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[PLAYER PLOT] THE WELLSTONE BASEBALL EPISODE
Hello, residents of Wellstone! The Wellstone Games Club, consisting of Keiichi, Alec, Dax, Olympia, and Satoko, have been reinventing the Earth game "baseball" based on a collection of half-remembered rules. They've created something... mostly resembling baseball, and they're bringing it to town in the form of a friendly competition!
This will be a laid-back event consisting of an RNG'd game victor, vibes-based baseball, and an after party.
There will be two teams; the captains are Keiichi and Dax.
This is open to everyone in town, please sign up in the comment below and join us!
IC Timeline
OOC Timeline
This will be a laid-back event consisting of an RNG'd game victor, vibes-based baseball, and an after party.
There will be two teams; the captains are Keiichi and Dax.
This is open to everyone in town, please sign up in the comment below and join us!
IC Timeline
Beginning of the month | The Games Club members come around trying to get anyone and everyone to participate! Feel free to handwave your character being asked nicely or badgered into agreeing, whatever you like. Teams will be assigned, and then the training montage begins.
30 May | The game is played in the afternoon. The after party is held immediately after.
OOC Timeline
3 May 23:59 CST | Sign ups for the tournament close.
4 May | Rosters and winners announced, after party planning.
8 May | IC Event Log posted. The game and after party to celebrate the victors will be forward-dated to May 30.
PARTICIPANT SIGN UPS
Skill modifiers will be used to assist in game RNG and general vibes. Modifiers can be between -5 and 5:
- -5: Your character has an attribute that makes them worse at this event
- 0: Your character has nothing going for them or against them for this event
- 5: Your character has a skill or attribute that makes them well suited to this event
Sign ups close on 3 May 23:59 CST.TEAMS / GAME RESULT / AFTER PARTY PLANNING
Palamedes ( Ump 1 )
Mlynar ( Ump 2 )
GAME RESULT: Dax's team wins in a landslide victory.
PLOTTING FORM: Optional, and fill out as much or as little of this as you like. This is just to put any IC contribution cents into the afterparty planning and team names/uniforms. Feel free to respond to this regarding the afterparty even isn't playing in the game!
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Player name: Beth
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Team/role preference: Alec cannot possibly be asked to choose between Keiichi and Dax. They have to fight over him. Or fight to not have him, because he sucks so, so bad.
Modifier: -5
Alec is incredibly unsuited to baseball. He has bad hand-eye coordination, zones out if understimulated for more than three seconds at a time, is complaining about how hot it is, doesn't understand the rules, has noodle arms and legs, and will probably get fouled for tripping the competition. Enjoy.
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Player name: Tzvia
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Team/role preference: No strong preference, but Light being on Dax's team would be fun ("I know the last time we did sports together was a disaster BUT this will be different, I swear")
Modifier: 4. He's athletic and has definitely played baseball before, and his tennis skills will give him an edge in fielding/defense (though they may hamper him a bit in batting until he adjusts). He's also capable of switch hitting!
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Player name: Zorn
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Team/role preference: He literally doesn't care, he honestly agreed only because he had no real reason to say no, and it makes sense to get to know the people here in some capacity, and a competitive game is better than one on one conversations.
Modifier: 5
Barnabas is in peak physical condition, inhumanly athletic, has incredible precision. He's a quick study, and so he'll learn the game fairly quickly. He does not buckle under pressure, and is nearly unshakeable emotionally, and the heat won't get to him. It's honestly a little alarming how unaffected he is by all of this, but hey, that works out for the team, don't it!
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Player name: Horse
Player contact: horsechiffon on discord
Team/role preference: No preference, he can also Umpire if you like. Sharp eye, keen wit. Bad shoulder
Modifier: (and any explanation or flavoring) I'm gonna give him a 1. He is athletic, a quick learner, and a team player. He has supernatural ability that he's unaware of that makes him extra resilient. However, he's got a bad arm, he's getting on in age, and he's a smoker. So I think that evens it out pretty well.
