don't poke someone's eye out

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WHO: Celica and Yukiteru
WHAT: Playing darts!
WHEN: Early evening of May 21st
WARNINGS: insert something witty here (no warnings really)
SUMMARY: Yukiteru mentioned enjoying darts, and Celica promised that they would get around to playing it someday! And that day is today.
NOTES:

[Celica is one to keep true to her word, you know! Which includes promises for playing games or whatever else. She's not particularly busy today or anything, so she makes it a thing to hunt Yukiteru down the day before and let him know.

So! Today, in the early evening/late afternoon, Celica hangs around in the rec room of the boys' dormitories (more convenient for him and all!). There's a pair of dart boards in the room, along with a pool table and the like -- all kinds of random, typical rec room games. She's a little early though, which is why she's mostly just sitting around for now, poking at a foosball table and spinning one of the lines around. Wheeee.]

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[observesthings]

[ He did promise to meet her here. Under normal circumstances, a girl inviting him to do anything in private with her would be signing their own death warrant. In a weird way, it was nice, not having to worry about that. In another... it was a painful reminder of what he had lost.

Swallowing any sort of bittersweet pleasure from being able to do something without glancing over his shoulder or exhausting every safe option he could see in his Future Diary, he descends the stairs, and enters the rec room. And sure enough... ]

Hi, Celica. [ He makes an attempt to smile, but it's clear he still has a lot on his mind. He approaches the dartboard, and begins plucking out the arts; three red, and three blue. ]

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[Admittedly, Celica's never played darts, so if anything she's probably going to end up watching him and seeing how it's done before even attempting to do it herself. If she didn't, someone would probably end up getting hurt...

But either way, when she sees him walk in, she hops up onto her feet to greet him.]

Hiii Yukiteru! You made it!

[observesthings]

Yeah. I did.

[ He holds out both of his hands. ] Do you want to be red, or blue? [ Oddly, Yuno never played darts with him. She was always wanting to watch a movie, or go somewhere (while making sure every other female there knew he was with her and nobody else), or cook for him, or something else. Being able to play with someone else felt... good. ]

I don't care either way. Do you want me to go first?

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I'll take red, if that's alright!

[And then she'll go ahead and take those!]

But ah... Yes, if that's okay, could you go first? I've actually never played this before, so I figure it's best to watch someone do it before trying it myself.

[observesthings]

Sure! [ When she tells him to go first, Yukki nods, grinning ear to ear. He picks up one of the blue darts, and throws it; just right outside the bullseye, a near miss. Well, he WAS a little rusty. ]

Hold it with two fingers, and try to keep your wrist straight, but loose.

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[It's still better than what Celica could do! She watches closely as he throws it though, and pays attention to how he's holding the dart as well. Once he's done, she tries mimicking holding it. Her wrist may be a little too loose...]

Um... Like this?

[observesthings]

No, no. Like this. [ His hand comes up to hers, and tries to straighten her wrist a bit. But, his touch is very light, like he's trying to avoid making any more contact than what was absolutely necessary. Old habits die hard. ]

Otherwise you might hurt someone. Even if these darts are plastic-tipped.

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Ahh... [She lets him adjust her hand, and makes note of how he does so.] I see! I definitely wouldn't want to hurt anyone, eheh...

[a beat] So... Should I try throwing it now?

[observesthings]

Y-Yeah. Try again. [ His hand comes up to rub the back of his head, nervously. ]

I, uh... we'll just count that one as practice.

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Okay! [She clenches her free fist in determination, gazing at the target...!] I'll make sure this one is good!

[And after a moment... she tosses it!

...and it just barely misses the board.]

[observesthings]

Ehh... well...

[ Better, but... not quite. ] Try again. And, uh, this time... try to keep your arm a bit more straight before releasing the dart.