the paintball meme!

[herotypical]

"ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇʏ"
the paintball meme

▣ the malnosso have decided to host a paintball war in luceti. everyone has a paintball gun; no one is excluded.
▣ of course, everyone is desperate to win. if they do, they get a fabulous prize: a trip home? shift immunity? draft dodges?
▣ what the villagers don't know is that they might end up with the incentive to take things a little too seriously!
▣ get hit and maybe the droids will eventually try and take you away...

 

ᴍᴇᴛʜᴏᴅ:

TAG WITH YOUR CHARACTERS!
TAG OTHERS!
USE RNG TO CHOOSE A SCENARIO OR CHOOSE YOUR OWN!
HAVE FUN!

 

ᴏᴘᴛɪᴏɴs:

oo1. the chips are down: you are the last two players left. do you break your alliance for the win or do you settle for a draw?

oo2. one last stand: you and your teammate are about to be annihilated in a fury of paint from the opposing team. this is your last moment together before the oblivion of defeat -- how will you spend it?

oo3. take cover: the pair of you just survived an opening offensive from the enemy team, but then you realize one of you got hit. how do you say goodbye? do you foolishly try to save them from the droids?

oo4. turncoat: you're on your own in this ruthless war; however, maybe you can seduce your foe into joining your side. just until you no longer need them, of course...

oo5. this is not a toy: the game is halfway over and you just realized that everything -- the guns, the ammo, the wounds -- are all real! can the two of you stop the war or will you be lucky enough to survive? but first you have to convince your partner that it's not just a game.

oo6. geneva convention: you're out of ammo and you're out of luck. can you convince your opponent to take prisoners instead of going for the "kill"? or will these be your last moments?

oo7. hostage situation: either you've been taken hostage or you'd better take your own hostage -- and fast, too. the enemy forces are closing in.

oo8. r&r: it's the end of the second day. the paintball war is tiring and you need to find a place to spend the night. better find someone you can trust to watch your back. even better if they happen to have some supplies to trade.

ʙᴏɴᴜs ᴏᴘᴛɪᴏɴs:

 

the malnosso must be using paint from the '50s. something dangerous and definitely toxic, because you're starting to act a little...weird.  only when you get hit. either make up your own behaviour-altering effect or here are some suggestions:

01: exceptionally paranoid; 02: freakishly happy; 03: irrationally jealous; 04: way too affectionate; 05: embarrassingly weepy

[ extra kudos to masa for thinktanking this with me! ] 

Comments

buffy summers.

[herotypical]

7!

[arturius]

The truth of it was, Arthur was alone in Luceti. Not even here a year and he had few allies. So when he had caught Buffy in the middle of the night, trying to get some sleep, he had relieved her of her ammo and decided it was in his best interest to keep her in the game. She had friends, lots of friends, and she knew this place better than anyone he knew. So if it came down to it, she might be useful to him. After all, this was his one shot to get home.

Behind the bar at Good Spirits, the place mostly wrecked and covered in paint, Arthur carefully loaded more paint pellets into his gun, while also keeping an eye on his hostage to make sure she didn't try something. "This war is lasting longer than I thought. I can't survive on salted peanuts forever."

richard sharpe.

[greenjacketed]

04. War is for the winners.

[abidinglaw]

[Norrington had hidden and let the rifleman walk right by him, and now he has a pistol at the back of his head. Strategy, he might call it, but in his heart he knows that it was a coward's move.]

I hear that you are a dab hand with that rifle of yours, so do not make the mistake of thinking that I will not end you at the first sign of deception.

Molly Carpenter

[talentsgirl]

[Hoooooooo crap, incoming!]

7. *lol*

[greenjacketed]

"Molly," he hissed as he grabbed onto her arm -- gruff Yorkshire vowels only inches away from her ear. "Do you trust me, lass?"

His gun -- a rifle version of a paintball gun, of course -- was firm in hand but not raised. Not yet.

sokka

[markofthewise]

4 :|

[herotypical]

Buffy was hiding out behind the smithy when she caught sight of someone who...could be an ally, if she played her cards right.

Darkly-clothed and packing paintball heat, the Slayer leaned to the side. She whispered: "Pssst. Sokka."

Katara

[markofthebrave]

[...this is obviously not water-based paint.]

