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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!"
futurespacemom: (smiling)

Re: Team Blue, Assemble!

[personal profile] futurespacemom 2018-06-06 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Think of it more like training," Hera suggested. "In case there's every a battle, we need to be ready."

Because her galaxy was a special place.
spin_kick_snap: Kim Sae-Ron as teenage Kathy (zzzTeen: Braids)

Re: Team Blue, Assemble!

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2018-06-07 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
"B-but why?" Kathy asked, nearly dropping her paintgun. "Why would we be fighting? Wouldn't we leave it to the, uhh, police? Soldiers? National Guard?"

Who would be coming to attack them anyway?
futurespacemom: (maaaaaybe not)

Re: Team Blue, Assemble!

[personal profile] futurespacemom 2018-06-07 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just in case," Hera tried to reassure her. What did you say to a kid who hadn't been raised in a warzone?

"It's good for hand/eye coordination and...uh...team building?"
spin_kick_snap: Kim Sae-Ron as teenage Kathy (zzzTeen: Sulking)

Re: Team Blue, Assemble!

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2018-06-07 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Kathy had been raised in a very different kind of warzone; her part of LA had been under gang warfare for most of her childhood. It had started tapering down over the last few years as the Seventeens finished booting the Crips and the tongs from their last holdouts in K-Town, but a different kind of violence had sprung up instead.

The difference was, in her kind of warzone, the regular people just kept their heads down and tried to stay out of the way. Kathy was very good at that kind of thing.

"More like gang-building," she grumbled. "Can't we, like, set campfires or do gymnastics or whatever?"
futurespacemom: (doubtful)

Re: Team Blue, Assemble!

[personal profile] futurespacemom 2018-06-07 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Hera tried a small smile. "Maybe next week we'll do that. It's different each time."
spin_kick_snap: Kim Sae-Ron as teenage Kathy (zzzTeen: Braids)

Re: Team Blue, Assemble!

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2018-06-07 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm, umm, kinda good at gymnastics," Kathy said, nodding. She had a some medals at home that said she was better than 'kinda good' but good luck ever getting her to admit that out loud.

"But I've never lit a fire. I've never really been outside of cities." Even visiting her family in Korea, they were still in suburbs.
futurespacemom: (happy)

Re: Team Blue, Assemble!

[personal profile] futurespacemom 2018-06-08 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
"While I can light a fire, but I've never done gymnastics," Hera said.
spin_kick_snap: Kim Sae-Ron as teenage Kathy (zzzTeen: Laugh)

Re: Team Blue, Assemble!

[personal profile] spin_kick_snap 2018-06-08 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, hopefully we're on the same team if they every decide to run a 'light the fire and do gymnastics' event," Kathy said with a small laugh.
futurespacemom: (Default)

Re: Team Blue, Assemble!

[personal profile] futurespacemom 2018-06-08 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hopefully," Hera agreed, giving the girl a smile.