Drabble

Jun. 6th, 2007 11:15 am
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Drabble for [livejournal.com profile] open_on_sunday's "Strike" challenge. Complete with icon - had to make one for this.



For the Home Team

For a few seconds, everything was still. The small crowd mumbled in surprise, the pitcher stared with her mouth hanging open, and the girl herself just looked at the bat, all thoughts of running for first base forgotten.

Finally the umpire spoke up. "Uh... strike two?"

"Whaddyamean 'strike'?" Her father flew up, furious. "She clearly HIT the ball! How is that a strike?"

The umpire pulled out his rule book and searched frantically for the correct call for "ball disintegrates into smithereens upon being hit".

Katie kept staring at the bat, turning it over in her hands. It felt... good.

Date: 2007-06-06 09:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jaded-jamie.livejournal.com
LOL! That's just awseome.

Date: 2007-06-06 10:22 am (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-06 09:58 am (UTC)
elisi: Edwin and Charles (Buffy - Hell will choke on me by stormwr)
From: [personal profile] elisi
Love it! :)

Date: 2007-06-06 10:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com
Thanks! I always loved that image...

Date: 2007-06-06 10:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thepadre.livejournal.com
*squee* That was a good one!

Date: 2007-06-06 10:23 am (UTC)

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Date: 2007-06-06 12:50 pm (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-06 11:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rayruz.livejournal.com
Hehe! The little girl, I love her. Great job. And it should be a home run.

Date: 2007-06-06 12:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com
I think so too, then again I never understood baseball rules... ;-) Thanks!

Date: 2007-06-06 12:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rayruz.livejournal.com
I get baseball rules, but I mean... she hit it, no one caught it, in theory no one could catch it.... *shrug*

Date: 2007-06-06 11:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mabus101.livejournal.com
Woohoo! That was a nifty scene.

Though I always figured the bat would break instead. I'm not sure which is more likely. May depend on the material.

Date: 2007-06-06 12:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com
Hey, if Angel can throw a spoon through someone's forehead, then surely a bat can break a ball... :-) Thanks!

Date: 2007-06-06 12:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] m-phoenix.livejournal.com
Hee! I love this. That girl would be one amazing Slayer, now I'm wondering if anyone's written her story...

Date: 2007-06-06 12:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com
Thanks! I've never actually seen any fic featuring her... maybe she'll turn up in the comics? *nudges Joss*

Date: 2007-06-06 08:12 pm (UTC)
ext_15284: a wreath of lightning against a dark, stormy sky (Default)
From: [identity profile] stormwreath.livejournal.com
Of course I can't remember who wrote it, where or when, but I've read at least one. It may even have been on open_on_sunday - it featured a conversation between Faith and Baseball Girl on BG's birthday.

Date: 2007-06-06 12:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] boschette.livejournal.com
Awesome! I in my infinite power (heh!) proclaim this CANON! :D

Date: 2007-06-06 12:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com
Heh, thanks! Your powers are indeed great.

Date: 2007-06-06 03:57 pm (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-06 03:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] copykween.livejournal.com
LOL! You said smithereens. Cute!

Date: 2007-06-06 03:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com
Words like "smithereens" is one of the many reasons I love the English language. Thanks!

Date: 2007-06-06 07:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] darkershadeof.livejournal.com
That last sentence made me sigh. Great drabble, both funny and sigh-worthy!

Date: 2007-06-06 09:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com
Thanks! That's a good combination in my book.

Date: 2007-06-07 06:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mouthmount.livejournal.com
I love this. I've always wondered about the exact moment when all these girls got their power-- must have been lots of weird happenings. Mind if I snag the icon?

Date: 2007-06-07 07:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com
Thanks! And by all means, snag away, as long as I get credit. (Hey, it took me all of 5 minutes to make!) :-)

Date: 2007-06-07 10:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ozma914.livejournal.com
Greatest prompt connection ever!

Date: 2007-06-07 12:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com
Thanks! And nice icon! :-)

Date: 2007-06-08 05:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ozma914.livejournal.com
Thanks -- since the latest LJ controversy is dying down, I thought I'd try to start a new fight!

Date: 2007-07-01 01:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] red-in-leather.livejournal.com
Just found this. Fabulous! What a great idea :-) I'm glad someone noticed the other Slayers.

Date: 2007-07-09 10:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com
Thanks! That scene with that little girl alone makes "Chosen" a great Buffy episode, if not as great as it might have been.

Hah!

Date: 2007-07-22 10:13 am (UTC)

Re: Hah!

Date: 2007-07-22 11:31 am (UTC)

Date: 2008-04-02 12:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shego2drakken.livejournal.com
Actually, now that I think about it, I thought it just sent the ball flying out of the park... into another county.

Date: 2008-04-02 11:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com
...where it hit a demon and killed it. ;-) Thanks for reading!
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