Summer Shenanigans, May 27, 2026

[sith_happened]

Today Anakin had a helper!

An unwilling helper.

A helper who didn't know she was helping until right now.

"We're playing musical chairs today," Anakin said, gesturing for Rey to put chairs into a circle.

It might be obvious how much Rey didn't know she was helping by the wary look on her face even as she arranged the chairs.

"A little warning might be nice," she muttered, like she didn't know better.

"Where's the fun in that?" Anakin replied with a smile. "But musical chairs by itself is dull, and we've done team-building versions too often. So this time you will be seated in one place and pass a balloon around and around."

"How is it terrible?" Rey asked. "It's always terrible."

She defended you, Anakin. Always remember she defended you.

"When the music stops, the person holding the balloon has to pop it," Anakin said. "The balloon isn't empty."

"I hate the ones where I have to do laundry," Rey sighed, with the face of someone who would not be doing any defending today. "What are they filled with?"

"Surprises!" Anakin said with a bright smile.

Rey sighed. Sorry, everyone! Sorry!

"Listen for your names and come grab your shirts," Anakin said.

Those names:
Ilya Rozanov
Rey Skywalker
Hannibal Lecter
Isabela
Remy LeBeau
Jonathan Sims
Duke Crocker
Vi
James Flint
Lydia Bennet
Henry of Skalitz
Sairis Karkaroth
Erasmus Boone
Beckett Mariner

Book Club, Tuesday, Period One

[good_for_six]

Class was being held in J,Gob again, because they had a budget to spend, damn it. Somehow, both the pastry and book tables were even more full than last week.

"Welcome back," Isabela declared cheerfully. "You've done the good stuff with some reading, now it's time to get to the even better stuff with some gossip."

Aphra sipped the drink that this early she was still going to claim was non-alcoholic. "Share with the class something about a book that you've totally read during the last week and pick each other's brains about it. Hey, maybe some of you have even read the same book!"

That was actually how book clubs...never mind.