chitter pokes BunnyHugger! Sora nods, stoic. Ready to compete. Zair holds up a Joker at first, then realizes she's got the wrong card. One 'Whoops' later and she's got the eight of diamonds instead. Static barks, "Must have psychic announcers on staff now. " A swirl of rainbow colours spreads over the bubbles of the Swimatorium, then subsides. [OOC] Sora says, "I can go, yes?" BunnyHugger says, "Well, I do get to peek." Sora runs along the board, taking a single bounce right at the edge. This sends her right up into the air, at which point her wings snap open. She flaps furiously, sending her a few extra feet above! BunnyHugger says, "I want to make sure they don't change after they see each others' scores, you see." Beltrami grins. BunnyHugger watches Sora. Valleyminks's whorls form into the shape of a lemniscate, then slowly tips upright. '8' Well now! Sora heads straight down, her wings tilted in such a way that she corkscrews tightly and with precision! At the last foot of air, her wings tuck in and she goes straight in, arms heading towards the water! There's some splashing due to her wings. Sora doesn't go very deep, and emerges not far from where she entered, gasping briefly for air. The winged vixen swims to the edge of the pool and gets out. Sally yays! :> Sora immediately spreads her wings, shakes, and uses the wing dryer Morticon set up in the corner. BunnyHugger applauds. Featherwing gives a thumbs up to the judges, then one to Sora. "Well done!" Beltrami claps! A swirl of rainbow colours spreads over the bubbles of the Swimatorium, then subsides. BunnyHugger says, "OK judges, you may determine your scores." Aina' gets ready, climbing up to the board. Stretching some while she listens for the score. BunnyHugger says, "Next will be 72 also diving for Team SED, and I'll roll for the final order..." >> BunnyHugger rolls 1d2, and gets 1 BunnyHugger says, "Niny'ah will go after 72, and Tategoi will finish the event." Tamara says, "Those two good for not natural flyers." Tategoi dips his nose in acknowledgement. [OOC] Tamara otts! She means swimmers. BunnyHugger says, "OK judges, you may show your scores." Chitter says, "And don't blurt it this time, remember, Hugger." BunnyHugger says, "All right, all right." Austin grins. Sora watches eagerly! Niny'ah nods to Tategoi, and chuckles at Tamara, giving her back an extra stretch. Zair is stuck between the seven of hearts and of clubs. A coinflip later and it's the seven of hearts. Tiny bubbles emerge from somewhere near the ceiling, and drift down into the pool. Niny'ah climbs the ladder up to the springboard, and stands at the back, waiting for the signal. Aina' is already there. She goes first, then Niny'ah. Valleyminks forms to the flickering image of a disc with two lines on it: 7:45 Niny'ah woops. redact last then BunnyHugger says, "Yes, that's Aina 72 next, then Niny'ah, then Tategoi, sorry for any confusion." Zair says, "Seventy-two?" Niny'ah crouches at the side of the pool to watch then Beltrami nodnods. Aina' 72 looks over at Niny'ah, with a little grin. For once, taller than her! BunnyHugger says, "All right, that's 7.375 for Sora diving for Team SED." BunnyHugger says, "Go ahead, 72." Aina' 72 stands, confident, at the edge of the board and does quite the hop, really bending the thing! It sends her fairly high up. Aina' 72 does one flip, twisting, her tail following her loosly, stripes all over! This sends some sort of powder over the pool. Then, Aina dives straight in with a classic pose. She's not perfectly straight, however, having messed up slightly on the flip, causing a little more splashing than she should. The powder hits the water after the splash, and reacts with the cholorine to create some bubbles and fog, but is totally harmless! NBC follows the arc upward with the camera. Zair hastily scribbles a note: 'possible clone army?' Aina' 72 goes a moderate depth underwater, then swims to one side of the pool and gets out. The fog and bubbles have completely dissippated by now. A swirl of rainbow colours spreads