[Semi Closed] And your Bingo card

[mincingminuet]

WHO: Penelope and Various
WHERE: Throughout the city
WHEN: Throughout July
WHAT: Bingo Card Threads!
WARNINGS: Maybe language or violence, tomato monsters? Nothing serious



This is a catch all for Pen's Bingo Card. Her card is here. Any unmarked square is open to be grabbed by somebody, and if you want to do a thread all you've gotta do is ask. Feel free to PM me on DW or at intercession.

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Kurt (Spoil the ending of a movie)

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[Okay so she felt kinda bad about this one, but Pen wasn't going to skip out on a bingo point just because she felt bad about it. There was always that one little theater that played old movies, and surely that wouldn't destroy her movie karma too badly, right? Well, okay, maybe it would but it'd be worth it. So the Adventures of Duke von MarchHausen it is.

Looking around for people sitting by themselves, Pen slips into the theater and spots a target. A guy that's not super tall and intimidating, looks to be around her age, and has a kind of chill vibe to him. Walking over she gestures to a seat a couple down from him.]

Hey man, are you saving that for anyone?

[It's not a bad seat either, so it's not that weird that she's asking, is it?]

[digthefuzz]

[Kurt's been so hyped for this cult classic. He wonders if maybe he could get a remake made one day! Man, this movie theatre was a real find.

Kurt has a big bucket of popcorn that he's eating from as he's watching. He's a little surprised that someone's coming up to sit next to him, but he has no problem with it, and he responds with a chill nod.]

I was saving it for the air, but I think it's cool with letting you have it. [Kurt responds jokingly.]

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[Slipping by, she settles in with a seat between them, her own popcorn ready, a small Icee held in her other hand.]

Thanks dude.

[Putting her feet up, she grins at the screen as the very, very old previews begin to roll.]

Ever seen this movie before? It's such a classic.

[digthefuzz]

[His eyes widen slightly in surprise as she puts her feet up. Wow, she must be a real rebel!]

Nope! [He rubs his hands together excitedly.] I'm so hyped for it... Oh man, have you seen it?

Aria (Chocobo Racing)

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[Now this is a bingo challenge. One that won't make her feel bad at all! She sends a couple of texts out to friends, but there's someone in particular she's got in mind. Aria, since she didn't really know the other girl well and thought it might be a good opportunity to get to know her better.

They'd agreed to meet down at the beach, and that's where she'd find Pen.]

Hey! [Waving, Pen trots up with a quick grin.] Thanks for coming. I've made the arrangements for the rental, if you're still cool with a Chocobo race?

[ghostdrives]

[To be honest, she had her reservations about this. She barely had any real exposure to horses, and has even less knowledge about chocobos now that they exist. She said yes to Pen's offer before she really thought about it.

Which prompted her to a little digging into things like "Do chocobos buck?" and "Chocobo related injuries". You can't blame a girl for wanting to be a little prepared.

When she gets to the beach, Pen seems to find her easily. Smiling, she nods.] Hey, and yeah. I've got no problem. I came prepared for it at least, might as well do it!

[God, she hopes she doesn't fall off. But she's got a first-aid kit in her pack just in case.]

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[Pen, on the other hand, knows quite a bit about chocobos from reading about them on the internet. And she had the kid experience of riding horses in the desert with her dad, so she knows about that some too. Like a real cowgirl.]

Good. Figure it's best to just this square out since it's easy. And then maybe we can hang? There's a great pizza place nearby.

Leo (Noodle Sculpture)

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[It'd been a little bit of work getting everything together for this, and she'd raided the dollar store of it's entire stock, but this was going to be hella fun. Out of all the random things she'd been tasked with, this seemed like something she could really enjoy. Now, she did need a helper though, and she knew just the nerd. A handwaved phone call later, she was pulling into his driveway in her little sedan, the entire back seat stuffed to the gills with pool noodles.

Hopefully that doesn't keep him from getting in? Because it's probably pretty weird looking...]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ Leo was ready to go by the time she arrived. But when he stepped outside to see the car full of pool noodles, he had to stop and laugh for a moment before carefully climbing into the passenger seat. ]

What’d you do, buy out the whole city? This thing’s gonna end up bigger than both of us.

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No!

[Okay she may have sounded a little defensive but...]

I mean, just one store. Wasn't sure what we needed to make it work. Also got a couple of hot glue guns to make it stick together.

[commandertoolbelt]

Penelope, please. If we do this right, we won’t even need glue guns.

[ It may sound like Leo had a plan. He definitely did not. ]

But hey, as long as we’re prepared, who am I to judge? Where are we doing this, anyway? Beach, or like, an actual pool?

Minako (Shopping for Jim and a nice lunch in costume)

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[Well what better chance for a test run of their convention costumes than on a bingo dare? Pen had finished her Scheirky outfit weeks ago, and giving it a good trial run to make sure it all fit seemed like a good plan, so when Minako had asked her out to lunch in costume she'd been pretty eager for it.

Pulling into the parking lot of the big shopping center, she hopped out and trotted over to where her friend was waiting.]

Sorry I'm behind. Hard to drive in a witch's dress. Hope you weren't here too long.

[complementing]

Not at all! I was actually kind of worried I was the one who was late.

