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

Re: Part Two: Choppy At Bat

[heroic_jawline]

"Hey, batter, batter," Steve said, grinning and reaching for a...rubber chicken. Sure, Anakin. Desecrate the national sport. "Batter up!"

And he threw the chicken, which flew...less well.

Re: Part Two: Choppy At Bat

[thatwaslucky]

"What does that even mean!" Rey called, muffled by a mascot costume, and there was no way she was hitting that.... chicken.

She was however gonna pick it up with the Force and yeet it past second base.

Re: Part Two: Choppy At Bat

[heroic_jawline]

Steve watched it arc. "That shouldn't have worked," he commented.

Re: Part Two: Choppy At Bat

[thatwaslucky]

Cheating! All glory to cheating!

And Rey was running for first because it seemed like that was the right direction? She did not know the rules.