<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/YgIc0w8.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Michael 'Mike' S. Astragalus<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>September 12 / Afternoon (3:00 PM)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Main Swimming Pool<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Maya, Christopher, Amelie, Masahiro, Open<br/><hr/><br/>Michael shot a glare at Chris that seemingly said not to ask about it, but after a quick look in either direction, he nodded with a smile. "Definitely... O can't speak about what happened tjough, I do have to respect privacy and all... For however much there was." Michael hummed, but the look of happiness on the male's face was more than enough to let Chris know that everything he'd been through was enjoyable. After explaining himself, Chris seemed content to set aside the bet, but Michael shook his head. "No, I'll play along. Some exercise might help me get back into it."<br/><br/>His friend dove into the pool, and followed his entrance with one more playful rib that caused Michael to sigh. "Please, I bet you've got it in you too. Just gotta wait for the right moment is all... Seriously, don't be me. The trouble I got into required...<em>Drastic</em>measures." He finished, before leaping into the pool. Playing with Selena was fine, playing with Lulukat was fine... Effectively signing himself over to be Lulukat's plaything, however, had not been in the cards, but what was done was done... Who knew, maybe he could eventually soften the wicked hypnotist witch one day.<br/><br/>Turning to look toward Maya, he found himself surprised to see another familiar face! One that almost left him choking on water. "Amelie! You're here too? This makes me almost want to join now..." He grinned, though he couldn't imagine how fast Amelie would be in the water. When she mentioned having not eaten, he waved his hand. "Don't worry about that, I dragged my portable grill over here along with some food! Mostly because I had<em>other</em>plans before this..." He sighed. So far, Masahiro seemed to be a no-show... But at least it meant more food for them, right? The water felt rather cool and comfortable, leaning back to backstroke just a bit as his chest rose and fell with calm, relaxed breaths. He had no idea that Maya was sgaring, and might have even teased her had he actually known. She'd never go for it, after all.<br/><br/>He righted himself in the pool, finishing his exercises when yet another voice called iut, this one quite familiar to him. "Brilliant, you're here! I've got a race to do first, but there's a shallow pool over there, you think you could take a dip and turn it into a hot bath? I could really use one after today. I brought burgers and hotdogs for a quick snack iF you're into those. If not... I actually forgot what I put into the bag, but the grill and the rest of the stuff is in the locker room." He waved to his roommate. Nothing more than to heat up a small pool, in return for some grub and relaxation time. He looked to Maya and Amelie, chuckling. "You two are also welcome to join in the relaxing and snacking if you'd like." He added, before swimming toward Chris.<br/><br/>"Sorry for the delay, let's get down to business!" he nodded, letting the vines slither free from his back. He may have been in pain, but he would still try to put up a challenge. As Chris likely guessed, the moment the challenge begins, he uses the vines to push himself off the surface of the pool wall, before swimming unconventionally... Instead of a normal forward motion with his arms, he takes a deep breath and dives, pushing himself through the water in the way an eel might swim along. It was the preferred method of movement for faster forward travel for jim, otherwise an octopus/squid-style billowing motion would have been used.<br/><br/>Of course, he was still a tad slow as he couldn't move his hips as much for the movement, occasionally seeming to pause for the briefest of split seconds while he moved.