I AM MOANA

Mio gave a small laugh at Moana’s reaction to her question, honestly she expected something like that, it wasn’t really a bad thing as long as she returned them right? Mio smiled up at the ceiling for a second then looked back to Moana, she did ask why but Mio wasn’t sure if she should come out about something like this, it wasn’t so important that she should burden her friend about it. So with the wave of her hand, which she normally used to push off a subject that was bothering her but she didn’t want to talk about, Mio started to try and turn the conversation back onto the dance.

“No reason Moa, just wondering to be honest.” Mio said telling a blatantly obvious lie, she wanted to spare time from being wasted, they did have limited time so they shouldn’t be stuck on the subject that long. “Anyways i’m excited to see this dance of yours, are you ready to get started? Cause i know i’m ready to watch that body uh…er sorry almost made that weird!” Mio let out another small laugh as she looked into Moana’s eyes. The sunglasses slightly were sticking out of Mio’s bag, the side had gotten hooked on the edge of the bag. “It’s got a quick beat right? I’m in the mood to really get moving today.”

Mio seemed to be full of energy, though it was normal when she was with one of her friends especially with Moa. There wasn’t a dull moment when the two were together, something was always going on that had Mio entertained in one way or another. Honestly today Mio just wanted to clear her head, she always thought better when she was actively doing something. Mio started to shift her weight from side to side of her body keeping one hand against the wall.

“alright...”

moana hardly believed the other, especially with how weirdly specific of a question it was. besides, the other hadn’t sounded convincing at all when responding, and so now moana couldn’t help but be curious as to just what mio was getting at. but it probably wasn’t her problem if her friend wouldn’t even explain it to her. oh well. maybe it was something to bring up another day.

“yeah, i’m ready! oh --- it’s okay.”

a blush blossomed across her cheeks for a moment --- she knew her friend had the tendency to say things like that, but it always caught her by surprise. she never really thought about stuff like that when dancing, so it was a little strange to her. but she tried shrugging it off, standing up now that she was finished stretching, a little bounce in her step in excitement. 

“yeah --- yeah! it’s hip hop, so we’re gonna be moving a lot. i think we’re gonna have fun.”

she smiled at her friend, really excited to get this dance started. the pair always had a lot of fun together --- they seemed to match energy really nicely, plus they held a lot of common interests. moana could pull mio for any adventure and the other would always be along for the ride. it was great. when she was with mio, she got a little less homesick sometimes.

“okay, so... oh, wait. i should probably play the song for you first.”

with that, she made her way back to where their bags were, intending to grab her phone until something in mio’s bag caught her eye. a pair of unfamiliar sunglasses....

“oh, mio, did you get new glasses...?”

“Well seeing as how we haven’t been caught yet, like around an hour or two should be fine.”

Gaius checked the time  and looked over to the door. He was surprised that no one had come in besides them, oh well. This was good anyways, at least he could take his time. The male smiled at her curiosity and looked up pictures. “They are one of the best treats out there. Moa, let me enhance those taste buds of yours. Trust me macarons are not fish. You’ll like them, I promise.“

Gaius couldn’t help but grin. “No, no pollen, I’ll even double check.”

“I’ll make it my mission tonight to give you tasty treats.”

“okay. will that be enough time to make the desserts?”

she didn’t want their dessert making to suddenly be interrupted. from what it sounded like, it was going to be a lot of fun, and she really didn’t want to get in trouble right now. moana wasn’t one to be scared of getting caught, but she knew she needed to keep a good reputation. still, she did like living life a little on the wild side...

a small laugh couldn’t help but escape her. she was finding his attitude to be very funny and playful. this was gonna be a lot of fun, she could tell. the pair were already warming up to each other, even though they had just met each other. they both had a thing for mischief, it seemed.

“okay, i’m gonna trust your word. but if i end up not liking it...you owe me.”

moana grinned --- she was just kidding (well, half-kidding). standing tall, she placed her hands on her hips and glanced around the kitchen, before locking eyes with gaius.

Starter for oceansxcall!

The best day of the week arrived. The “Sweet ice” shop was well known for its delicious snacks, but nothing beat their King Ice cream. They advertised it as being only the best, and boy was it true. The variety of choices was astounding, with over ten flavours to choose from and in numerous combinations, not to forget the extra sweetness they could add with their toppings. It was surely the kings’ way of eating ice cream.

