Guys' Night [OPEN]

[seafloor]

WHO: Dudes, dude. Bring all your dudely Outsiders, bro.
WHAT: Man I sure wish I could tell you Cracking a cold one open with the boys
WHERE: The Onsen
WHEN: 4/11
WARNINGS: Alcohol, nudity, dad jokes... This'll be updated accordingly

[ A few days after the girls have had their fun (cause girls just wanna have fun), another blanket text sweeps over the Outsiders' inboxes. This time, it's from Kaito: and he is proposing a very original idea that all the guys should come by the hot springs in a few days' time. Gossip and bathing are optional, but an empty stomach is mandatory.

Several pictures of newly purchased smokers, grills, and even a fucking pizza oven can be seen at various points throughout the message. There are also mountains of stacked beer and soda cases. Kaito's apparently going to be cooking enough to feed the whole base, or so he purports.

Where did he get all the money for this? Whatever, it's free!

He also adds in no uncertain terms that if any girls try to show up and sneak a snack, he will send them home with a stern warning and a bottle of water.

If you take him up on the invitation, welcome! It's a spring cookout and Pitmaster Kaito Nagano is going to be serving up enough barbeque to temporarily turn the onsen area into a Texan territory within Japan. Seriously, there's gonna be a metric fuckton of food and booze, and the hot springs will be right there when you're ready to get hot and hungover.

There are absolutely no plans after food. Feel free to stick around and socialize, but you will not be publicly shamed for just yoinking a plate and dip setting. Probably.

Aside from the barbeque, there are some horseshoes and cornhole boards set up (google it, it's safe, this is not a bit it's just a funny name for an american game) for dudes to try their hand-eye coordination at after having one too many drinks.

If you're feeling particularly brave, Kaito's got an ice box full of artificial fish (all the meat's artificial, let's be real) that you can try to attract a feral cat with. Good luck. ]

(( ooc: hello yes i didn't want The Boys™ to feel left out so feel free to make top levels and just get some general cookout social time in with your boyos. make it as friendly or awkward or awkwardly friendly as possible. go nuts. get naked. cause a ruckus. [ insert toxic masculinity here ] ilu ♥ ))

Comments

[penaltypoints]

[ While similarly out of his element — both in this type of social setting and when it comes to listing assorted games to play — Yesod has something to offer in response, at least. He answers after a moment's pause. ]

...Word chaining. The game is quite simple: players take turns to link each subsequent word to the preceding word by selecting choices whose first letter matches the previous word's last letter. However, certain rules must be followed as well, such as ensuring that all words in the resulting chain fall under the same category.

[thundercrashes]

Oh, I think I've heard of this one before. So for example, if someone starts with the name of a food, then the next person has to also name a food that starts with the letter that was the last letter of the item suggested before, right?

[It's been a very long time since Manjoume played this kind of game, so he wants to make sure he's remembering the details right.]

[penaltypoints]

Yes, that's correct.

[ A nod accompanies Yesod's confirmation. ]

It was a reasonably popular activity among the employees at my previous workplace. Of course, there may be a wider range of other options available here.

[ Unlike said workplace... And while he recognizes the fun in word games, they probably wouldn't be most people's first choice at this gathering. ]

[thundercrashes]

[It certainly wouldn't have been Manjoume's first choice in any gathering he had been to back home, but here...]

There might be other options, yeah, but do you want to try playing it now? It's not like we have anything else going on right now.

[penaltypoints]

[ It has been a while since Yesod played this game himself, but he nods once more soon enough. It is a good way to pass the time, and they have some on their hands here. ]

Begin the round when you are ready, then, unless you have modified rules to suggest.

[thundercrashes]

I don't have any modified rules to give, we'll just keep it simple. First round, uh... food items.

[It's a little lazy, but he doesn't feel like coming up with something different to start with for the first round of their game.]

Pizza.

[penaltypoints]

[ Keeping it simple is nothing to look down upon, in Yesod's view, and he accepts the first round's suggested category with no objections. Besides, it serves as a practice round, allowing both him and his opponent to warm up, as well as gain a preliminary insight into each other's approach to the game.

Pizza, food items... Unmodified, the category should include anything edible, not necessarily a complete dish, so— ]

Aubergine.

[thundercrashes]

[... The fuck is an aubergine?? Manjoume doesn't know that this is another word for eggplant, but he is not one to be deterred--]

Eggs. [a pause] Or wait, should it be just egg without the plural...

[penaltypoints]

[ It occurs to Yesod that his chosen word might be perceived as cheating, considering the reaction that it prompts, but the round continues. Whether plurals should be permitted or not is a good question, too. ]

I am willing to allow it on a case-by-case basis. Then...

[ Hmm. ]

Salad.

[thundercrashes]

[Oh good, it seems that he didn't make a mistake in using a plural, or at least Yesod is willing to let it slide this time. Still, he doesn't want to be doing that too often, otherwise they end up with a lot of "s" words in this game to try to come up with.]

Donut.