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If Haruka had noticed the commotion around him he showed no sign of it; he certainly hadn’t caught on to the fact that he was the center of it, with no Makoto around to stop him and his focus on the sea waiting for him. His intent focus did little for his case, however, public unrest growing despite him remaining blissfully unaware of what he was intentionally causing. Nothing came between Haruka and the water—

— Except, apparently, a girl he was assuming was roughly his own age. His hand paused at his pants, eyes flitting upwards as his focus went from the intent to remove them to the young woman telling him to stop with a vague look of confusion. Why?

"…But I want to swim."

That was normal, wasn’t it? It wasn’t as if he were the only person ever to swim; in fact, he could see others doing so even from here. Unfortunately he was also still missing the entire point of the confrontation, unaware of the misconception taking place here, and seeing no reason to fully stop his pants soon joined the heap of clothing on the ground around him.

Fortunately, Haruka was always prepared to encounter any body of water, swimsuit kept under his clothing in the event that he should come across any opportunities to swim such as this; and of course it’s there now, on account of the fact that he’s not really a terrifying streaker, though he could certainly be labeled odd in other ways regardless.

His attention returned to the poor girl he had met, still confused as to why exactly he had been stopped in his rush to begin with.

"You’re not supposed to swim in clothing."

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"... Sw..im..?"

The girl ceased her incessant fretting, tilting her head slightly in confusion. True, there could be some seen far off swimming at the beach, but.. this person was stripping not at the beach, but at the dock. Maybe he was just confused? Though it didn't seem this was a diving dock, wouldn't it make more sense to head to the beach for such activities? Either way, even if his intentions were not to freak out parents of young children and everybody else, it was exactly what it did.

...Not that Mikan cared much for that, and she would just love to nod her head and be on her way, she was at the center of attention now along with him, and she could feel the crowd's gaze seeping into her back. If she ran now, would she be regarded laughed at? Weren't they depending on her to make him understand now? Her mind flooded with scenarios, so much so, that her eyes could've been spinning around in their sockets right then and there -- of course they didn't, though.

A quiet, muffled scream followed by her own hands swiftly raising to cover her eyes ensued as the other removed his pants, expecting the worst as the crowd gasped as well. ...Which begged the question; why didn't they just leave? Anyway, the girl peeked through the gaps between her fingers and realized-- oh, he was wearing swim shorts underneath. It made things a little less awkward, but..

"Um.. um.. um...!!"

At a loss for words, Mikan could only stumble over herself as she tried to say something, though nothing came to mind. Nothing --

"C-could I swim.. with you.. ah..!?"

-- well, until she ended up blurting out a few words that she didn't actually mean to say. Too late to take it back now, though even she couldn't believe it -- maybe even a little hopeful that her ears were deceiving her.

... Not that she even knew how to swim!

#this is so bad this is so bad this is so bad im just gonna fade away #goodbye #layoffthechan

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Water.

Lorview and its surrounding area is, it seems, full of the stuff, starting with the sea the town has been built around, spanning outward as far as the eye can see. Blue waves rolling up to lap at the shore of soft white sand, gulls crying overhead… It’s no wonder that Lorview is, according to the brief explanations of each town given, something like a tourist attraction.

The beach is precisely where Haruka can be found at the moment, among a spread out crowd of other people milling about the shops and stands on the pier he’s currently standing on. The sun is warm, but not too much, everyone seems to be enjoying themselves… And Haru is staring out across that expanse of blue, a certain wonder in his eyes. Unfortunately, everything is about to go wrong.

It starts with his shirt, pulled up over his head and tossed carelessly aside in a matter of moments. The sight would perhaps have been less odd if he had been on the actual shore or near changing rooms, rather than on a pier in the middle of a crowd of people, mothers shielding the eyes of their children in growing horror as a strange boy suspiciously strips down before their very eyes, looking less like an ordinary swimmer and more like some sort of deranged flasher.

He can’t help it, really, if he pays less attention than he perhaps ought to in the heat of passion, but the spectacle certainly looks more incriminating than he intended.

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Despite how beautiful the scenery was in Lorview, Mikan's anxieties only increased as she took her first steps out of the house she was given. Where was the island? Where were the others? Was this another trick of Monobear's, or something Monomi did? No matter, there wasn't much she could do-- or, well, nothing she could think of to do other than wander about trying to find familiar faces. It had been a long, long time since she was around such a huge amount of people, and her own paranoia caused her to believe them to be staring at her, ridiculing her with their eyes, nearby laughter assumed to be at her. Quickly did she start to sweat, shaky as eyes flitted from one crowd to the other.

Finally reaching the water, what quickly caught her attention would be the murmuring of crowds and gasps near the pier, some crowding around to stare curiously and others hastily guiding their children away from the scene and onto their usual business. Cautiously, Mikan approached the crowd, standing on her toes to see what the cause of all this attention was.

Her gasp joined the crowd of onlookers, and here she could hear them murmuring among each other, saying things such as 'what is he doing?' 'somebody stop him!' 'this is indecent!'

Normally, the nurse would run away at once, covering her face and apologizing for witnessing such a thing. However, she found herself pushing through the crowd on shaky legs, bursting through them and in front of the half-dressed boy. Anxiously did she splutter her words, becoming almost even dizzy with embarrassment that she would be the one to speak up like this, at the very center of the crowd; the very center of attention.

"W-w-w-what are you doing?! P-please stop this at once!"