Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, May 22, 2024

[sith_happened]

Anakin was feeling particularly inspired today, which was why when people arrived for Shenanigans (or made their ill-advised way through the park not realizing it was a Wednesday), they would find a baseball field set up between the playground and the pond. The bleachers had been placed around it so everyone could live out their sudden need to watch a baseball game! The only tiny, tiny problem with this set-up? Anakin had absolutely no idea how baseball worked. Yes, he'd lived on Earth for twenty years. Yes, he'd married a person from Earth. But really, if you looked at Rory and thought "now there's a sports fan," well, that's entirely your mistake.

The field was correct--home plate, pitchers mound, three bases in a diamond--but everything else would get a little haywire. It was Shenanigans, you couldn't expect otherwise, could you?

"Welcome to Shenanigans!" Anakin yelled through the as-always unnecessary bullhorn. "Today we shall be divided into two baseball teams! Instead of shirts, you shall be receiving mascot outfits! I understand that is the real reason to attend a baseball game! Listen for your names, change into your baseball outfits--" sure, Anakin, go with that, "--and then I will explain the rules!"

This would go great.

Team Nuts-kun ("Nuts-kun, a squirrel with tree hair, is a mascot from the town of Satosho in Okayama, Japan," Anakin said.)
Beta
Zoe
Arden
Eleanor
Steve R
Vi
Ahsoka
Gray
Stewart

Team Choppy ("Choppy, who is part cabbage and part lighthouse, is a mascot from Choshi City," Anakin explained.)
Dean
Navaan
Steve M
Beaker
Yukari
Steph
Rey
Gonzo
Thor

Comments

Arrive and Mingle

[sith_happened]

Get some snacks! Make some friends! Avoid eye contact with Anakin!

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[single_man_tear]

Dean? Still a woman. And addressing that fact by drinking from a flask because at this point Dean was done with the week.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[thatwaslucky]

Rey gave Dean a sidelong look. She didn't recognize the person but something was familiar...?

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[stykera]

Well, at least Stark could technically say he'd seen a baseball game now?

But he was going to spend the entire time on edge wondering why Anakin hadn't called his name yet.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[throughaphase]

Kitty had brought Lexi just to watch. (Surely Anakin wouldn't call on her when she had a child to watch!)

As a lifelong baseball fan, she would also end up recording just so much of this monstrosity.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[snipsnspecks]

Ahsoka? Still Human. Still not that happy about it. Still glaring daggers at Anakin.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Arden eyed the baseball diamond suspiciously. It looked far too normal for how she was gathering these things tended to go.

Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sith_happened]

Get your mascot outfits! They come in correct sizes, but that doesn't mean the eyeholes line up for where your eyes are.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[grenadesandohana]

"Part cabbage and part lighthouse," Steve grumbled, hopping into the pants of the costume. "Why would those two things even go together?"

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[heroic_jawline]

"This is not how baseball works," Steve said, frowning at the giant squirrel head he was supposed to put on.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[x_wondrous_x]

It felt as though there could be something delightfully chaotic in the anonymity that today's costumes would allow. Stewart wasn't sure how exactly that might manifest, but he was as eager to find out as he was to disappear into being but one of several Nuts-kuns.

Brought him back fondly to his F.A.K.U. days. Gae would approve, and so his....performance today would be dutifully dedicated to her.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[thatwaslucky]

Rey usually took the shirts in stride. She didn't even mind a lot of them.

This however had her looking like he'd lost his damn mind.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[ifwebeworthy]

"I cannot stress enough that we must defeat Steve Rogers," Thor pronounced as he attempted to get this get-up on over his armor. "And whatever evil designed this costume."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[snipsnspecks]

Ahsoka was already working at a disadvantage here with an inferior sense of balance and hearing, and now Anakin wanted her to wear that? The Force could only compensate for so much.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

Was Vi trying to pull the arms off her costume the same way she did to the shirts? Yes.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[what_big_teeth]

Well, sports were definitely not Eleanor's forte, and doing them in a mascot suit was only going to add to that.

But at least, she thought, as she carefully tugged the suit on, if she did anything really embarrassing, she might be relatively indistinguishable from her teammates for anyone to notice or care.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[id_kill_him]

Honestly, all of this was pretty much on track for what Yukari would expect out of a school-based competitive event.

So she was just ready to hit thr ground running.

"Whoo! Let's go, Choppies! Down with Nuts-kun! Get ready to feel the pain of defeat!"

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe hadn't participated in Anakin's madness in a while, so she wasn't surprised that her time had come. He didn't questions what she did with the school's money, and she wasn't going to question his choices in return.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[doesdoctorstuff]

Navaan, unlike most people in the crowd, was excited for the mascot outfits.

"FULL BODY COVERAGE!" she said, excited, running and grabbing hers.

"Is this a sex thing? Bestie, is this one of your weird sex things? Good on you for putting yourself out there!"

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Okaaaaaay," Steph's muffled voice wafted from somewhere inside the costume, which definitely did not have its eyeholes where she needed them to be. "This is going well."

Play Ball!

[sith_happened]

[OOC: Each team will get one chance to hit and one chance to field because RPing a full game would be stupefying! The pitcher (whoever feels like doing it) will throw a round object from the basket on the pitching mound. There are wiffle balls, beanbags, oranges, apples, rubber chickens, and other moddable objects inside. The batter will hit it with the wiffle bat they have been provided and then can run to a base (third, second, first, Anakin doesn't know or care.) Multiple people can be one base at a time. Multiple people can be fielding wherever. You're in ridiculous mascot costumes, so tackling and falling over is encouraged. The idea is for RP interaction, not really accurate ball playing. Make the threads messy!]

Part One: Nuts-kun At Bat!

[sith_happened]

[Everyone gets two chance chance to bat! Either mod your pitch or write your ping to encourage Team Choppy to pitch at you! Get to a base! If you hit the ball, fruit, or rubber chicken into the pond, it's a home run.

The RNG says you score 12 runs, I care not how that happens. If nine of you run home at the same time, go for it!]

Part Two: Choppy At Bat

[sith_happened]

[Everyone gets two chance chance to bat! Either mod your pitch or write your ping to encourage Team Choppy to pitch at you! Get to a base! If you hit the ball, fruit, or rubber chicken into the pond, it's a home run.

The RNG says you score 15 runs, I care not how that happens. (This was clearly quite the defensive game.) If nine of you run home at the same time, go for it!]

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

Don't ask him for a calling on the rules, he will make something up.

OOC

[sith_happened]

Happy Wednesday!