Sweater of the day: A wizard's hat!

[bezazzled]

Who: Mabel Pines & YOU!
What: Bouncy house fun!
When: Right now!
Where: The front lawn of the castle!
Rating: G!


It's high time Mabel puts her ability to wish for anything to good use. She's got a long list of requests. So she's heard about that one time that everyone suffered for their wishes. Pfffft! That's in the past, and she promises to wish cautiously. She'll only wish for things that she absolutely needs.

What she absolutely needs is a bounce house.

It's a simple bounce house. Her only desire is to jump, not race awkwardly through an obstacle course. There's only so much enjoyment a kid can get from jumping on their bed, and what better way to fulfill the need to bounce than to wish for a quality bounce house? It's pretty great if she says so herself.

Mabel can be found inside the house, jumping and laughing and giggling to her heart's content. Anyone at all is free to join her, though she won't hesitate to remind others to play nice, remove all sharp objects, and always always keep their socks on.

Comments

[hellshaped]

Hellboy gives her a sort of dubious look, briefly. Unnecessary wishing, Mabel! But whatever. Bouncy castles.

"I can probably do this myself." Just because it's a little awkward having her mess around with his feet. He's an adult! But he lifts his hoof anyway, tentatively.

[bezazzled]

It's a good thing that these wishes are entirely necessary. They are justified.

He lifts his hoof, and Mabel is quick to wrap a few layers of bubble wrap around it, securing it with some packaging tape. If anything, he's ready to be shipped via Paradisa Postal, if that's a thing that exists.

"I have a good feeling about this."

[hellshaped]

Everything is justified in the interest of bouncy castles, for real.

Hellboy gives his hoof a long, scrutinizing look, then lowers it back to the ground and experimentally puts some weight on it. The bubble wrap seems to be cushioning itself to the point where it doesn't just pop under his weight ... so far, so good ...

"This might work," he murmurs, mostly to himself. Now he's a little bit excited, maybe stupidly. It's just a bouncy castle, HB!

[bezazzled]

It's not just any bouncy castle, though. It's the only one in all of Paradisa! Limited edition, chance of a lifetime, etcetera.

"We're looking good! This is totally going to work. I am so smart, it's scary. Now let's see the other hoof."

[hellshaped]

The rarest beast of them all: the Paradisa Bouncy Castle.

But no, seriously. He is really getting into this. All the bouncing he's going to do, hell yeah!

"If I pop it, you can't get mad," he says, half-joking, and lifts his other hoof.

[bezazzled]

She finishes wrapping up his hoof securely and snugly, and then rises to her full height once more, waving a hand at him.

"Fuhgettaboutit. I'll just be happy if you get a couple of good bounces in! This is kind of a big deal, you know. I'm not sure you realize what a momentous occasion this is for you. The last thing on my list of things to worry about is whether or not this thing will survive."

She claps her hands together, as if dusting them off, and then gestures toward the house.

"Your kingdom awaits, my liege!"

[hellshaped]

A momentous occasion, huh? Hellboy idly wonders where this ranks on the list of Things Normal People Do as he experimentally puts his full weight down on his hooves. It feels a little awkward, but he can manage. For the sake of bouncy castles.

He shifts his gaze toward the thing and appears to be psyching himself up for a moment. And then he charges at it and leaps inside, getting his bounce on pretty successfully.

[bezazzled]

A cheer erupts from little ol' Mabel as soon as Hellboy launches himself into the castle. One, two, three bounces so far! She jumps up and down and pumps her fists. Looks like the bubble wrap is holding up after all! She gives herself a mental pat on the back.

To her surprise, the castle seems to be accommodating him quite nicely. She's not sure how long it will last, but she's just glad he was able to get past the first few bounces. Now to kick back and watch a grown man have fun.

[hellshaped]

He is bouncing and it's so awesome. He should probably be a little embarrassed (actually he will definitely be embarrassed later), but for right now he's just having a childhood experience he never got to have. Hooves and stupid horns be damned, he is going to bounce forever!

Well, maybe not forever. Because, like he said might happen, the bouncy castle deflates very suddenly after only a handful of bounces. It didn't look like his hooves punctured anything, so likely the thing just couldn't handle the weight of a 400 pound demon hopping around on it.

Oh well.

He manages to climb out, looking sheepish and feeling kind of dumb! And guilty. Poor bouncy castle. Poor Mabel. "I'm surprised it lasted that long."

[bezazzled]

He may look down, but Mabel is still absolutely thrilled. She's bobbing on her heels and can hardly contain her excitement, really. She saw that smile. Or at least, she saw an expression that she assumed to be a smile as it was somewhat different from his usual demeanor.

"That was amazing! For your first bouncing experience, you did great! I mean sure, the castle's never gonna recover from that, but who cares! You totally had fun, right? Just try to tell me that wasn't fun. I dare you--No! I triple-dog dare you!"

[hellshaped]

Hellboy again makes that expression that is probably a smile, his tail curling a bit.

"I know better than to go up against a triple-dog dare. It was fun, Mabel."