over the bubbles of the Swimatorium, then subsides. BunnyHugger applauds. Sally applauds! Aina' grins, dripping as she heads back to her team spot. Her sisters clap! Featherwing applauds, then hmms... BunnyHugger says, "All right, we're getting down to the last couple of competitors here, things are getting tense! Judges, your scores please." Sora's expression is unreadable about her own score. Tamara pats Niny BunnyHugger says, "Niny'ah may get ready, and after will be Tategoi." Tamara pats Niny'ah. "Now your turn!" Samnang applauds as well Niny'ah hugs Tamara from the side, and climbs the ladder up to the springboard, and stands at the back, waiting for the signal. A Rat is selling deepfried vegetables and mushrooms from a tray. Tamara watches and otts! "Go team!" BunnyHugger looks at a note from Valleyminks and nods, then looks to Zair. Morticon grabs a friend mushroom and nibbles. Static flags down that rat for some snacks! Zair looks back to BunnyHugger and nods. Valleyminks svirls back into sparkles.. Samnang flags down several dozen mushrooms and any other crispy fried treats BunnyHugger says, "OK, reveal your scores!" Valleyminks forms briefly back into the shape of '8' and then falls over again. Zair gets the other seven, the seven of clubs. And holds a five from a smaller set after it. BunnyHugger says, "That's 7.75 for Aina 72 representing Team SED, putting her at the bronze position so far, tied with Featherwing. Tamara is still in the lead with 8.75 and Featherwing in second with 8." BunnyHugger says, "All right, go ahead, Niny'ah! And get ready, Tategoi." Featherwing blinks, "Tied with me?" A lot of fans are wearing blue plastic hats that look like fishheads. Sora glances over at 72, and shakes her paw. "Good job, for the team." BunnyHugger says, "Sorry, tied with Samnang I meant." Niny'ah steps up to the springboard, testing the rebound with her feet. Taking several steps back, she takes a short running start and jumps heavily on the end of the springboard, tail straight out behind herself as she takes the altitude from the board's rebound and converts it into forwards momentum. Tategoi watches closely with his fixed eyes. Aina' watches her friend Niny'ah, seeing how a native swimmer does it. Featherwing giggles, "S'all good." He then turns his attention to Niny'ah. Samnang whuffs, "Watch out, that board gets slick if you're feet are wet." ( With that momentum, the tall Seirm executes a half twist to turn herself belly to the sky, arms held out to the sides as she angles her torso for the water entry, arms quickly snapping over her head, fists balled into a knuckle-leading position. ) Tamara's watches, ears perked, eyes wide. Niny'ah hits the water at a shallow angle with her ears pinned back and nostrils closed, plowing up a curling bow wave as the water eats her speed, kicking her legs and tail into the air and pulling down to flip around and cut toards the ladder out. The bubbles of the Swimatorium deepen from a pale yellow to a sudden, intense gold. The building seems to glow for just a few seconds. Sally yays! :> BunnyHugger applauds. Tamara otts and claps! Featherwing applauds, drying himself off with his heat aura. Tamara says, "Like swim in air!" Niny'ah levers herself out of the water and gives Tamara a hug streaming with poolwater. That dive felt good! BunnyHugger says, "Niny'ah, I forgot to note, are you diving for a team?" BunnyHugger says, "Are you with Team Land Dwimmers?" Tamara giggles and hugs Niny'ah back. "Did good!" Valleyminks' glass rocks a bit with that last.. Niny'ah nods to BunnyHugger, "Team Land Swimmers, as is Tamara." BunnyHugger means, Swimmers? BunnyHugger nods. "Good!" BunnyHugger says, "Judges, your scores, when you're ready." A swirl of rainbow colours spreads over the bubbles of the Swimatorium, then subsides. Tategoi says, "I anticipate high scores for that one." Tategoi does not sound too glum. BunnyHugger says, "Judges, show your scores, please." Beltrami claps! Featherwing says, "I dunno, the wave might have some deductions, but it's