[With everything going on, baseball was the perfect distraction.]

Hey guys, I just wanted to set up a kind of permanent schedule for baseball, because I know with everything that's been happening I haven't been calling many practices. So, everyday after lunch, we'll practice. I know that sounds like a lot, but if the dome is under attack or there are kissing robots or everyone is suddenly three inches tall, you can just assume it is canceled for that day.

If you are new and want to join a baseball team or sign up to be a cheerleader, just let me know!

Cielo, I heard you're back. Do you want to be on the team again?

Abe, you really should join. Mihashi is on Suzaku's team, and they don't have a catcher yet!

C.C. I have your cheerleader uniform in. You know, the one you wanted even though you don't want to cheer...

Everyone on my team (white with purple trim) and the cheerleaders, your uniforms are in! I hope you like purple... [Sheepish chuckle.] Um, you can pick them up at the field. I'm there now if anyone wants to practice today!

Suzaku's team, I don't have yours yet because you still need a name. Any thoughts?

(OOC: Current Roster. I'm not going to post for the baseball practice every day, however, anyone on the teams or as a cheerleader or fan can feel free to post with that topic and be the a place for baseball antics! And someday, there WILL be a game!)

[Mihashi sneaks out, telling Abe that he has to use the restroom, because he doesn't want him to know about this. It's embarrassing, and...Abe might get mad.]

Uhm...Yuuri? Yamamoto-kun?

[He fumbles around with his communicator a little. He's never really used it much.]

Uhm...my...uh...Abe-kun, my catcher...he's here!

[He's a little nervous just calling them, and he hopes he's not annoying them, but he's still just so happy he can't keep it to himself.]

He...got here...yesterday.

[Abe wakes up on the baseball field, standing there in his practice uniform. He finds nothing amiss at first, except his lack of teammates. He wouldn’t fall asleep during meditation. He would have noticed if everyone snuck off while they were standing there. It wasn’t his birthday, there was no reason to play a joke or anything. He finds it hard to believe Mr. Shiga or Coach Mo would really stand for something like this right now.

His eyes scan the field, frown set on his face. This is annoying. Where the hell did everyone go, right before practice? There’s no one in the dugout. No one on the field. Looking down at his feet, he notices his glove is missing from where he left it there on the ground. That annoys him the most.]

Not funny, guys! Who the hell took my glove?

[He blinks at the communicator screen in front of his face, and reads the scrolling message with a frown. Yeah. That’s real original. He ignores it in favor of finding his bag where his cell phone should be. But on arrival at the dugout, there’s no bag. Well. Nothing much else to do besides go try and find the rest of his team.]

This is just great.

AH HA! [You might hear subtle hints of things exploding in the background—small things! It's really more like popping. Nothing at all to concern yourself with!]

Now that the prototype is done, I'd like to—what was that phrasing again? Ah yes!—wish you all a Merry Christmas. My gifts for everyone should be making their way around.

((OOC: See this post for details on the randomized kissing couples and how Mistletoe-kun operates. Feel free to comment here directly to Anissina or to play out your random kissing—just make it clear in the subject please!))

[Mihashi was shifting back and forth on his feet, in front of the main doors to the shelter. He really wanted to go do some practicing, but it was so cold outside! Well...it was pretty cold inside too, but it was even colder outside. He didn't know if it was too cold though. He looked back and forth, and didn't see anyone too close paying attention to him, and he started sneakily making his way out the door and towards the baseball field, with his mitt in one hand, and a ball in the other.]


((ooc: Feel free to intercept him anywhere along the way between the shelter and the baseball field.))

[IS EVERYONE WATCHING? LISTENING? HE SURE HOPES SO! It was time to try having everyone's attention! Hikaru wanted to do it sooner, but everyone was so concerned over the fire earlier that he knew it'd steal all the attention, and this he did not approve of!]

It's cold... [hugs himself, before reaching a hand out to place against Kaoru's cheek]

Ah Kaoru, come a little closer. I... I need your warmth! Let me hold you before someone tries to steal you away from me! I need you now more than ever!

It's okay, you don't have to be shy... It's okay if everyone sees! In fact, I hope they do, if only to show them that which they cannot have!

[Mihashi had held off as long as possible leaving his room, not so much afraid of the dark, but of what might be lurking inside it beyond the doors of his room. Now, though, hunger was finally getting to him. Anyone who might be lingering in the hallways, or common room, might hear his occasional yelping, and squeaking, as he runs into almost everything as he attempts to make his way to the kitchen.

He bangs his knee on...something, he doesn't know what, and lets out a particularly loud yelp, before slapping his hands over his mouth. He glances around worriedly, but can't see much in the darkness.]

Sorry...

[He whispers the apology anyways, hoping he won't make any particularly dangerous criminal mad.]

[Mihashi had spent the last few days sticking mostly to his room. He had been doing his best trying to avoid Yamamoto and Yuri. He knows the other two boys will just try again to get him to agree to playing baseball, and he's too scared of what would happen when they realize how lousy he actually is. So he hid. But after a few days of only leaving his room (he'd managed to find a nice empty one) to eat and go to the bathroom, he was feeling very baseball deprived.

It is now early morning, and he is pretty sure that even if the others are awake, they're probably still eating breakfast, so he sneaks out, and heads to the baseball field, hoping to get in a little pitching practice.

He goes into the equipment shed, pleasantly surprised to find a pitching target, and drags it out, along with a few balls, and sets it up by homeplate. He begins stretching then, knowing that if he didn't, and Abe ever found out he didn't he would yell at him.]

[Mihashi is wandering the halls of the shelter, trying to find a place to sleep. He doesn't know which rooms are full, and which are empty, and unfortunately for him, he's much to shy to try knocking on any of the doors. Maybe he'll just go back to that common room he was in earlier. That couch looked comfy enough.

Although...if he slept on the couch, it might make his shoulder stiff. If Abe-kun was here, and he did that, he would yell at him for not taking better care of himself.]