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Jane was still beaming with joy. Her happiness radiating from the thrill of successfully dunking Samuel into the dunk tank. The excitement was still coursing through her veins as she jumped around and reveling in her triumph. Just as she was basking in the glory of her achievement, she suddenly felt a gentle tickle on her ribs. The sensation made her flinch and wince slightly and she let out a playful protest. "Hey!"

However, her expression changed dramatically when she saw that it was Benji who had tickled her. Her initial annoyance gave way to a wide grin and she couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Oh, that's you Benji! Did you see that? I'm awesome. Hahaha! That's for my bestie, Sophie!" she said, still chuckling with glee.

As if on cue, Sophia appeared between them, as if summoned by Jane's mention. "Oh, speak of the devil! You're here Sophia," Jane exclaimed, her face lighting up with a warm smile at the sight of her best friend. She was delighted to see Sophia and Benjamin around and her joy was palpable. "This event was fun!" she said. her enthusiasm evident in her voice.

As Sophia and Benjamin took their turn to throw the balls at the target, Jane stepped aside and watching with interest. When both of them missed, she let out a mock agonized cheer, teasing them good-naturedly. "Awww! You guys missed!"

Sophia then made a sudden request, asking both her and Jane to be volunteers for the dunk tank. Jane raised an eyebrow, intrigued by the suggestion. "Eh? You want to go get dunked? Well, I will follow you," she said, a mischievous grin spreading across her face. She then walked over to Abigail. "Hello, Miss. Is it okay if my friend and I are the volunteers, but we sit in the same dunk? So, it's like hitting two birds with one stone?" Jane asked, hoping that Abigail would understand her request. She wasn't sure if she had used the correct idiom, but she was eager to find out if it was possible for her and Sophia to be dunked together.

Abigail clapped and cheered the blonde woman who came up to have a throw. Red was checking her out as she fished around for a dollar, and he handed her a ball when she found one. "Heya! Ready to cool off some mayhaps?"

Abi smiled. "Sure, give it your best!" She closed her eyes when the blonde let her pitch go, for from her angle it looked like it might be on track to plunge her. But she threw a sinker and the bottom dropped out as it got close and hit the backstop directly below the button, making a nice 'whack' sound and rolling back toward Red.

"Aww.... thanks for playing!" Abi called out as the blonde turned and wandered away with a shrug.

Abi then saw the two women who had been chatting come walking over to the side of her tank and she tensed, thinking one of them was going to dart out and slap the bottom with their hand. instead, the shorter girl asked her, "Hello, Miss. Is it okay if my friend and I are the volunteers, but we sit in the same dunk? So, it's like hitting two birds with one stone?"

Abi smiled. So far, she had only gotten her feet wet from kicking at the water below her. Being she wasn't generating much activity, having the two women volunteer to be up here may garner some interest from their friends. "So, you both want to sit up here and maybe get dunked? Sure!"

Abi was quick to scoot over and turn and climb down the ladder at the back of the tank, satisfied with not getting any more wet than her feet and some oversplash from when Samuel went down. She came up to the two women and turned with her hand out. "Tank #1 is all yours! One of you will have to sit on the other's lap I think as they are only made for one."

Leaving the two girls to get themselves sorted, Abi went over to relieve Red from the desk. "Alright, we have a two for one deal on tank one! Come get your balls to try and sink them, or any of the others! Also, if there are any more volunteers, I'm sure Sam and Ethan will like to get down. Melody, if another girl volunteers, do you want to give up your seat?"

Abi was thinking maybe a change in targets would get more interest generated ...

"Yay!" Sophia said with a strange enthusiasm. It wasn't that she expected to get dunked, it was more about spending time with Jane doing this! "I'll go up first and you follow as it looks like you're sitting on my lap."

Sophia was about to head up, but first she pulled a crumpled dollar out of a small pocket of her sundress and handed it to Abigail. "Thank you for letting Jane and I do this! I just want to take a shot at Samuel before I go up and he comes down."