ultimately up to the judges." Tamara wiggles her paw, "Wave not matter. Good form." Zair pulls up a big Nine that looks like it might've been taken from a supermarket display somewhere. Niny'ah went for a controlled wave, and is presently blowing on her handwebs. Niny'ah asides quietly to Tamara, "That stings when you hit your webs hard on entry." NBC closes up on the 9. Tamara nodnods. "Will feel better soon, yes?" Niny'ah nods, and ruffles Tamara's shoulderfur. Zair eyes NBC and any camera he might have with him. "I'm in on short notice. Didn't have time to get a nice fully uniform set of cards." Tamara grins, patting her arm. "Get high score, I think." Valleyminks swirls, going from blue to green to red, then back to green. ':..: .:' forms on the somewhat fogged side of the glass. Samnang has disconnected. Morticon nabs a rat and gets some fried brocolli. Samnang has connected. BunnyHugger says, "Incredible! A score of 9.125! This will be almost impossible to beat." Beltrami blinks! Valleyminks mmm rat. BunnyHugger says, "...And having said that, you're up, Tategoi." Tamara otts!! Niny'ah's jaw is somewhere between fdropped and working wordlessly. She turns and bearhugs Tamara The smell of seawater wafts into the crowd. Tamara giggles and squeezes back almost as hard! "Good team!" Tategoi swims from the spectator pool to the main pool, then levitates himself up to the diving platform. "I would like to clarify for the judges that although I will have to use magic to get myself up to the board, I will not use any in my dive." Tategoi levitates himself with effort up the stairs to the diving platform and then sets himself down on the board. After a moment of calculation he flops three times down the length of the board, a bit like a fish thrown up onto land but more controlled, and then gets a rather shallow boost into the air by the board. Tategoi gets little lift from the board, putting him at a disadvantage, but in his short descent he spirals showily on his long axis, fins extended, almost an orange and white pinwheel. The bright lighting overhead flashes off his scales as he twirls. Samnang chews on a crispy mushroom Tategoi enters the water with his fins tucked back in, and with minimal splashing. He is clearly built for water entry. Beltrami smiles. Niny'ah oooooooh. "Very nice." Tategoi is concluded, and swims back to the spectator pool. BunnyHugger applauds. Beltrami claps! Tamara licks her lips. "Look tasty." BunnyHugger says, "Judges, please determine scores." Samnang claps! Featherwing stares at Tamara. "Oi." Niny'ah playfully pokes Tamara in the ribs with a knuckle. Sally applauds! :> Morticon admits, "That's pretty impressive." Tategoi says, "I beg your pardon, madam." Static barks, "Pretty tough competitors." Azure picks each sleeper up-- it must be some trick of perspective-- to slip into his inside breast pocket. J.P. is sent home. J.P. has left. Samnang doesn't feel bad at all, since he's not particularly skilled at diving at all. Tamara looks a little embarassed. "Sorry." A Rat is selling deepfried vegetables and mushrooms from a tray. BunnyHugger says, "All right, we have a divided opinion in the judges' stand this time. Please show your scores, judges." Zair says, "I don't think we're allowed to eat competitors here!" Valleyminks lights up again: '::. :.' Zair shuffles through her cards, looking for one she misplaced. It's the first '8' she used, which she holds up once she's found it. Tamara looks even more embarassed. Tategoi lowers his head some. Static comes back with a whole tray of vegetables and a slightly worried face. "Maybe I should not have smiled quite that much. I think he thought I wanted more than the mushrooms." he looks at Morticon. "Broccoli?" Featherwing leans down and snuzzles the fish, "I think you did lovely." BunnyHugger says, "That's a total score of 7.25 for Tategoi and the Dragons Team." Tamara walks over to Tategoi. "Sorry. I did not mean...." "Being ott, you know?" She crouches, and does truely look sorry! BunnyHugger says, "So the final