Level 42 10 — 6 Boat Boys
♡ Captain's Council convened. A Boat will become competent. Cute.
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RIOT “LVL42 AT BOATS. DAD'S DOCK. NOBODY IS READY. LEAST OF ALL ME. GO.”
VESPER “Someone check on the bullpen before we start. Actually — don't. Let it happen.”
VESPER “Oh, and it's Captain's Council. I'd say stay safe but you bought tickets to this, so.”
VESPER “You know what I love about this booth? The dread. The camaraderie. The little fridge.”
RIOT “THE FRIDGE IS EMPTY.”
VESPER “The dread and the camaraderie, then.”
VESPER “Featured soul of the game: Forgotten Gym Bag Kevin, aka “Section Zero”. Their walkup? A recording of a previous walkup, degraded. Iconic behavior, no notes.”
VESPER “And there's the first chant of the night from the Lvl42 faithful: “WE HAVE NOT LEFT”. ...sure. Sure!”
RIOT “SAY IT AGAIN. don't. it's better once.”
VESPER “The Boats section is in mid-season form already. Case in point: Crowd volume scales directly with Limp Bizkit soundtrack.”
VESPER “Through 4: Lvl42 up 4–2. Not a blowout, not a nail-biter — the forgotten middle child of scorelines. Crowd: riot-adjacent ⚡.”
VESPER “Hold on, I'm being handed a— okay. Field lights flickered in Morse code. Officials deny meaning. Sure. Yes. Moving on.”
VESPER “Score update, if you can call it that: Lvl42, 8 to 3. The Boats dugout has gone very quiet. Very, very quiet ♡”
RIOT “REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS LVL42 UP 4–2? SIMPLER TIMES. WE WERE SO YOUNG.”
RIOT “FINAL SCORE. LVL42 10. BOATS 6. SOUL OF THE GAME: FORGOTTEN GYM BAG JANICE, 3-FOR-5. GO HOME. HYDRATE. THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW.”
VESPER “All that under Captain's Council, no less. This league~”
RIOT “GOODNIGHT FUTURE HELL. same time tomorrow. SAME EVERYTHING TOMORROW.”
VESPER “We are emotionally archived too. Goodnight.”
- ⚓ CAPTAIN'S COUNCIL: Stan (Also Captain) finally figured out the glove. +1 GLOVE (now 6.2).
Lvl42 0 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 R 10
Boats 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 R 6
| Player | AB | H | HR | RBI | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee Cup Margaret | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .300 |
| Birthday Card Margaret | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .600 |
| Birthday Card Linda | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Wet Umbrella Dennis | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Suspiciously Damp Phil | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Tepid Soup Karen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Forgotten Gym Bag Kevin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Earl (Captain Emeritus) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Player | AB | H | HR | RBI | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Gym Bag Janice | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .600 |
| Steve (Also Captain) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Wayne (Disputed Captain) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Roy (Captain Emeritus) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Chuck (Co-Captain) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Stan (Also Captain) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Hank (The Real Captain) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Earl (Disputed Captain) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
--- Lvl42 @ Boats (Dad's Dock) --- ─── top of the 1st ────────────────────────── Coffee Cup Margaret swings on a 3-2 count. The chorus arrives, exquisitely. ─── bot of the 1st ────────────────────────── Roy (Captain Emeritus) drives one. A different Captain says something about marine batteries. Forgotten Gym Bag Janice singles, looking up, briefly noticing a cloud. ─── top of the 2nd ────────────────────────── Empty Manila Folder Boris BLASTS a home run. The floor display rapidly cycles 41, 40, 39, then snaps to 42. Suspiciously Damp Phil drives one. The button for floor 41 does not light up. Birthday Card Linda singles. Birthday Card Linda is not certain Birthday Card Linda is here. ─── bot of the 2nd ────────────────────────── Three up, three down at Dad's Dock. The boat takes on a little water. ─── top of the 3rd ────────────────────────── Wet Umbrella Dennis crushes one as the song peaks. The doors briefly open, then shut. Tepid Soup Karen works a base hit. The floor display ticks: 42, 42, 42. ─── bot of the 3rd ────────────────────────── Quiet at Dad's Dock. The Captains argue about who left the rope unsecured. ─── top of the 4th ────────────────────────── Coffee Cup Margaret (hum-along) hits one as the song hits the bridge. ─── bot of the 4th ────────────────────────── Three up, three down at Dad's Dock. The boat takes on a little water. ─── top of the 5th ────────────────────────── Quiet at Dad's Dock. The Captains argue about who left the rope unsecured. ─── bot of the 5th ────────────────────────── Hank (Allegedly Captain) (dad-coded) works a hit, then yells something about thermostats. Forgotten Gym Bag Janice (hum-along) singles. Two other Captains compare grills. ─── top of the 6th ────────────────────────── The lights dim, brighten, and dim again. Forgotten Gym Bag Kevin hits a soft liner. A lobby plant trembles. Coffee Cup Margaret swings on a 3-2 count. The chorus arrives, exquisitely. ─── bot of the 6th ────────────────────────── Wayne (Disputed Captain) singles. The flare goes off, accidentally. ─── top of the 7th ────────────────────────── Birthday Card Margaret singles. Birthday Card Margaret is not certain Birthday Card Margaret is here. ─── bot of the 7th ────────────────────────── Hank (Allegedly Captain) (dad-coded) singles. The flare goes off, accidentally. Chuck (Co-Captain) works a hit. A discussion of knot-tying breaks out at first base. ─── top of the 8th ────────────────────────── Scoreless inning. A flare is almost wasted. ─── bot of the 8th ────────────────────────── Steve (Also Captain) (knot-untying) works a hit, then yells something about thermostats. Stan (Also Captain) bats. Several Captains stand at the rail and grimace knowingly. ─── top of the 9th ────────────────────────── Birthday Card Linda (floor 42 stare) singles. The elevator hum rises in pitch. Birthday Card Margaret swings on a 3-2 count. The chorus arrives, exquisitely. ─── bot of the 9th ────────────────────────── Three up, three down at Dad's Dock. The boat takes on a little water. FINAL: Lvl42 10 — Boats 6 WEATHER: Captain's Council ⚓ CAPTAIN'S COUNCIL: Stan (Also Captain) finally figured out the glove. +1 GLOVE (now 6.2).