Sophia ran over and cheated a little and got closer by stepping over the line and let the ball go.


It was nearly on target... in fact it hit the button on the edge, It just wasn't enough to trip the latch. "Damn. You lucky Sammy!" She pointed to her ex and moved her thumb a couple times as she walked back to where Jane stood. "Well, with that sort of luck, I doubt we'll get dunked Jane!"

Sophie ran past Jane and climbed up the ladder to get situated on the seat, moving to one side a little so Jane could step on and sit on her lap. Jane hadn't yet got up there but Sophia was already calling out to try and get people to come try and dunk them.

"Hey Ethan, I'm going to throw one last ball at you before I go. If you want you can come by the pavilion where I will be doing a remote radio show segment playing 1960s surfer music!"

She went over to Abi and gave her four quarters that were jingling in her pocket and got a ball to throw. She paused and watched the two women getting on tank one and thought they would have been fun to throw at, but she had to go.

Lining up in front of tank 4, she hoped to dunk the hot guy one more time...

*Winds up and throws the softball fast underhanded...*

*thunk*

"Hmm... not even close. Anyway, come see me!" she waved at Ethan, then to Melody, Samuel, and the two women climbing around on each other trying to get situated. "Bye Abigail! Thanks for organizing this!"

Marionne then turned and started walking toward the pavilion. She would grab a burrito along the way for her lunch/dinner...


(this concludes Marionne's participation in this Summer Soirée event)

Summer had stepped back and was on her phone texting with her friends, and would looked up and cheer and clap when someone made a throw. She then sighed and texted Scott again... 'hey scotty, where RU?'

Sending it, there were no dots forthcoming and she looked around the immediate crowd before watching the two girls getting ready to be dunked together. If Scott ever showed up, maybe they could do a similar double-dip? Maybe. She was hoping they could finish with this fair and have a wander on the beach before it got too late.

Going over to Abigail, she laid down a dollar for a ball as she asked, She was going to volunteer both herself and Scotty to sit on a dunk tank, but she didn't because she really wanted to head to the beach. She instead took her ball and aimed for Melody who looked like she was getting bored.

... throw...

Dang girl, you are so lucky!" she said to Melody after her ball hit just to the side of the button.

Melody looked up when the ball hit. She was daydreaming and wasn’t paying attention, but grinned at the miss. “Yeah, I have the most ‘misses’…” Melody started calculating in her head but paused to wave to Marionne as she left.

“I think I have four misses out of four balls thrown!” Melody blinked her eyes as she calculated the others. “Sam had four balls thrown with three misses and a hit; Ethan had three balls thrown with two misses and a hit; and Abigail had one ball thrown with one miss.”

Glancing over at the two girls getting on tank one, she smiled at them. She was sure she had seen them around the USC campus. She would have to make it a point to go talk to them when they were done being targets.

With Abigail signaling that they could take turns sitting on the number one dunk tank, Jane’s face lit up with a bright grin when she saw Sophia step up first, then glance over at her with a playful smirk. Jane could hardly hold back her excitement, though she hadn’t really planned to participate at first, now she was eager to jump right in. “I wasn’t even expecting to do this,” she said, “But maybe a little dunk is just what we need to beat the heat this summer!”

As Sophia took her turn, Jane watched her. Then, she confidently stepped forward herself, gingerly climbing onto the dunk tank seat. Jane couldn’t help but feel her nerves beginning to set in. She looked at the water below and wondered if anyone would actually hit the target and dunk them both. She imagined the splash, the cold water drenching her unexpectedly and a shiver of nervousness ran down her spine. The thought that she and Sophia might get soaked together made her laugh nervously, clutching the sides of the tank a little tighter.

Now crumpled on the seat, Jane's heart pounded a little faster with each passing second, her mind racing with what-ifs. What if no one dared to try? What if they missed completely and made a fool of themselves? She knew the risk was small but felt the thrill all the same. She tilted her head back and joked aloud, “Let’s see if anyone will actually dunk us.” Then, without warning, she sat back slightly and gently rested on Sophia’s lap.