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[scaremonger]

[ VIDEO ]

[ And here's Caliborn today, addressing the network with a video post. It is pointed at him in true myspace fashion. Those angles flatter EVERYONE, ok, even if you're an angry green skull monster.

He really doesn't look pleased though, and his vaguely British androgynous whiny voice reflects that as well. ]

Everyone's making annoying icky gross posts. All sentimental and shit. Like. Who cares man. No one does. Fuck your emotional shit.

Let's talk about something cool instead.

I had an idea. A GREAT idea. And. It starts like. "Do you want to play a game". Yeah?? You do? Great. You don't? Fuck your shit. We're doing this my way. We're playing a game. Whether you like it or not.

The twist, though. That's the fun part. For me. And also for you. Which makes it an especially shitty twist. Because. Only the bad guy-- ME-- is supposed to benefit?? Wow. Who saw that dilemma coming. I sure didn't!

I am so fucking bored here. There's only so much crappy self-insert fanfic you can read. In a single day. Or week. Or lifetime. So. We're going to play a game of your choosing. Teach me some cool games. All of you preferably. And we're going to play that shit. Spin that record babe? You dig.

Bring your board game of choice. Or cards. Or something that doesn't suck. But tryyyy not to bring something obvious. Like. Connect Four. Or fucking Snakes and Ladders. ESPECIALLY not chess. Checkers would be alright though.

[ Totally derailed himself tho. He'd honestly be fine with any game, he just wants to try NEW whacky and weird shit from other worlds. ]

Bring that to me in the DINING ROOM!


[ SPAM ]

[ And this asshole will be found at one of the big ass tables in the dining hall for most of today. He's probably eating something disgusting and entirely raw, or maybe chowing down on sugary delights. Either way, he's waiting around for someone to show up.

Even if you're here for entirely unrelated reasons, he'll probably wave you down. Provided you're alone, anyways. ]

Comments

[Video]

[deadly_ned]

Connect Four is an obvious game?

Also I would sort of hesitate in calling you a 'bad guy'. Unless you're identifying as one on your own time.

[Video]

[fearmonger]

I am completely a bad guy. 100% confirmed. For. Fucking terrible?

Connect Four IS an obvious game. And I have played virtual versions. Against strangers in the past over the internet. Way too many times. So I want a fresh new game. Maybe even. With that refreshing new plastic smell. Yes, that would be OPTIMAL.

[ He pauses though, and in a tone that is significantly less enthused, Caliborn adds: ]

But if all you have is Connect Four. I can deal with that.

[Video]

[deadly_ned]

I only have the games I played when I was younger. Which mostly consisted of marbles and sticks we pretended were guns. Playtime wasn't usually a...thing.

There's a pool table.

[video]

[fearmonger]

[ Hmmmm. Caliborn considers making some dumb comment about getting real guns and how his totally served him well in childhood but then there's a MUCH more important question waiting to be asked. So he asks it. ]

What's a pool table. I guess it's a game?? But. What game. How do you play it.

[spam]

[megamind]

[ Megamind's boyfriend is the Riddler. ]

[ This fact is really important when you take into account the amount of games he now has. Card games, chess sets, board games of a thousand stripes, and a couple of puzzle boxes. ]

[ Congratulations: it's now a boardgame party in the dining room and it's your fault Caliborn. ]

Ollo!

[spam]

[fearmonger]

[ He is perfectly okay with being at fault for family game night.

But he's also fucking stupid so he interprets the greeting as... well. Something else entirely. ]

You're supposed to say MARCO first. I've never gone swimming. And even I know that much.

[ Then he gets a proper look at Megamind. He focuses in on the size of his head, the fact that he's blue "like water", and floors the metaphorical gas pedal on his figurative car. ]

Are you a jelly fish man. Haa haa haa, oh wow. That'd. Make this ironic. A man who used to live in the sea. Getting the basics of a sea game wrong??? Fucking classic.

Re: [spam]

[megamind]

I am not a jellyfish man. Nor was I playing 'Macro Polo.'

[ Megamind tilts his head, looking back at the brainbots carting his games. ]

THEY look like jelly fish. And I said 'ollo'. I'm called Megamind.

[spam]

[fearmonger]

[ He looks back at the robots, considering them deeply. Then considers Megamind deeply. He grins widely and shrugs. ]

No. I think you're DEFINITELY a jelly fish man. And I think you fucked up Marco Polo real bad. It's okay, though. Amateur mistake. Now you know. I win the first game.

Are your feelers masquerading as that hair on your chin.

[codename_duchess]

Fine, Sugar Skull, let's play Calvinball.

wonder twin powers activate

[this_corrosion]

Oh my God.

[mistconduct]

You two aren't grown-ass adults, right? You're kids who look like adults. Like Tom Hanks in Big.

[codename_duchess]

Okay, new rule: cyborgs are now dartboards. Fifty points each time you hit Chris in the head with a tennis ball.

[fearmonger]

[ So many unknown terms flying around here. Sugar Skull? Calvinball???? But he figured that was the whole point: learn about new games. Still a little suspicious though. ]

How do you play Calvinball.

[codename_duchess]

The question isn't how do you play Calvinball, it's how don't you play Calvinball.

[text]

[synchronous]

Games, huh? You ever hear of the Silent Game?

[text]

[fearmonger]

NO.

IT SOUNDS MADE UP. BUT. I'M WILLING TO HEAR A LAME ASS BRO OUT. SO. HIT ME WITH IT.

HOW DO YOU PLAY THIS. "SILENT GAME".

[text]

[synchronous]

The Silent Game, from Milton-Bradley, for 2 or more players ages 5 and up. The rules are simple: First person to make a sound loses.

[characterdefect]

You gamble at all?

[fearmonger]

I've never actually. Done a proper "gamble". That didn't involve inevitably winning. No real chance. Or sense of suspense. When you know for fucking fact. You're going to win??

[ Caliborn no one asked. ]

So yeah. I haven't. But I'd like to.

What did you have in mind.

[characterdefect]

Well, now, there's something to be said for a little suspense.

I was thinking about poker. Or 21. You know those games?

[video]

[walkingmeltdown]

...Oh, so you're the other "yelling green skull". I had wondered.

[Because man, how common a description can that be?]

[video]

[fearmonger]

[ Caliborn squints at him, trying to figure it out. Yep, definitely another green skull. This is so not something you encounter every day. ]

...

Of course I fucking am.

You're not a cherub, though. Too much like. Actual bone. From what I can see over this dumb viewport?? I could be wrong. But it wouldn't be my fault. Because of shitty equipment.

What ARE you.

That will determine. Who the best yelling green skull even is.

[video]

[walkingmeltdown]

I knew I was going to regret making contact, really, the minute I opened my mouth...

[Muttered more to himself, and practically accompanied by an eye-roll. Not that the second part is...all that obvious.]

I'm not really interested in making it a contest. All it is, is remotely noteworthy, considering we apparently both got here on exactly the same day. Now at least I know what a few people were even talking about.

video

[fire_punk]

What kind of game do you want to play?

[surfaceshine]

I've got a better idea, hoss:

Why don't you come to the pub on Tuesday night after dinner and get in on the games we got going already.