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umbrellajackassery2019-03-27 02:34 pm
the_arachnid) wrote in umbrellajackassery2019-03-27 02:34 pm
Define 'play fair'?
Hello, residents and guests of the Hargreeves House. It's another day of waking up to something attached to your bedroom door. It's a largish box, containing a single Nerf Gun, one for each person in the room. And a shitload of ammunition, too. Peter's no dummy. He knows full well some of you guys have guests.
And there's a note attached in Peter's precise handwriting, signed with a tiny spider instead of a signature.
Good morning, family and guests. You are now part of a house-wide game of Nerf War. And before you say you aren't, you opened the note. That means, as per the rules of how we've always played this game, you're in.
The other rules are as follows:
No team-ups.
Every Man, Woman and Child (or Child-Shaped Person) for themselves.
Don't aim for the face or anything below the waist.
There are several flags within the house, each with either your name or your number on it. Once you have your flag, you must get it to your mini flagpole in the kitchen. You can steal other peoples flags, but only if it hasn't been placed yet.
If your flag is stolen, you have to wait exactly sixty seconds before you're in play again. Once your flag is placed, you're officially a non-target and can take it easy.
A change to the final rule, which I'm sure will delight everyone involved, Powers are allowed.
Consider this training and practice. Or consider it fun. I don't care.
P.H.
Have Fun, everyone! Peter expects none of the rules to be followed and won't fault anyone for teaming up. He also expects team-ups to end in sudden but inevitable betrayal.
You know, as one does in the Hargreeves house.
And there's a note attached in Peter's precise handwriting, signed with a tiny spider instead of a signature.
Good morning, family and guests. You are now part of a house-wide game of Nerf War. And before you say you aren't, you opened the note. That means, as per the rules of how we've always played this game, you're in.
The other rules are as follows:
No team-ups.
Every Man, Woman and Child (or Child-Shaped Person) for themselves.
Don't aim for the face or anything below the waist.
There are several flags within the house, each with either your name or your number on it. Once you have your flag, you must get it to your mini flagpole in the kitchen. You can steal other peoples flags, but only if it hasn't been placed yet.
If your flag is stolen, you have to wait exactly sixty seconds before you're in play again. Once your flag is placed, you're officially a non-target and can take it easy.
A change to the final rule, which I'm sure will delight everyone involved, Powers are allowed.
Consider this training and practice. Or consider it fun. I don't care.
P.H.
Have Fun, everyone! Peter expects none of the rules to be followed and won't fault anyone for teaming up. He also expects team-ups to end in sudden but inevitable betrayal.
You know, as one does in the Hargreeves house.
Lucy | OTA
She was also a little surprised by the revocation of the usual 'no powers' rule, though figured it was because most of them were adults with arguably better control over their powers than they'd had the last time they played this game.
Once she'd wrangled her hair under a bandanna she was ready to go, kicking off her shoes and taking a moment to listen for any noise in the hall before opening her door just far enough to get through it, watching out for the three creaky spots in the floor between her and the stairs, and heading upstairs instead of down, planning on checking the upper floors for her flag first and working her way down.
The best places to catch her are probably in the library, probably on top of or wedged between shelves.
The Living Room, probably up in Grace's gallery, hidden behind the bar, or under furniture.
The Kitchen, camping out to peg people before they can get their flags hung, hidden in among the glass display cases, or just getting a snack, gotta keep fueled after all.