Chapter 10: Games
"Okay, the first game we will play is "Pin-the-hat-on-the-black-mage-with- an-arrow." Said Zidane.
Garnet was passing out paper hats with arrows on them to everyone who was playing. There was a little picture of a hatless black mage hanging on the tree nearby.
"Okay, I will go first!" said Zidane.
As he was approaching the picture, he heard Mr. 288 humming. With all that noise, he couldn't concentrate.
"STOP THAT DAMN HUMMING, BEFORE I NAIL YOU WITH MR. WHACKY!!!" he yelled."
That's when the Black Mages all got tired of his threats. "Come on, men! Said Mr. 288, "He can't whack us all!
"YEAH!!!" said all three black waltzes, which had shown up uninvited. Mr. 288 began to sing.
~I would trade the world just to hear you breathing, I would walk a million miles~
All the Black Waltzes, plus Jiji and Vivi joined in
~I could spend my life in this sweet serenity~
Now all the Black Mages joined in too.
~I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep cuz I miss you, baby And Don' wanna miss you babe. Even when I dream of you the sweetest thing I'll never do, I still miss you baby, an I don't wanna miss you babe-
"OKAY, OKAY!!! I won't use Mr. Whacky on anymore Black Mages!" yelled Zidane.
Jiji and the three original black waltzes all went, "AHEM!"
"OR BLACK WALTZES!!!" The exasperated genome yelled. "Now will you let me pin the damn hat on?" All of the Mages and Waltzes nodded, doing something with their eyes that looked like a smug smile.
"Okay then!" Zidane, looked at the picture, tried to remember where the head was, pulled down the blindfold, and plunged the arrow with the hat into the picture of the mage.
There was dead silence. Then the whole party exploded into laughter.
"What? What's so funny?" Asked Zidane. He was still blindfolded, so he couldn't see where he'd put it.
"T-that's g-gotta hurt! Kwehehehehehehehe!" laughed Vivi.
Zidane pulled up the blindfold and when he saw what he had done, even he began to laugh. He had, shall we say, stuck the hat with the arrow thru the picture of the mage right where the sun doesn't shine.
"Quick! Castrate it before it can reproduce! Kwehehehehehehehe!" Black Waltz #3 laughed
"Hey, how do you know how Black Mages reproduce? We're not supposed to find that out until Vivi has kids!" Yelled Garnet.
"Waltzes breed like rabbits, so I figured Mages do to. I grew up with 89 brothers and sisters." Replied Three
"Your parents must have been BU-SY!" said Chibi Vividoll from inside the wrapped box she was in. Everyone stared at it. "Hey, I had to say something, the author was ignoring me!"
"D-did that box j-just talk?" Asked Vivi.
"You'll find out soon enough," grinned Blank.
"Garnet, you're up." Said Zidane.
Garnet pretty much did the same thing Zidane did, except she put the arrow thru its chest.
"Freya!"
Freya put it thru its stomach.
"Steiner! Eiko! Vivi!"
Steiner, Eiko, and Vivi all never even touched the poster
"Quina!"
Quina ate his steepled-hat-with -an-arrow-thru-it.
"Amarant!"
Amarant said he was too cool for "Pin-the-hat-on-the-Black-Mage"
"This rounds winner is Garnet! Okay, now the Black Mages get to try!"
All of the Black Mages' turns were pretty uneventful (and unsuccessful), until Mr. 288 took his turn. He, like the others, tried remembering where the poster was, put down the blindfold; blah blah blah, and then began to walk towards the tree. As he was walking, he figured that maybe he was walking a little too far. He felt the arrow go into something, and backed up to see what he had hit on the poster, but before he could pull off the blindfold, he once again heard the clearing explode into laughter.
"What is so funny?" he asked. When he pulled off the blindfold, he saw that he had plunged it right thru Vivi's hat.
"Wrong Mage" said Vivi.
"Okay, since Mr. 288 actually made it to ONE mages head, he wins this round."
"What do I win?"
"The game."
"No prizes?"
"No prizes."
"None?"
"None."
"No-"
"NO!!!"
The mage cringed and looked up at Zidane. "Please don't hurt me." He said. Zidane rolled his eyes and turned to Jiji and his "brothers".
"Okay, You four are next. Jiji, you're first."
Jiji's turn was pretty uneventful.
"Okay, One."
One pinned the hat on its leg
"Two."
Two pinned his hat on a tree about five yards from the one with the poster.
"And last, but certainly NOT least, Three."
Three had a lot of trouble finding the tree, so he just plunged the arrow, and-
"YEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOUUCH!!!"
As he lifted the blindfold, he saw that he had put the arrow thru one of the presents. From inside the box, they heard swearing and thumping.
"STUPID M-----F------ SON OF A F------ BITCH!!!" WHEN I FIND OUT WHO THAT WAS, I'M GONNA F------ KILL THEIR ASS!!!
"Never mind the talking box, people." Said Blank.
"This rounds winner is One. The next game will be 'Limbo!'"
And so ended Pin-the-hat-on-the-black-mage-with-an-arrow.