rankings are...." Beltrami looks blankly at Tamara. Beltrami nodnods to BunnyHugger? NBC turns to face BunnyHugger. Morticon nodnods and nabs some from Static. The smell of seawater wafts into the crowd. Austin sniffs? Niny'ah gooses the base of Tamara's tail, "I'll go with you to get some food afterwards, ok Tamara?" She tips an apologetic grin towards Tategoi Samnang wonders if there is some peppered sour cream based dipping sauce available for fried veg. Tamara nodnods! Aquamarine tries to Pet Azure.. for absolutely no reason other than petting 'im. Zair says, "I just have to add that I feel really weird being in a judges' seat. So many eyes on me!" Samnang braces himself in his chair to keep from sliding out thanks to teh reduced friction surface of his dive suit. Sora stares. O.O Static barks, "As you judge them, the world so judges you!" BunnyHugger says, "The gold goes to Niny'ah, the silver to Tamara, and the bronze to Featherwing!" A Rat is selling deepfried vegetables and mushrooms from a tray. Zair waves in Sora's direction. "Yeah, like that!" Sally yays! :> Morticon imagines all the problems with everyday life Samnang must have wearing such a suit. .oO(He jumps into bed, but slides off to the other side!) Garrison has entered the Swimatorium. Garrison has arrived. Beltrami grins. Tategoi says, "I will do better in the swimming, I hope." Beltrami waves to Garrison! Sally greets. Tamara otts!! She looks really excited! Garrison waves back Xinarse stands and heads out. Samnang waves "Hiyas." Xinarse leavess the Swimatorium. Xinarse has left. Featherwing giggles, "You did lovely, my friend. No need to be disappointed." Sally says, "You've sorta missed it, I'm afraid, Garrison." Austin says, "Congratulations, all you other teams." Garrison awws :( Morticon says, "Swimming is tomorrow. I need to actually get that together tomorrow morning, but it'll be fun, I hope!" BunnyHugger says, "And the rest of the rankings are: 4th tied between Aina 72 and Featherwing, 6th Sora, 7th Tategoi, 8th Austin, and 9th Beltrami." Aquamarine grins at Morticon a little.. Featherwing says, "Samnang."" Featherwing faceclaws. Sally says, "What are tomorrow's events and times?" BunnyHugger says, "I will be distributing medals but I have to finish getting them ready... so if you can wait a few minutes I will give them to all competitors." Zair says, "Hopin' I can just be a spectator next time!" Niny'ah just about wriggles in joy at the gold, wrapping her arms around Tamara in an overly-exuberant hug BunnyHugger says, "Tomorrow at noon is Gymnastics, and at 7 p.m. is Swimming." The bubbles of the Swimatorium deepen from a pale blue to a sudden, intense azure. The building seems to glow for just a few seconds. Chandra pets Azure, stands and then wanders towar the exit. Featherwing chuckles at BH's second and similar faux pas. Morticon has his listed on eventlist and the BB. BunnyHugger I think will do hers soon. Sally nods. "Great! Thanks!" Austin nods. BunnyHugger says, "Thank you to the judges for their service. It's an important role and one most don't like to do." Valleyminks disappears with a *pop*, the insides of the glass blackening. Beltrami blinks! Chitter pokes BunnyHugger! BunnyHugger says, "I mean between Aina and Samnang." Samnang snerks and doesn't wear it to sleep, although it is rather comfortable to wear and very temperature controlled. Tamara is happy for second place! She hugs back, otting and looking quite pleased. Chitter says, "Why do you keep mixing up Featherwing and Samnang? Their names aren't anything alike." BunnyHugger says, "I'm honestly not sure." Zair says, "They both end in 'g'?" Morticon says, "They don't even -look- alike." Zair says, "Well, 'ng.'" Chandra leavess the Swimatorium. Chandra has left. Static notes the blackened glass and looks to Morticon, "Like most VM's, they explode and vanish." BunnyHugger's ears fall and redden. Featherwing giggles and nuzzles BH. "It happens..." Sally says, "There is that. And they both have vowels." Samnang whuffs, "We have legs too."