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sam wilson ([personal profile] wingedman) wrote in [community profile] riverview2018-01-08 07:02 pm

video/text; @falcon: the first memorial tony stark (616) and wanda maximoff mousting tournament

video; open

[The video takes place in a living room, with all the furniture pushed up against the walls to leave a wide open space in the middle of the room. A circle about six feet wide is marked off with blue painters' tape, and a number of small mice in eclectic homemade clothing are clustered around different spots outside the circle and cheering, waving small banners, flags, and other miscellany in either red or blue. Although the cheers are indistinct, it's clear that it's actual language, rather than simple mouse squeaking.

In the center of the circle, two roombas hum and maneuver around each other. Each vacuum has four balloons in either red or blue, and knives are duct-taped to the front of them. In addition, there's a small team of mice clad in their respective colors on each roomba. Somehow, they're steering them, although it's not completely evident how.

As the video goes on, the roombas pop their balloons - red starts out with a clear advantage, taking out two balloons in quick succession, but blue manages to stave them off for a time, long enough to catch up. Blue pulls ahead, followed by a tie, but ultimately, red succeeds in eliminating their competition's balloons first. Somehow, all of this is done without injury to the mice, although there are a few close calls, and occasionally competition will pause to switch new riders in.

At the end, the gleeful red fans swarm in and present their winning team with an assortment of cookies, cheese, and crackers, a few young mice mopping sweat from spiked fur with small towels.]


text; closed to Sam's CR among the Marvel casts

Anyone want a splinter colony of mice? Seriously, I've got, like, fifty of them, and I need to get rid of a few. They'll be happy to find new homes, I promise. They're well-behaved, you just have to remind them of the rules sometimes, and you can always bribe them with food. They just want to have people to hang around and worship, so, uh, you'll find them singing songs about you and having weird rituals and festivals about minor things in your life, but they're cute little bastards.

Also, if anyone's looking for a place to live, let me know. Or if you want to help me cook brunch on Sundays, because man, I can't cook food for everyone who shows up by myself.



[ooc: In case anyone's curious, this happens to be a colony of Aeslin mice from Seanan McGuire's Incryptid books.]
buildsomething: (so amused)

video | un: iron.man

[personal profile] buildsomething 2018-01-09 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a pause, broken only by the sound of more cheering, a handful of mice currently perched on Dum-E's upraised arm appear to be going ecstatic.

Tony, completely deadpan, starts slow-clapping.]


I will admit, I did not expect to be taken quite that literally.
potentialed: pls dnt (pic#11951168)

video; un: stranger.things

[personal profile] potentialed 2018-01-09 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh wow. WHat an inventive bunch they are. ]

Is there a betting pool on which side wins?
potentialed: pls dnt (pic#11951179)

[personal profile] potentialed 2018-01-09 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, he had a... thing for roombas, I remember.

[ Still not sure why but it's hella amusing to see mice jousting on them. ]

But I was talking about us humans betting on sides.
jolting: (W: Wut)

video: un: j.whale

[personal profile] jolting 2018-01-09 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
I'm... not sure what I just watched.
buildsomething: (seriously...)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2018-01-09 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
I like how you sound like you're actually surprised.

[There's a sound from behind him, not unlike a chorus of tiny voices cheering hail the encouragement of unwise decisions! Tony chooses to ignore it.]

Now are we talking the roombas or the mice? Or just tying a ballon to my ass and coming at me with a kitchen knife?
jolting: (W: Huh)

[personal profile] jolting 2018-01-09 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[he's silent for a moment. Then:] Those are some impressively-trained mice.
potentialed: pls dnt (pic#11951164)

[personal profile] potentialed 2018-01-09 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Mark me down for green.

When you got it worked out.

[ He doesn't really care who's who. It's all mice popping balloons in the end. ]

likeacoupon: (Turning & Talking)

Video

[personal profile] likeacoupon 2018-01-09 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
I have no fucking clue what this is but I'll put twenty down on blue.

[It reminds her a little bit of some of the random shit that Walter used to do and she will not admit it but it's nostalgic.]
suckstobestrange: (And a'driftin' out to sea)

video // @strange.magic

[personal profile] suckstobestrange 2018-01-09 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
The mice's tree grew a bit, so feel free to send some more my way.

[A wood-on-wood thump can be heard from not far away, and a tiny chorus of 'why are you like this?' from somewhere to the left of the sorcerer.]

They're expanding anyways, might as well get some use out of it.

[Stephen's not helping them. Nope, he's not.]
buildsomething: (you're cute)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2018-01-09 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He's in a good enough mood that he's not even going to comment on bringing up that goddamn airport fight.]

I don't know. I kind of like Houdini's comment of just setting up a betting ring.
likeacoupon: (Talking)

[personal profile] likeacoupon 2018-01-09 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Well yeah. It makes it that much more exciting.

Who do you think will win?
potentialed: pls dnt (pic#11951169)

[personal profile] potentialed 2018-01-09 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent.

And no thanks. I don't want an audience if I choose to... entertain.

[ wink wink nudge nudge ]
suckstobestrange: (Is it drinkin' off of me)

[personal profile] suckstobestrange 2018-01-09 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
What? No, for starters their little carpentry jobs need smaller hammers than I can use, and for another I'm too busy.

[Clearly busy, a closer cluster of mice just out of view piping up again in delight. 'Hail the Devourer! Hail the bringer of light!']
buildsomething: (wake up)

[personal profile] buildsomething 2018-01-09 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Do I want to do math. Is that even a question?

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