As four-time veterans of the Marble League, the Oceanics have been a staple of the Marble League since the beginning. That said, like a wave forming in the ocean, the team originated out of nowhere. Aqua, Sea, Shore, and Ocean grew up as childhood friends in the cultural capital of Dunduei. They all worked at a surf shop in a nearby town when they were teenagers, which was odd because none of them knew how to surf. They all loved to hang out on the beach, but they weren’t so keen on going into the water, unless they needed to cool off. None of the Oceanics learned how to swim until they were preparing for the Marble League, which likely explains why the team has a bad performance record in water events.

The friends discovered their passion for marble sports at dawn one morning, as they brought the surfboards out to be cleaned before the day’s rentals. On the way out, Shore dragged one of the surfboards in the sand, creating a long path. When Ocean brought her board out, she saw the path leading to the water, and decided to have some fun.

“I thought it would be like a slide. I always enjoyed going on the playground when I was a kid,” Ocean recalled to us. “The four of us have been friends forever. We don’t mind playing around ever now and then. It’s part of who we are. So I went down the path, and I couldn’t stop myself. There weren’t any rails to clutch to. It felt so free, so exhilarating. I wanted to feel that feeling for the rest of my life.”

When Ocean reached the bottom, she told Shore about the racetrack she had found, and had him race down it. Shore knew that he had accidentally made the track, but he didn’t tell Ocean or any of the others about it. The release of this article will be the first time they all find out how it was made.