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WHO: Kenzi and Gil
WHERE: The Zoo
WHEN: 8/10; Morning/Afternoon
WARNINGS: Kenzi's mouth? Gil freaking out over very big cats?
SUMMARY: Kenzi told Gil she was going to take him to the zoo...so they're going.
FORMAT: Quick

[It's nine in the morning and Kenzi...is running a little late. She gets up early enough, early for her anyway, and gets ready to go. Dresses in a light dress and somewhat sensible, as Kenzi doesn't really do a shoe below a three inch heel, shoes; she's even wearing sunglasses and some sunhat that goes along with her dress like Gil said she should. Her bag has sunscreen, which she's already slathered on, and some water in it for the day. One last check to make sure she had everything that would be needed and she's out the door.

The trip doesn't take long but traffic and everything else keeps her.

At the entrance she catches sight of Gil quickly enough, he really does stand out in a crowd, and rushes over.]

Sorry I'm a little late.

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Yes, you are. And it wasn't. That was a "I'm scared shitless" reaction. Which, I guess I can't blame you for, they're big cats. They can be really dangerous. But that doesn't change the fact that you should have told me! [To punctuate her point she slaps his arm again.

After which she turns and starts to head toward where the put on the show.] C'mon if you want a good seat.

I'm not scared of cats. [ He can't even say it with a straight face. Plus his form still quakes at the thought of those lions. ]

Ow! Knock it off! [ He whines, but before he can do anything else she's already off.

He grumbles and follows. ] They do the show in water?

[ There's a big arena for the seals, but little does he know they sometimes bring out the whale for show, too. All he sees are people getting into the water and assorted hoops and platforms about them. Also buckets packed full of fish. ]

[She lets the subject drop as she finds them some good seat. They aren't right up front but they are in the splash zone should the show include a whale. The schedule she had looked over said seals so that's what she's expecting.

There's already a few people taking seats and more filtering in, mostly excited children.]

[ He begrudgingly sits down, already a bit uncomfortable at how tiny the seats are. No matter where he looks, there are kids pouring from every direction. And they're loud and half of their parents say or do nothing. ]

Jeez...

[Kenzi reaches over at pats his arm. She's not too happy about all the loud children either but the show might be worth it.

It takes another ten minutes or so before everything's set up for the show and another five before audience is all filled in and starting to get restless. Luckily it isn't much longer after that that a woman in a wetsuit comes out to greet everyone and introduce them to the couple of seals that will be preforming today.]

[ The show is surprisingly loud, but they have to talk over the excitable children and the splashes the seals make.

Kenzi's right, however -- they are like dogs. Gil watches on as one of them leaps through not one, but three hopes and is rewarded with fish at the end of that trick. When the handler bends over and pokes at their own cheek, the seal reaches up and pecks -- kisses? -- them. ]

They learned all that?

[Kenzi's enjoying the show, mostly because seals are so cute!

In response to Gil's question she nods and grins up at him.] Yup. Animals are a lot smarter than people give them credit for.

I've really never seen animals like this before. There aren't any oceans where I'm from.

[ So the only animals he's familiar with are the ones you would find in a forest or the ones in a city. ]

Well, they live in very specific areas so...it's not surprising. [Truthfully Kenzi's never seen a seal aside from at the zoo like this.]

[ The show carries on with Gil watching is astounded silence. In spite of this, he doesn't laugh when the seals acts cute or funny and the rest of crowd laughs. He doesn't coo or aww at anything either. He only claps every now and then, but very lightly, when others do.

Eventually when that show is finished and the seals are made to swim back into their retreats, he notices the handlers bringing a whole new bucket of fresh fish and something below in the tank opening up wide enough that could allow for multiple trucks to pass through.

Instead, it's a killer whale that meanders its way into the tank. ]

A whale?!

[Kenzi certainly enjoys the show and like the rest of the crowd and she does and awe.

