RP Log: Mori and Shishido
Who: Mori and Shishido
What: meet in the hall and play some tennis
Where: dorm lounge and tennis courts
When: tonight after dinner
Mori: *walks through the hallway, going to get a snack from the vending machine*
Shishido: *randomly doing handstands*
Mori: *blinks* .... ? Shishido-san?
shishido: hey. *upside down* who're you again?
Mori: I'm Mori! Why're you doing handstands in the hall?
shishido: eh. I'm not really an acrobat, but ... sometimes you gotta pull a move or two in doubles. *topples over* wassup?
Mori: *frowns* Yeah... I play doubles too, but not very well lately. Well, I haven't gotten worse, but I'm not good enough.
shishido: *hops to his feet, looking up* -- hmh. what's your issue?
Mori: Uhhh... issue? *blinks* I haven't won a game here yet... but I'm trying not to let it get me down. *half-hearted grin*
shishido: *plops, drinking ponta* -- so hey, what do you think is wrong?
Mori: *gets an iced coffee from the vending machine, plops across from Shishido* ... Well, I need to get faster for one thing. Akira still runs circles around me.
shishido: well, that's his thing, right? so do your thing. what's your strength?
Mori: I'm a pretty good baseliner, but nothing special. *frowns, everyone else seems to have a specialty*
shishido: Eh, I know what you mean. I'm nothing special too. Hey, any way you can work for better synch with your partner?
Mori: Uchimura and I work great together, but I've had a different partner every week. It's hard to establish a good... rhythm that way.
shishido: well, maybe you should stick with this guy. learn his pace.
Mori: I've been practicing with everyone who's in doubles on my team, but none of us have any special formations or anything. I just need to work on some stuff.
shishido: *nod* -- so why aren't you out practicing NOW?
shishido: LET'S GO.
Mori: O.o... okay! Let me grab my racket! *races to his room and back, thrilled that Shishido offered*
shishido: *heads to his room and grabs his racket too, swinging it around, totally happy about tennis right now*
Mori: *grins at... hey, Shishido has a hat too, like Uchimura... and he's almost as short* Let's go!
shishido: *nah, has a bandana now that his hair is chin-length* woot. *follows, striding to the court, hitching up his shorts*
Mori: *grabs a basket of balls from the club room and carries them to one of the net posts* Sooo... we're gonna play?
shishido: -- actually we're gonna do what I do with Choutaroh. ball machine, doubles. you normally play baseline?
Mori: *nods, excited* Yup! I'm not so good at net play, but I can see everything from back here.
shishido: *takes a moment to stretch and warm up his racket hand, then heads up to the ball machine* Ready? *turns on, heads to his spot and bounces on his toes*
Mori: *stretches a bit as well and does some jumping jacks* Okay! *gets in position and waits for the balls to come*
shishido: *calls back* first we gotta develop a bond, so we'll take every other ball no matter whose part of the court they land on -- figure out how to get out of each other's way* *shishido first -- speeds forward to return*
Mori: *tilts his head... that makes sense* Alright. *goes after the second ball after Shishido moved out of it's path*
shishido: *third ball whizzes by, runs backward to leap and return it*
Mori: *dashes after the forth ball that's going to the other end of the court, ducks under Shishido's arm to return it* Woah.
shishido: *chuckles, narrowly missing him, diving for the fifth and getting tangled in his own legs, falling over*
Mori: *glances at Shishido, but figures he can get up himself, slams the sixth ball across the net* You okay?
shishido: Yep! *bounces back up and dashes for the seventh ball, brushing past mori* sorry
Mori: Hey, I'll be tripping all over myself when I get tired. *rushes in the other direction and smacks the eighth one*
shishido: *ninth ball is waaaaay back, tries to do gymnastics to get it and ends up missing, cheerfully swearing*
Mori: *watched Shishido's acrobatic attempts and notices the tenth ball too late, swings, but sends it way out of the court* Damn... *laughs*
shishido: Hey -- gotta push yourself, right? Get that one for me! *gets back up and brushes off, pointing at ball 11*
Mori: *jumps and runs for it, twists around and returns it, points his racket at the ball machine and makes a gunshot noise* Hehehe.
shishido: *smacks his butt with the racket* that's the spirit! *dashes to return the next*
Mori: O.o .... *returns ball thirteen easily since it comes right to him* What was that for?
shishido: eh? *doesn't even think about stuff like that* *fourteen is way high for him* - you gotta get that one!
