stateofdecay | BASEBALL: Catastrophes v. Lumberjacks

CF VS. LL

It's Catastrophes 🐅 v. Lumberjacks 🪓 today. They end the 9th inning tied 8-8 and spend another 10 innings tied up before everyone decides to call it a day and go home. The final score is 18-18.

VOLUNTEER SPOTS

Welcome to Prescott's athletics field, where the Summit communities are once again holding their weekly baseball match!

Cal Nightengale brought a zombie-killing baseball bat to the game, complete with barbed wire wrapped around the barrel. It's put to a vote whether this is valid for play, with YES winning because of a) the Container Fort and b) all the Lundegaard children who think it's super cool.

The umpire (a Lundegaard parent) reminds everyone to keep their language clean, on account of there being minors on Lundegaard's team. This is a challenge for [Volunteer B], who has to be benched at least two times for cussing.

[Volunteer C]'s team is down three in the ninth inning, until they hit a three-run homer and tie the game 8-8. This triumph slowly becomes a tragedy as the game goes on.

During the 14th inning, [LL Volunteer D] pitches a ball that strikes Mud right in the head. There's a pause so [PFS Volunteer F] can tend to the injury, but Captains Dutch and Flume still refuse to end the game.

During the 19th inning, [Volunteer G] radios in to Prescott for help. Although they're told by dispatch that this doesn't qualify as an emergency, Jem Carmichael still walks out onto the field to urge everyone to call it a day. Please. Leave.

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Were you playing or just spectating?

arlo's in attendance and super digging the vibe (cheering for the container fort because duke and bunny sorry), HOWEVER, arlo is also. on call.

arlo leaves during the third inning because a woman in the cascade hills is going into labour.

arlo returns during the FIFTEENTH INNING, having DELIVERED A BABY and DRIVEN THEM TO THE FIELD HOSPITAL, and the game is STILL NOT OVER?! oh, hey– he brought the growler of mystery punch nat gave him– toast with him to the good health of the PNW's freshest babbo, randilynn punch.

(this mood is an incredible mood, arlo loves a baby.)

Edited (don't overthink the timeframes here it hurts) 2024-12-03 06:09 (UTC)

Despite his reluctance to become team captain, baseball is the one few things that brings Henry joy anymore, and he shows up intent on not embarrassing himself in front of Dutch. He's yelling encouragements to the Lundegaard team (half of whom are children) and stays intensely focused the entire time, surprising for someone who normally wanders off to drink from his flask and vandalize something during any other group outing.

Beau has been somewhat stubbornly avoiding Prescott for the last few days, but she turns up for this, for Dutch. She has her bedazzled team jacket on and her hair up in a ponytail, and is totally unapologetic when anyone from Lundegaard brings up the truck she stole from them. You got it back!

She enjoys baseball and is good spirits at first. At the end of the 9th inning, she's thrilled by a game well-played by teams. By the 14th inning, she's concerned that someone else is going to get hurt because we're all tired? By the 17th inning, she wonders if a vengeful god is punishing her for trying to run away from responder training. Oh my god, point taken. She's going back tomorrow!!

She voted YES for Cal's barbed wire bat, of course.

Borderline manic. Clearly wants to win very badly, but as soon as people start talking about wrapping it up her entire impetus becomes getting everyone to play baseball with her as long as possible. She intentionally gets herself struck out in the 17th inning so that the game will remain tied.

Carter is here and at first also in good spirits. She’s being a twin pretty blatantly with Beau today, also in her jacket and a ponytail, so have fun with that. She has fun until the eighth inning. Then at the ninth, she’d love to go home. By the fourteenth, she’s blatantly texting in the dugout and completely checked out. She gets a second wind in inning sixteen because that’s when the sheer stubborn insanity kicks in. By the time Jem calls it in inning 18, big mixed feelings between gratitude and anger. Please let them just win.

127 hours into this game, Mud takes a baseball to the head and has the best nap of his life. His brain is squishy and full of holes like a loofah. Please let him rest.

she loves it when other people suffer so she thinks this is a GREAT display of sport!!!!!

re: the bat, she challenges anyone who claims it's not allowed to show her the rulebook. oh, there's no rulebook? because there's no ruling body? because the rest of the world is zombies? well!!! that settles that!!!!! :)

Still technically 12/2 where I am!!!! Please enjoy this very stupid flash.

these volunteer spots are so funny....... I don't know which one to take

dice maiden was no help so mud for E pleeeeeeease
he's fine just let him have a nice little nap

Edited 2024-12-03 06:00 (UTC)

this is mud's third concussion this week

his brain is nice and squishy

i love this flash for this very long game and i would luv threads in the daytime please thank you goodnight

1. i would love to thread with anyone 2. tomorrow 3. i wrote arlo's thing after too much wine 4. it's my birthday and that means you HAVE to write with me AS A MATTER OF FACT it's the law

Edited 2024-12-03 06:09 (UTC)

can cal have A pls, for the a.m., unless someone else is feral for it, which is fine!

the children want to emulate cal now

THANK YOU marin i am sleeby but i'll be around tomorrow

Dutch, Roswell, and Jem were all here and are available for interactions (i will post open+'s for them)

and also Jem for H... get out of his house (this will earn him additional ire with dutch)

henry shares this ire and called jem a horseshit motherfucker (this got him in trouble with the lundegaard parents)

please...... it's been hours

This is CUTE and also having been trapped at a forever baseball game once it is a nightmare 😌 tomorrow night (tomorrow afternoon for America) is my only night to myself so I will be around then!! Lmk if you want either of my boy idiots as they are both here and both playing.

if Emre tried to leave early Henry would've been like don't you fuckin dare leave your post, we're WINNING this game

He absolutely did and he was whiny as hell about staying (but he did)

BASEBALL: Catastrophes v. Lumberjacks

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VIBE CHECK

VIBE CHECK: Arlo

VIBE CHECK: Henry

VIBE CHECK: Beau

VIBE CHECK: Dutch

VIBE CHECK: Carter

VIBE CHECK: Mud

VIBE CHECK: Cal

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