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Player name: Nat
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Team/role preference: Dax ofc
Modifier: -1. Dax isn't great at this, in general, has bad hand-eye coordination, and has a tendency to get tilted during attempts to play sports. She's going to be WAY more invested in making this 'fun' and in teaching her team the actual rules than in practical training.
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Player name: Billie Sue
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Team/role preference: Aw, if given the choice he'll pick team Dax for sure! If not he'll be happy wherever.
Modifier: (and any explanation or flavoring) Hmmm I'm gonna say probably a 2, though it could probably fluctuate depending what he's given to do. He doesn't remember how to play baseball, but makes enough baseball references in canon that he probably was familiar with it. I don't think he was ever in a league but probably did okay in like, a middle school gym class setting.
He'll be at his best in a role that sees consistent action, like an infielder. If he winds up in the outfield he's literally never going to be able to pay attention and deserves to be bumped down to a 1 or a 0. With infield though he can juggle a lot of stimulus at once! He also has really good arm strength and will probably be a pretty good batter, but this will be balanced by the fact that he will probably accidentally throw the bat now and then - though lmao depending how much they've changed the rules maybe that's not a problem anymore.
Re: PARTICIPANT SIGN UPS
Player name: Faye
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Team/role preference: she would prefer to be with Dax! And/or Pal if he signs up. It could be FUNNY to be opposite them but she’s got the best modifier of the three (ooh but she and Alec opposite Dax could be silly)
Modifier: gonna optimistically give her a 3 on the basis of:
- her hand-eye coordination including against moving objects is really one of her strongest skills
- Cam can learn how to do anything, apparently! Ask NTN
- Though knocking down a point for not actually KNOWING the rules and presumably not having them taught in the Empire since…it’s very not a NZ sport
- strategy/data is a thing she enjoys which comes into baseball more than you’d think tbh
- she’s ambidextrous
- she will get bored with the waiting around part when in the field, deduct point
- but she’ll be WAY less bored and more committed than some other people?
This is delightful. And somehow also alleviating of my anxiety about getting back into things. Love it.
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Player name: dg
Player contact: discord
Team/role preference: Keiichi's team, naturally. and his preferred positions are 4th on offense, and catcher on defense.
Modifier: +4!
Keiichi has actual specific recollection on batting technique, and has notably good hand-eye coordination. He's also putting his entire chest into victory as if his life is on the line, and is a solid team player.
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Player name: Min
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Team/role preference: No preference! He will play with whoever wants him to be on a team and I dunno enough about sportsball to know what position he'd be good at haha. Whatever seems interesting for y'all!
Modifier: 5 — Ryouma is a Servant with inhuman strength/speed/stamina and is also a trained swordsman, so he's kinda used to swinging shit around with lethal force in a very precise fashion lmao
He is also a team player but is likely to get very competitive because he knows it's a game, so he doesn't have to hold back. He does not know the rules whatsoever but he'll pick them up fairly quickly.
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Player name: Mads
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Team/role preference: No team preference, he might enjoy being a pitcher. Let him try trick throws, it would be fun!
Modifier: 4, very athletic with great aim, loves to hit stuff
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Player name: Joey
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Team/role preference: Min-Gi would prefer to be on Ryan's team, but honestly would probably try harder and perform better if they were on opposites so put him wherever. Catcher might be a decent role for him? Idk, I don't know baseball.
Modifier: 0-ish.
He's not incredibly sporty, but it's not like he's unfit either. He will do worse in higher pressure positions where he feels like people are watching more. On the other hand he is ambidextrous, has a strong left armed throw, and according to my baseball advisor this can create a small pitching advantage, so maybe he'd actually be okay there.
