bakerstreet | its just a prank bro

( civil war ii! bring it!! )

( one day, while watching jackass 3d, the gauntlet is thrown down. it's at the high-five sketch, where the jackass crew hides a giant spring loaded hand behind a doorway and lures people into the trap. bucky comments that he wouldn't fall for a stupid prank like that. something about his senses being too keen, intuition too strong, and reflexes too quick.

scott takes that as a challenge.

so when bucky heads back to the east coast, scott joins him. well, ant-man joins him. he even sits near him on the airplane (hello! scott waves to an imaginary camera pointing at him underneath bucky's seat). while bucky waits to depart the plane, scott's already on his way to his apartment on his carpenter ant, daniel bryANT. he enters the apartment, a bagful of goodies slung over his shoulder. even though he's sure he has enough time to boobytrap the entire apartment with pranks, he still works very quickly and ~~efficiANTly~~ efficiently. above the apartment door, he jerry rigs a water balloon to drop on bucky's head as soon as he opens the door. then a plastic bowl will tip over and flour will pour over his soaked head. also, because he's a traditionalist, scott puts a whoopie cushion under one of the couch cushions. like the cat burglar he once was, he's in and out in under three minutes and leaves without a trace of his presence otherwise. then he catches a flight back to san francisco.

xoxo, scott )

[Do you really want a prank war with a demon? Well... go ahead.]

( A prank from J'onn is a Justice League tradition. It's usually a sign of his deepest affection.

I also love people pranking him when they think he's a stiff and not know what they have wrought upon themselves. )

[Pranks is a specialty of his. Just ask Ben.]

[ Remilia is known to prank people. ]

(( He would definitely like to prank but he is more likely to be pranked. So feel free turn it around on him! ))

[ See, the problem with trying to prank an AI (and one who exists to torment others - albeit less so these days) is that they already know all the tricks. Buckets of water, erasers to the face, tacks on the seat - all old hat. Well, he still gets a hoot out of it though. Real shame about the "nobody gets hurt" part with the vast majority of them though... Buuuut this guy did manage to get him with some minor, insignificant prank exactly once, so naturally Rio chooses to respond in the most mature way possible: By getting revenge.

But be grateful, for he's feeling generous today, and so opening the door will only lead to a mess of string that will no doubt make the hallway impossible to navigate. Hopefully he's not so distracted by that mess that he walks into the saran wrap that's in front of his door, and who knows what else. It's not really his style to go halfway with revenge games.

Sorry Joe. This is just your life now. ]

[ pranker or prankee! ]

[ No one really remembers who pulled the first punch when it came to the bickering and infighting between the Harbingers. Prideful and spiteful as the lot were, it only took that single spark to ignite into their own personal war that none of them would let any of the others forget.

Take three weeks ago, for example, when the 11th had dared to embarrass Signora in front of her troops. Had it been intentional? Did the action really warrant retribution? Probably no on both accounts, to be honest. But that hardly mattered nor would it stop the 8th from seeking revenge.

So now here they both were at a celebratory dinner in the capital city for a mission well executed on behalf of the Cryo nation. Not important enough of a victory for the Tsaritsa to attend, of course. But enough that the Harbingers not out on assignment were respectfully asked to attend. The formalities waned on until late into the evening where a celebratory toast was being prepared. And coincidentally that was the perfect time for her to strike. Signora took a sip for her Fontaine-imported liquor -- expensive and high-class just like she was -- as she located her target across the room.

Tartaglia was from the countryside, rural by even Snezhnayan standards and boasted of having no likes or dislikes in terms of food and drink. So it was a simple matter to infuse a bottle of the more commonly favored Snezhnaya firewater with a touch of flaming flower stamen, enhanced by her delusion just enough to match her ire.

It was even simpler to have one of her circin mages make sure said bottle was delivered to the Vanguard's table as the mage flirted shamelessly with one of his subordinates.

Signora took another sip of her drink, uncovered eye flicking over to Tartaglia's location once more.

If a few other Fatui Skirmishers were caught in the cross-fire--- well that wasn't her problem, now was it? ]

[ Admittedly, it hadn't been intentional - at first.

For all that the Harbingers hated each other, they still had enough sense to act "professional" (in the loosest sense of the word, which roughly translated to them not committing bodily harm or grievous injury to one another before an important mission lest it affect their work) with one another, and aside from the little spats and arguments that occured whenever too many of them were concentrated in one place at any given time there usually wasn't much problem adhering to that unspoken rule.

But, well - Childe had always been the youngest. A lot of his personality left much to be desired and to say he didn't always see eye-to-eye with his fellow Harbingers was putting it lightly. Therefore, when The Incident - as some of the recruits lovingly referred to it - occurred only a few weeks ago, it shouldn't have come as any surprise that instead of apologizing or begging forgiveness for accidentally stepping on Signora's dress... Childe had instead laughed. Right in her face, as it were, and loud enough that even her troops standing furthest away could make out the mocking undertones in his voice.

He hadn't just stepped on it, after all, he'd ripped it. And even though it had all been an accident he still hadn't apologized. It was his hope that, perhaps, Signora would take her revenge in the form of challenging him to a match and so he found himself waiting for her to darken his doorstep with bated breath and with his blades at the ready.

But she never came.

Three weeks later and he was milling about at some company function or other, keeping up formalities for the sake of appearances and imbibing several glasses of fire-water as was custom. He spoke with a few people who'd been to the tiny village of Morepesok, asking after his family and a few of the people he knew by name. He chatted with a few of the recruits that he'd personally trained, asking if their bones had healed up yet and planning out their next matches.

He was just pouring himself a drink from a newly delivered bottle when one of the merchants from Fontaine started going into excited, exuberant chatter about some new tech that was being developed, a continuation of the Kamera that seemed so wildly popular around the region. The glass was lifted as the man carefully took out a working prototype ("the only one of its kind") and cradling it to his chest like one would a newborn baby.

Shame, then, that his first reaction upon taking a hearty swallow of fire-water was to immediately spit it out, flame licking at the spray seemingly out of nowhere and - then suddenly the table was on fire. Childe started hacking, coughing, both hands clutching at his throat to help muffle the wheezes he was letting out as the Fontaine merchant started howling like a banshee at his ruined merchandise and yet others began to panic and quickly jerk back from the flaming table. Dishes and goblets were knocked over, the stamen-infused bottle immediately catching everything it touched on fire, and in the time it took Childe to quickly douse it with a burst of Hydro the damage had been done.

It's by chance that his gaze meets Signora's when he looks up, and the look of suspicion on his face says it all. ]

its just a prank bro

james buchanan barnes | mcu

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Dunham Thorton | OC

J'onn J'onzz 👽 DC

Johnny Storm | The Fantastic Four

Remilia Scarlet (aged up or smol) | Touhou Project | OTA

Joe Tazuna | Your Turn to Die | OTA

you thought this tag would come from a cute girl, but it was me, rio

childe | genshin impact | ota

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