#im gonna look back on that tag and laugh my ass off probably lmaoooooooo

[taketheringtolohac]

The Breath Mints. lost in the first round of the playoffs yet again, which is disappointing but i think there needs to be attention paid to HOW we did it.

it’s a pitchers duel between Mindy Kugel and Winnie Hess. both great pitchers, both underhanded, it’s honestly pretty evenly matched between the mechs 2 batters left and the rest of KC and it’s the fifth game of the series- whoever wins will make it to the semi-finals.

its the bottom of the second and theres been no hits, but suddenly! a recently chomped Marco Stink hits a dinger! classic for the bug! however this is BAD, Mindy has underhanded, but not to worry! He strategically hits it into one of the Meadow’s big buckets and it effectively makes it 0 runs. score’s still 0-0 and its fine. doing great.

the rest of the game is tense, theres hardly been any hits on EITHER side and we’ve made it to the top of the 9th and there’s STILL been barely any hits. but Winnie’s never been great under pressure. she is often scared of plastic bags that come tumbling through the field, horses are just like that, and sometimes, she gets startled. but Winnie, a creature of habit, does what she does best, and Gurgie’s Gia Holbrook.

now you may be thinking, well that’s fine! Winnie gets gurgies! Blood for the Blood Horse! 

well, while this is usually the case, this PARTICULAR series was the WORST time to Gurgie. The Mech’s have a team modification from their evolution prior to the breach called Maintenance Mode, which means that whenever someone has been impaired on their team that team will get a fourth out for the REST OF THE GAME. 

Winnie, realizing what she’s done, tries to hold it together, but she can’t. She’s trying to figure out how to fix it and she lets in two singles from a scattered Adelaide Judochop. There’s two outs on the board and she just has to keep it together, but she lets up a double from Gia and they score a SINGLE run. its not too bad, she can come back from this. two more outs is all she needs, the batters can get one run she’s sure of it, and she throws the ball. she’s watching it go and Adelaide hits a sacrifice bunt to Jode Preston. Two Runs. she’s trying to keep it together on the field but she gets a little sloppy, luckily its a flyout from Gia to end the inning.

It’s up to the batters now, and the pressure is ON. Jode hits a single to start out the inning, she’s not here to play games she’s here to WIN. Twooney’s up to bat, she’s had a rough go of it these past few days- her hittings fine but she’s still a bit shaken from her near death experience the final day of the regular season and just how CLOSE of a call it was- but she steps up to the plate and hits the ball! She reaches on fielders choice, not what she wanted but she’ll take it. Marco’s up to bat, she watches him get strike after strike and hit two fouls, but she’s BUBBLING with energy. She’s DESPERATE for this win, an outlet to try and overcome her anxieties and how much she just wants to PROVE she can win this game. She steals second, the crowd goes wild and Marco looks at her wide eyed as he strikes out. It’s up to Kina, ey’re not a great hitter but Twooney knows shi can do it. Kina racks up two strikes, and Twooney can feel that itch coming back. Mindy throws a ball and Kina looks worried, Twooney takes a deep breath and BOLTS to third- and she MAKES IT. She looks at Kina, and smiles. It’s up to hir now. Kina steadies herself and looks Mindy right in the eye and...

HITS A SINGLE, GETTING TWOONEY IN TO GET THE BREATH MINTS ON THE BOARD.

Kina’s on first, leaving the Val Games replica to take em home but it doesn’t pan out like the Mints had hoped. The game ends 2-1.

Now the THING is, had this been a normal game, the Mechs SHOULD have lost. If Winnie hadn’t gurgied, the Mechs wouldn’t have been able to hit the sacrifice bunt that got them the second (winning) run of the game and it would’ve gone into extra innings. And what’s more, had Mindy not been underhanded The Breath Mints would’ve WON that game 3-2 ANYWAYS. it really was just a series of unfortunate circumstances (and the Mechs superb pitching combined with their two player star line up) that made the mints lose again.

But god. What a game.