Mori: *hops backwards and jumps, not very high, but manages a decent smash* The next one's yours!
shishido: *dash dash dash lunge* *makes it but falls on his face, getting tired but rolling to his feet*
Mori: *rushes after the balls on his turns too, is getting tired and hopes the machine is almost out of balls. happy he's managed not to run into Shishido and knock them over yet*
shishido: come on! energy up! *panting, keeps returning balls, then stumbles into mori on a return* -- this is the *pant* place where we find out our physical boundaries
Mori: *panting for breath now* right. boundaries. *feels like he could collapse and nap at anytime, but keeps pushing himself harder*
shishido: *pushing* come on! *almost barrels mori over for the next return*
Mori: *just barely returns the next one, but then trips and falls backwards into Shishido, arms flailing for balance* Oomphf...
shishido: *catches, then gets squished, flailing in a pile and laughing* Oooyyy. Okay, see now...
Mori: *laughs and tries to get up, but falls back again, rolls over off of Shishido* Hehhe... sorry. *embarassed and dripping sweat everywhere*
shishido: Okay, but see? do that with your partner, eventually you'll learn body-sense, figuring out where the other guy is and stuff. *grins*
Mori: *groans* You're pretty good at this stuff. Is this how you and Jackal trained? *grins back*
shishido: *thoughtful* nah, we just kinda synched. I think it's ... *has no idea, maybe chemistry was right?*
Mori: Yeah. Some people just mesh better than others. Osamu-sensei would probably say something about auras mingling. *lies back and flings his arms spread-eagled on the court, breathing hard*
shishido: *sits up, feeling peaceful like he always does after tennis* Ew. That would be weird.
Mori: *laughs* I dunno. His team's pretty good. Maybe they have the right idea.
shishido: He's that totally stoned-out coach, right? >>
Mori: Yeah. He tried teaching me to meditate once. Didn't really work out... hey we should clean up and get showers before curfew. *stretches out and stands up, winces at the muscle pulls* Damn... need to stretch out first. *does some light stretching exercises*
shishido: -- Oh, we should. *stretches too* you were pretty good, by the way. if we worked more on it, we'd probably begin to feel the connection.
Mori: *perks up* Yeah? Too bad we're not on the same team. I'll have to try this with Itsuki-kun. *starts picking up stray balls and serving them into the basket*
shishido: Yeah, we can practice anyway, though. *helps* I'm always up for tennis. *especially since ohtori has been scarce lately ><*
Mori: Sure! I can use all the extra practice I can get. *grins at Shishido happily, he's not such a bad guy*
shishido: Cool. *twirls his racket as they head back to the dorms -- tennis is fun*
What: meet in the hall and play some tennis
Where: dorm lounge and tennis courts
When: tonight after dinner
Mori: *walks through the hallway, going to get a snack from the vending machine*
Shishido: *randomly doing handstands*
Mori: *blinks* .... ? Shishido-san?
shishido: hey. *upside down* who're you again?
Mori: I'm Mori! Why're you doing handstands in the hall?
shishido: eh. I'm not really an acrobat, but ... sometimes you gotta pull a move or two in doubles. *topples over* wassup?
Mori: *frowns* Yeah... I play doubles too, but not very well lately. Well, I haven't gotten worse, but I'm not good enough.
shishido: *hops to his feet, looking up* -- hmh. what's your issue?
Mori: Uhhh... issue? *blinks* I haven't won a game here yet... but I'm trying not to let it get me down. *half-hearted grin*
shishido: *plops, drinking ponta* -- so hey, what do you think is wrong?
Mori: *gets an iced coffee from the vending machine, plops across from Shishido* ... Well, I need to get faster for one thing. Akira still runs circles around me.
shishido: well, that's his thing, right? so do your thing. what's your strength?
Mori: I'm a pretty good baseliner, but nothing special. *frowns, everyone else seems to have a specialty*
shishido: Eh, I know what you mean. I'm nothing special too. Hey, any way you can work for better synch with your partner?
Mori: Uchimura and I work great together, but I've had a different partner every week. It's hard to establish a good... rhythm that way.
shishido: well, maybe you should stick with this guy. learn his pace.
Mori: I've been practicing with everyone who's in doubles on my team, but none of us have any special formations or anything. I just need to work on some stuff.
shishido: *nod* -- so why aren't you out practicing NOW?
shishido: LET'S GO.
Mori: O.o... okay! Let me grab my racket! *races to his room and back, thrilled that Shishido offered*
shishido: *heads to his room and grabs his racket too, swinging it around, totally happy about tennis right now*
Mori: *grins at... hey, Shishido has a hat too, like Uchimura... and he's almost as short* Let's go!
shishido: *nah, has a bandana now that his hair is chin-length* woot. *follows, striding to the court, hitching up his shorts*
Mori: *grabs a basket of balls from the club room and carries them to one of the net posts* Sooo... we're gonna play?
shishido: -- actually we're gonna do what I do with Choutaroh. ball machine, doubles. you normally play baseline?
