Drink Water's serve was brutal.
His fist connected with the ball, and it rocketed over the net with a sharp *crack* that echoed across the beach. Kurt tracked its trajectory, already moving, but Emma shouted from his left.
"I've got it!"
Cassandra's voice came from the right, equally insistent. "Mine!"
They collided mid-dive, bodies slamming together in a tangle of limbs and sand. The ball dropped between them with a soft thud, and Paul updated the scoreboard immediately.
Tsunami Current: 1 | Raven's Crow: 0
Drink Water and his guild erupted in laughter, slapping each other's backs like they'd already won.
Emma pushed herself up onto her knees, spitting and brushing sand from her purple bikini. "I said I got it!"
While Cassandra wiped sand from her face, ice already forming on her fingertips. "And I said it was mine."
"Either Silver Tail were full of weaklings," Drink Water called out, grinning, "or you guys just got really lucky beating them."
