Jun 19, 2024 22:38:09 GMT
Post by Samaritan on Jun 19, 2024 22:38:09 GMT
Michael Faraday
Oblivious Opening
Michael was exceptionally excited for all of the events happening at the Sports Festival. It was all rather overwhelming when sign ups began. In his over-excitement, Michael had not only agreed to help with several student ran booths, he had also signed up for several of the events for the festival without fully understanding what was happening in the events. This was how the large balloon-headed man ended up joining the Balloon Bonanza event. Michael had seen the name of the event and signed up without further insight.
It's called Balloon Bonanza, how could I NOT be a part of it?
Little did he know until backstage being explained the more detailed rules of the game did he realize just how much jeopardy he had actually put himself in. It wasn't a matter of feeling any kinship with the balloons in the competition, but there was a rather... twisted sense of self he could see in the targets. Seeing that the balloons were meant to be attacked felt awkward for a few reasons, the most prominent being that his head could be mistaken for a target. He actually considered painting his head green to avoid confusion...
So long as he didn't go floating up among the targets, there was a reasonable likelihood that he wouldn't be shot at, so Michael optimistically remained in the competition. He took his place at the starting line formulating his plan of attack.. on the floating targets that looked even more like his own head once seeing them in person. Michael tried not to think much about that and focus on a plan of attack. With his quirk not having a emission to assist with popping the balloons, he would just improvise. In each hand he wielded a simple sharp nail; with these he could stretch his arms out and pop any of the red balloons he could reach.
He stood at the starting line and positioned himself for the signal to begin. As soon as the buzzer sounded Michael began the slaughter. It was difficult to describe the awkward feeling Michael had towards popping balloon after balloon. Growing up it had been a rather dramatic fear of his to pop, so since the beginning of his training, he had focused on strengthening his own latex-like body. He couldn't afford to be fragile, so he did everything he could to build up and learn to manipulate the rubbery material of his body so now he could be as sturdy as a car tire. Even still, this kind of massacre against balloons was starting to give him pause...
Notes & Tags:
TLDR: Michael joined the Balloon Bonanza not knowing what was happening in it. Michael struggles to put aside his apprehension for popping targets that look so much like his own head, but uses some construction nails and stretch his arms to pop as many as he can while he can stomach it.
So long as he didn't go floating up among the targets, there was a reasonable likelihood that he wouldn't be shot at, so Michael optimistically remained in the competition. He took his place at the starting line formulating his plan of attack.. on the floating targets that looked even more like his own head once seeing them in person. Michael tried not to think much about that and focus on a plan of attack. With his quirk not having a emission to assist with popping the balloons, he would just improvise. In each hand he wielded a simple sharp nail; with these he could stretch his arms out and pop any of the red balloons he could reach.
He stood at the starting line and positioned himself for the signal to begin. As soon as the buzzer sounded Michael began the slaughter. It was difficult to describe the awkward feeling Michael had towards popping balloon after balloon. Growing up it had been a rather dramatic fear of his to pop, so since the beginning of his training, he had focused on strengthening his own latex-like body. He couldn't afford to be fragile, so he did everything he could to build up and learn to manipulate the rubbery material of his body so now he could be as sturdy as a car tire. Even still, this kind of massacre against balloons was starting to give him pause...
Notes & Tags:
TLDR: Michael joined the Balloon Bonanza not knowing what was happening in it. Michael struggles to put aside his apprehension for popping targets that look so much like his own head, but uses some construction nails and stretch his arms to pop as many as he can while he can stomach it.
