Try Not to Die!!! [Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 3rd period]

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Anakin and Ben were back at Portalocity. "Today we're heading to Delhi, India," Anakin said, pointing to it on a map he'd made Ben hold up. "It's very humid, very hot, and very, very crowded. Please don't get too lost during your challenges."

Though he and Ben had built in time for them to get completely turned around at least twice.

"Have fun," Ben said with a warm smile, "and, um, hope you don't love what you're wearing."

That wasn't foreboding at all, was it, class?

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Sign in [6/18]

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Wait, dirty?

Roadblock: Dirty!

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It's Holi! Climb up a series of ladders to find the clue envelopes among several labeled "Try Again!" (because Ben and Anakin were mean), while being hit with water and traditional colored powdered dyes.

Yeah, you're gonna be gross.

Detour: Bleary Eyed or Teary Eyed

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In Bleary Eyed, you follow a series of power lines, keeping mark of the numbered tags hanging from the power lines. The power lines look like this:



You report the tag numbers to a power company official and plug in a musical Ganesh statue to receive the clue that tells them where Anakin and Ben are.

In Teary Eyed, you find a specially marked store in a spice market (not easy) and transport a 40-pound (18 kg) bag of chili peppers to a location a quarter of a mile away. Then grind them into chili powder with a mortar and pestle to receive the next clue.

Check in [6/18]

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Covered in dye, crying from peppers--isn't class fun?

OOC

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And the RNG sayeth:

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

Re: Sign in [6/18]

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Korra

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Liara T'Soni

Re: Roadblock: Dirty!

[failsatspirit]

Yeah, Korra decided it wasn't cheating to use a bit of subtle airbending and waterbending to make sure she reached the top relatively dry and clean.

Re: Detour: Bleary Eyed or Teary Eyed

[failsatspirit]

Finding the stall and hauling the chillies hadn't been actually that hard, but grinding them took a bit of elbow grease.

Re: Check in [6/18]

[failsatspirit]

Korra wasn't entirely sure how she'd managed to acquire a bag of chilli flavoured snacks between the detour and the finish line, but somehow she had. They weren't as good as fire flakes, but still tasty.

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Theo Langstrom

Re: Roadblock: Dirty!

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Theo's headache from yesterday had gone away but he figured he'd have a few one after a morning getting pelted with all sorts of things. His first few attempts at climbing the ladders failed miserably. The words 'try again' were going to haunt him, he was sure.

But, he got lucky and managed to find the right clue and skittered down the ladder, wet and colorful but not completely out of the race.

Re: Detour: Bleary Eyed or Teary Eyed

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Theo went with the bleary eyed challenged because he figured he had six sets of eyes and hopefully that would work to his advantage. Theo moved slowly and he occasionally got thrown off by Ange or Dev arguing about which line to follow but they all got on the same page eventually and Theo was able to get the statue going so he could run off.

Re: Check in [6/18]

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Theo was finally drying out from getting dyed earlier but he didn't think he'd done as bad as the last few weeks, at least.

So, he'd take it...and immediately head to the showers once he found out how he'd placed.

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Victor Mancha

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Gertrude Yorkes

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Maddie Berry

Re: Roadblock: Dirty!

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Maddie still had way too many thoughts about the weekend and any and all resulting calls from it, which was probably why she did fairly okay at this. For someone who used to think she was't athletic at all, the climbing wasn't any problem, and she was too distracted to care if she was getting hit with anything.

Though she did kind of just want to drop water balloons on the people getting her messy when this was over.

Re: Detour: Bleary Eyed or Teary Eyed

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Maddie decided to go with the thing that required less focus today. The only thing slowing her down was finding the store, which she really thought would be easier than it was.

And grinding the peppers down was actually kind of cathartic.

Re: Check in [6/18]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

Okay so Maddie sort of wouldn't mind if her eyes would stop tearing (she should probably stop wiping them, really), but she wasn't frustrated and hating life by the time she got to the check-in, which probably meant she did decently.

Well. She wasn't frustrated and hating life any more than normal.

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"Oooh, snacks!"

Ben Skywalker: easily distracted.

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[momslilassassin]

"Ho, Maddie," Ben said. "You're sixth today!" He tilted his head. "Crying from peppers or frustration?"

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"They're good," Korra said, offering him the bag. "Spicy."

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"You're seventh today," Anakin said with a tiny smile, "and pretty colorful."

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"I feel like a rainbow threw up on me," Theo said though he sounded mostly pleased because that was a much better finish than previous weeks. "I hope all this stuff comes out. I don't need multicolored hair."