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[homoraptor]

On an abandoned baseball field not far from the Main Gauche, one small beat-up sedan rolls to a stop near a collection of other beat-up cars, a truck or two, and one SUV which seems to have been mounted with a forward-facing chainsaw. Out of the newest car hops a Malek, who pops the trunk, bops back (opening the doors for his passengers on the way

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SCRUMDOWN!

[scrummers]

When it looks like everyone is assembled, a 5'2" mass of muscle and grump stalks to the field and turns to address the assembled. Hi voice is rough and mid-range, with a think Russo-German accent.

"Right! Got us boys, girls, new kids... strip down and shift, clothes in Zeke's car keep warm, if y'r shy, go 'round Adonis's truck, strip down there. Caref you won't break it. One-ball scrum, go 'til we're tired, then Zeke's got the grill and our new kid's got the beer. Any questions, get them now. Okay, okay, okay?" He claps his hands together, met with a hoot or two from some of the more enthusiastic behemoths (mostly Stephanie), and stomps through the snow back toward Ezekiel's car, which seems to have a space heater and a generator running.

It's scrum time.

[homoraptor]

Malek, who's been grinning since he got here, turns to Tay and Suzie, waving toward the benches which are serving as bleachers. "Got blankets 'n' what over there, I think," he says, already pulling off his trenchcoat. "Grab th' popcorn; 's what it's there for."

[technicallyiam]

Missy's not shy about stripping down at all and soon she's in her hellhound shape, looking eager to play. She does a few quick laps around the field just to get her blood pumping and then sits down in the snow, her long tail wagging eagerly, all her muscles taut and ready for the game to begin.

Hey, she's a hellhound, which is like a very large, horrifying dog. And dogs enjoy playing with balls, so therefore this is a game that gets her very, very excited.

[scrummers]

Most of the scrummers are old hands at this, stepping out of their clothing and handing it off to be thrown in the car and shifting. Adonis, his behemoth form a big four-legged blue beardoggator, saunters up to check the new arrival, giving her a few friendly sniffs and an open-mouthed grin while Grigor (now a bulky red giant) stomps out a place in the snow for the ball to start.

After a moment Adonis moves around to Missy's side, facing one direction with her as if claiming her as his teammate. Not like the team definitions will probably last out a night, but you never know.

[archangelet]

Tay grins and jogs over to grab a blanket and sprawls on it in the grass. The only thing she's worried about is being noticed. In that... she's pretty much entirely sure that she's the only angel present. And there are a bunch of BEHEMOTHS. No way she'd survive if they all decided they didn't like her here, even if she's discovered that for the most part, behemoths tend to be a lot more "live and let live" than a lot of people.

Of course, if any of the demons have even a modicum of attentiveness, they'll notice she's a lot cooler than anyone else around, and is wearing many layers less than the humans even. She'll deal with that if it happens, though.

"Kick their asses, Malek!"

She just sort of wishes she could play. Oh well.