These were the thoughts that ran through Sun’s head every Tuesday, the only day the ice cream was available. Before, he had no idea what the fuss over that little shop was, but soon enough he became a regular.

Arriving to his destination, a bit later than usual, the boy was met with a group of people. They weren’t in a line to get in, they were surrounding the entrance instead. Sun got a bit closer to see what was happening and overheard some people talking about a lack of ice cream. He wasn’t brave enough to believe such words, however, so he decided to see for himself.

The front door was clearly locked, but it could just be a late opening. Maybe the shipping was too late that day. It had to be it. He remained somewhat calm, turning to a girl near him. She seemed to have gotten there earlier, so she could know something he didn’t.

“Still closed, huh. Well, that’s a bummer. Do you know why?” Ah, yes, the smooth introduction. Sun was proud of his conversational skills, so it didn’t faze him one bit that it had started so well.

moana knew how to spend her summers. having grown up on an island, she was used to warm weather, and especially used to doing really fun things in said weather. she loved hitting up the beach when it got hot and she needed a cool down, but she also loved getting ice cream. 

they had ice cream on motunui, but nothing special. it was just the generic vanilla in a tub --- they didn’t really get many other flavors on such a tiny island. and her father always got bitter with her when she’d beg for some, because it wasn’t ‘traditionally motunuian’ or whatever. it always annoyed her. in moments like those, she’d go over to her grandma and she was always happy to break her father’s rules for moana.

but in twilight town, there were all sorts of places to get ice cream. she had found a really good place that happened to only be open on tuesdays, so when tuesday came around she was definitely excited to cool off with a yummy new flavor. but when she got there, she was only faced with disappointment. the shop was closed, and she had no idea why. after a few moments of trying to peek inside, the crowd blocking her, someone approached her.

@oceansxcall

If there was one thing Neptune wasn’t good at was dealing with his fear of water. That being said he was freaking on the inside as he stared at the ocean. Why didn’t he think of a lie to get himself out of this? The young man just had to torture himself this way didn’t he. “Alright Neppy, you got this.” He whispered to himself as he tried to look anywhere else. 

He laid himself onto the sand far from the others and stared blankly at the sky. This was better, at least for now. Only fifteen minutes and he’d leave so things would seem weird. Take deep breaths Nep, deep breaths, He calmed himself down a bit. See not so bad right, he tried to drown out the sounds of the waves as he put on his earbuds and places the volume on high.

He forced a smile on his face, he didn’t want his new group of friends to worry. He occasionally picked up his head and waved at them. “Go ahead and enjoy yourselves, I’m good here.” He called reassuring them.

“Hell to the no as if I’m going in the water.” He muttered to himself.

for moana, the ocean was practically a comfort. having grown up on a island, she had been surrounded by ocean all her life, always wanting to explore it and travel it as much as she could. of course, back on motunui, her father wouldn’t allow her to for the longest time. eventually, she did get though to him, and she got to go to ttu.

so the ocean was important to her. it reminded her of home, while reminding her of her independence all at once. she hung out on the beach as much as she could, either sitting on the sand studying, or out on the waves, surfing, or swimming, or sailing. for now, she had just stepped on the beach, and was ready to splash around in the waves for a little, just for fun.

the beach was also a great place to make friends. she loved chatting with people on the beach, and that was how she made friends more often than not. so naturally, when she saw a freaked out man waving off his friends and being left alone to sit on the sand, she just had to approach him. and that’s when she heard what he muttered to himself.

Mio gave a shrug as she watched Moana do her stretches, yes she liked a challenge, she also like the idea of duet dance, But moana already had something picked out and that was alright. Looking towards Moanas things she wanted to keep an eye on them to make sure they would stay safe, of course it didn’t warrant her full attention since Moana had left her things there before. Mio leaned back against a wall placing her hand against the wall and counting the seconds, she was waiting for Moana to give her the ready call which she wasn’t sure was coming or not, but it didn’t feel right to stare at Moana the entire time.

“Hey Moa it’s whatever you want it to be, i don’t really care as long as i get to get up and move, i was just asking.” Mio looked back to Maona was still doing a few stretches. “I don’t mind practicing this new dance of yours as long as you demonstrate it first, i can’t dance if i don’t know the movements, you know.” Letting out a small laugh Mio pulled the sunglasses from her bag inspecting them before putting them again with a soft sigh. “Hey Moana little random question…what would you think if someone took something of yours just too get it fixed and then return it without you knowing any of it?”

