Paintball, Monday, June 3, 2024

[heroic_jawline]

"Right," Steve said, pulling on his protective paintball jumpsuit as he talked, "today we've made the course substantially more difficult."

Since most some of you took this a little seriously. "There are more traps around the area that will trigger paint buckets to fall on you. So the course itself is also trying to eliminate you, as well as your fellow players."

"So, hopefully it'll prove to be a challenge on your level," Tony added. "Hopefully."

Look, they were doing their best with you crazy people.

"You also can't use your powers any longer," Steve said, arching his eyebrow at Anakin.

"So please be respectful of your classmates." Tony knew that was a fool's errand, but still.

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Re: Get ready!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Nah, it's just whatever we feel like eating at the time," Arden said. "And it's not barbeque, but you can't go wrong with a nice steak. But...deep-fried onion blossom? Like onion rings?"

Re: Get ready!

[slothbabyproductions]

"Oh no, it's like... hold on," Kamala said and just pulled out her phone to show a picture of one. "So technically like an onion ring but you eat the flower like petals."

Re: Get ready!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Oh shit I need that in my mouth yesterday," Arden said, wide-eyed. "...Wait, I should have phrased that better. Ha! I'm the one doing radio tomorrow! Safe!"

Re: Get ready!

[slothbabyproductions]

We all know what you want in your mouth, Arden.

"What's wrong with that phrasing?" Kamala asked, innocently.

Exception: Kamala does not know.

Re: Get ready!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Yes. She wants a blooming onion, thank you. Fried onion petals. Also steak. She has listed them out very clearly in previous pings.

"Oh goddess," she muttered. "Please tell me you're fucking around?"

She was not prepared for this conversation, especially at paintball.

Re: Get ready!

[slothbabyproductions]

"What are you, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Never mind."

It took her a moment to catch up. And now that she did there was blushing and clearing of the throat.

"So is there a steakhouse on the island?"

Yes. Change of conversation please.

Re: Get ready!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Just phrasing, Kamala! It was just phrased badly!" Oh goddess, now they were both flailing and blushy. "Yes! Outback! Boardwalk! Near Midnight!"

Re: Get ready!

[slothbabyproductions]

"Uh, there was a 'Never mind' and a change of topic," Kamala said holding up her hands. "There's no need to dwell on it."

There was now a swishing of hands to the left to move the awkwardness to the side. If that were physically possible.

"Ooooh! I forgot about that place," she said definitely on a new topic of conversation. "That's good! It's a short walk and less weird things can happen."

Then again, knowing Cal & Arden they'd probably trip through a portal and Cal would end up pregnant with Arden's child.

Yes, you read that right.

Re: Get ready!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Thank the goddess Arden had no idea where Kamala's mind had gone or there would be even more flailing. "There are just a bunch of good places to eat," she said, happily continuing on with this thread of conversation. "Maybe I'm just biased because of the Sushi Station and Taste of Thai, though."

Re: Get ready!

[slothbabyproductions]

"Both of those sound good," Kamala said and then sighed. "This conversation is making me extremely hungry for take out."

Re: Get ready!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Lunch?" Arden suggested. "I've got third and fourth period off, we could snag lunch somewhere?"

Re: Get ready!

[slothbabyproductions]

"I've got my internship to go to after this," Kamala said regretfully. "Such is the life of an active businesswoman of tomorrow."

Re: Get ready!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"...Do you not get lunch at this active businesswoman internship of yours?"

Re: Get ready!

[slothbabyproductions]

"I have power lunches," Kamala said, with a smirk. "Which is usually whatever food I purchase with the gift cards that Mr. Stark gave me."

Which is cake pops and breakfast sandwiches.

Re: Get ready!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Can I convince you to skip a power lunch on gift cards for takeout?" Arden snickered.

You know, one that involved actual nutrition? Vegetables maybe?

Re: Get ready!

[slothbabyproductions]

"Probably," Kamala said slowly, "If I can convince you to join me at work so I don't look like I'm skipping out for the day."

That lady in HR was a stickler for lunch breaks.

Re: Get ready!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Yeah, yeah," Arden said. "You can show me your swanky office and throw around buzzwords at me."

Re: Get ready!

[slothbabyproductions]

"Yes, because my day is filled with synergy and revenue," Kamala said expressing the only two buzzwords she knew.

Re: Get ready!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Hot," Arden said. "...You know, from being in the research park capital of America, I should really know more bullshit buzzwords. Something something bull market?"

Re: Get ready!

[slothbabyproductions]

"Yeah but who really wants to buy a bull these days?" Kamala asked. "It's clearly a niche market."

Re: Get ready!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"It's for shaking down china shops," Arden said with a wise nod. "I'm not a fancy businesswoman, so I have to make money the old-fashioned way."

You know. Crime.