Try Not to Die!!! [Tuesday, June 11, 2013]

[sith_happened]

Ben and Anakin were waiting in their usual spot for their students to arrive. "Welcome to Kaz-" Ben frowned, then tried again. "Kazik--"

"Kazakhstan," Anakin finished for him. "It's a country in central Asia."

Rory had told him. Shhh.

"It's cooler there than our last destination, so you will not be getting wet," he continued. "I'm not guaranteeing anything about not getting messy, though."

Isn't he reassuring, class?

Ben shook his head. "Race hard, be safe, don't tick anyone off, and we'll see you at the end of the class."

Comments

Sign in [6/11]

[sith_happened]

WTF Kazakhstan.

Re: Sign in [6/11]

[theoplustwo.livejournal.com]

Theo Langstrom

Roadblock: Yeah, You Look Stupid

[sith_happened]

Wait for the the next student to arrive, then pair up and put on a two-person cow costume from the Almaty Puppet Theater. Walk across town to the marketplace, where you will have to drink an entire glass of fresh milk. Your next location is printed (in Russian script) at the bottom of your glass.

Ask a local to translate if you aren't fluent in Russian.

Re: Roadblock: Yeah, You Look Stupid

[theoplustwo.livejournal.com]

Okay, so it looked like Theo would be waiting. While he waited, he did put on one half of the cow costume and grumbled the entire time. Dev was grumbling right along with him in his head. Even Ange was a little dubious of this one.

Re: Roadblock: Yeah, You Look Stupid

[lil-nikita.livejournal.com]

Alex glared at the cow costume. She was really not happy about this.

At least she was fluent in Russian.

Re: Roadblock: Yeah, You Look Stupid

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

Anakin just stared at the cow costume for a while. "I have a bad feeling about this."

What, like you wouldn't.

Re: Roadblock: Yeah, You Look Stupid

[reven8e.livejournal.com]

"This is stupid."

Once she stated the obvious, Emily grabbed the front of the costume.

Detour: Work or Play!

[sith_happened]

Search among 30,000 chickens (seriously, 30,000) for one of 13 golden eggs that you then give to the farmer watching you. He will hand you a clue that tells you where Anakin and Ben are waiting.

Or travel to the State Museum of National Musical Instruments and learn to play a traditional folk tune on the dombra or the shang-kobuz which you then play for locals to earn tips totaling 200₸ (approximately equivalent to US$1.50) in a park to receive your next clue.

So...tedium or potential tone-deafness. Choose wisely!

Re: Detour: Work or Play!

[theoplustwo.livejournal.com]

Theo didn't know why he chose to search for golden eggs. He really didn't know. Ange and Dev were both pointing him towards the instruments because it would be both educational and easier but Theo went against them both.

And maybe he chose the eggs because it was against them both and he wanted to prove he could still do that. But this was taking forever and there were so many chickens and he just wanted to scream.

It felt like it took hours (it didn't take that long) but Theo eventually located the eggs. He'd lost a ton of time though so he was just going to...walk slowly the rest of the way.

Re: Detour: Work or Play!

[ultron_junior]

Victor didn't want to depend on the kindness of strangers, so he picked the chickens. He hit it lucky; the golden egg was under the second chicken he checked.

He sprinted off to the finish as soon as he had the final clue.

Re: Detour: Work or Play!

[lil-nikita.livejournal.com]

Alex didn't really like the idea of playing one of the instruments for strangers, so she chose chickens. That was her biggest mistake today. It took what seemed like forever to find an egg.

Re: Detour: Work or Play!

[notyetplatypus.livejournal.com]

Chaz was from Vegas. By the time chicken usually got to him, it had neither motion nor feathers. Once again, he found himself wishing he'd gone for the other option. Not that that would have gone better.

Re: Detour: Work or Play!

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

Ugh, chickens, no. Anakin opted for the musical instruments instead, and as it turned out that was not one of his skills.

He was flat-out awful at it, and in the end the only reason he managed to scrape together the tip money was because he used a little bit of Force persuasion. In his defense, he held out on doing that for a while?

Re: Detour: Work or Play!

[tigerundercover]

Raven didn't take long to choose. The thing about busking, she figured, was that it was just as much based on the look and personality of the performer as their skill. She adjusted her look just a little based on how the locals were dressed, picked some of the wealthier looking targets, and played and charmed and flirted for all she was worth.

It didn't take long to earn the tips she needed. She even had some fun while she was at it.

Re: Detour: Work or Play!

[reven8e.livejournal.com]

Yes, chickens. Emily found the egg surprising soon, but her shoes were now a mess.

"Why do I keep bringing the expensive ones around?" It was a mystery!

Re: Detour: Work or Play!

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy had not thought this through. The chickens all totally freaked out with a predator there and she spent about a gazillion hours trying to find one of the dumb eggs and apologizing to everyone for freaking out all the chickens.

She had chicken feathers everywhere by the time she was done and was sweating enough that they stuck to her really well.

Check in [6/11]

[sith_happened]

Isn't Kazakhstan fun?!

Re: Check in [6/11]

[theoplustwo.livejournal.com]

Theo came jogging in, still smelling like chicken most likely. That hadn't been fun and he knew he was near the bottom of the pack. So much for his string of strong finishes.

Re: Check in [6/11]

[ultron_junior]

Victor was grinning as he ran up. He could tell he'd done pretty well, and he was going to glory in it.

Re: Check in [6/11]

[lil-nikita.livejournal.com]

Alex was sure she wasn't anywhere near the top five this week. The chickens really were a poor choice. She blamed them. Yes.

Re: Check in [6/11]

[notyetplatypus.livejournal.com]

Chaz showed up covered in feathers and with a scowl visible probably from several neighboring countries.

Re: Check in [6/11]

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

Anakin was scowling, of course, because he did that a lot.

"Every time I think you can't possibly come up with anything worse . . ."

He wasn't actually complaining full-force, at least.

Re: Check in [6/11]

[tigerundercover]

"I can't believe," Raven said as she walked up, "you sent us to Russia."

Shhh. Cold War Girl wasn't super up on her new global geography.

Re: Check in [6/11]

[reven8e.livejournal.com]

"Cow costumes? Seriously? You might as well call the course Try Not to Die Of Embarrassment," Emily said as she walked in. At least it seemed like she had done a good time. Finally.

OOC

[sith_happened]

And lo, the RNG says:

1. Victor Mancha
2. Raven Darkholme
3. Anna Korlov
4. Emily Thorne (TA)
5. Maddie Berry
6. Korra
7. Anakin Solo (TA)
8. Liara T'Soni
9. Alexandra Jones
10. Gertrude Yorkes
11. Theo Langstrom
12. Chaz Villette
13. Mercy Thompson