Posted by AJ_89 June 5th 2023, 7:08am
With the days getting longer, and the weather warming up, it’s finally that time of year again. Balmy and sunny, the sky almost spotless of clouds, and the water perfectly suited for swimming and wave-riding. The first beach-goers showed up bright and early to catch the rays, setting up towels and umbrellas on either side of the dock that divided the Research District into ‘acceptably Purple’ and ‘acceptably Orange’. Several enterprising Squares took advantage and set up beach-stalls to sell everything from food to rented surf boards. And soon, water guns.
Nobody knows quite how that started—or where the first one came from. Just that several water guns could be found stuck in the sand, muzzle-down, in neat rows. Spray painted gaudily with either purple or orange, and decorated with a few haphazard stickers.
The first to pick one up (surprisingly in their colour of choice) found that they contained a bright, non-toxic paint, thin but surprisingly pigmented. It immediately coated the wood of the dock they squirted it at. And the chest of their friend. The roofs and walls of beach stalls. The sand, it left some colour, but ultimately sank into.
It was easy to see what the best use was.
Soon, more caches of squirt guns popped up, and an all-out coloured turf war broke out, imaginary boundaries crossed. Enterprising Squares (or Banditos pretending to be Squares? ...Did they know all along? Did they plan this?) popped up with the occasional booth selling squirt guns, paint refills, pre-filled paint balloons, and other interesting and creative additives to any’s arsenal.
By far, orange and purple seemed to be the most prominent, but green and even grey popped up in these little shops. One run by an unassuming beanpole of a man, wearing large sunglasses and a wide-brimmed hat.
It’s a free for all! There doesn’t seem to be anyone ‘refereeing’. Every individual post made, where a character takes an action to paint the bridge or other surface (people are made of surfaces), will count as One Point for your faction. Only rule is you can’t post twice in a row, you’ll have to wait until others post.
Combatants will find that the paint readily sticks to most things—wood, clothes, skin, beach umbrellas... It even faintly coats the sand, but with people running around, it’s quick to dissipate.
Nobody knows quite how that started—or where the first one came from. Just that several water guns could be found stuck in the sand, muzzle-down, in neat rows. Spray painted gaudily with either purple or orange, and decorated with a few haphazard stickers.
The first to pick one up (surprisingly in their colour of choice) found that they contained a bright, non-toxic paint, thin but surprisingly pigmented. It immediately coated the wood of the dock they squirted it at. And the chest of their friend. The roofs and walls of beach stalls. The sand, it left some colour, but ultimately sank into.
It was easy to see what the best use was.
Soon, more caches of squirt guns popped up, and an all-out coloured turf war broke out, imaginary boundaries crossed. Enterprising Squares (or Banditos pretending to be Squares? ...Did they know all along? Did they plan this?) popped up with the occasional booth selling squirt guns, paint refills, pre-filled paint balloons, and other interesting and creative additives to any’s arsenal.
By far, orange and purple seemed to be the most prominent, but green and even grey popped up in these little shops. One run by an unassuming beanpole of a man, wearing large sunglasses and a wide-brimmed hat.
➠ Rules
It’s a free for all! There doesn’t seem to be anyone ‘refereeing’. Every individual post made, where a character takes an action to paint the bridge or other surface (people are made of surfaces), will count as One Point for your faction. Only rule is you can’t post twice in a row, you’ll have to wait until others post.
Combatants will find that the paint readily sticks to most things—wood, clothes, skin, beach umbrellas... It even faintly coats the sand, but with people running around, it’s quick to dissipate.
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