Summer Games [Wednesday]

[sith_happened]

A fully grown Anakin Skywalker was back in his normal spot in the park, megaphone in hand. In addition to the normal bleachers, the park had a number of tables set out with an inordinate amount of craft sticks and hot glue guns.

More worryingly, there was a giant bullseye spray-painted onto the grass.

"Welcome back!" Anakin said, absolutely blustering past the part where last week he'd been 17 years old with a deeply regrettable haircut. "Today you will be building catapults out of craft sticks and glue! It must be capable of propelling a meter tall object towards that bullseye--" he pointed to the grass helpfully. "Whichever team comes closest to hitting the buillseye gets to keep the fish for the week. Do not tank on purpose just because you don't want the fish!"

He glared at everyone to make his displeasure known about that. "You have an hour and a half to work on and complete your design! Please listen for your name to know which group you belong to! Group One: Peter, Norman, Kitty, and Paris. Group Two: Hannibal, Liam, Astrid, and Kanan. Group Three: Sabine, Rosa, Jono, and Tip. Group Four: Zack, Ahsoka, Cristina, and Verity. Group Five: Steve, Bobby, Cara, and Miguel. Group Six: Sidon, Hera, Rey, Amaya, and Uma."

[OOC: EDITED TO ADD: There are also rubber bands, rope, buckets, cloth, macrame gremlin ensembles, and other moddable stuff hiding under the tables. I totally remembered. Really. Cough.]

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Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep meep meep MEEP!" Beaker said, saluting each team.

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[uncertain_dume]

"... I have moral reservations about this."

Serously, Skywalker? A student? Kanan was judging you so hard right now. So hard.

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[white_oleander]

"I'm...pretty sure he's okay with it," Astrid observed, tilting her head.

He was a clown after all, right? She still hadn't been dispelled of that notion, and being shot from a cannon was an old classic. He'd probably been preparing for this for years. This was finally his moment to shine...

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep meep!" Beaker said excitedly.

Please, please shoot him from a catapult. Pleeeeease.

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[uncertain_dume]

If Anakin had pulled a mind trick in this kid, so help him, Kanan was gonna...

"Okay," he said, still a little dubious. "But I'll be on standby to catch him if anything goes too badly."

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[sharp_man]

Hannibal shook his head and put one of the macramed gremlin monstrosities in the basket to hold...him.

"Climb in, then."

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep meep meep!" Beaker said, nodding and checking the strap on his helmet before climbing in. "Meep!" he said, giving a thumbs-up.

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan sighed, moved to settle himself to the side between the catapult and the target, and gave his own thumbs-up.

He was ready to do any catching necessary if anyone else here was actually crazy enough to fire this thing off with Beaker in the basket.

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[special_rabbit]

"Oh, no," said Amaya, shaking her head a little. "I don't think I like this at all."

Sure, she knew first hand from her own class that Beaker was...remarkably resilient, but it took a bit more than first-hand knowledge to quell the uneasy feeling that came with just launching your student at a giant target from a hastily-made catapult.

Thankfully, she had four other teammates, at least one of which who might not have similar...er...reservations.

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[futurespacemom]

"That's really not right," Hera agreed. "I don't think kids are made for...what species is he, anyway?" Maybe he enjoyed this and had a really tough exoskeleton...somewhere?

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep meep meep meep meep!" Beaker said enthusiastically if not exactly in a way that made sense to anyone else.

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine had seen this kid blow up and be fine, so she wasn't too concerned here.

"I have a glitter bomb," she said thoughtfully. They'd get points for style!

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep?" Beaker asked excitedly.

Re: Fiiiiiiire the Object!

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"You stay in in piece, but you-" and everything in his path. "-will look great."