With every air-shaking boom, it’s hard not to laugh along. As it is, her smile couldn’t get any wider nor her mood any lighter.
“Welcome to the family!” She shouts, slapping the shoulder of the frankly bewildered looking man hunched over in front of her, before leaping over the low wall they had been using for cover with an excited cheer.
In the chaos that is the Michalis family reunion, it is the last of his sister-in-law he will see until dinner time–eight hours away and a maelstrom in and of itself, if the stories of competitive eating and food fights are to be believed.
“Don’t worry, you’re doing just fine!” His… cousin-in-law? (Second cousin?) reassures him between occasional war cries and water balloon tosses.
Great-aunt Delphina, who is a retired auctioneer, and one of the nephews named Theodore, who differentiates himself by being a fairly decent deejay, are commentating rapid-fire. By dint of being on-stage and next to expensive sound equipment, they are the only part of the sprawling backyard that are dry. Every time they spot a participant get drenched–usually accompanied by an over-the-top death scene–uncle Aleon will set off a firework.
There have been seventeen fireworks so far; there were fifty participants at the beginning.
So far, he’s been the cause of “death” for three of the Michalis family members. Though one of them was an eight year old who was starting to look over-heated and had delightedly grabbed the water balloon in his hand to smash over her own head.
He has no idea where his wife is.
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A/N: Hm… I don’t know… Also, random POV shift right at the beginning? Who knows…
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