30th Inning

[freakinblur]

Okay chuckleheads, listen up once again! If even one of ya sends away fer somethin' on the back of a box top in Mayfield of all goddamn places, yer as thick as a brick! I'm sure the cereal is, like, laced with hallucinogenic drugs or something, that will make ya wanna buy more, an' then suddenly yer broke an' ya have nothin' left but 500 Corn Flake boxes, with no money an' no brain cells left ta speak of. An' then ya send off yer box tops but then they're gonna charge ya like four thousand dollars in "processing fees" 'r whatever, so yer totally hosed.

Come on, I been here long enough Mayfield! Ya gotta try harder than that.

[Scout fiddling with a box can be hear in the background can be heard for a moment.]

Just look at this box! It's friggin' creepy, some kid with an eye patch. 'Sides, I mean, it ain't like they can keep some 'a this shit in a warehouse an' just give it out.... right?

Comments

[resurrectinto.livejournal.com]

You have a problem with eyepatches?~

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

I do when they're on the 6-year-old kid on the front of a Mayfield cereal box!

[resurrectinto.livejournal.com]

You have a good point!

[legendschild.livejournal.com]

But what if they really are gonna give our stuff back?

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

It'll probably be all screwed up again! They did that once before, ya know.

[legendschild.livejournal.com]

Not that I really know, I kinda just got here a few days ago.

I don't think I'd be happy to see my bat broken or anything after it got here, though.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Trust me then kid, they pull shit like this ALL the time. Better get used ta it.

Bats 'r easy enough ta come by though, 'round here. Hell, I got like 10 of 'em myself! Ya need one?

[legendschild.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but mine's custom made and regular wooden bats are too light for me.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Too light? Seriously? I got some aluminum ones too, if that's any better.

[legendschild.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that's still kinda light. Mine was aluminum then coated with heavy tin, which is kinda heavy at first.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Geez, kid. What are ya, like the Strong Man 'r somethin'?

I dunno if I can help ya out, but maybe someone else can make ya one. But if yer as strong as ya say, I think maybe I wanna pitcha few rounds against ya sometime.

[legendschild.livejournal.com]

I guess, I tip over a car once. Hehehe..

And sure! I'm a lot used to being the catcher though if you don't mind.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Can ya still do stuff like that? 'R did Mayfield take away yer strength, or did ya get it back?

Catcher, huh? Man, wish there were more ball players in town. I'd love ta get a couple 'a teams together!

[legendschild.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure, I haven't tried yet. I'd be pretty depress if I loss my strength, I trained really hard to get that strong.

There aren't many people who plays the game here? That's too bad, it'd might've be fun to play with different people.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

They usually give stuff like that back, but ya gotta go through a lotta crap first.

Well, I mean the high school's got a team, but it's mostly fulla drones. Plus I ain't in high school.

[legendschild.livejournal.com]

Really? Agghhh, I guess I better check that soon.

The team's full of drones, I'm not sure if I want to play with drones -Not that I'm picky, it's just that they're drones.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Naw man, playin' with drones ain't any fun.

Hey, what's yer name, kid? I'm Scout. BLU Team's Scout.

[legendschild.livejournal.com]

I kinda figured much.

I'm Yutaro Muranaka, nice to meet you, sir!

[magicbloomers.livejournal.com]

You think?

It's just that they're giving away Mr. Hats for only 10 box tops...I hate to think of Mr. Hat trapped in a cereal box!

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, they say they got my old bat fer 5... it can't be fer real.

What's a Mr. Hat?

[magicbloomers.livejournal.com]

He's my favorite trick!

Though I guess I'd need my hat back before he'll work.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Does it gotta be yer hat, or just any ol' hat?

[magicbloomers.livejournal.com]

Well...it has to be a top hat, and it really only looks good if it's silk, and if it's not blue, it won't match my cape.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Yer prob'ly better off buyin' one yerself, 'r findin' someone who can make it. Don't trust these boxtops trade-ins, awright? It ain't ever that easy.

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

. . . I admit I'm stumped as to the reasoning behind this. I doubt your scenario is plausible, however. Wasting our money is hardly one of their priorities.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Yeah, maybe not, I dunno. But it's a trick either way!

[deaths-heritor.livejournal.com]

Almost certainly. There may be some things that are worth the risk, however.

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

... Maybe we should test it before everyone inevitably goes off and does something stupid.

Round up a few of the tops, five or so, have someone try to send them in. See what happens. If it backfires, it's far less time wasted, and possibly far less dangerous.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Maybe that ain't a bad idea. Acorrdin' ta this box, my ol' bat's only 5 tops. We can give that a try.

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

Go ahead. I'd bring you some, if I could. See if anyone else already has one they're willing to part with.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

5 should be easy ta rustle up. But seriously, I'm expectin' whatever it we get back to be as screwed up like they were on tax day, I'm gonna be pretty pissed off.

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

Or maybe they'll charge you your optics, or something.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Take my what? Oh, yeah. Geez, who knows, right? I managed ta get outta the Soviet town with all my limbs intact. I'm sure I can handle this.

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping we can, anyway.

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

And just how do they normally hand it out? I don't see how this makes any less sense than how they took it all away in the first place.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Usually it comes in the mail. If it ain't somethin', ya know, physical? Then ya get a postcard with a picture on it, somethin' like that.

I mean, I guess ya gotta point pally, but that don't mean I'm gonna trust it any more than normal.

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

Do whatever you like. But if others risk it because it's no more nonsensical than anything else around here, you can hardly blame them.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

Just wait till they flood the phonelines whinin' up a storm!

[have-your-lives.livejournal.com]

They do that now.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

It'll only get worse, mark my words.