Mio asked this, the sunglasses were still weighing on her mind, though she was trying to push the thought aside she didn’t want to dwell so she made the question quick. Mio made the question dodgeable if Moana didn’t feel like answering, but she was interested in what Moana thought about the kind of situation Mio was in. Mio wanted to focus on the activity at hand, but she also wanted to know if what she was doing with that girls glasses was the right thing to do, which it probably wasn’t.

moana shrugged as she continued her stretches, giving mio and apologetic smile. it was kind of her fault for picking out something straight out of the blue, not asking what her partner wanted to do. 

“i don’t mind, really.”

she gave up on being so persistent once mio started joking about it a bit. a laugh escaped the island girl as she finally finished stretching, now just sitting on the floor. it was fair, though --- moana was really careful with her stretching. there were too many experiences in the pas where she just didn’t stretch well enough and ended up getting herself hurt, but she understood her process could be annoying for others.

“i’m working on it! you know how important stretching is to me, mio,” she commented with a laugh.

a laugh escaped her once more as she was just about to stand up, before mio asked her a sort of off-topic question. a little surprised, moana looked up at the other and thought about it, sitting back and frowning as she wondered just why mio would ask something like that.

Disney Aesthetic: Moana Waialiki (Moana)

Rintarou nodded and they went on with the experiment, finishing it without any more problems.

***

Rintarou surely wasn’t a born teacher - he was eccentric and didn’t really know how to connect with the students. Some liked him for being an oddball, others were annoyed. He was also quite aloof sometimes, but he wasn’t an unempathetic person, even if it often seemed that way and he tended to act like an arrogant douche quite often. 

But he had noticed Ms. Waialiki’s furrowed brows, and how she had seemed a bit off after their ‘failed’ experiment. Rintarou, on one hand, thought he could probably let it rest and it wouldn’t be any of his business from here on out, and he was tempted to do so.

On the other hand, he knew what it felt like to be the odd one out. Maybe he was reading too much into it, and he couldn’t quite put his finger on what was wrong in the first place, but he thought that Ms. Waialiki had seemed… Frustrated even after he had ‘settled’ the situation with the students. A good teacher would at least offer her to talk about it, right?

“Ms. Waialiki… Can I talk to you for a moment?”, he asked, when everyone was packing up and most of the students were chatting about the lecture and leaving.

the experiment finished smoothly, which definitely relieved moana. had she done anything else to get those kids laughing again, she was nearly positive she would have started a fight or something with them. she was always so quick to defend her pride, and her classmates had really pushed it.

class was finally over, and moana was ready to leave and let out the pent up anger and frustration on some laps around the pool, until she heard her name get called. oh, it was the professor. in all honesty, she wasn’t sure she really wanted to talk to him right now. today wasn’t really her day, and she had no idea what he could possibly be thinking of her now. whatever it was...she would soon find out.

“uh, yeah, what’s up?”

The girl understood. There was someone that had some sort of understanding to Ariel’s condition, her new state of being within this unfamiliar culture, or at least just the generality of a new experience. Shoulders began to rest as the tension seemed to just dissipate. An easy-going smile crossed her face as she nodded.

With the girl’s sudden laugh, blue eyes widened with confusion before they glanced down at the sand. Had Ariel said something wrong? Was this the teasing and mockery that her sister warned her about? Apparently it wasn’t, or so Ariel gathered. The girl continued speaking the same as before; this was just plain laughter.

“Oh,” she said, drawing out the word with her understanding, “I haven’t heard that idiom before. But it definitely does seem accurate.” Ariel reached up for her hair as wrapped her hands around it to smooth the volume-based mess, calming her nerves before they flared once again.

“You could say I’m frightened. Back in my community, there isn’t any music remotely close to this. Anything musical is chorus based, and it’s considered unnecessarily flashy for someone to play a guitar,” she explained. Honestly, Ariel’s heart thumped along with the music, whether it was from nerves, excitement, or some sort of weird combination.

Ariel had to wonder about the other’s experiences; she too said it was new. “I do admit that I find it exhilarating, it’s just a lot all at once. You know?”

moana’s eyes widened at the girl’s statement. she didn’t even have music like this? that was absolutely bizarre to her! at least on motunui, the traditional music was very up tempo and heavily drum related, and even then, they also had radios to listen to whatever was popular at the time. moana loved sneaking over to a friend’s house and listening to hip hop and r&b on the radio, without her dad’s permission.

