I took Duncan along on the last day of the State Fair and as we walked down the midway we were approached by carnival barkers wanting us to "test our skill". I told Duncan these games are virtually unwinnable and he will likely get a cheap consolation prize. So he decided to try using Pokemon powers within the rules of the game.

The swampert carny here said the rules were to toss a ping pong ball into any fish bowl to win the fish. Duncan noticed the magikarp
were small and underfed and decided to win their freedom using water gun shield, normally a defensive move but one that Duncan has been perfecting for tossing objects. The openings to the fish bowls were custom and very tough to place without bouncing out.

It took a couple of tries but he managed to get all but a couple of the karp, the swampert knew he was done for the day and for the season and gave us the rest. Now what do we do with this magikarp army? We will come back and get them later, for now we have more games to play with pokemon powers for the win!

Artwork by  Blake.Zekky who sadly died of COVID on October 18, 2021. He was a delight to deal with and had worked so hard making art to keep his family sheltered, he deserved a medal, he did not deserve that.

Cass, the swampert carnival barker was an OC of the artist, Duncan and fair pic background are mine.