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the bowling green.

It's a time-honored tradition, even in since the dawn of man. We have always thrown rocks at things. We will always throw rocks at things. Be one with the ball. And throw it at things.

BOWLING MEME

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YOUR SHOES ARE THE WRONG SIZE. They might be two completely different sizes. Guy renting the shoes appears to be more interested in smoking a cigarette and flirting with the bartender.

THE BOWLING TEAM MENACE. Maybe you didn't hear us the first time, punk. This lane's where the Oddballs practice every Tuesday from six to eight PM. Scram. Or, you know, rumble.

IS BUMPER BOWLING DIGNIFIED? Maybe you don't care about dignity. Suck on this perfect 300, rivals.

YOU'RE DRUNK RIGHT NOW. It's a goddamned bowling alley, of course you're drunk. Time to bowl a strike down someone else's lane.

NO ONE TAUGHT YOU HOW TO BOWL. You just...shoot it like a basketball. Right?

SUPERVISING A CHILD'S BIRTHDAY. All the fun of bowling with more high-pitched noises and people needing their shoes tied.

FLINTSTONES COSPLAYERS GETTING ROWDY. Do you approach? Hell, are you one of them? What do you even get out of this, dude?

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[Fuck it, let's go bowling.]

[ if The Dude was hoping to enjoy a quiet, uneventful bowling session, then this is sadly not that kind of thread.

because seemingly out of nowhere, a bowling ball that is definitely not his comes crashing down onto his lane and careening wildly down the shiny slippy floorboards like some kind of chaotic, spherical trainwreck. ]

Holy shit-- sorry!

[ here's the culprit! staring from the next lane over, a teenage boy in a red hoodie that's at least 40% patches, looking about a 3:1 ratio of "about to burst into laughter" to "mortified". ]

It totally flew out my hand early, I don't even know how that happened!

[Eh, as far as a quiet uneventful bowling thing goes, it's not so bad. You know, could be worse. Anyway, the dude next to him (or, rather, The Dude if you're into that whole naming people thing) looks like he rolled out of bed a quarter past noon and forgot to get out whatever he'd been using for pajamas, so he's got no room to judge some... hoodie kid. Doesn't really see the point in bowling if you can't get drunk doing it, though.]

I guess, uh... It hit a couple pins, right? So we could, I dunno, switch or something?

[it's your neighborhood tweaker let's go bowling]

(( warn for fallen kingdom spoilers pls! ))

[Who's dumb enough to challenge a guy who never misses to game that requires aiming.]

[ The game is intense.

For about two seconds.

It quickly becomes apparent that they're both going to bowl a perfect game every god damn time, so after the ninth strike each on the second game Bucky has to just sort of shrug.

Wellp. They tried. ]

[The challenge between the two snipers had been a fun one, but it was now becoming predictable especially with this latest match as yet another strike was won.]

Best twenty-two outta twenty-three?

[He's not about to let a little thing like the ball being the size of his head or him being a frog stop him from bowling.

Does he even know the rules? Of course not.]

[watching the little green guy roll atop the ball and try to get it to crack down the lane is just....sad.

the bumpers aren't helping.]

Want some stilts or what?

How would stilts even-

[With a loud cry of dismay, he’s sliding right back off that ball. At least it missed his foot (this time).]

This ball is just too big!!

That's what she said-- stilts would at least level the playing field. Literally.

[sighing some more, he sets his beer down and decides:]

Maybe you could stand on something, though. A stack of shoes, something. Though how you're gonna lift this thing is another issue.

[He shouldn't even dignify something like that with a response. There are children bowling here!!]

Who could bowl on stilts?! Or a stack of shoes?!

[No one, that's who. But maybe, just maybe he could get it to move another way?

Of course, he kicks it. Children everywhere can probably hear him scream in pain.]

[Badou winces, sucks air through his teeth sharply, and glances around to make sure people know he didn't come with this thing. He doesn't know this guy.]

Guess I'll go get pretzel sticks...and ice.

Pretzel sticks... [Is he crying? Of course he's crying.]

You're... You're actually a pretty nice person despite how you look.

Whaddya mean ho-- you know what, I'll get you some bugs, just for that.

[muttering, he stops to do just so.

he brings the little bastard a pretzel]

B-Bugs?!

[Wait what is the bug used for?! Was it one of those horrible space-bugs?!

What he gets for all his fear is a pretzel.]

Ah. That's not a bug? [DID YOU WANT IT TO BE, KERORO??]

[he slaps the pretzel into Keroro's face, actually--]

WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING???

[Reels back because he's just a frog??!]

You- You said you were bringing a bug! [It could have been a horrible healing space-bug!]

They don't sell bugs here?? I'm not gonna go to the bathroom and get you a roach or anything.

[...is he being made fun of...?]

Then why did you say you were going to get me a bug? Is this some kind of human joke?

Yeah, it's a human joke-- like this game. Are you gonna eat this or do you really want me to get you a bug from the shitter...

I don’t! [Though the pretzel does look good............. Keroro reaches out with one tentative hand to take it.]

[a roll of his eye

he can't torture a little animal. He readily hands over the pretzel.]

I didn't bring a soda, don't know if you can take caffeinated shit. Don't know if I want to see you all hopped up.

[he laughs at his own joke. frogs. hop.]

[Keroro bites into the pretzel all the while giving him a deliberately unimpressed look. He refuses to find that frog joke funny because he, the great Keroro, master comedian in training didn’t think of it first. (That’s petty, Keroro...)]

[this little asshole........thats okay because Badou laughs for the both of them]

Maybe they could put bugs in em next time. Or you could check out the bathrooms for roaches.

[It's fine if you don't know the rules because Eve doesn't know anything either. She's just crouching near the machine, looking absolutely fascinated when the ball rolls out.

Or well, "absolutely fascinated" as Eve could only be: with almost absolutely no expression on her face but a light in her eyes. Can you recognize it?]

[He recognizes that look, partner, and he’s going to come up beside her to place both hands on the side of the machine as it whirs away. Another ball seems to be on its way!]

Eve-dono? Did you want to play too?

[You know her best, tbh.]

I do.

[She's going to stand up and catch that next ball in her hands, holding it between both of them to pick it up.

This is how you hold a bowling ball, right?]

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