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Player name: Julian
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Team/role preference: Whatever team Yuri is not on, probably on Dax's team if there's space
Modifier: +5
Flynn's been wielding a sword since he was about four years old and he's incredibly good at it! He's got excellent hand-eye coordination and he learns very quickly, especially about physical things. Generally, he's in phenomenal physical condition (see: morning runs). Also, he LOVES competition and despite his good nature he is competitive as hell and will be at the top of his game, even if he doesn't know what this game is or how it works.
He'll be better as a batter and in the field than he will as a pitcher.
If he's against Yuri, he's going to get even more competitive. It'll be awful.
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Player name: Jelle
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Team/role preference: Absolutely no specific preference, throw her wherever she's needed! Olympia is probably a last pick anyway.. If her world had regular high school, she'd forever be doomed to be the last picked during P.E. class..
Modifier: 0. Olympia's pros and cons balance each other out. She can be a little clumsy and is definitely not a sports type of girl, but she will be determined to do her best and will probably dissuade people from stealing an extra base when she's standing near it and looking like the saddest little wet kitten anyone has ever seen.
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Player name: Orlando
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Team/role preference: No preference, though he might slightly prefer Dax's team (she seems smart). For role, just let him hit things sometimes and he'll be fine.
Modifier:+4
Wolfwood has extremely good reflexes and hand/eye coordination, as well as exceptional balance and great speed. He will get very into competing and be entirely unintiminated by anyone guarding the bases because he's out to beat them too. His drawbacks are a bit of a tendency towards tunnel vision, the possibility he'll accidentally use too much force (oops I was a science experiment and still don't remember that), and frankly that he might just run right into getting tagged out.
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Player name: Orlando
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Team/role preference: Umpire.
Modifier:+5
The hilarious thing is that everything about Młynar (inhuman strength and even more inhuman speed, special keen eyesight, extensive sword experience) would make him a monster at baseball. But he's here to see that everyone can get a fair chance and have fun. The special keen eyesight will make him good at identifying what's going on and making correct calls, and his natural tendency to generate a disapproving vibe might be an asset when asking people to play fair. He will ask the games club for a copy of the rules immediately after being recruited and will have a very detailed memory of them by the time the game comes around.
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Player name: Rona
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Team/role preference: wherever Dax shoves him
Modifier: 0 for chaos. does he have superhuman reflexes and an omniscient awareness of every body nearby? yes. is he too busy fucking around to actually catch the ball? also yes
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Player name: floral
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Team/role preference: Noelle is getting badgered by Alec and Dax but is neutral as to the team she's on! She would do best as a catcher.
Modifier: Noelle is extremely competitive and good at strategy, and is also extremely strong, fast, and larger than most of the players. She is fairly self conscious though and doesn't have a lot of experience with team sports, which means that she nets out at a +2 modifier.
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Player name: Becca
Player contact: historien on Plurk
Team/role preference: as requested, Pal would like to be the umpire!
Modifier: (and any explanation or flavoring) Vibes are "Odo in the baseball Star Trek episode"
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Player name: Nat
Player contact: crow47 @ plurk
Team/role preference: Noelle's team
Modifier: -2. She's too busy trying to show off to be good.
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Player name: dg
Player contact: discord
Team captain: Keiichi! he captains himself
Team name suggestion: Keiichi will suggest that they be called the Wellstone Warriors!
Uniform suggestion: the Wellstone Warriors (or, whatever they end up being called) ought to march with cowboy hats, in his opinion
After party contribution: keiichi's going to be going around badgering people to participate in future events the club holds, and he also helped set things up for the party in the first place, naturally!
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Player name: Nat
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Team captain: Dax
Team name suggestion: don't let her name the team. guys. please
Uniform suggestion: Dax is going to try sooo hard to get people to be invested in the idea of "stripes" and "little hats"
After party contribution: she helped set it up and probably spent too much time on making little decorations
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Player name: Tzvia
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Team captain: Dax
Team name suggestion: He'll argue hard for an animal name. Dragons would be his top pick.
Uniform suggestion: He'll push back against anything he considers too undignified, but ultimately, he doesn't deeply care.
