[ This is actually the lore. They were gonna play baseball but it got cancelled because Catra hit someone with the baseball bat pretty much immediately. ]
If a fight breaks out then you can use the bat as a weapon! But hitting someone unprovoked is gonna end up cancelling the game!
[ I'm in tears. Smash cut to the athletics field, Catra! Caiman's taking the baseball uniforms with him and leaving them in the bleachers. Is it cold? Caiman is unaffected. To little surprise.
Behold: bat in cat's hand, and the baseball shooting machine being brought out. Hello! Everything happens so fast. ]
[IT IS COLD. . . CATRA LOOKS A LITTLE UNHAPPY and yet. here she is, holding a bat kind of like she's holding the bone in the icon, unsure what to do with it]
Uh.
No? Hold on--
[SHE HAS TO REMEMBER HOW THIS WAS USED IN THE MEMORY]
Yeah, like that! But with two hands! [ He waves cheerily. And he is going to push this baseball shooting machine's on button. Hi Catra, one ball incoming. ]
[ Whoa there! Caiman blinks the memory out of his eyes as it goes by in a flash. Except, oops, he blindly also hit the baseball switch at the same time.
Whoom -- the baseball flies, and it can either just narrowly miss her (DO NOT HURT CATRA I WILL BE SAD) or she can swing and end up hitting it. Either way, baseball activation while Caiman tries to reorient himself. ]
[LET US SAY SHE SWINGS AT IT?? with a surprised, startled hiss, in fact. she swings at the ball and knocks it right at Caiman, but?? this isn't on purpose?? i swear??]
[ GOOD. IT BONKS HIM IN THE FACE BECAUSE IT'S WHAT HE DESERVES. It's almost like how the old, old man got bonked in the jaw with a baseball except Caiman doesn't go flying with dentures... though he does fall backwards, his hand hitting the switch back off as he does.
He just lies there down on the ground for a second or two, and then you can just hear him croak out: ]
[ IT'S FINE HE CAN TAKE IT. Caiman just holds up a thumbs-up from where he's lying on the ground! ]
Yeah! [ Wheeze. He does get up, rubbing his jaw, but he really doesn't look worse for the wear. In fact: ] Damn, that was a pretty good hit! Maybe you totally have potential to hit a home run! Just, you know, not at me.
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[WHY CATRA]
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If a fight breaks out then you can use the bat as a weapon! But hitting someone unprovoked is gonna end up cancelling the game!
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Fiiiine. But I guess that means I'll-- [pass, is what she wants to say, but then she seems to reconsider it]
. . . play along very nicely, just like I'm supposed to.
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[ Even he thinks that was a little weird. ]
But can you hit a ball with a bat?
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[says Catra who has never played baseball in her LIFE]
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Yeah, okay. Why not?
[she sounds a little resigned but HERE SHE IS. . . BEING NICE]
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Behold: bat in cat's hand, and the baseball shooting machine being brought out. Hello! Everything happens so fast. ]
Ready?!
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Uh.
No? Hold on--
[SHE HAS TO REMEMBER HOW THIS WAS USED IN THE MEMORY]
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Wait, hold on. . .!
[and she swings the bat, just like she saw in the memory!]
[and completely misses the ball. but hey, at least the ball doesn't hit her]
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[ At least he's positive about it, wow! ]
You wanna swing up so you hit the ball as hard and as far as you can!
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Yeah, yeah! Try waiting until I'm ready next time, okay?
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[ Patting the baseball machine. ]
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Okay, g--
[except. . . a memory plays! I gave you Tung Lashor instead of Rogelio but they're both lizard men so it's fine!!]
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Whoom -- the baseball flies, and it can either just narrowly miss her (DO NOT HURT CATRA I WILL BE SAD) or she can swing and end up hitting it. Either way, baseball activation while Caiman tries to reorient himself. ]
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[SHE TOO IS STARTLED BY THE MEMORY, THAT'S ALL]
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He just lies there down on the ground for a second or two, and then you can just hear him croak out: ]
...That hurt!
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[Catra, however, is not nearly as distressed by this as her player is]
Uh.
[a beat]
Hey, at least you're still alive?
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Yeah! [ Wheeze. He does get up, rubbing his jaw, but he really doesn't look worse for the wear. In fact: ] Damn, that was a pretty good hit! Maybe you totally have potential to hit a home run! Just, you know, not at me.
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[she' leans against the bat, tail flicking]
I don't know what that is, but I bet I'll be hitting home runs before you know it.
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[ EXCELLENT SUMMARY BASEBALL/10 ]
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[(no it does not)]
[she just stares at him after that explanation like, okay. okay? okay???]
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[ IT'S SIMPLE ISN'T IT CATRA??? ]
It's not gonna be hard for you, is it?