party post: hail the conquering heroes | outside, tree fort

[ikissdhimbck]

Anyone in the main barroom or out by the lake today will be treated to an odd sight. Dozens of girls, shouting, squealing, running through the backdoor and across the lawn, arms laden with all manner of treats — and one boy, tied up, pulled along with them.

The gang makes their way to the forest, where a tree fort rises above the ground. It's quite a fancy fort, equipped with slingshots, water balloon launchers, and other weaponry and defenses. The interior paneling has some Cybertronian script on it. There's a tire swing outside fashioned from a tractor tire, a crow's nest, and the entrance may be had by ladder, drawbridge, or manual elevator. Inside there are comics, pudding snacks, and the sort of things you'd expect to see in a tree house. It was clearly designed by somebody who really loved their gadgets, and knew what they were doing.

Kate and Natasha have seized the property. Being outlaws in need of a hideout, and all.

"This way!"

Natasha is already inside, leaving all entrances open to the returning posse and offering cover from anyone who might be following. Once the snacks are secured and the prisoner is dealt with, everyone can breathe a huge sigh of relief.

And enjoy the fruits of their labor.


[ooc: give us one minute to set up some thread headings before tagging We're open for business! This post is wide, wide open to everyone — boy, girl, adult, child, animal, mineral, etc. The girls will be inside the tree fort, but it's completely visible from the ground for any who want to stop by and see what's going on, or sneak their way in. ^__^

tiny!tag: age spell plot]

Comments

[a1enzo]

"Half mine. A friend and I built it. But it's public as long as you don't trash it or anything. Oh, and don't eat any of the snacks with the electrical hazard symbols on 'em."

[ikissdhimbck]

"We brought our own food. We liberated it from grown-up tyranny!"

Besides, electricity is just more witchcraft.

"An' we're stayin' up here till the law stops lookin'!"

(There is no law looking.)

[a1enzo]

"And what exactly did you liberate?"

[ikissdhimbck]

"Everything."

(Not everything.)

"All the food they was keepin' locked up, away from everybody."

[a1enzo]

"Locked up?" What food would this be?

[ikissdhimbck]

"Uh-huh."

She nods enthusiastically. Far more enthusiastic than she would be were she not buzzing from eating too much candy.

"Locked up in that giant icebox, an' behind the Bar, where we gotta ask while they hoard it all!"

[a1enzo]

Ah. So it was basically just a kitchen raid.

"I should probably have something to say about this..." he muses out loud.

[ikissdhimbck]

Her eyes grow large once more.

"Oh, no! You wouldn't rat on us, would you?"

[a1enzo]

"Welllll... I am a member of Security," he declares, drawing out the words. "We kinda frown on theft..."

[ikissdhimbck]

"It wasn't thievin'!"

She pauses. Hold on a minute, Natasha explained this to her before.

"It was liberatin', so everybody could have their fair share no matter what their age, or how much money they had, or who their families were! It's more fair this way."

[a1enzo]

"So you're gonna be handing it out to everyone?"

[ikissdhimbck]

"We're all sharin'. Equal-like."

Maybe not with adults, per se, but any child who's gone without is welcome to what they have.

She thinks for a moment.

"We could share with you ... "

In exchange for your silence.

[a1enzo]

"Is that you trying to bribe me?" he says sternly.

[ikissdhimbck]

She huffs.

"I s'pose, had I not offered you somethin', you'd cry ah-ha! an' say we ain't sharin'."

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ENTRAPMENT.

[a1enzo]

"Fair point."

It was her tone, though. Honest.

Sigh. "You do know there's a fund that covers kids, right?"

[ikissdhimbck]

The narration believes you.

Katherine is a very wily child.

" ... A fund?"

[a1enzo]

"To pay for your food if you come here without parents or whoever to pay for you."

[ikissdhimbck]

"Oh."

This is brand new information.

"Of course we knew. It's the principle of the thing."

Um.

[a1enzo]

"Oh, sure, I totally get that." Uh-huh. "I'm just saying, I could consider all this food to be, y'know, just a really big order."

[ikissdhimbck]

Her brow is deeply furrowed. It takes a few moments to figure out what he's getting at, but once she does it dawns on her features just as brightly.

"Yes, y'could!"

She flashes him a quick smile.

"That would be all proper-like."

[a1enzo]

"I thought so." A touch more sternly: "Just be careful not to use the whole fund up at once, okay? And don't make yourselves sick in there, or you're cleaning it up."

[ikissdhimbck]

Her nose wrinkles.

"We ain't babies."

Honestly.

She disappears for a minute, and comes back with a Babe Ruth candy bar. She tosses it at him with surprising accuracy.

"We're much obliged, officer!"

[a1enzo]

Enzo snags it out of the air one-handed and salutes with it. He'll have to digitize it, but it's the thought that counts.