After party contribution: He won't be organizing it, but he'll help with set-up and happily socialize.
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Player name: mads
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Team captain: Keiichi
Team name suggestion: Wellstone Wolves, Wellstone Wolverines, Wellstone Winners (rip)
Uniform suggestion: he is here for the cowboy hats and thinks they should all wear orange
After party contribution: Certainly bringing food! Probably a cake! Maybe he can find someway to grill and can grill up some burgers! Grill dad time
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Player name: Julian
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Team captain: (if applicable) Dax
Team name suggestion: Flynn's awful at naming things but he's going to vocally support Light's idea of being the Dragons, because it sounds cool.
Uniform suggestion: Unfortunately for everyone, Flynn has no sense of dignity re: what he wears and so he's ALSO going to be vocally in favor of "stripes" and "little hats"
After party contribution: He was definitely there to help set things up! Give him tables to haul around and do NOT let him near the food. There are probably little handmade baseball-themed decorations and if your character doesn't have anything to do he may have roped you into helping make those?? Also going to help Yuri grill (read: stand by the grill and flip things).
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And given this excellent opportunity to bring up his favourite fact, he will point out that he has "dragon" (龍) in his name, so it's meant to be since the team has an actual dragon and all..........
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Player name: Beth
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Team captain: Keiichi
Team name suggestion: Niners. Original name do not steal.
Uniform suggestion: Alec thinks they should wear long sleeves and long pants due to not wanting anyone to see his elbows or knees. Uncouth. Also lobbied for baseball caps due to his delicate complexion.
After party contribution: Alec made posters. They are a series of pictures of people in baseball uniforms being sad (Shinji posing on chairs, face down in the dirt, tragically walking away from a baseball diamond) in a vaguely early 2010s Invader Zim inspired style. Whether they went up is up to Dax and Keiichi.
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Player name: Horse
Player contact: horsechiffon on discord
Team captain: Keiichi
Team name suggestion: The Knights
Uniform suggestion: Matching sweat towels
After party contribution: Cid is so into baseball now. It's at least 1/4th of his personality considering he only has like 3 other memories, each less substantial than the last. He'll literally just buzz around energetically doing anything that needs doing.
He will definitely procure booze.
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Do they just make the posters look more vaguely ominous in combination with the sad baseball players? Yes.
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Player name: Min
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Team captain: Dax
Team name suggestion: Ryouma will support Light's "Dragons" idea
and nominate himself as the mascotUniform suggestion: He will also support Dax in "stripes" and "little hats" because he has no shame and he's being a team player and HELPING.
After party contribution: He would volunteer himself to be put to work to help setup!
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Player name: Zorn
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Team captain: Keiichi
Team name suggestion: Barnabas agrees with Cid's suggestion of The Knights.
Uniform suggestion: He offers no opinion on this, even when pressed. Sorry, that apathy is powerful.
After party contribution: Barnabas can be asked to help out with certain tasks, like decorating, moving heavy stuff, etc, and sometimes he will acquiesce and do it. Otherwise, people might simply get a silent stare until they go away. Really, he isn't the most social person, so at the party itself he will likely keep to himself and just observe people.
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(Where are the hats coming from? We don’t know. I like to think Well provided. Or they’re attaching brims to bowls for batter helmets. Yikes.)
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Player name: Faye
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Team captain: Dax
Team name suggestion: Dragons is appropriately aggressive! Cam has no stakes but thinks a team name should at least be like…threatening
Uniform suggestion: Stripes and little hats! But also Cam is for them all wearing the same color, if nothing else.
After party contribution: Cam can cook but does she REMEMBER that? Probably not, so I’m volunteering her for break-down/cleanup (we have a lot of setup helpers) and also, if desired, carting over a lot of gratuitous pecan pie from the diner.
She’ll be socializing (and pleased with the win/shenanigans) but. Cammishly: she was probably more unpromptedly talkative while playing. Probably mooostly hanging near Dax and Pal.