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Oct 13, 2011 00:47

[Finally, after all this time! Mulder has found that much-desired basketball. He's in luck too, as it's well-inflated, not a sign of wear or tear on it. Too many times, he's come across half-deflated or otherwise messed up ones. But this one is perfect. It's as if there's finally some compensation for all the usual rounds of disappearances and so ( Read more... )

a geek who is a jock, needed a happy post, play ball, it's on!!!, good luck what is this, cake or death?, this isn't so bad, curiosity/mulder otp

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voice? projectiled October 13 2011, 11:14:39 UTC

Hoops? What are those? I've never shot a hoop.

[ Tenten is probably the densest when it comes to the human world at least she learns fast. I mean, after all, if she's a ninja with amazing accuracy sports are probably great for her! ]

voice is good! XD ufo_fanboy October 14 2011, 03:06:12 UTC

[Mulder was expecting confusion, so he's easygoing about that.]

There's no guns actually involved, so it's not that kind of shooting. It's a game, played with a bouncy orange ball. The goal is to toss the ball into a hoop as many time as possible, and try to prevent your opponent from tossing it in more times.

[To go with the very basic idea.]

projectiled October 14 2011, 09:09:19 UTC

[ Oh. That sounds really easy. So easy a caveman can do it! She was trained for this! She has the speed, the accuracy, and the.... something else! ]

A gun? [ SHE SHOOTS KNIVES OUT OF SCROLLS> ] I think I can manage to do that. It sounds like a fun game though.

ufo_fanboy October 17 2011, 05:11:46 UTC

[Ah, a very different world, then. Mulder is eager to find out more about that, but one thing at a time.]

It is, both in playing and watching. There are even professional teams back home who play against each other, and people watch them for entertainment.

I just play casually though. Don't worry, it's not so bad to pick up when you're playing for fun.

projectiled October 18 2011, 09:58:07 UTC

[ Good! She's pretty open about her world except for a couple of things. ]

Ah! I see! So it's sort of similar to the Chuunin exams back at my home - or when a bunch of talented ninja face off in a competition against each other on front of really interested spectators, or country rulers, or kages, and if a panel decides they fight well they can become chuunin.

[ She makes a brief affirmation before asking him where to play. ] All right. Tell me where to show up so you can teach me. I'm interested. It sounds really fun. [ When you spend five years tossing weapons perfectly at bull's eyes, you seem a bit geared towards basketball. ]

ufo_fanboy October 20 2011, 04:14:53 UTC

There are ninja competitions in your world? [Yep, consider him very interested in what her world must be like, considering that.]

Come on over, by Community Building 7. I'm setting up an improvised hoop for the time being. [It'll suffice at least for the moment. Someday the Malnosso will give him a proper hoop, he hopes, since he's finally gotten the ball.]

[action!] projectiled October 20 2011, 20:05:53 UTC

Yeah. I've been in a couple. [ The Chuunin Exams twice. One of which was a roflstomp from Temari. That really sucked. ]

All right. I'll be there in a few. [ And sure enough. A tiny, five foot, three inched teenage girl will be there soon in her average clothes! She seems to be dressed in a fairly oriental style, but she seems to be very eager to play. ]

You're the man I was talking to earlier right? I'm Tenten.

[action!] ufo_fanboy October 22 2011, 23:10:04 UTC

Good to meet you, Tenten, I'm Mulder.

[He's definitely curious about what her world must be like now, since it looks like there are similarities to parts of his... but of course, he knows better than to think they're necessarily at all from the same world.]

[He bounces the ball a few times, then tosses it at the improvised hoop, watching it swoosh through.]

There! Looks like everything's in good working order.

[action!] projectiled October 23 2011, 08:10:15 UTC

[ She doesn't have any clue about his world so she remains oblivious to his curiosity. She nods and continues to eye the ball and the hoop, as if she's measuring something. ]

Then let's get started already. You go first!

[action!] ufo_fanboy October 29 2011, 04:09:14 UTC

Ok! We can start off with some free throws, which is just tossing the ball in... and I can explain things about playing the game. [He bounces the ball, takes a shot and watches it swoosh through. As the ball comes toward them, he bounces it over toward her.] If you're used to aiming for targets in a combat situation, this won't be too bad to pick up. Just take it easy and aim.

[action!] projectiled October 29 2011, 08:09:48 UTC

[ She observes the basket for the briefest of moments before turning to Fox and nodding her head. She tosses the ball into the basket with astounding ease without even looking. ]

As you were saying? [ Tenten uses projectiles to fight. A ball is a bit different for her but not too much. ]

[action!] ufo_fanboy October 29 2011, 22:39:05 UTC

[Mulder grins a little, glad to see he'll have a challenging opponent.]

So to play the game, we can keep taking free shots to figure out who gets the ball first. [He goes again, and makes it, again bouncing it over to her.] Usually it's a good plan to decide on scoring, which can vary a bit... say, first one to twenty one points wins? Each basket is worth two points when we get going, and if you make it from father back- [Indicates the area.] -it's three. The lines I've painted around the area are the boundaries, so you want to keep the ball inside the area.

[action!] projectiled October 31 2011, 09:02:08 UTC

All right. That sounds fair. [ She tosses her hands from her chest, and the ball falls into the basket before returning to her. She tosses it towards him with a polite smile on her face. This may take a very long time to decide who goes first. ]

So, now that I know how to score points, what are the rules?

[action!] ufo_fanboy November 4 2011, 03:54:57 UTC

[It totally will. His go next, making another shot.]

I'd say we flip a coin as an alternative, but how often does one ever run across money in Luceti?

[Not that he's usually tried looking for it, but still.]Anyway, more of the basics. When you have the ball, you're on offense, and your objective is to make a basket. You have to keep dribbling the ball- bouncing it along as you go- and keep it in bounds. If the offensive player scores, possession of the ball goes to the other person next, and they go on the offense and try to score. But if the offense doesn't score when they shoot, anyone can try and catch it, they just have to dribble it outside of the area directly near the basket before trying to shoot ( ... )

[action!] projectiled November 5 2011, 10:51:05 UTC

Luceti doesn't have an economy, unfortunately. [ She effortlessly makes the next basket while sponging everything Fox told her. ]

All right. Make baskets when I have the ball and bounce it. Try to get the ball if the opponent somehow gets it. Sounds really simple to me. Hmph, I can probably use this game and teach it to Iruka-sensei at the academy for the kids to play. Thanks for teaching it!

[ She bounces the ball over to him. Of course, she doesn't have much to add not playing basketball ever, but she will bow in gratitude. ]

[action!] ufo_fanboy November 8 2011, 05:25:38 UTC

Of course! It works great with groups of kids, that's how I started out playing. Usually you could put five players on a team, when you're playing with a group... they'd each have a position to play. One on one is a lot simpler.

[Mulder grins wryly seeing that this might take some time if they keep going at it.]

Why don't you take the ball first?

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