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thursdays_angel ([personal profile] thursdays_angel) wrote2009-09-04 09:17 pm

Baseball Team Meeting.

Castiel has had a new opportunity to make signs, and multicolored flyers have gone up all over the bar.

There will be a Team Meeting
for those playing with Castiel
on the baseball diamond, beginning at 4 o’clock


On the appointed day, he sets up his meeting at the baseball diamond. Castiel has witnessed meetings like this before. And he has prepared accordingly.

A beverage called Kool Aid seems to be popular, so Castiel has provided three large pitchers’ worth—one red, one purple, one green—along with paper cups. And several boxes worth of cookies. Some upended crates from the building supplies serve as makeshift tables. There is also a selection of bats and a bucket of balls laid out by the bleachers, and extra copies of the rule book Meg has compiled.

Castiel—as ever, in his trench coat--stands a little apart, hands clasped behind his back. He’s not quite sure what to say. Addressing assemblies has never really been a part of his job description.

He clears his throat.

“Hello,” he says. “Welcome to the team meeting.”

So far, so good.

“The purpose of this meeting is to become acquainted, so that we may go forth into the game with a sense of camraderie. This way we may talk, and, if we wish, practice together.”

Castiel nods deicisively.

Clearly, the celestial chain of command is not good at delivering the warm, fuzzy speeches. But it’s a start.

[OOC: For the players and their muns to have a good time. Go forth, handwave, play, mingle, enjoy!]
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
X is not a pitcher, which means her form is not what one might expect.

But she does have an unerring accuracy when it comes to throwing, which means even a side-arm throw will whip the ball right through the center of Teja's strike zone.

Well. His approximate strike zone, at least.
ostro_goth: (Deep look)

[personal profile] ostro_goth 2009-09-05 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Teja aims, swings, and hits with great strength, making the ball fly far away.

"Thank you!"
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
X throws again.

And again.

(She will probably keep going until Teja indicates he would prefer to switch. It seems polite.)
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[personal profile] ostro_goth 2009-09-05 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Teja hits most of those balls well, but not all, of course; and one, he misses completely.

"You do that very well," he says, after a while. "Would you like to take a turn batting?"
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, please," X says.

This is the area in which she really requires practice. A lot of practice.

And once she has obtained a bat appropriate to her strength and reach --

"Okay. You can throw now."
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[personal profile] ostro_goth 2009-09-05 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Teja puts on the glove, which was a gift of the Devil as well, and walks over to the balls.

He picks one, and throws, rather straightforward.
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
X stretches a little to hit it, resulting in a foul tip.

Her reaction suggests that this is what happens a lot.
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[personal profile] ostro_goth 2009-09-05 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Stand straight and hit it squarely," Teja says. "The bat will give you enough reach, if the ball is thrown at you fairly."
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
X stands very still for a moment, processing Teja's instruction.

Then she nods once, shifting her stance.

Maybe this will work better.
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[personal profile] ostro_goth 2009-09-05 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Teja throws again.
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
She manages a nice grounder halfway between first and second -- it's not bad, but not great.

But with more practice she'll get in some more solid hits.

Teja's advice is very helpful.
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[personal profile] ostro_goth 2009-09-05 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Teja throws for her for as long as she wants.

Well, almost, depending on how long she can keep doing this.
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
She can keep doing this all day. And well into tomorrow. Literally.

But she will stop well before that -- it doesn't take that many pitches before she's gotten enough muscle memory of successful hitting to be able to do a half-decent job in her at bats.

She'll say thank you when they're done.
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[personal profile] ostro_goth 2009-09-05 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"You have learned that very fast," Teja says, when she does.
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"I have been well-trained," she says, returning the bat to the pile Castiel provided.

"Physical things are not difficult."

Among other things.

Social graces and abstract thinking outside of combat, however, are still tricky.
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[personal profile] ostro_goth 2009-09-05 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"What have you been trained at?" Teja asks.
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Combat," X says, matter-of-factly.

"I am good at killing people."

This is not a lie.
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[personal profile] ostro_goth 2009-09-05 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"So am I," Teja says. "It seems a good fighter may make a good baseball player, and the other way around."
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
X looks a little dubious.

"I do not think baseball players are good at hurting other people."

Most of the time, anyway.

"It is not their job."
Edited 2009-09-05 23:11 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ostro_goth 2009-09-05 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"They do similar things without hurting people," Teja says, "or rather, hurting them only symbolically."
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"It is still not the same."

Beat.

"For them."

But that is okay.
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[personal profile] ostro_goth 2009-09-05 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"No," Teja says. "Most men would prefer a baseball game to a battle, one may assume."
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Now," X says. "Yes."

It still does not make sense to her.

Oh well.
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[personal profile] ostro_goth 2009-09-05 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"I will fight and kill when I have to," Teja says, "but I would not seek battle for a cause not my own. Unless it was on the battlefield world; but that is different."
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[personal profile] cutting_edgex23 2009-09-05 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
X frowns.

"The battlefield world?"

This she has not heard of.

"I do not understand."

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