IIIIII I WANNA SOAK UP THE SUUUN I WANNA TELL EVERYOOONE TO LIGHTEN UUUUP

[illegalteendad]

[the beach

babes

bathing suits

ocean

sun and sand

these are things that gold loves and he is enjoying this beach biome to the max

except there's no babes really unless they're diving in the goddamn sea like mermaids so he's standing outside the door to the biome, sandy up to his knees and in his hair and are those bandages they sure are don't pay them no mind]

Hey, wanna go for a swim? There's pizza inside.

[yes he is talking to you

whether you're a hot babe or not WHAT'S A BEACH BASH WITHOUT PEOPLE

there may or may not actually be pizza inside please threadjack and mingle people]

Comments

[legalteammom]

Hey, Exbro. [giving him a friendly pat before he heads off. what a cute. unlike !!!someone!!!] Find a spot then. Um, not too close to the water... Right? Yeah.

[guess who's never actually made a sandcastle before

~this girl~]

[illegalteendad]

If it's too close, we'll just dig a moat to stop most of the water form coming in. We'll need to find a spot that's not too wet, not too dry, and just firm enough...

[let's go]

[legalteammom]

[following! since you obviously know so much about it. it's not like violet city didn't have a small beach with its little pondlake but she liked the trainer school more and running around instead swimming]

Are we going to have parapets with little flags and a drawbridge too?

[illegalteendad]

You bet! Tall towers and guard houses too, around the outside to protect it from Krabby.

[legalteammom]

There's no need for all of that. We can just use Megaree to guard us.

[illegalteendad]

Where's the fun in that? We'll make towers and walls. No Pokémon are allowed to help!

[sudobro just came over to



oh

okay

he'll just

go then]

... I'll make it up to him.

[legalteammom]

[gg gold

out to get all your boys against you]

Krabby have incredibly strong pincers. Making sand towers won't keep them away.

[illegalteendad]

That's what seashells are for! We'll reinforce the outside of them with things we find.

[legalteammom]

[Well...]

Did you make a lot of these when you were a kid?

[illegalteendad]

Kind of. There's no real sand in New Bark - seriously, have you seen that little lakefront? - but there was plenty of mud to use. Sandbro helped out. It's not that different.

[legalteammom]

Sand and mud don't have the same consistency, especially when wet. Mud's also harder to form walls out of and gets wetter easier. It definitely has to be different.

[illegalteendad]

[eh]

The construction's the same. So let's build... there!

[striding over to a nice spot a like ten feet from the ocean

not too wet, not too dry, it's a pretty safe spot til high tide...]

[legalteammom]

[Ten feet--

Gold!!]

That's too close!

[illegalteendad]

It's too far!

[he'll get closer and feel around the sand with his foot--]

Ow, crud, get it off!

[krabby no likey u bro]

[legalteammom]

[No, shhh. Shhhh. Let her savor the moment...

Okay she'll help. She will just ease the krabby off and let it go. Good boy.]

It's your fault for disrupting its sleep. How would you like it if someone's smelly foot stuck itself in your face?

[illegalteendad]

It's happened.

[granted it was a kick to his face by silver

but still

he sits down to inspect where the pincers were with a frown]

Thanks for getting it off so fast. Alright, let's comb the area for more so no one else gets hurt.

[legalteammom]

No.

[Gold.]

We're going to make a sandcastle, and then you're going to help me mark down which species live here.

[illegalteendad]

Just this part, then!

[gesturing to the area they're gonna build in]

[legalteammom]

[You're hopeless. All of this for... what? This isn't going to help anyone.

But she'll sit next to him, digging her toes into the sand. It feels nice.]

Krabby might chiefly live in water, but they still need air. That's why they come up to the beach. So -- they make little homes in the sand, like the one you wrecked. Their entrances usually start out big, but get washed into smaller sizes when the water washes over them.

[Glancing... there. She points to one.]

See? Like that. So all we have to do is look for those holes, and make sure to gently get the krabby to move.

[illegalteendad]

[it's to relax, crys

he's had a rough time with a number of things here

it's nice to have time with your best friend]

Huh. Okay, so we'll keep an eye out for those and build around them.

[no need to relocate them if they're chilling]

[legalteammom]

[Don't pull the best friend card out on me young man that doesn't work every time except it does]

You wouldn't mind having them in our castle?

[illegalteendad]

No way! They'll be the subjects. Besides, they're sleepin'. It'd be bad to disturb them more.

[mostly because he doesn't fancy getting pinched again]

[legalteammom]

[He probably just doesn't want to get pinched again.]

When has that ever stopped you. [...Not the time --!] Let's get to work, I guess?

[illegalteendad]

[he definitely does not want to get pinched again]

Alright! Watch and learn.

[do do do

building a wall

yup that's a wall not

an attempted tower or anything



shit]

[legalteammom]

[he's

he's not very good at this is he --]

Don't walls move horizontally, not vertically?