Fallout 1: Game 2, "The Mosquito War"
09/08/2001

As the sun was setting, a second game of croquet was
constented upon to play. A slightly different course was quickly
established. Much to the Mauler's approval the run on the stick
started from the bottom up, allowing him to start last instead of
the stressful first.

As the sun had pretty much set, and the dark had firmly
established itself, the mosquitos started their assault onto the
lawn. There was fear as just days before the West Nile virus was
spread to Illinois by mosquitos. There was talk of cancelling the
game, but all the players decided to perpetuate and uphold the
sanctity of the game.

Once again, the Mauler fell back in the group, and it looked as
though it would be another battle betwixt Erik and Pat. But then
miracles do occur on the croquet field.

After the Mauler just completed the first corner hoop, the Mauler
was hurredingly shot at the middle hoop as it was getting dark
and the mosquitos increased aggression. He shot his ball and it
went through the dark all the way through the middle hoop! "Shot
of the day! Shot of the day!" exclaimed the Mauler. Then he never
looked back as he continued to croquet and roquet his way to the
halfway hoops past all the stunned competitiors who were
pooping in their trousers.

Eventually Courtney Dunker and Laura Seger Laura gave their
notice of relinquishment due to the heavy coverage of
mosquitos. So they ablegate off their balls and exited the field in
one of the first ever surrenders. Adieu!

The darkness and mosquitos grew to a near insurrmountable
foe, but the Mauler, Punisher, Erik and Pat endured this greatest
challenge to what would be a classic game to be relived in
stories told in the future to our grandchildren.

Erik made it a close game near the end, but the Mauler staked
out first under the blanket of darkness and mosquitos and he
quickly removed the Golden Sharpshooter to no celebration. He
then dashed inside to the refuge of the indoors.
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