fandomhigh | Summer Games [Wednesday, June 20, 2018]

"Hello, and welcome to our final summer game before we go on a break next week!" Anakin yelled through his megaphone in his usual spot in the park. Around him were tables covered in just about every color of embroidery floss you could think of--heavy on the rainbow colors for Pride--as well as beads and other accessories to make things pretty. "Today you will be working together to make as many friendship bracelets as you can in a timed period. The winner gets the fish."

He reached his hand out and the Frankenfish came flying in from...wherever it had been lurking this week. It was now neon bright, with teeth and a brand-new carving and could probably be seen from space. Don't launch it there to check. "The winner will keep this amazing prize for two weeks. Please do not launch it into the sun."

He pulled out a sheet of paper. "Now listen for your group:

Teachers: Kitty, Jenkins, Kanan, Amaya
Townies: Brooke, Peter, Jono, Hera
Townies: Hannibal, Miguel, Eliot, Mitsutada
Students 1: Rey, Tip, Astrid, Aloy
Students 2: Sabine, Norman, Sidon, Paris
Students 3: Summer, Breq, Dante, Beaker"

He gestured to the tables. "There are instructions on making friendship bracelets on your tables. You have a half hour. Ready...go!"

Did this seem too easy to anyone else?

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Exactly 29 minutes into the proceedings, everyone at the tables was hit by a telepathically controlled water balloon wielded by a smugly smirking Anakin Skywalker.

"Water balloon fight!" he called out, yanking huge kiddie pools full of water balloons out of hiding. "Use your friendship bracelets as slingshots! Every table for themselves!"

And then he tried to get the hell out of the way, which was going to be futile--he'd started the fight, after all.

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Jono sat there for a moment, dripping wet. And then he squinted. And then he shrugged out of his jacket, because that was leather, dammit, pulled himself to his feet, grabbed his bracelet, and immediately made a break for the ammunition.

Look, give Jonothon an in for a war in which the only casualties would be some balloons and he was going to leap on it.

And people were welcome to try to get him with those balloons, because with his flames sparking up and twisting around him the way they were, his center mass was going to be a tricky target.

Kanan sighed, buried his face in his hand, and ducked behind the table for cover from further incoming balloons.

"Somehow I didn't see this coming," he muttered, reaching out a hand to pull one of those kiddie pools of balloons closer in so they wouldn't have to break cover to get them.

...they were being given small round missiles which, when launched and made contact with enough force, burst open in a spray of wonderful and magnificent water.

It did not take Sidon very long at all to conclude that water balloons were one of the best things he'd yet to encounter on this strange island.

So while he played up his ability to hide and deflect and dodge things during the paintball fight, he miiiiight have been doing everything he could to taunt people and make himself a target for this one, because every time a balloon burst on him, it was such an incredible feeling that he almost want to ask people to directly just pelt him, but that wouldn't be as much fun.

He also tried to lob as many as he could to entice people to strike back, but found he had some difficulty with handling the balloons himself. It took him a few tries to get used to holding them in a way that his sharp claws didn't immediately pierce into the balloon and pop it while still in his clutch.

Would Sidon mind terribly if Norman decided that he was going to hide behind him?

"Do you want to draw their attention and I'll throw balloons back?"

It seemed like an offer that would work out for them both, since Sidon seemed to like being pelted with the things and Norman had at least handled a water balloon before.

Would he mind? What sort of question was that?

"Ha!" Sidon barked out a delighted laugh. "What a marvelous strategy! Good thinking, Norman! Excellent!"

"Alright!" he bellowed out over the crowd, puffing his chest, standing boldly in front of Norman. "One thousand points to whoever can knock off my crown!"

Because apparently there were points now. Though, considering the crown was all but attached directly to his head, he wasn't too worried about having to dole any of those points out.

"....nooooooooooooo.....," said Summer.

Because, of everything on the list of things you'd want to see when you were hungover in a park, kiddie pools of water balloons didn't even begin to make even the bottom of the list.

Wasn't your birthday anymore, Summer!

And that was why there was a green balloon coming at you from behind. You know, courtesy of nobody in particular.

Honest.

And Summer deserved that. She couldn't even be mad about it, really, but that didn't mean she wasn't going to let out a little whimper of clear pain and betrayal as a balloon hit her back.

She would have whipped around to see who was the culprit, but she knew better than that. It was a slow turn, a very slow, careful turn, so she missed knowing for sure who did it, but she had a pretty good idea...and even if not...

Enjoy the pink water balloon being lobbed pathetically at you, Kanan, falling short and splattering on the ground somewhere near your feet.

Okay, so Dante had no idea how to make a friendship bracelet, which was why he had all of two laying around.

But he did know how to shoot things.

Fuck yeah, he was aiming his first water balloon at Anakin's retreating back and let it fly with impeccable accuracy.

Straight in the center of his back, which Anakin fully deserved. He hit the ground reached through the Force for another balloon and threw it back at Dante.

You were an idiot if you thought Dante wasn't using the full extent of his completely improbable abilities to deal with this situation, which was why he dodged the balloon simply by tilting his head half an inch to the right.

Asshole.

Then he flipped Anakin the bird.

"I'm not sorry!" Anakin yelled back, smirking.

Aloy was wet. Soaking wet. It was going to take her hours to get her hair back into shape.

"Oh, someone's going to pay for this," she growled.

Fortunately, shooting things with slings was also something she was good at.

None of her bodies had even thrown water-filled balloons, which might be surprising considering her age. Still Breq was quite sure her aim wouldn't be too bad.

Should she decide who to aim at. Soaking people in water wasn't that exciting, it turned out.

While the initial balloon was not appreciated, all Kitty had to do was sit there and stay phased and watch. Go ahead, throw water balloons! Apologies to anyone behind her though.

Now this was a bit more interesting than friendship bracelets, to say the least! Of course, Amaya would still feel a little bad just chucking water balloons at people, especially students, but she had nothing against doing it if prompted. So she was on the defensive, one fat balloon in each of her hands and a few more in her pockets for back-up, keeping an eye out to try to get anyone looking to make her a target before they succeeded.

Summer Games [Wednesday, June 20, 2018]

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