Around The World in Sixteen Challenges, Thursday

[saddeserthermit]

After gathering up and stepping through the portal, the class would find itself on a large and exceptionally busy bridge, crowded with people, kiosks, vendors, and painters.

"Welcome," said Obi-Wan, "to Charles Bridge, one of Prague's most famous bridges. Your journey will begin here today."

"We're in the Czech Republic--" stop pronouncing the "z", Anakin, "--in Eastern Europe. This will be our last stop in the European continent this semester."

"Though not our last stop on the Eurasian continent," said Obi-Wan, who thought he was funny, yes. "You will begin today's course by engaging in the local practice of... well, painting people on bridges."

There wasn't a good local word for it that he could pronounce.

Too bad Threepio wasn't around to provide translation! "After that, you will pair up for an easy navigational exercise," Anakin said, "before heading out of the city for your final task."

"But we will let that be a surprise," Obi-Wan finished, smiling. (He should probably not be smiling.)

"You love our surprises," Anakin added, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

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Sign In!

[saddeserthermit]

Like you're on a bridge.

Re: Sign In!

[good_for_six]

Isabela

Listen to the Instructions

[saddeserthermit]

Get ready... or get distracted by all the traffic on the bridge.

Charles Bridge

[saddeserthermit]

"You must make and sell at least three paintings of local tourists until you are allowed to move on."

Your teachers are being kind and not setting any prices, so you can charge as little as you like, but you better grab some canvases and get to work. Those tourists look impatient.

Re: Charles Bridge

[good_for_six]

Isabela's drawings weren't quite on the level of stick figures, but that was about all you could say for them.

'Luckily', she managed to find three customers who were paying more attention to her cleavage than her drawings. They also were paying more attention to her cleavage than their wallets, and she didn't feel one iota of shame about lightening their pockets.

Re: Charles Bridge

[ungue.livejournal.com]

Laura had no trouble making portraits. Jock of all trades and all that.

Selling them though? A bit difficult without threatening bodily harm upon her customers. So that might have taken a while.

Re: Charles Bridge

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

Let's be perfectly clear, the only reason Eggsy managed to sell any of his awful paintings (despite being practically free) was due to flirting with the tourists.

He also ended up with several numbers in the process.

Re: Charles Bridge

[yogurtvore]

Blue was kind of artistic, but she would not have described herself as a portraitist by any stretch of the imagination. She was kind of astonished by how quickly she was able to sell three paintings. Maybe they had been distracted by her vest, which was made of the pull tabs from soda cans?

Re: Charles Bridge

[notamascot]

Apparently the combination of terrible paintings and utter lack of tact did not make for a quick sale. At all.

Detour: Church Bells

[saddeserthermit]

You and your teammate must move from Charles Bridge to the Church of Our Lady Before Týn, situated at Old Town Square.

You're not getting a map. Or GPS. So hopefully you'll get along with your teammate, or this is going to be a long challenge...

According to the RNG, these are your results:
1. April & Nathan Bryn
2. Cosette Fauchelevent & Blue Sargent
3. Isabela & Anakin Skywalker
4. Kira Yukimura & Laura Kinney
5. Eggsy Unwin & Rey
6. Alex Mack & Kaylin Neya

Re: Detour: Church Bells

[good_for_six]

Isabela looked expectantly at Anakin, since if he was setting the assignments, presumably he knew which way to go. "Well?"

Re: Detour: Church Bells

[ungue.livejournal.com]

Cue Laura grabbing Kira's hand and pulling her along while she sniffed the air around them.

What are you talking about that wasn't weird at all.

Re: Detour: Church Bells

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

"Well, we're fucked." Unless his teammate had some magic powers, that is.

Re: Detour: Church Bells

[yogurtvore]

"Okay, so we just ask someone, right?" Blue asked. Easy!

Re: Detour: Church Bells

[notamascot]

Right. This was gong to take ForBloodyEver, unless Alex had some talent for finding where things were.

Road Block: Chop or Frock

[saddeserthermit]

You're taken from the square to the woods just outside of Prague. Here, you can choose one of two challenges: grab an axe and chop a hundred pieces of firewood, or attempt to follow the instructions to a traditional Czech folk dance.

Yes, you'll be required to wear the traditional garb, too.

Re: Road Block: Chop or Frock

[good_for_six]

Isabela blinked for a moment upon being presented the choices. "...oh, frock."

It took a while to get teh dance right, since she kept trying to lead.

Re: Road Block: Chop or Frock

[ungue.livejournal.com]

Laura had no time for your silly dances! And she could use the workout anyway.

At some point she might have discarded the axe and used her own, erm, implements.

Re: Road Block: Chop or Frock

[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

Eggsy thought wood chopping would have been the easier option. Eggsy regretted his choice immensely about halfway through when his arms felt numb.

Re: Road Block: Chop or Frock

[yogurtvore]

Blue had chopped firewood for money before, as one of her dozen odd jobs around Henrietta, and was surprisingly strong for someone her size. She liked her chances with that better than her chances with the folk dance, and it meant she got to keep her own outfit on. So chopping it was!

Re: Road Block: Chop or Frock

[notamascot]

Chopping, definitely chopping. No matter how long it took.

Check In!

[saddeserthermit]

How did you do?

Re: Check In!

[good_for_six]

There were a whole lot more people around then when she'd got in last week. "So I didn't win again?"

Talk to the Teachers

[saddeserthermit]

They're hanging around Old Town Square for a bit.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[sith_happened]

Anakin was there as always, looking vaguely annoyed.

Also as always.

OOC

[saddeserthermit]

According to the RNG...

1. Blue Sargent
2. Cosette Fauchelevent
3. Nathan Byrn
4. Rey
5. Alex Mack
6. Laura Kinney
7. April
8. Isabela
9. Kaylin Neya
10. Eggsy Unwin
11. Kira Yukimura