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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!"
imafuturist: (teen - ew gross)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] imafuturist 2018-06-06 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just. Let me do it," Tony said, looking up at the sky like he was praying for some patience here.

Younger Tony had very little of that.
what_the_shock: (teen - incredulous)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] what_the_shock 2018-06-06 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Miguel scowled. "I'm good with machines, I can do it myself. I'm just trying to figure out what you did. I'd have done this bit instead..." He fiddled with it his own way. "You still get that distance, that way."

Teen Miguel wasn't exactly great at it either.
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Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] imafuturist 2018-06-06 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then do that. My way is just fine," Tony grumbled, putting his gun back together with careful, precise movements.
what_the_shock: (teen - unsure)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] what_the_shock 2018-06-07 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
"So's mine," Miguel pointed out. "Wait, what did you do about the other bit? Oh, never mind. Got it." He scowled at the insides of the thing. "Be nice if we had a coating to cut down on friction."
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Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] imafuturist 2018-06-07 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Sometimes you have to make do when you're not in a proper lab," Tony said like that shouldn't have even needed to be mentioned.

It was super lucky for everyone that Tony had time to mellow and have less of a chip on his shoulder around people as an adult. Best to just blame Howard for how he was now.
what_the_shock: (teen - dorky)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] what_the_shock 2018-06-07 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Ugh," Miguel agreed with a sigh. "Think there's even a proper lab around here?"
imafuturist: (teen - black and white)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] imafuturist 2018-06-07 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Well." There had been one where he woke up, but the cool AI had sort of warned him off it. As had Rhodey. "Maybe at the school?"
what_the_shock: (teen - unsure)

Re: Team Red, Assemble!

[personal profile] what_the_shock 2018-06-07 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Miguel eyed the big buildings speculatively. "A place like that can't have a lot of properly secured and isolated locations. Shouldn't be too hard to find."