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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!"
somethingwithturquoise: (high five!)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2018-06-06 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, Summer wasn't little, but she was here, so that was something?

"Hey, Rey!" she waved when she spotted the other girl and she wasn't too busy dying over 'Caleb.' "How's it going?"
thatwaslucky: (adorable)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] thatwaslucky 2018-06-06 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Summer, hi," Rey said, smiling and waving her over. "You're back already."
somethingwithturquoise: (smug summer is best summer)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2018-06-06 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Just for the day," Summer said, grinning faintly. "Kanan's a terrible influence and convinced me to finally skip one of my college courses to swing by and visit."

And, boy, what a day she picked!

"And you're still here, huh?"
thatwaslucky: (desert girl)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] thatwaslucky 2018-06-06 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"For a couple months. I managed to get a portal out in August," Rey said.

Mixed feelings! So many mixed feelings!
somethingwithturquoise: (what.everrrr. (at the hulk musical.))

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2018-06-07 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
"August?" Summer seemed personally offended. "That's so long! What the hell, Portalocity? Ugh."

She shook her head.

"At least if you're going to be stuck somewhere, this place isn't half as bad as community college hell back in Lame-O Dimension."
thatwaslucky: (curious)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] thatwaslucky 2018-06-07 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
Just wait until she was willingly stuck back on Jakku.

"Is it really that bad?" Rey wondered.
somethingwithturquoise: (what business that hires teenagers isn't)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2018-06-07 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Not that bad," Summer grudgingly admitted. "I am kind of learning some useful stuff, I guess? And, I mean, it's not like things are ever boring back home, but the FOMO is intense. Weekly updates from Kanan can only go so far."

As today was definitely proving...
thatwaslucky: (doing okay)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] thatwaslucky 2018-06-07 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
"This really is the first thing you've missed," Rey assured her. "Aside from whatever they do to the fish."