2

[savedtheworld]

[Aang panicked, using all of his leaf-esque movements to dodge the flurry of paint until he was able to take cover behind an overturned table in the room that was supposed to be the team's rendezvous point. And there was only one teammate left waiting there. He grinned sheepishly.]

Hey Katara.

Freyjadour Falenas

[falenandawn]

[Oh wow this meme sounds awesome.]

[godbent]

[And then Frey was at Haruhi's mercy. Well "mercy" his gun's kicked aside and her gun is pointed right at him as she stands over him. And she's got a smirk but.

Doing this movie style]

Going to offer me something?

Tony Stark

[alloys]

6.

[herotypical]

[ she curses her luck as she raises her hands. but buffy doesn't want to surrender. not yet. she has one last gambit to try. ]

T-Tone. You don't wanna do this.

ling yao

[avaricious]

Gracia Hughes

[contentedly]

[...seriously, what is she even supposed to do with this?

Um. Help?]

4, oh boy. XD

[lostinmyway]

[How Grune got involved in this war is anyone's guess, but she's here and she has a gun, which she is...not currently using. Instead, she's waving with her free hand.]

Hello, Gracia!

Hiccup Haddock

[dragoneer]

[YIPPIE-AYE-KAY-EY]

Rogue

[touchofrogue]

[Heck yes, paintball!]

[tellmejohn]

[Well he's in the item shop because after a long day of fighting he needed to get himself some new cooling rods. Despite, you know, shooting everything there are practical concerns. However, he also got stuck in the item shop. Under siege and all that. Or more technically, siege from the outside and isolated groups inside of it waiting for people to... look for ammo? Probably.

He levels his weapon, crouching in cover and snarling a bit to himself in his position, waiting for things to happen when-

Oh. The curator is still here for some reason? He can't tell if she's solo or with one of the groups inside, but he's going to point his weapon at her from a distance and slide closer. Quietly]

Toph Bei Fong

[metalbends]

1. The chips. They are down.

[abidinglaw]

Come out and give yourself up, I'll have no more of this creeping about. Come on! We can end this!

[He has a big and booming voice, and a gun in each hand. He hopes she'll have a harder time sneaking up on him that way. Or he. Whoever is left. There has been enough carnage that the game should have ended by now, but it hasn't. So it stands to reason. There must be someone left.]

Kyon

[menial]

6 ahoy!

[lostinmyway]

[It doesn't seem very fair to attack her friends, but that's part of the game, isn't it? Everyone knows it's just for fun.

Ready, aim....

Chunk.]

Oh, my.

[...No fire.

Grune turns a hopeful look to him.] Kyon?

Rapunzel

[gleamed]

Grune

[lostinmyway]

6

[snikting]

[Wolverine had been wiping the floor with the rest of Luceti for this war. It was too easy. Alone he had just cleared out an alliance inside the grocery store, who had been trying to maintain the village's food supply for the win. When he stepped out, he nearly walked right into Grune (who was quite a bit taller than him). He didn't hesitate to fire on her.

... except there was a click. He had used his last paintball round in the store. Leaving him at her mercy. Sure, he might try to just tackle her and wrestle the gun away, but that was against the rules. He might as well just pain himself.]

... listen, lady, before you pull that trigger, we ought to have a chat first.

Aang

[savedtheworld]

[moremoremore]

Marceline

[donteatmyfries]

Fenimore

[blessingone]

[...save her, AU knowledge of guns.]

1...because clearly we didn't have enough threads.

[lostinmyway]

[Somehow, by a complete fluke, the paintball war is down to two. Only one can survive this desperate battle and emerge the victor. Who will it be?

...Considering Grune is currently entranced by the fountain, her gun forgotten in her hands, it's probably not too hard to guess.]

Sebastian Moran

[easierdonethansaid]

Clove

[shenevermisses]

Kouki Wakahisa

[de_bel_survivor]

Saleh

[mountain_sage]

Jay

[unseenspy]

Haruhi Suzumiya

[godbent]

2

[menial]

['They just keep coming! Of course Haruhi ordered a Charge of the Light Brigade situation here. "All units attack!" Running straight into a trap, as always, but we do or die based on the commander's orders. And, judging by our dwindling ammunition and numbers... "Doing" may be hard.']

Haruhi... I don't suppose you've got any brilliant turnabout plan.