4th Floor Common Room, Sunday Eve

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John sat on one of the couches, snacks on hand, bottle of pop at the ready, flipping through the channels waiting for the Big Game and the commercials to start. He's totally not bribing people with food, nor does he have a sheet for the spread.

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[the_merriest]

"Nope!" Rikku bounced a little in her seat. "Do you guys really not have blitzball here? That's so depressing! It's the best game ever and nobody here knows how to play."

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"Dude, I don't know what blitzball is. Or Pyramid. Or half a dozen other games. So. What is it, and how do we play?"

[the_merriest]

"So wait, they took a break from the game for a concert?" She stared at the scren, then grinned. "More sports should do that!"

"Blitzball is amazing! OK, ok, ok, so. They fill this HUGE sphere with water, right?" She jumps off the couch to gesture frantically with her hands. "And there are five players plus a goalie, you know? And you have to pass the ball and take shots at the goal but the other players are allowed to tackle you or poison you or do a nap move that puts you to sleep. And if one of your players falls asleep you have to THWACK! them with the ball to wake 'em up! Just hope it's not your goalie! And Tidus could do this one sphere shot that just WHOOSH! It was unbelievable! And people get fixed at the half but other than that, boom, you're on your own! And everybody would go, to the big stadium in Luca, it was so huge!"

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"I agree. I think that some ice dancing between periods of an ice hockey game would be interesting."

John leans forward in the couch. "Wait. So it's played underwater? How.. how do they breathe? ANd move? See, we've got sports like that. Hockey, placed on a field of ice, 5 guys plus a goalie try to get a puck into the goal. Soccer has a goalie, and a lot more people. Eleven. But it's all played on a field. Flat field. Without being underwater."

[the_merriest]

"Well, yeah!" She bounces with enthusiasm. "You just gotta hold your breath. The quarters are only five minutes long. And for moving, you just swim around."

"Ooooh, they're kinda similar? Really!?? I'll have to remember that! Do we have any of those sports here?"

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"BUt doesn't...I mean, don't people drown? Or have snorkels or something? That's just weird."

"Y'know? I don't think we do. FOrmal teams, that is. I could talk to some people, see what we can do. I know we had the basketball thing, which has a small elevated pole, played on a field, cuz, y'know, we're all about flat non-water playing fields. I might could fix up a team or two, see how it goes."

John gets exicted, thinking of getting teams together, seeing what could happen.

[the_merriest]

"No snorkels. You just have to hold your breath." She shrugged. "We had to when we were digging up ruins, too. People think you can only do it for a minute or so at a time, but it's not true. There's a trick to it. You just have to figure it out."

"Really? You think you'd be able to?" She bounced slightly. "I don't know how to play that, but I'd love to try. It sounds like fun!"

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"I should be able to scrounge up a few people to play. Not sure if we can get skates for hockey, but we can play broomball. or just play it in shoes. Now, all we need for hockey is a frozen pond and ten people. Or, eight other people, if you're in. Soccer takes more, and we'd hafta play it indoors... Dude, we should do this!"