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Anakin Skywalker ([personal profile] sith_happened) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2018-06-06 09:03 am
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Summer Games, Wednesday Morning

Today the park was set up with the normal bleachers for observers, and also thoughtfully provided cheap plastic rain ponchos for people who wished to observe without being in the blast zone. There didn't seem to be a single adult manning any of the food stations, which could explain the choices: heavy on super spicy junk food and no salad to be seen anywhere.

The most noticeable difference from last week, though, was probably the weedy teenager with the, frankly, hilarious haircut wielding the megaphone today. He had a little ponytail and a braid looping down over his right ear. It was a lot of look. "Right!" he yelled. "So I woke up today with this set of instructions next to my bed: apparently I'm in charge of doing paintball today, which sounds surprisgly not-stupid for a school event! We're going to be in two teams, so listen for your name since I don't recognize...most of them."

He shrugged that off. Must be another weird Fandom amnesia day or something. And paintball was way more important than giant gaps in his memory, right? "Okay, this is Team Red: you wear the ugly red jumpsuits over there--" he pointed helpfully, "--and your paintball guns and don't forget your eye protection and blah blah don't poke your eyes out, etc. Team members are: Ahsoka, Verity, Kaidan, Miguel, Paris, Aloy, Vanessa, Peter, Jaylah, Peridot, Tip. Alec, Amaya, Steve, Cara, Seivarden, Tony, Sabine, Jason, Summer, and Theron."

He waited for those team members to get moving. "Okay. Team Blue is: Aphra, Astrid, Rosa, Jaina, Kanan, Eliot, Beaker, Liam, Hannibal, Manfred, Hera, Kathy, Sidon, Magnus, Uma, Cristina, Breq, Bobby, Wade, Reno, and me." He consulted his paper again, then made a face. "Okay, we were supposed to just stay in the park, but that sounds incredibly boring, so I'm going to give us five minutes to make a quick plan with our team and then say that the entire island is fair game for as long as it takes one team to take out the other team."

Complete anniliation. Surely that boded well for his future life choices! "Last man, woman, or--" his eyes drifted to Beaker, confused, "--other...standing wins for their team and gets to take home the--" he squinted at the paper again. "Terrifying fish thing?"

On cue, the fish flew into his hand. Over the past week, it had been modified again: now to smell like pumpkin spice, put off small fireworks and holographic projections of flowers with smiley faces as it flew, and telepathically project "The Song That Never Ends" into the minds of anyone too close to it.

Anakin hated this thing on sight.

"For the first time in my life, I'm considering losing," he said, staring at the fish. "Anyway! Teams, get together and plan! You have five minutes and...go!"
what_the_shock: (teen - dorky)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] what_the_shock 2018-06-06 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
She noticed him! Miguel was grinning like anything now.

"We can totally do trip wires. And maybe some sort of lever - set up like a pressure plate? Step on one end, get the other hitting you?"

He was already looking around for appropriate things.
arboreal_priestess: Hassie Harrison as teenage Verity Pric (zzzteen: Sideways Talk)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] arboreal_priestess 2018-06-07 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Pressure plates, classic for a reason," Verity agreed, snapping her fingers again. "Real talk, though. Can you shoot?"
what_the_shock: (teen - shocked)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] what_the_shock 2018-06-07 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can pick it up, point, and pull the trigger," Miguel said. That was most of what shooting was, right?
arboreal_priestess: Hassie Harrison as teenage Verity Pric (zzzteen: Smile)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] arboreal_priestess 2018-06-07 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, but can you hit what you're aiming at?" Verity asked. "That's the most important part of shooting."
what_the_shock: (teen - dorky)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] what_the_shock 2018-06-07 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've never tried with a gun before," Miguel confessed. "I'm okay in old sims, though."
arboreal_priestess: Hassie Harrison as teenage Verity Pric (zzzteen: Uncertain)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] arboreal_priestess 2018-06-07 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"...Sims?" Verity asked. "Like video games? Cause real guns aren't like what you use in the arcade, even paintball ones."

At least, according to her little sister Antimony. Verity was too busy dancing to play video games.
what_the_shock: (teen - shocked)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] what_the_shock 2018-06-08 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
"They don't exactly let us have real ones." Miguel was actually really glad for that. He'd probably be dead if some of the other students (Kron) had had guns.
arboreal_priestess: Hassie Harrison as teenage Verity Pric (zzzteen: Sideways Talk)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] arboreal_priestess 2018-06-08 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
Verity had grown up with real guns ever since she was old enough to be taught to use them properly. It still sometimes boggled her that other non-cryptozoologist families didn't. "Take a few seconds to practice," she suggested. "Get used to the way it feels in your hands."
what_the_shock: (teen - small smile)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] what_the_shock 2018-06-08 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Miguel hefted it like he was going to shoot, checked the trigger, shrugged and put it back down. "It feels like a big plastic gun?"