[Driving in a giant poofy dress is also difficult...some sections of her dress are a bit wrinkled from sitting, in fact. She'll have to iron that out later.]

So! What should we do first, shopping or lunch?

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Hah, nah!

[Grinning, Pen sweeps the hat off her head.]

I think shopping first? Get that out of the way. Then lunch.

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Sure!

[Minako is very conscious of how many people are staring at them at the moment, but she's used to getting stares. So she just flashes onlookers a blinding smile, and glides forward towards the stores.]

Are you going to go the cheap route, or the gag gift route?

For Freya (Spar with someone)

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[Meeting up at the Rec Center for a spar seemed like the ideal place. And since she wasn't exactly sure if they'd have practice weapons she could use, Penelope had brought her own. A long wooden spear and a stout looking shillelagh poke out of a golf bag as she walks in, waving to her girlfriend.]

Yo. You ready?

[belligerentwarrior]

[Freya's been at the Rec Cen for a while now, figuring she might as well get in some of her usual routine beforehand. She's on her cool-down when Pen arrives, a towel around her neck and a half-finished gatorade beside her on the bench, in black sports bra and shorts. There's two sets of kendo gear piled nearby; Freya had been surprised that the center had sets.]

[Her face splits in a slow, excited grin.] Am I. Really, how could I turn down personal lessons from miss little spearmaster herself?

[And she's honestly excited. Freya's always enjoyed anything resembling fighting far more than's probably normal. The fact that her girlfriend's willing to spar with her and teach her's just another point in her favor.]

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[Penelope grins and sets down the bag, taking her shoes off before stepping out onto the mat with the fake weapons in hand. Dressed in shorts and a tanktop, she seems ready at least. Spinning the shillelagh between two fingers on one hand confidently, she tosses the long spear over towards her girlfriend. She fully expects the tall woman to catch it, big bad MMA fighter that she is.]

You asked, you know. Who am I to turn down a request from you, of all people.

[A shrug, the long cane still whirling.]

Unfortunately, unless the rec center has a staff, I've just got the one spear meaning we'll have to take turns or use different weapons for the main event. Which should be fine. I remember how to use these now too.

For Alison (Use your Powers around Someone New)

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[When Penelope had gotten the new piece of Auracite, she'd pretty much tucked it away for surprises, and with the bingo card, she had an extra thing to show off a little. So, she'd asked someone who'd probably think it was cool for a little help with this bingo card.

Meeting up at the park was easy enough, so that was where she'd asked Ali to meet her. At one of the gates.]

Hey! Sorry, hope I didn't keep you waiting. [She says, sliding up on a long skateboard.] Thanks for coming out.

For Vera (Caroling and other nonsense)

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[If Vera was expecting anything that was normal from Penelope when she got a text randomly during the afternoon, she was dead wrong.

Hey, come outside. I need your help with something. If she was foolish enough to actually open the door? Then she'd be in for a real shocker. Pen, in her exercise clothes, holding a boombox.]

Okay! You ready?

[heiroglyphs]

Uh, sure?

[She was just getting ready to go out for dinner, but if Pen needs her for something, she can spare a few minutes. And she's already here? That's a little presumptuous, don't you think?

Either way she'll take a step outside and take in... whatever it is she's looking at right now.]

Pen...? The hell is this?

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[FOOL, you should have run while you had the chance. And since when do carolers come by announced?]

Bingo things. A show, and then I need your help with something. Shouldn't take any more than like...ten minutes.

[She presses the boombox button and it begins blaring a familiar song. Just the instrumentals. Because Pen is starting to sing in a well trained contralto...]

We're no strangers to love...

Knock Knock Penelo

[notyourutopian]

~-Full commitments what I'm thinkin' offff. You wouldn't get this from~

[SLAM.]

~Any other...guy...~

[Eleanor's voice trailed off and she sighed as she looked at the closed door. Well, that had gone about as well as the last three places, really. She couldn't blame them though? If someone had shown up caroling a rickroll, she'd probably have slammed the door too! But really, they could let her get through a whole verse, right?]

[She wasn't sure whether or not it counted if she didn't, really. She'd certainly gone all out for it though, she'd dug up a trench coat and sunglasses, printed out fake sheet music to read from, and set off to annoy people.]

[It probably didn't help that she couldn't really sing.]

[She clicked the music off on her phone, ran the video back to the beginning, then headed to the next door. She'd do one more, that had to be enough...]

[*Knock Knock*]

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[Pen opens the door, a little surprised to get a visitor in the middle of the afternoon, but not really minding.

The young woman on the other side doesn't look familiar or anything, but she doesn't look like a salesperson or anything.]

Uh...Hi? Can I help you?

[This better not be Jehovah's Witnesses...]

[notyourutopian]

[If only you were so lucky, Penelo.]

Hello! You don't know me, I'm just...going caroling. In July. I need a moment of your time and...I am rather sorry about this.

[Eleanor's accent was definitely worse when she was embarrassed, it seemed. But not so embarrassed it was going to stop her!]

[And then she clicked her phone on and a certain song started playing.]

[Eleanor tapped out the beat with her foot, holding up her homemade carol music.]

~...We're no strangers to looooooove...~