"Okay, the first game we will play is "Pin-the-hat-on-the-black-mage-with- an-arrow." Said Zidane.
Garnet was passing out paper hats with arrows on them to everyone who was playing. There was a little picture of a hatless black mage hanging on the tree nearby.
"Okay, I will go first!" said Zidane.
As he was approaching the picture, he heard Mr. 288 humming. With all that noise, he couldn't concentrate.
"STOP THAT DAMN HUMMING, BEFORE I NAIL YOU WITH MR. WHACKY!!!" he yelled."
That's when the Black Mages all got tired of his threats. "Come on, men! Said Mr. 288, "He can't whack us all!
"YEAH!!!" said all three black waltzes, which had shown up uninvited. Mr. 288 began to sing.
~I would trade the world just to hear you breathing, I would walk a million miles~
All the Black Waltzes, plus Jiji and Vivi joined in
~I could spend my life in this sweet serenity~
Now all the Black Mages joined in too.
~I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep cuz I miss you, baby And Don' wanna miss you babe. Even when I dream of you the sweetest thing I'll never do, I still miss you baby, an I don't wanna miss you babe-
"OKAY, OKAY!!! I won't use Mr. Whacky on anymore Black Mages!" yelled Zidane.
Jiji and the three original black waltzes all went, "AHEM!"
"OR BLACK WALTZES!!!" The exasperated genome yelled. "Now will you let me pin the damn hat on?" All of the Mages and Waltzes nodded, doing something with their eyes that looked like a smug smile.
"Okay then!" Zidane, looked at the picture, tried to remember where the head was, pulled down the blindfold, and plunged the arrow with the hat into the picture of the mage.
There was dead silence. Then the whole party exploded into laughter.
"What? What's so funny?" Asked Zidane. He was still blindfolded, so he couldn't see where he'd put it.
"T-that's g-gotta hurt! Kwehehehehehehehe!" laughed Vivi.
Zidane pulled up the blindfold and when he saw what he had done, even he began to laugh. He had, shall we say, stuck the hat with the arrow thru the picture of the mage right where the sun doesn't shine.
"Quick! Castrate it before it can reproduce! Kwehehehehehehehe!" Black Waltz #3 laughed
"Hey, how do you know how Black Mages reproduce? We're not supposed to find that out until Vivi has kids!" Yelled Garnet.
"Waltzes breed like rabbits, so I figured Mages do to. I grew up with 89 brothers and sisters." Replied Three
"Your parents must have been BU-SY!" said Chibi Vividoll from inside the wrapped box she was in. Everyone stared at it. "Hey, I had to say something, the author was ignoring me!"
"D-did that box j-just talk?" Asked Vivi.
"You'll find out soon enough," grinned Blank.
"Garnet, you're up." Said Zidane.
Garnet pretty much did the same thing Zidane did, except she put the arrow thru its chest.
"Freya!"
Freya put it thru its stomach.
"Steiner! Eiko! Vivi!"
Steiner, Eiko, and Vivi all never even touched the poster
"Quina!"
Quina ate his steepled-hat-with -an-arrow-thru-it.
"Amarant!"
Amarant said he was too cool for "Pin-the-hat-on-the-Black-Mage"
"This rounds winner is Garnet! Okay, now the Black Mages get to try!"
All of the Black Mages' turns were pretty uneventful (and unsuccessful), until Mr. 288 took his turn. He, like the others, tried remembering where the poster was, put down the blindfold; blah blah blah, and then began to walk towards the tree. As he was walking, he figured that maybe he was walking a little too far. He felt the arrow go into something, and backed up to see what he had hit on the poster, but before he could pull off the blindfold, he once again heard the clearing explode into laughter.
"What is so funny?" he asked. When he pulled off the blindfold, he saw that he had plunged it right thru Vivi's hat.
"Wrong Mage" said Vivi.
"Okay, since Mr. 288 actually made it to ONE mages head, he wins this round."
"What do I win?"
"The game."
"No prizes?"
"No prizes."
"None?"
"None."
"No-"
"NO!!!"
The mage cringed and looked up at Zidane. "Please don't hurt me." He said. Zidane rolled his eyes and turned to Jiji and his "brothers".
"Okay, You four are next. Jiji, you're first."
Jiji's turn was pretty uneventful.
"Okay, One."
One pinned the hat on its leg
"Two."
Two pinned his hat on a tree about five yards from the one with the poster.
"And last, but certainly NOT least, Three."
Three had a lot of trouble finding the tree, so he just plunged the arrow, and-
"YEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOUUCH!!!"
As he lifted the blindfold, he saw that he had put the arrow thru one of the presents. From inside the box, they heard swearing and thumping.
"STUPID M-----F------ SON OF A F------ BITCH!!!" WHEN I FIND OUT WHO THAT WAS, I'M GONNA F------ KILL THEIR ASS!!!
"Never mind the talking box, people." Said Blank.
"This rounds winner is One. The next game will be 'Limbo!'"
And so ended Pin-the-hat-on-the-black-mage-with-an-arrow.