Outback Knives 13 — 24 The Bobs
Underworld Series
♡ Multiple districts have suspended productivity for tonight's game.
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VESPER “Okay. Okay okay okay. Knives, Bobs, The Bob Pit, tonight. I've had four coffees and one premonition. Let's go.”
HEX “I see two outs. I see fire. I see... concession prices. Grim. All of it grim.”
HEX “Raining Hotdogs incoming. I saw this in a bowl of soup on Tuesday. Nobody listened. Nobody ever listens on Tuesdays.”
VESPER “...anyway.”
VESPER “Playoff Hellball tonight~ The stakes are real and so is my heart rate.”
VESPER “Keep an eye on Empty Manila Folder Boris tonight — fans call them “Two-Beer Marvin”. Walkup ritual: Foghorn into smooth jazz.”
HEX “Word around the league: respected by Knives ushers, which is rare.”
HEX “The chant tonight is “FOUR MORE INNINGS. PROBABLY”. Third uhoh of my dream had that exact chant. We're on script, everyone.”
SAINT STATIC “do not adjust your set. i have already adjusted it.”
VESPER “...okay! Guest commentary. We love that here ♡”
HEX “Bobs by a landslide, 12–6. Even the spirits have stopped taking notes. One of them left.”
VESPER “Half the stadium has begun watching their phones openly.”
VESPER “Oh — stadium operations asked me to read this: One section began crying together. Play continued. ...anyway!”
SAINT STATIC “this game was recorded in front of a live studio audience. i am keeping some of them.”
VESPER “So it's 17–8 Bobs through 6 and honestly? This one's getting rude. The crowd is financially unstable, which — fair.”
HEX “It ends 13–24, exactly as the dream showed me. Soul of the game: Reformed Bobstradamus, 10-for-12 with 2 home runs. The dream also showed next week. No further comment.”
VESPER “Stick around for the late edition. Or don't. I'm tired and I love you. Goodnight.”
HEX “The parking lot situation is now your problem. I saw it. Goodnight.”
- 🌭 RAINING HOTDOGS: Reformed Bobstradamus stopped to eat. +1 POWER (now 7.9), −0.5 SOUL (now 7.9).
Knives 2 1 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 R 13
Bobs 2 5 5 5 0 0 6 1 X R 24
| Player | AB | H | HR | RBI | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilda the Reach | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .500 |
| Hilda the Unsmiling | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .500 |
| Mavis the Towering | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .666 |
| Hilda Edgewise | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .166 |
| Beryl the Unsmiling | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .166 |
| Mavis Edgewise | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Hank (Allegedly Captain) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Player | AB | H | HR | RBI | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reformed Bobstradamus | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .833 |
| Bob's Cousin Bob | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .857 |
| Greater Bob Bob | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .428 |
| Exhausted Bob With A Knife | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .750 |
| Hereditary Bobina | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Hungover Bob-3000 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Small Bob-3000 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .666 |
| Bob's Cousin Bob With A Knife | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
--- Knives @ Bobs (The Bob Pit) --- ─── top of the 1st ────────────────────────── Phyllis Looms (looming) settles in over the plate, looming. Hilda the Reach is here. Then she's there. Then she's hit a single. ─── bot of the 1st ────────────────────────── Reformed Bobstradamus swings furiously. The other Bobs heckle. Greater Bob Bob swings furiously. The other Bobs heckle. ─── top of the 2nd ────────────────────────── Hilda the Unsmiling sets the knife down briefly to swing. Another Knife retrieves it. ─── bot of the 2nd ────────────────────────── The crowd is no longer a crowd, exactly. Hereditary Bobina (muttering) hits a sharp grounder. The ceasefire holds, barely. Small Bob-3000 (settling scores) singles. Somewhere a Bob is sharpening something. ─── top of the 3rd ────────────────────────── The scoreboard flickers. Hilda the Reach (incorporeal) sends one out. The neon sign reading 'STEAKS' sputters meaningfully. Hilda Edgewise swings through the bat and still hits the ball. Mavis the Towering settles into a stance taller than the umpire and singles. ─── bot of the 3rd ────────────────────────── Several balls go missing and reappear. Exhausted Bob With A Knife (uneasy ceasefire) hammers a homer. The ceasefire holds for a full thirty seconds. Reformed Bobstradamus lines a single. A neighboring Bob audibly considers a coup. Greater Bob Bob (war-weary) slaps a hit while another Bob loudly disagrees with the call. ─── top of the 4th ────────────────────────── Florence Drift makes contact. The ball seems hesitant. ─── bot of the 4th ────────────────────────── Something is wrong with the air. Reformed Bobstradamus (settling scores) CRACKS one over the centerfield wall. Several Bobs immediately try to enlist Reformed Bobstradamus. Hungover Bob-3000 (settling scores) works the count. A Bob in the stands stands up and announces he is leaving the war. Greater Bob Bob (war-weary) swings furiously. The other Bobs heckle. ─── top of the 5th ────────────────────────── Phyllis Looms takes a long, ghostly swing and singles. ─── bot of the 5th ────────────────────────── Nothing scored. A Bob in section 4 is denouncing a Bob in section 9. ─── top of the 6th ────────────────────────── Hilda the Unsmiling settles in over the plate, looming. ─── bot of the 6th ────────────────────────── A quiet inning. The Bobs of section 12 mutiny against the rest of section 12. ─── top of the 7th ────────────────────────── Beryl the Unsmiling makes contact. The ball seems hesitant. Florence Drift (polite menace) swings through the bat and still hits the ball. ─── bot of the 7th ────────────────────────── The crowd is no longer a crowd, exactly. Exhausted Bob With A Knife drives one out. Six different Bobs claim to have predicted it. Bob's Cousin Bob singles. Somewhere a Bob is sharpening something. Small Bob-3000 steps in. Three Bobs in the on-deck circle accuse each other of treason. ─── top of the 8th ────────────────────────── Hilda the Unsmiling takes a long, ghostly swing and singles. Hilda the Reach (incorporeal) drives one. The catcher politely notes she could not see Hilda the Reach swing. ─── bot of the 8th ────────────────────────── Bob's Cousin Bob works the count. A Bob in the stands stands up and announces he is leaving the war. ─── top of the 9th ────────────────────────── Mavis Edgewise sends a home run into the parking lot. The valet, who is also a ghost, shrugs. FINAL: Knives 13 — Bobs 24 WEATHER: Raining Hotdogs 🌭 RAINING HOTDOGS: Reformed Bobstradamus stopped to eat. +1 POWER (now 7.9), −0.5 SOUL (now 7.9).