“wow, really? all the music where i came from is very drum-based, but we still had radios...did you not even have a radio?”

she was astonished, but also curious. the hint of a smile never left her features even as she questioned the other, really curious as to just where she came from. had they not struck up such a nice conversation, moana might have guessed that the other girl was from around here, just from appearance. then again, she looked to afraid to pass.

(( @oceansxcall ))

Nozomi had taken to sticking around the lounge area of the school, since she figured that was where all the popular and sociable people would spend their time. She had made herself comfortable on a couch, and a coffee table rested right in front of her. This place was perfect, for it’s atmosphere and the perfect noise level. The balance between not enough and too much was hard to obtain.

One leg crossed over the other, and the woman looked out over the crowd of people, her deck of cards laying on the table. Hopefully, something interesting would happen today, since doing her astrology homework was not something she considered all-day fun. As if to answer her prayers, A gust of wind blew through the window, and it scattered her cards all about the floor, right onto somebody’s path. The woman got up, looking at the person with an apologetic smile. 

“Oh… I’m sorry about that.” She apologized. “I didn’t know the wind was going to do that or I wouldn’t have left my cards there.” She gave a little laugh before stooping down, starting to pick up her cards. 

as much as moana liked to spend time outside, every now and then she needed a break. she avoided the library like the plague, finding it bleak and stuffy in there and only going in when absolutely necessary to study, but there were other good indoor places around campus. her favorite was the pool, where swim practice always was, and a close second was the dance studios.

but even she needed her breaks, so she decided to see what the dorm lounge was like. so far it didn’t seem too crowded, and there were a lot of cool things to do, so that was a plus. was it better than the beach? definitely not, but at least she had a chance to make new friends here. and just as that thought crossed her mind, a bunch of cards crossed path.

it startled her at first, wondering where the heck they came from, until she noticed the gust of wind and the girl scrambling after them. moana flashed the other a reassuring smile as she quickly bent down to help pick them up for the other.

“Nagoya, huge city near the coast.”

He raised his brows and then found a small smile coming to his face as she explained the reaction. Sure it was over the top, but still amusing either way. He also understood the homesick feeling well.

“Yeah, I hear you. We used to go to this place where there would be no one. You’d hear the cries of the seagulls, enjoy the sea air.”

Now it was gone, he doubted he’d ever go back, as much as he might wish it at times. Perhaps one day, but it wouldn’t be any time soon, and even then he wasn’t sure if he’d go there for a happy reason.

“This place isn’t so bad though. I’ve managed to make myself a home here, with friends and my family.”

“oh, cool! maybe i should visit sometime. i’ve always wanted to go to japan.”

well, she really just wanted an excuse to travel somewhere. she always felt like it was her destiny to travel across the world, and japan was across a whole ocean, which made things even more exciting at the thought. as he described the one place, a huge smile bloomed across her features as she leaned in with interest, enjoying everything he said.

“that sounds amazing. we didn’t have seagulls on motunui. i’m...sort of glad we didn’t.”

she snickered a little at the thought. as far as she knew, seagulls were horrid creatures. but it was fun watching them try to steal food from tourists. she gave a lighthearted shrug at his comment, before he explained further, and her eyes widened a little in surprise, before she smiled once again. a family. that’s something she would probably have here. and in a way, it did upset her a little.

The girl was right. His mind was definitely great, there was no doub tabout that. And if their minds were so alike that they chose the same food, Moana must have also had a great mind. It was a science that couldn’t be argued.

He followed beside the girl as their meals were ordered. His stomach flipped as the previous orders were given out, each passing food item signaling to him the intense hunger that he had been feeling. And the hunger that he soon would satisfy.

The wait was definitely making the food much more appealing.

Finally, he received his tray and he held it awkwardly, no easy way for the male to carry it. Beside, he didn’t need to look cool–any coolness that the man had was destroyed the moment his stomach grumbled earlier. And again,it growled, calling out to his food. “I cannot wait to eat you,” he muttered, eyeing his food.

His eyes made quick work scavenging the cafeteria for the best spot to sit. There, there was the place. “Over here,” he said, nudging his head towards the spot, signaling their glorified eating place. It was by the edge of a window, so the outside light wouldn’t be on them too much, but it still gave Eugene the opportunity to stare out and watch random strangers.

“This is good, right?” Please tell him that it’s good, he thought, for the love of god. He needed this food in his stomach.

moana had more than enough proof that this guy was a total nutjob. that, or he was so hungry that he was acting really weird. for a second she thought he was talking to her, only to look over and notice he was really eyeing the food with such an intense stare that moana couldn’t help but raise and eyebrow and snicker a little.

