Sa-wiiiiiing batter!

[sleepybuster]

WHO: Everyone!
WHAT: Baseball game
WHEN: August 2nd, in the afternoon
WHERE: where do you think
WARNINGS: inevitable balls jokes and Leon sounding super tsun and hetero
SUMMARY: Read below!

So! After loads of planning (and hopefully practicing between both teams), it's finally time for the big baseball game! Although there have been a few sports competitions like this in the afterlife already, Riki wanted to have one solely between all the dead kids sometime before the break would end. And today is now that day...! The teams have been officially distributed as:

Sena's Team:
Sena Kashiwazaki
Riki Naoe
Levi
Kohaku
Mana

Haruhi's Team:
Haruhi Suzumiya
Leon Kuwata
Celica A. Mercury
Kotarou Tennouji
Bertholdt

(Mana and Bertholdt had been added to the opposite teams originally, but Riki's a butt so he decided to swap them so that both teams would have an equal number of girls. Also! If anyone else had been unofficially signed up (meaning you threaded your character joining in ICly but never responded to the OOC sign-up post), just let me know and I'll add you.)

Anyway! Before the game, there will be some time for everyone to have some last-minute batting or catching practice. Whatever suits your fancy. Or talking to the crowd that has come to watch. There's also plenty of food and drinks (all of which are healthy choices, though -- like water, orange juice, fruits, and the like) for people to have! The real treats won't come until after the game. Because guess what Riki managed to get?! A giant cake! Yum. It has a baseball field on it and everything!

As for the game itself, there will be nine innings. Points will be distributed like this:

Sena's Team: 0, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 0, 4, 2 (14)
Haruhi's Team: 1, 4, 0, 0, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2 (15) <-- Winner!

Also, during the game, some NPCs (the 5% of them that are actually, you know, around...) may make there way on over to the bleachers to see what's going on. One or two of them will be doing the same nonsense that they have been for the past few days, saying weird and irrelevant things like, "Did you floss your toes today?" or getting stuck on and repeating phrases such as, "I love soccer game-game-game-games..." The others are fine, but yeah. The glitched ones will only stick around briefly before just randomly leaving, saying they have basket weaving to tend to or something.

So! Now that that's all settled... Let the game begin!

(And as a side note, if there are any questions, just drop them onto this post and I'll answer them there.)

Comments

BEFORE THE GAME

[sleepybuster]

[extraordinarily]

[ Haruhi, being the team captain has plans for her team before the game. Translation: Team Haruhi meeting! She'll be giving everyone their uniforms and announcing how they'll be choosing their batting and defense positions...

By lottery! With the exception that Haruhi's the first batter and the pitcher. Y E P. ]

[toobig]

[Bertholdt's holding his uniform and looking sullen.]

This... isn't, uh... big enough.

[extraordinarily]

Try the double extra large, then.

[ She'll toss it over. Thankfully she came prepared, okay?! ]

[conversationalist]

[He was reluctant to play. While he felt his abnormal powers were gone, he didn't wanna take the chance that they may feel the need to kick in during physical activities or something. It was this side of him that has its opposite, as he's sort of...exciting to partake in something as a normal guy. It's something he's wanted to do for a while now, with nothing to do with the supernatural. Just a highschooler with a game to play.

However, his decline to join the game didn't reach the exotic woman. He never wanted to join at all, but the girl known as their leader didn't leave him many options. Kotarou caught his uniform with a deep sigh.]

... [Looking at his other "teammates," she seemed to have picked a...large variety of people. Kotarou slips his uniform on, and overhears Haruhi announcing the positions. He was zipping it up when he speaks up.]

Lottery...?

[extraordinarily]

That's right.

[ Haruhi nods, placing her hands on her hips as she takes out the sheets of paper with the Amidakuji, along with a pen. ]

Just put your name over two of the lines - one for batting position and another for defense position - and follow it down to find out what you'll get. Of course, I'm the pitcher and the first batter~

[tsunball]

[ How did he get dragged into this. Right. Haruhi. The most frightening girl in this place. But even so.. there's no way he can actually wear this, just looking at that uniform makes him want to cry!! ]

Oi, Suzumiya, I can play much better in my usual clothes! [ He's got to at least try to protest.. ]

[extraordinarily]

... What, are they lucky or something? Clothes are just clothes.

