[semi-open] Ain't no party like a team-bonding party

[starfruitfrog]

Characters: Metokkori R and Hikan Cafe employees (and passers-by)

Location: Shibusen City Park

Rating: PG (full disclosure is important when you organize a camping trip, kids.)

Time: March 23rd (back-dated), mid-afternoon > March 24th, morning

Description: The team at Metokkori R and Hikan Cafe have a camping trip complete with marshmallows, curry and an unknown enemy attacking them in the middle of the night.






'Work is important, but what is just as important is to have fun, de arimasu. The team that plays and works together, stays together, de arimasu!'

Was what Keroro said right before announcing their first annual team-bonding camping trip.

The site was chosen as the park, simply because it was free and open. That and Keroro just wasn't all that interested in going out in the desert and being carried away by vultures.

Now get to bonding! What do you think he's giving you guys a half day off for?!

Comments

[this_is_keron]

[He would have taken them all down by morning! Unlike a certain sergeant he remembers to dispose of his traps when he no longer needs them.]

The trajectory of water guns are all wrong.

[vintage_magic]

And that was your reason for using paint guns? [She puts her hands on her hips and leans over a bit, staring down at the frogs.]

You're going to have to clean this up or I'll be reporting y'all for vandalism.

[starfruitfrog]

[That's because Giroro isn't in a position of authority. When you're the leader, you leave clean-up to the subordinate that looks like they have the most time.]

You heard her, Giroro-kun. Clean everything up, de arimasu.

[this_is_keron]

Tch.

[But he goes off to do it anyway. Because it sort of was his fault and, unlike Keroro, he wasn't going to make excuses for himself.

...though he has to stop and wonder how one goes about cleaning paint from grass.]

[vintage_magic]

[She looks at Keroro.] Don't just stand there. You should help him. I reckon you never got permission for your training camp anyway so it's your fault, too.

[Lily glances over at Giroro.] What's wrong?

[starfruitfrog]

Even if I went to help him, I'd just be getting in the way, de arimasu~

[Besides, Keroro's sure most of the fault lies with Giroro.]

[this_is_keron]

Hn. It's nothing.

[Like he's going to admit that he doesn't know how to clean this! He pauses, before pulling out one of the rags he uses to polish his weapons, crouches down and begins to clean the grass with it.

This is totally going to work. Totally.]

[vintage_magic]

I'm sure it would be faster if you helped. [She gestures with her sickle to emphasize her point. It still looks pretty sharp...]

[At least, the red critter seems to be listening.]

[starfruitfrog]

[Stop threatening him with weapons, Lily. Keroro steps back, but doesn't give in.]

And I'm sure it wouldn't be, de arimasu. One must always take responsibility for one's own actions, de arimasu. Corporal Giroro acted out of line in his attack, and now he has to pay for it, de arimasu.

[this_is_keron]

I did not act out of line. [And he's just going to clean this spot of orange paint...maybe he should wipe down the individual blades of grass in this spot.

Why is cleaning so difficult?]

[vintage_magic]

Then, you should at least clean up all these tires and nets and tents and things. [Even if the paint wasn't directly his fault, she's not going to let him get off that easily...]

[Giroro seemed to be taking a long time on that spot...] If the paint won't come off, then you'll have to cut the grass and replant.

[starfruitfrog]

Of course you did, de arimasu.

[Don't argue with your leader, Giroro.]

And the camping things are going to be a group effort, de arimasu. It would be impossible by myself, de arimasu.

[Look at the size of everything. Now look back at the two-foot tall frog-alien.]

[this_is_keron]

It's fine. [He will defeat this paint spot if it kills him!

Before he continues though, he shoots Keroro a Look.]

You should have planned a better training camp.

[vintage_magic]

Then, how did all of this get here in the first place? You'd better find people to clean up since none of this should be here.

[Lily agrees with Giroro and thinks it should have been held somewhere else, too.] At the least, he should have gotten a permit. I reckon there's a fine if you don't...

[starfruitfrog]

[Well, he's going to shoot Giroro a 'Look' of his own. So there.]

That's obvious, de arimasu. We're still cleaning up, de arimasu. [Of course.]

And it's just friendly camping, so we shouldn't need a permit, de arimasu. It wasn't supposed to be some kind of survival training. [Giroro.]

[this_is_keron]

[It's not the location he has problems with so much as the actual execution.]

It's a camp for building team work. It had an obstacle course. How was it not a training camp?

[vintage_magic]

Friendly camping? [She doesn't really believe him.] Most folks would go out to the country for that, not pitch tents in a city park.

[And she's going to agree with Giroro this time.] Plus, I know of no one who would consider an obstacle course part of camping.

[starfruitfrog]

It was an obstacle course for fun, de arimasu. You know, something people do in their spare time, de arimasu. Like hobbies, de arimasu. [But obviously, Giroro wouldn't know anything about that, not actually having any real hobbies.]

And going out into the country is dangerous, de arimasu. The desert isn't safe at all, de arimasu.

[this_is_keron]

The desert would have been better. [You'd get better training done there.]

[vintage_magic]

Even if it's a hobby, it doesn't have anything to do with camping. And bringing all these things into the park is going overboard.

I reckon you would have caused a lot less trouble if you went camping out in the desert.

[starfruitfrog]

And I'm telling you both that the desert is dangerous, de arimasu. What if we got carried away by witches, de arimasu? I wouldn't risk the lives of my employees like that, de arimasu.

[It's more like he's unwilling to risk his own life. He has to go out there with them, you know.]

[this_is_keron]

That wouldn't happen if you stay vigilant.

[vintage_magic]

[Getting carried away by a witch could happen right here in this park. After all, she was a witch and having picked up Oscar in his potbellied pig guise on various occasions, she doubted that picking up a two foot frog would have been much more difficult.] And you’re so sure that wouldn’t happen in the park? Didn’t they say they can’t keep witches out of the city?

[And she glances over at Giroro.] Are you still working on that paint?

[starfruitfrog]

[But that chance is increased a hundred-fold outside of Death City where Keroro imagined that Kishin Eggs and Witches roamed around like sheep on a pasture.]

I'm not sure, de arimasu. But that doesn't mean that we should choose to do something as foolish as stepping outside Death City into a place where we'd have no back-up, de arimasu.

[this_is_keron]

[...actually, he was distracted with telling Keroro off and stopped for a moment. He gives her a salute.]

I'll get back to it.

[And wanders over to a new patch of painted grass. Paint, you're going down.]