[open] take me out to the ball game

[pluvial]

Who: pluvial & you!
When: Feb. 16th ic/Aug. 8th ooc
Where: A park in the residential district!
What: Cerealia's first trainwreckbaseball game! (ooc post w/ info here!)
Rating/Warning: None for now, but will update when necessary!

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[ he's been building up for this day for about a week and today is the day all of Yamamoto's dreams will come true. he shows up at least fifteen minutes earlier, just to get everything set up: laying down cones (shamelessly borrowed from the school) for bases, checking the number of balls and mitts, making sure they had everything they needed to have a good game going.

he also brought a case of water bottles for the participants (purchased with his own hard-earned credits. gotta make sure they all stay hydrated. he'll just be practicing his swing as he waits for people to show up. ]

(OOC: i'll be setting up different comment threads in this post for people to tag around in, so just wait until i get them up before tagging please! have at it! also, the winners are Natalia's Team!

FYI, yamamoto is not playing, but he'll be around for quick tips/lessons and be a back-up substitute should anyone need it. feel free to also volunteer your character as a sub if you wish!)

Comments

[kirkwalled]

I assure you, it's extremely sporting.

[ hawke, no ]

[beaconed]

It is...?

[ ... ]

W-what is it?

[kirkwalled]

[ she pauses slightly before holding the sports bottle towards him. ]

You can taste, if you'd like.

[ it is 100% going to be a strawberry daiquiri because today hawke's feeling like fruity drinks. ]

[beaconed]

[ Yeah, sure, he'll taste it. He trusts you, Hawke! When he takes a sip, however, he pauses and looks quizzically at the bottle. ]

It's... fruity... but kinda bitter......... [ He takes a few more sips. It's kind of tasty! Apart from that other unfamiliar taste. That's gross. He sips a few more anyway. ]

[kirkwalled]

[ her eyes kind of widen as she realizes, jaune is going to drink her whole drink. she reaches out a hand hesitantly. ]

Ah, Jaune. That's --

[ a pause and she presses a hand to her face. ]

I'm a bad influence. I am officially a bad influence.

[ now you realize this, hawke?? ]

[beaconed]

Miss Hawke, now's not the time for self pity! You're the coolest and most influential person I know, and you're helping a bunch of kids win a baseball game! You're the best!

In fact, I love everyone on this team!

No!! I love the other team, too! I love everyone! Spectators! Umpires! Sousei!

[ ah, it's already getting to him ]

[kirkwalled]

I don't think Sousei is even here, Jaune.

[ but you know, okay. she'll take that praise. she'll also take that bottle back and frown as it's less full than it was before. her fruity drink...! ]

What will you do if we lose then, hm? Hate everyone?

[beaconed]

[ ah, his drink...!!! ]

Of course not! My love is unconditional, even for Sousei. [ was that necessary?? in any case, he's definitely incapable of hate whether he's drunk or sober ]

And he'll be here! I know he will! I mean, what else does he do?

...
No, seriously, I have no idea what he does, Miss Hawke.

[kirkwalled]

[ her drink. but she just nods along as if jaune is making complete sense and then, oh. a surprised look -- is he asking her? well, she definitely has an answer. ]

He works at the gym, of course. [ . . . ] I think he might live there. Or above it? Oh! Like a troll and a bridge! You have to answer his riddle to be let in but in this case it's not a riddle and your shoes.

[ this makes sense, of course it does. ]

[beaconed]

......You...have to answer.... his shoes?

[ ???????? ]

[kirkwalled]

No, you have to take them off.