[honestmana]

[ Mana has never actually seen a real baseball match. She got a little last minute training since she was asked to join, but she didn't get much better. Still, she's super exciter about this, and is bouncing up and down with much energy and excitement where she sits on a bench by the field. ]

[observesthings]

[ Aaaand here's Yukki. He ordered two hotdogs, and one large soda with two straws. He told a certain pink-haired girl he'd be here today, and that he wanted to make this into a date of sorts. Because why not? Yuno herself was more into track and swimming (and Yukki was a terrible athlete in general, unless you count darts), but he did enjoy watching sports. Besides, after that dance... he wanted to do something special while they wait for the big day to come. ]

Hey Yuno. I, um... I didn't know if you wanted ketchup or mustard or anything, so I just brought the condiments with me.

[ He sits down next to her. Hopefully nobody bothers them. In other words, please bother them. ]

DURING THE GAME

[sleepybuster]

[Mostly just stuff between those watching the game (NPCs gasp), but this could count for those on the field too, or maybe waiting to bat. Whatever floats your boat.]

[tsunball]

[ Leon's up next to bat, he's just waiting for the one right before him in line to finish first.. but as he's already picking up the bat that's lying around and practicing swinging it a little, he has the biggest grin on his face. Not that he realises anyone's looking or he would have tried to hide it more.. ]

BREAK TIME

[sleepybuster]

[After the fifth inning there will be a brief break for those playing to drink up or talk to those watching etc. etc.]

[extraordinarily]

[ During break, Haruhi's going to change out of her uniform. If only because they're not doing too well. Sure, they may be ahead, but it's really not by much, especially since they have the ace in their team.

And what is she wearing now? You guessed it: the cheerleading outfit. ]

This is totally perfect!

[suckswithmaps]

[I-- what. when did you change, Haruhi...

..oh well, Celica hardly cares. She thinks it looks adorable.]

Ahhh... Haruhi, you look so cute!

[extraordinarily]

[ At the very moment they called break, obviously. She just ran towards a secret area and then did her ~*MAGIC*~ ]

You think so? I brought some extras just in case. After all, if we don't cheer for our team, our team is going to lose!

[honestmana]

[ Mana has never seen clothes like that, or really, she hasn't given much thought to clothes overall) and is interested when Haruhi shows up in those odd-looking clothes. ]

Mana thinks you're cute! What are those clothes? Mana has never seen anything like them before!

[extraordinarily]

It's my cheerleading uniform! I plan on wowing everyone with this so I can beat Sena's team.

[observesthings]

This game's getting really good...

[ It's been close the whole time. Yukki got up from his seat to go buy cotton candy, but stopped as he saw Haruhi.

Right... she wanted him on her team. But the teams were even in the end, so it worked out, right? Hopefully she wasn't mad at him. ]

Re: BREAK TIME

[honestmana]

[ A bottle of something! She's gotten to learn what "bottle" is but she has no idea what the contents are (it's not water, that much she can tell) and she is curious to know ]

Excuuuse meee, but can you tell Mana what's in thiiiis?

[strawberrytart]

[ AWYEAH COME GET YOUR REFRESHMENTS.

Ichigo's got two boxes full of treats-- all healthier sweets that focus on fruits with refreshing quality! ]

Everyone come and eat something to refresh yourself for the second half~!

[ She's got Lemon tartlets, raw black forest brownies (made with karob instead of cocoa powder-- it actually tastes better that way!), and vanilla-kiwi gelatin cubes! All cut into small enough pieces that if you have some it'll be refreshing but won't affect your performance. COME AND GET 'EM ]

[tsunball]

Hehe, you sure saved a special one for me, right, Amano? [ Leon, sometimes a guy should know when to give up since it's hopeless.. but he's grinning as usually. ]

You saw how cool I was out there, huh?! I could beat all of them just by myself!

AFTER THE GAME

[sleepybuster]

[Haruhi's team won wowieeeee]

[extraordinarily]

Alright~! We won!

[ Look who's jumping up and down excitedly, throwing her pom poms in the air? This girl. She's still wearing her cheerleader outfit that she changed into after the break and meeting, but now she's going to go and say, slightly annoyed: ]

Now where's our prize?

[sleepybuster]

Uh... Well, I wasn't really planning on giving anyone prizes, actually.

[sorry haruhi]