fandomhigh | Beat The Heat: Indoor Activities 101, Wednesday, Period 3

Today, the Danger Shop was set up to look like an ordinary suburban home; if students looked closely enough, they'd find many similarities to the layout of the home from The Sampsons, though some ~~moddable~~ changes had been made. They were standing on the lawn just outside the front door, looking in while Hardison spoke.

"Mornin' y'all," Hardison said with a bright smile. "So, the first step in havin' a good time inside is bein' able to use your imagination. Without it, it's hard to be entertained, even with the most state of the art equipment out there. There are some imagination games that a lot of people played growin' up that were always good to pass the time when you were little."

With the push of a button, lava began seeping up through the floor of the living room, stopping when it was about kneedeep. Miraculously, none of the furniture combusted, though much of the light stuff had a tendency to shift and float, turning the living room into an obstacle course. From the dining room came the sound of...pirates? With plenty of "Yarrr, mateys!" and "Shiver me timbers!" and even the occasional bit of song.

There were several other activities to find if the students were willing to explore--but they had to get past the lava first.

"I know, I know, y'all are teen. But you know what? Bein' able to play an' have fun is a valuable skill, so set aside your too-cool-for-this attitudes for an hour an' just have a good time."

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Watch out for the lava!

Kira Yukimura

Alluka Zoldyck

Hanna Heller

Cosette Fauchelevent

Dipper Pines

Cosima Niehaus

It's very short, so you can also react to the sudden lava and wonder what else Hardison has in store for you.

The floor is lava--with actual lava! Obviously it won't hurt if you fall into it, but it'll hold you fast for a minute before letting you go again and one limb will be covered in dried lava which is heavy and slows you down. Avoid falling in by jumping on the furniture, but watch out! The lava is liquid enough that the furniture is afloat and can move when you touch it.

Kira's parents had always wanted her to play quietly, and jumping on the furniture? Totally out of the question. So, she wasted little time jumping onto a chair, and then the couch, and then onto an ottoman, riding it around the lava like she was surfing.

"Seriously!" Dipper whined. "I thought we were just going to sit around and play video games!"

The dining room has been invaded by pirates and they're trying to board your ship, the SS Dining Room Table. Stand on the table and fight off incoming Danger Shop-generated pirates with chairs, silverware, and swords crafted from aluminum foil and cardboard tubes (have fun with a lull in invasions decorating your own!). The pirates will fight, try to snatch members of your crew off the table and make you fight to rescue them, and attempt to steal the treasure: a big crystal punch bowl filled with candy.

The first thing you see upstairs is a giant linen closet, stacked high with blankets. There are four bedrooms in which to craft the world's most awesome blanket fort, with all the ~~moddable~~ supplies you might need. Let your inner architect go while.

In the many, many generations this house has been owned, people have moved trunks of stuff up into the attics and never taken them back down again. Explore through boxes of old pictures and diaries and play dressup with clothing from every decade. Be a flapper, a hippie, or try to figure out who would have worn hamburger-printed parachute pants and why?

. . . yes, this was where Cosette would be, poking through every box she could possibly get her hands on, trying on all the clothes, and judging any hamburger-printed parachute pants she might come across.

People have also stored stuff in the basement, but it's a lot creepier than the attic. Explore in the dim, flickering light of the basement's single bulb, where creepy porcelain dolls stare at you with only one eye and shadows move menacingly against the wall. Everything is covered in drop cloths and--hey, did that move?

Here there be ~~moddable~~ monsters.

Edited 2016-05-17 19:01 (UTC)

He's feeling very proud of his playhouse, okay?

EVEN THIS MADE ME CRY BECAUSE OF THAT STUPID ALIEN. FUCK MASS EFFECT AND EVERYONE WHO ENABLED ME TO PLAY IT.

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