The whale coming out is exciting at first and then Kenzi realizes where they're sitting. Oh... Oh no. She doesn't want to leave because she really wants to see the whale but getting wet does not sound fun. She glances around, trying to see if there's seats further away but the place is pretty packed.]

Crap... [She says this quietly, possibly unheard over the children making a ruckus because "IT'S A WHALE MOMMY!"]

[ Having never seen a whale this close in person before or been to one of these aquatic shows before, Gil's completely unprepared for what comes next. In retrospect, some of the kids in swim wear and women and men in tank tops and swim trunks should have given it away, but he thinks they're just feeling the worst of the humidity.

The whale rises slow in its ascent, but its descent is when he realizes what's about to happen. There's no time to move out of his seat; a wave of salt water crashes onto the area they're seated in, with kids and others squealing in delight.

Not Gil.

He blinks back some the water, tasting the salt in his mouth; his hair drenched, just like his clothes, and sticking closely to his skin. ]

Aauuugh!

[Kenzi covers her face and tries to maker herself as small a target as possible just before the wave hits. She makes a sound that can only be described as an unfortunate wail. She now regrets her choice in dress colour, why didn't she go with black like always? Why did she have to go with something light that would end up nearly transparent in a situation like this?

She slowly sits up, thankful that most of her front stayed dry, and looks over at Gil. He didn't seem to react in time and all Kenzi can do is laugh at him. She doesn't look much better, truthfully. Her hair was already frizzy from the humidity but once it dried it was going to be curly again.]

[ He spits out the water and gets to his feet, arms raised and legs spread to look down at his soaking wet figure. Even his scarf sags heavily against his throat. ]

That -- is -- disgusting!

[Kenzi nearly falls over laugh and a few people near them are either staring at Gil or telling him to sit down and shut up.]

O-oh man...you look like a drown rat!

[ That earns her an indignant look, but even she looks ridiculous all drenched like that.

Christ, though, why did she pick such light clothes where he can see --

Nope, not looking anymore. ]

[She slowly stops laughing and rising, giving those around them an apologetic look before she tries to grab Gil's arm to lead him out.]

C'mon, let's see if we can't find somewhere to dry off.

[ He picks up their belongings and trudges after her, shaking his head every now and then so his bangs stay out of his eyes. ]

Why did it do that? Being exposed to cold water like this can make you sick!

[She chuckles and shakes her head after taking off her soaked hat. It was too floppy to wear now.]

It's part of the attraction. Although if I'd know they was gonna bring the whale out I would have picked some seats that was further away.

[She slows down a bit to tug at her dress and keep it from sticking to her too much.]

And we won't get sick, it's too hot for that. Now, if went into the gift shop right now that might be another story.

I don't see what's so fun about getting splashed with dirty and salty water.

[ Who knows what those animals do in there? ]

Damn, everything is soaked... [ He tugs on the scarf, but only a bit so he doesn't untie it from his neck. ]

Someone needs to get that stick outta your ass. [She laughs as she starts looking for some place they can hide for a while and dry off.]

We'll find some place so you can take that off and let it dry off some. [She can't really take anything off, however.]

I don't have a -- a stick!!

[ He shoots back and his head swivels so fast in her direction that some droplets splash toward her. ]

There's no way we'll dry off fast enough, even with the sun out. Not to mention the clothes will start to smell...

[She laughs until she feels the droplets of water. She jumps and lets out a surprised noise.]

They just need to be dry enough that we can get transportation back home. I dunno 'bout you but I don't much feel like sitting on the bus or train soaking wet. I'd like to be damp at most. [There's always the hand driers in the bathroom but those are so awkward to get under and don't really help when it comes to clothing. So she doesn't bother suggesting that.]

... Yeah. [ She's right; he doesn't want to drip all over the place. ] We should try to get most of the water out for now.

[Kenzi nods and continues the search. Eventually she locates a little place that's out of the way where they shouldn't be bothered by anyone other than staff should they come through there. She quickly grabs Gil and pulls him into the area and sets her hat down.] This should do.

[There's a concrete ledge that's wide enough to sit or lay some things out to dry.]