Mori: *nods, excited* Yup! I'm not so good at net play, but I can see everything from back here.
shishido: *takes a moment to stretch and warm up his racket hand, then heads up to the ball machine* Ready? *turns on, heads to his spot and bounces on his toes*
Mori: *stretches a bit as well and does some jumping jacks* Okay! *gets in position and waits for the balls to come*
shishido: *calls back* first we gotta develop a bond, so we'll take every other ball no matter whose part of the court they land on -- figure out how to get out of each other's way* *shishido first -- speeds forward to return*
Mori: *tilts his head... that makes sense* Alright. *goes after the second ball after Shishido moved out of it's path*
shishido: *third ball whizzes by, runs backward to leap and return it*
Mori: *dashes after the forth ball that's going to the other end of the court, ducks under Shishido's arm to return it* Woah.
shishido: *chuckles, narrowly missing him, diving for the fifth and getting tangled in his own legs, falling over*
Mori: *glances at Shishido, but figures he can get up himself, slams the sixth ball across the net* You okay?
shishido: Yep! *bounces back up and dashes for the seventh ball, brushing past mori* sorry
Mori: Hey, I'll be tripping all over myself when I get tired. *rushes in the other direction and smacks the eighth one*
shishido: *ninth ball is waaaaay back, tries to do gymnastics to get it and ends up missing, cheerfully swearing*
Mori: *watched Shishido's acrobatic attempts and notices the tenth ball too late, swings, but sends it way out of the court* Damn... *laughs*
shishido: Hey -- gotta push yourself, right? Get that one for me! *gets back up and brushes off, pointing at ball 11*
Mori: *jumps and runs for it, twists around and returns it, points his racket at the ball machine and makes a gunshot noise* Hehehe.
shishido: *smacks his butt with the racket* that's the spirit! *dashes to return the next*
Mori: O.o .... *returns ball thirteen easily since it comes right to him* What was that for?
shishido: eh? *doesn't even think about stuff like that* *fourteen is way high for him* - you gotta get that one!
Mori: *hops backwards and jumps, not very high, but manages a decent smash* The next one's yours!
shishido: *dash dash dash lunge* *makes it but falls on his face, getting tired but rolling to his feet*
Mori: *rushes after the balls on his turns too, is getting tired and hopes the machine is almost out of balls. happy he's managed not to run into Shishido and knock them over yet*
shishido: come on! energy up! *panting, keeps returning balls, then stumbles into mori on a return* -- this is the *pant* place where we find out our physical boundaries
Mori: *panting for breath now* right. boundaries. *feels like he could collapse and nap at anytime, but keeps pushing himself harder*
shishido: *pushing* come on! *almost barrels mori over for the next return*
Mori: *just barely returns the next one, but then trips and falls backwards into Shishido, arms flailing for balance* Oomphf...
shishido: *catches, then gets squished, flailing in a pile and laughing* Oooyyy. Okay, see now...
Mori: *laughs and tries to get up, but falls back again, rolls over off of Shishido* Hehhe... sorry. *embarassed and dripping sweat everywhere*
shishido: Okay, but see? do that with your partner, eventually you'll learn body-sense, figuring out where the other guy is and stuff. *grins*
Mori: *groans* You're pretty good at this stuff. Is this how you and Jackal trained? *grins back*
shishido: *thoughtful* nah, we just kinda synched. I think it's ... *has no idea, maybe chemistry was right?*
Mori: Yeah. Some people just mesh better than others. Osamu-sensei would probably say something about auras mingling. *lies back and flings his arms spread-eagled on the court, breathing hard*
shishido: *sits up, feeling peaceful like he always does after tennis* Ew. That would be weird.
Mori: *laughs* I dunno. His team's pretty good. Maybe they have the right idea.
shishido: He's that totally stoned-out coach, right? >>
Mori: Yeah. He tried teaching me to meditate once. Didn't really work out... hey we should clean up and get showers before curfew. *stretches out and stands up, winces at the muscle pulls* Damn... need to stretch out first. *does some light stretching exercises*
shishido: -- Oh, we should. *stretches too* you were pretty good, by the way. if we worked more on it, we'd probably begin to feel the connection.
Mori: *perks up* Yeah? Too bad we're not on the same team. I'll have to try this with Itsuki-kun. *starts picking up stray balls and serving them into the basket*
shishido: Yeah, we can practice anyway, though. *helps* I'm always up for tennis. *especially since ohtori has been scarce lately ><*
Mori: Sure! I can use all the extra practice I can get. *grins at Shishido happily, he's not such a bad guy*
shishido: Cool. *twirls his racket as they head back to the dorms -- tennis is fun*