"Ten minutes, with half time in the middle!" comes the answer to that question. No biggy, right Connor?
The more important thing here is the agreement to experiments, and could Tidus's expression light up more? "Alright!" Apparently so, and he ushers for Connor to follow him to grab one of the volleyballs lazily bobbing around forgotten in the swimming pool's water. From there, Tidus takes them to find a good spot to prepare, while people nearby obliviously enjoy themselves.
And once Tidus is satisfied they have some decent space: "Gimme a moment. You'll wanna keep back."
Foreboding words. Except what Tidus does doesn't seem that bad. He's bouncing the ball in both hands, testing the weight and spring, moving the test over to just one hand and then putting more effort into the motions. Then, he changes flat palms for a fist, getting it to go higher, appearing neither pleased nor too disappointed by the results. It's not a blitzball at all (they're lighter, with a far more easier spring; lets the ball fly and move easier underwater), but it'll do.
Tidus is confident anyway when he catches the ball after a particularly high throw above his head. He regards Connor briefly, the wall farthest from them and the absence of people lingering and swims a little back...
He throws the ball up and meets it with a fist as it comes back down, sending it higher than it would by a simple chuck alone. Tidus wastes no time, half-diving into the water so as to spin his body, bringing out a leg to round-kick the incoming ball with his foot before it breaks the surface of the pool. It shoots off, smacking the lower portion of the opposing wall, and then rebounds back towards the pool in an arch upwards, the unknowing nearby swimmers shrieking as it lands abruptly in the waters near them, fortunately missing any actual victims.
Tidus sinks into the waters to his eyes like a guilty man anyway, until he comes back up with an uncontrollable laugh that shakes at his shoulders, kicking a foot up at the water cheerily.
That didn't go quite as planned, but heck was it fun!
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The more important thing here is the agreement to experiments, and could Tidus's expression light up more? "Alright!" Apparently so, and he ushers for Connor to follow him to grab one of the volleyballs lazily bobbing around forgotten in the swimming pool's water. From there, Tidus takes them to find a good spot to prepare, while people nearby obliviously enjoy themselves.
And once Tidus is satisfied they have some decent space: "Gimme a moment. You'll wanna keep back."
Foreboding words. Except what Tidus does doesn't seem that bad. He's bouncing the ball in both hands, testing the weight and spring, moving the test over to just one hand and then putting more effort into the motions. Then, he changes flat palms for a fist, getting it to go higher, appearing neither pleased nor too disappointed by the results. It's not a blitzball at all (they're lighter, with a far more easier spring; lets the ball fly and move easier underwater), but it'll do.
Tidus is confident anyway when he catches the ball after a particularly high throw above his head. He regards Connor briefly, the wall farthest from them and the absence of people lingering and swims a little back...
He throws the ball up and meets it with a fist as it comes back down, sending it higher than it would by a simple chuck alone. Tidus wastes no time, half-diving into the water so as to spin his body, bringing out a leg to round-kick the incoming ball with his foot before it breaks the surface of the pool. It shoots off, smacking the lower portion of the opposing wall, and then rebounds back towards the pool in an arch upwards, the unknowing nearby swimmers shrieking as it lands abruptly in the waters near them, fortunately missing any actual victims.
Tidus sinks into the waters to his eyes like a guilty man anyway, until he comes back up with an uncontrollable laugh that shakes at his shoulders, kicking a foot up at the water cheerily.
That didn't go quite as planned, but heck was it fun!