witchesreign | HOLI PAINT BALLOON TOURNAMENT

[The GFC, the Disciplinary Committee, and Fight Club have teamed up to bring Balamb Garden an unforgettable experience with the weekend-long paint balloon tournament! Prior to the tournament, various sponsorships are given tables to organize and plot for their dominance over the other teams.

During the tournament, most parts of the school is fair game! (Though Headmaster has politely requested that all students refrain from the usual restricted parts of the school). Feel free to hit your opponents, though don't be surprised if they strike back! There are a few stations that are designated paint-free zones: the GFC, DiscComm, and Fight Club areas (as the Fight Club's hosting seminars, the DiscComm is monitoring students for suspicious activity, and the GFC's selling balloons and food) as well as the gymnasium and pool, but the rest of Garden is fair-game.

All students, SeeD, and staff members are given ten paint-filled balloons to start. The GFC will be selling extra balloons for 2 gil a piece, while craftier people may find a way to circumvent their limits.

Happy Holi! Fight, win, and eat lots of yummy spring-themed goods!]

[ooc: We will not be monitoring balloon usage, so feel free to go over the limit! We just politely request that you refrain from using a godlike amount unless it would be IC for your character. Enjoy Holi, everyone!]

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[Kate's pretty much wandering around, slingshot sticking out of the front of her jeans pocket, trying to find someone to hit. She really doesn't give a damn if she gets hit herself, though she will try to dodge anything she sees.]

[DON'T LOOK NOW but Pinkie has modified her cupcake bazooka to shoot paint balloons instead. She just turned a dial, really. She's also covered in paint, since she doesn't care if she gets hit either!]

INCOMINNNNNNG!!!

[PCHOO!!]

[HOLY SHIT. Instinct kicks in at seeing a gun-like thing pointed at her face, and she rolls off to the side to avoid it. There's good fun and then there's big-ass pink weapons pointed at her.]

Isn't that a little... much?

Well, I was going to make a balloon launcher, but I ran out of time after backing some pies! So this was WAY easier to fix up! [Isn't it precious?!] Besides, it's just a paint balloon! They don't explode this time!

Uh, the whole point of the paint balloons is to explode on impact.

I mean like EXPLODE, explode. You know, like KABOOM!!

I don't want to hurt people!

You might want to rethink that... monstrosity then.

Because that looks like that will hurt.

Only at point blank range!

[You say that with such confidence... And still Kate does not believe you.] Have you tested it on yourself?

How responsible would I be to let someone else use my cannon?! That would be SUPER AMAZINGLY irresponsible!! Plus DUH! Hitting anyone with this at HYPER CLOSE RANGE would hurt! No one needs a test for that!

And it's completely responsible to use it on other people? You don't seem to be seeing the glaringly huge double standard.

[The few times Pinkie gets serious.]

You're not getting it!

Most targets are FAR FAR away, so it won't hurt. Hitting a target under three feet away WILL hurt. Besides, I kinda doubt your slingshot is any safer than my cupcake canon.

Yeah, no. The only thing powering the slingshot is my arm. I can control that. You push a button and that machine does the rest--there isn't even a comparison.

NOPE! Wrong again! This canon has a dial for adjustments!

[Pinkie turns it around to show her. Currently, the energy on the canon is set to its lowest setting.] You can't just leave it on high! It would RUIN my canon! I worked pretty hard to get this custom made, too!

Which doesn't change the fact it's still fired mechanically.

And glad to see you care more about your canon than other people. [Kate normally isn't this prickly, but you've accidentally pushed a couple of her buttons. Sorry, Pinkie.]

You seem kinda biased. [Is she a slingshot lover? What with all the dislike?!] Why do you think that?! If that were the case, I wouldn't be a SeeD! Besides, I don't see you going after that guy with his canon! [She's talking about Edward, whom she points to even though he thinks he's hiding.]

[Hoists her canon onto her shoulder, which the other hand rests on her hip.] What's your deal?

[Wow, really? That's your logic? Kate will be turning her head briefly to look at Ed, keeping Pinkie in her peripheral vision.] He's not the one shoving that thing in my face, but you can bet if he had I'd be telling him the same thing.

My "deal" is you're supposed to be an adult, you should probably think like one. [Sorry, she really doesn't like guns and irresponsible adults.]

You're just exaggerating now! It wasn't even near your face!

If you're calling me irresponsible, then you're also calling Balamb Garden for being irresponsible. Weapons have to be approved and registered before we can buy them. I followed ALL the protocols, regulations, and crossed every 'T' and dotted every 'I' before getting this. Just because you have a problem with my weapon of choice, doesn't you can name call! You don't even know me!

I'm going to go play somewhere else, since obviously I'm not welcomed over here. [Pinkie turns on her heel, walks a few steps and yells over her shoulder.] HAVE A NICE DAY.

[Just sort of... stares.

What the fuck just happened?]

[Is this a bad time for the guy with the other cannon to fire a balloon her way? He's too far away to have heard any of that exchange or noticed Pinkie pointing out his hiding place, but he recognises somebody standing still when he sees them!]

[Yeah, yeah it is.

She's going to fire a balloon back at you with her slingshot before charging at you. She isn't in a good mood, Ed.]

[Yeah, he can see that now... if only because he just managed to shield his eyes with a jacket sleeve just before the balloon found its mark. How does everyone seem to know exactly where to run? Are there posters advertising his hiding place or something?!

He'd wonder who the hell this is and what he did to piss her off, but that's something he can think about later. As in, after bringing his hands together and putting a sizeable wall of earth between him and the charging lady.]

[Well, can't speak for everyone, but you can definitely blame Pinkie for Kate knowing where you were, Ed.

Upon seeing the wall of Earth she skids to a halt.] Are you trying to hurt someone?

[So unfair!

He sticks his head round the side of the makeshift wall to glare at her, because peeking over the top is... not really an option, let's say.] Shouldn't I be asking you that?

You're the one with the giant canon.

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