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Richie "Gear" Foley (put_it_in_gear) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-07-22 13:45:00

Current location:	Quatro Park - Sector 4
Entry tags:	:mingle, bak chang, calliope-caliborn, duo maxwell, kitty pryde (evolution), lacus clyne, lelouch vi britannia, richie foley, sougo okita, terry mcginnis, zatanna zatara

[Day 229] [Voice|Closed|Action|Open] WATER BALLOON FIGHT
[It is a hot day. Sweltering and humid and for many it could feel pretty icky. It is around noon when a unfamiliar and obviously modified voice comes over the network. It sounds a little robotic, too high to be normal, but also manic, in a good way. Excited, amused.]

Anyone really fed up with the heat yet? I know I am. So here's your Declaration of War on Humidity. Park your butt on the number four and you'll get yourself a nice splash of color to cool you down.

[There is silence for some time, enough that one might even think that he disconnected. Then it comes back with a laugh.] Or you could just come over to Quatro Park and join in on the fun. [Then there is a disconnect. Someone could try to ask a question, but no responses will be given.]

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[Anyone who is Sector 4 and wanders towards Qautro Park might notice that there is large bucket sitting right at the entrance. Look inside and you will see that it is filled to the brim with balloons. Water balloons.

And there are more buckets like this. Scattered all over the park, beside a bench, behind a bush, right in the open in the center of a copse of trees. They are everywhere. All of them full of balloons.

And if you don't look out you might just be hit with one of them. Oh, what's all that red covering your hair and your shirt? Whoops guess these balloons are full of colored water. It might wash out at the end of the day, but be careful now or you could end up looking like a soaked rainbow.

Do you turn back and try to escape? Are you trapped there as a victim of water balloon warfare? Or will you grab a balloon yourself and go looking for whoever just threw one at you?]

{OOC: Water balloon fight! Richie spent the morning putting it together so it's forward-dated to noon and later. Two robots will be there making up more balloons as the day goes so they won't run out for a while and another is hiding in the park to throw balloons at random passersby. The coloring in the water is completely safe and washes out with soap from clothes, skin, and hair. Not that characters will know that at first. Have your characters wander in, get dragged by a friend, become an accidental casualty, anything you want! Mingle away the heat!}

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	put_it_in_gear 2013-08-01 02:42 pm UTC (link)
	Of course, my mistake. You were just getting used to the water before jumping in, right? Sorry I didn't do a better job helping with that. Let me fix it. [And then he pulls a water balloon from behind his back and flings it right at her before diving back behind a nearby tree.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-01 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	[Fortunately, she saw the balloon coming this time and managed to dodge, spinning out of the way so she could form a new balloon of her own, which she immediately threw at him the moment she was facing him again.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	put_it_in_gear 2013-08-01 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	[Richie thankfully has the tree to block that one, but he had to stick his head out to throw the next one at her. Then he jumps back toward the bushes since they have more cover.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-01 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	[He clips her shoulder. That'll definitely leave a mark later.] Richie Foley, get out here and face me! It's no fun if you're going to keep hiding in the bushes the whole time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	put_it_in_gear 2013-08-01 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	Why would I turn myself into a target? This is war. You shouldn't stand out in the open where I can keep hitting you! [And he'll keep crawling along, trying to get around behind her.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-01 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	[She can follow your voice a little better now. Enough to know you're on the move. And she also moves towards one of the trees across the way. If he could take cover, so could she.] And what was all that earlier about fair play and not cheating? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	put_it_in_gear 2013-08-01 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	Subversive maneuvers aren't cheating, using magic to make rain clouds is cheating. Staying out of sight is just good tactics. [And Now that he's far enough away, he'll poke his head out to aim and throw another balloon at her.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notbabymagic
2013-08-01 08:55 pm UTC (link)

[She didn't even have to duck; the throw went just wild enough that the balloon broke a few feet to her right. But it did reveal his location.]

Using what you're given is also good tactics. You have your technology. I have my magic.

[Which she uses to summon a large super soaker. Cocking the barrel one time for show before aiming.]

I'm going to make you wish I'd stuck with the raincloud.

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	put_it_in_gear 2013-08-01 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	You might regret saying that! I haven't used any of my own tech since this started! [And telling him he can use it just means he'll take this more seriously. He hasn't even let Backpack out yet. And then he jumps up, pushing a button on his watch to activate his holo-shield while volleying a water balloon filled with dark blue dye at her.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-01 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	[She ducked the balloon, only to have it hit the tree directly behind her, splashing her with dye.] ...okay, seriously? This better wash out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	put_it_in_gear 2013-08-02 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	You're worried about the blue? You be asking about that pink all over your back. [Zee most of these balloons have dye in them. And he's not going to mention whether it's washable or not.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-04 09:56 am UTC (link)
	...there's pink all over my back? [It was like she had an easy view of that part of her. Body straightening out of sheer surprise, she momentarily lets down her guard in order to glance back over her shoulder.] Like I said, this better wash out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

put_it_in_gear
2013-08-04 10:13 am UTC (link)

[It is so so tempting to throw a water balloon at her right now. She's just leaving herself wide open for it. But Richie's too busy laughing at her reaction and trying not to fall out.]

It's just a little washable food coloring, Zee. Like I'd throw something at you that would permanent stain all that pretty hair. [Ruining a girl's hair. He does not have that death wish.]

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	notbabymagic 2013-08-04 10:17 am UTC (link)
	[Smart boy, Richie. She has less of an urge to kill you now.] You realize what this means, though, don't you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	put_it_in_gear 2013-08-04 05:48 pm UTC (link)
	...That you're going to make me regret? [Not like he expected anything less from her.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-04 07:12 pm UTC (link)
	It's nice to know you know me so well. [And with that said, she hurls her latest balloon at him. One that's filled with a dark green dye meant to explode on impact.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	put_it_in_gear 2013-08-04 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	[Richie dives down, dropping the one balloon he had in his hand and not quite escaping the one that splatters everywhere above his head. He can feel the back of his head and neck getting drenched.] It is on! [He pushes himself back up and grabs a balloon from the nearby bucket to hurl right at her.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-04 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	[She couldn't agree more.] [While Richie was busy ducking, she managed to form another one. This time, of the yellow variety.] [You might as well stay down, boy.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	put_it_in_gear 2013-08-07 11:09 am UTC (link)
	[He does, but he's not out. From beneath the bushes rolls a ball that may seem innocuous but if Zee doesn't move, that water grenade is going to burst right under her.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-07 11:39 am UTC (link)
	[...] [Water Grena--?] AHH! WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	put_it_in_gear 2013-08-07 12:01 pm UTC (link)
	[Okay he has to laugh out loud now.] You're the one that said we could use what skills we have available to us. [He wasn't kidding when he mentioned leaving his tech out of things.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-07 12:06 pm UTC (link)
	[Grr] I am not above reissuing your own personally little black rain cloud, you know. [As she wipes the colored water from her eyes.] Or hanging you upside-down by your glasses. That's a skill available to me too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	put_it_in_gear 2013-08-22 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	Oh I get it. You can use your powers all you want, but I use my immense intellect and it's cheating. [Said teasingly.] Your sense of fairness is ever true, Zee. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-22 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	If you get to cheat, I get to cheat. That sounds plenty fair to me. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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