“you know it can’t talk back, right? has the hunger driven you crazy?”

her tone was entirely teasing, and she didn’t mean any harm from it. he was just naturally very easy to tease. flynn finally found a spot to sit (she expected it wouldn’t take that long, with just how hungry he seemed), and upon seeing it, moana grinned and gave him a thumbs up, walking over to it and smiling brightly.

“right by the window, nice! it’s perfect. let’s dig in.”

(( @oceansxcall ))

“Mi mi mi mi mi~”

Wataru cleared his throat, and he listened closely to his bird as he too chirped along with him. He pet Ari once, and then proceeded to mimic him as best as he could, which was fairly accurate. They were sitting outside, under the shade of a tree, and near the lake. They were both filling the area with birdcalls, and having a heck of a time doing it. Wataru didn’t really mind the people around him, since hopefully they would just think of him as a bird…

“Aristotle, my sweet~” He changed his voice to be that of an older woman, almost like a witch. “My, what beautiful white feathers you have~” He couldn’t keep in character enough before he cackled, snuggling his bird close. As soon as he put him down, however, the bird rolled over, kicking it’s little feet and demanding tummy rubs. He couldn’t help the noise he made as he reached down and pet his sweetheart Ari, watching the bird coo in happiness.

“Bwahahaha! My, that’s just so cute! Too cute, too cute~” Cooing to a bird in public was completely and totally normal. He soon flopped back, staring up and back at some unlucky sap that was probably trying to walk around him. Hopefully she didn’t trip over him.

moana really enjoyed spending a majority of her time outside, normally on the beach. the ocean was like the little part of home she still had with her, and being near it was always relaxing. however, today she decided to mix things up and check out the lake. the tide was way too wild for swimming in the ocean, so the lake should be an easy fix to that problem.

she was in luck. there were hardly any people nearby, and from what it seemed, none swimming in the lake. wait, was she even allowed to swim in there? eh, it didn’t really matter. moana knew she could handle herself, and she knew she really wouldn’t drown. however, upon arriving at the lake, her intentions got distracted from swimming.

there was a man and...his bird, it looked like, who were being awfully cute with each other. it instantly intrigued moana --- the way the man acted with his bird was how she used to be with pua, her pig back on the island. now all she had a college was a mean crab, so shouldn’t help but audibly ‘awww’ at the cuteness going on. until she realized she was totally creeping, and he totally knew she was there.

So pineapples and passion fruit is out of the question for sure then. They could do caramel apples, chocolate macarons with salted caramel, maybe a cheesecake topped with berries can work too. “Well if that is the case, I have a few options. We don’t to stay long enough to get caught here so late.”

“We can definitely start off with caramel apples, are you allergic to nuts? If not then we can cover them with nuts.“ He hope to the gods that she wasn’t. He didn’t want to accidentally cause her a visit to the doctors this late at night or ever. 

“Also we will be making some macarons, a cheesecake or maybe a flan.“ He grinned at the mention of all theses sweets. “I’ll let you decide since our new at this.” He chuckled. “But before we start, I actually do need to know if you’re allergic to anything in case I need to use alternative ingredients.”

“oh, right. how much longer do you think we should stay?”

not that she was too worried. moana was used to testing the rules, or being a little adventurous. even if it was just sneaking in to the culinary room in the middle of the night. as he suggested the new dessert she had never heard of before, she raised an eyebrow, and grinned. whatever it was, it sounded good.

“oh, no, i’m not. what’s a caramel apple? that sounds really good.”

he listed off more desserts, and even though she only recognized one of them, her grin only grew at the suggestion of all these new things. but how was she to decide? she hardly new any of them, and although she had tried cheesecake before, she wanted to try something new. then again, she didn’t want to choose something that she would hate.

“um....macarons? flan sounds like a fish, which i don’t really associate with dessert.” she stuck her tongue out in mock disgust. 

Mio listened closely to her friend giving a big smile as she heard the words she wanted to hear. Of course Moana would pick something like that it was rather obvious knowing what music she liked, and the dances to those were always pretty…interesting? Mio didn’t know she had never actually seen any of the dances they may or may not have performed, she just trusted Moana. Mio shook off her arm and stretched her legs a little bit before giving a nod to Moana.

“Glad to hear you’re doing great Moa, and of course i’m ready…now at least, had to do my stretches, don’t want to pull a muscle or anything or anything.” Mio said waiting for Moana. “Are you serious? Have your dances ever been too much for me yet? The answer is almost, but i don’t care i am SO up for this challenge!” Mio said with an excited voice, there was still a question lingering in Mio’s mind and she wasn’t just going to be quiet. “So is this a single person dance or do we need to actually dance together this time?”

Though Mio did enjoy the hard dances she also enjoyed being close to her friend in both a mental and physical state. Either way it would be fine to be honest she was going to enjoy the time she was able to spend here, hopefully it wasn’t a too chaotic dance, didn’t want to hurt anyone, or knock anything over. Well there was only one way to find out now!

upon hearing that her friend was definitely down for the challenge, moana’s smile only grew. that was one of the reasons she really admired mio. she never backed down from a challenge, or something new. that way, moana could never worry about freaking her out or tiring her too badly with whatever she sprung on her next. 

“i was hoping you’d say that! of course, i didn’t doubt that you’d say yes.”

moana set her stuff down, and moved to the center of the studio, already starting her stretches. she had only just arrived, and hadn’t had any time to stretch. being cramped in a lecture hall was never fun, and the moment she started stretching, she immediately started feeling better. in some ways it hurt, but overall, she would feel looser, and more ready to start dancing. during her stretches, she explained.

There had been nothing more lucky then discovering that she had run into a girl who seemed very nice. The only thing that could have been better was if the two hadn’t even collided in the first place, but that was just given to the young red head.

“Really? That’s so good,” she said, sighing as she finally exhaled her held and worried inhalation of air. She had been beyond worried that something bad would have happened; like in the hallways on campus, people got mad even when it was just an accidental bump. Luckily for Ariel, though, there was nothing to worry about here. Or maybe there was? She hadn’t quite decided yet.

“What? A ghost?” she asked. She out out a nervous laugh as she ran a hand through her hair. “No, of course I didn’t see any. I’m just jarred by everything happening here. It’s new.”

Why? Are there ghosts here that I should be worried about?”

“oh! well, i definitely understand. this sort of thing is new for me too. but i find it exciting, albeit a little overwhelming at first.”

moana offered the girl a friendly smile. she could definitely relate with what she was going through. moana herself was pretty new to a lot of stuff in twilight town, and it seemed that this girl was in a similar situation. it was rare for her to come across someone who was experiencing things for the first time, like her. but then again, it elated her to share a similarity like that. it was hard being a fish out of water, sometimes.

“do they normally not do things like this where your from?”

at the mention of the other thinking there were actually ghosts, moana couldn’t help but laugh. she knew she shouldn’t make fun of the other, especially when she seemed to understand even less than probably moana did, but the islander just found it a little funny. but not in a mean way. 

@oceansxcall needs a starter ;o

When Ariel had started her summer semester at Twilight Town University, she had expected to be quickly overwhelmed by everything new that she was going to experience. The sights, the sounds, the lights were are just too amazingly overwhelming for the red head, yet she accepted each one by storm with open arms.

When a girl on her floor had invited her to the school’s event at the beach she was more than excited to go, her first time ever attending a place like this. When she had arrived at the event, her floormate was quick to leave and Ariel was all alone.

She wandered around the beach and stared at all the festivities–people playing volleyballs, others riding waves, and captivating music catching her attention. The red head couldn’t help but stare at the stage and the people on it as she walked through the crowds of people as she hit someone with her shoulder through her carelessness.

She turned to quickly face her victim. “I’m so sorry. That didn’t hurt, right? I was just–the music–I was distracted.” The words quickly came out of her mouth and she wasn’t sure how coherent she even sounded. She took a breath. “Are you okay?”

when moana learned that there was going to be a beach event, she was beyond thrilled. it was exactly the sort of thing she loved. spending time on the beach was definitely a good time, but with all these new things to experience it was an even better time. she wasn’t sure what to try first --- the volleyball looked fun, but she also sort of wanted to dance.

deciding that she couldn’t make her mind up, she decided to wander around, getting a good scope of the area before choosing. so far everything had look promising, and she couldn’t take her eyes off the cool new things to do in her favorite place to hang out. amidst her admiring, she didn’t notice the red-haired girl who wasn’t looking either, and the two collided.

the bump was a little jolting, taking her out of her reverie and back to reality, realizing that it was just a girl, not someone she’d genuinely might pick a fight with.