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Camp Shenanigans, Wednesday, August 8, 2018

There was a giant stage in the middle of the park today. Are you worried, people whose names were about to be called?

Good.

"Today, inspired by the public service announcements you see in PE class," Anakin began, "you lucky chosen ones will get to write and perform an informational puppet show with sock puppets you create yourselves! Since you were so good at the instruments last week."

They were not that good at the instruments last week.

"You will be paired up and then spin the wheel of topics--" he waved his hand helpfully at a giant wheel in front of the stage, "and then perform before all of us. The second most impressive skit--by whatever metric I choose to use to measure that--wins the fish."

He waved his hand and the fish, now resplendent in a steampunk top hat and jetpack, flew into his hand, still warbling the Beastie Boys. He winced slightly. "Maybe by the time you pick it up, it will have stopped singing 'I'm a Little Teapot' directly into your brain."

He didn't sound that optimistic.

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"Well, usually they come with a lot of rain. And flooding," Sparkle explained. "Because if the island is throwing sharks around, of course there'll be flooding."

Uma pictured it. Then pictured her other form and wondered how she'd fair against a shark.

And smiled; small, but bloodthirsty.

"So...next time that happens, you suggest we get a rowboat and a harpoon gun?"

Sparkle blinked at that smile. And then barked out a little laugh.

"You know where to find one, I mean, shit, it'll be more effective than the sticker gun I armed myself with it at work."

"If Captain Edward doesn't have a harpoon gun, he deserves to have his ship stolen," Uma declared.

...Not that she was planning any such thing, mind.

Sparkle tilted his head thoughtfully.

"So... the game plan," he said carefully, "in case of more shark rain... is to rob a pirate?"

...

"Well, I like it!"

Uma's life plan was to rob a pirate, but she was okay with people thinking it would only happen under specific circumstances.

"You know anybody else with a boat?" she asked.

Sparkle considered that question for a few moments.

"Few ships, no boats," he replied, shrugging. "Pirate it is!"

This was a great plan that would in no way go poorly.

Surely Edward, after stealing his ship first, would in no way be prepared for someone to steal her from under him!

"Okay, so how do we turn this into a puppet show?"

"Well," Sparkle mused, "I think we need a few puppets. A shark, at least one. A pirate, someone to steal from the pirate... maybe a second shark?"

"Sharks should be easy to make, right?" Uma said. "Gray socks, stuffing, red fabric for the mouth, lotsa teeth... Maybe blue ribbons for water?"

"I like the ribbons," Sparkle said, smiling brightly. "And don't forget the dorsal fin. You can't have an ominous fin cutting the water's surface without... an ominous fin."

"Make those outta another sock," Uma said. "Cut it out, stuff it, sew it on. Easy."

At least they both had sewing skills.

"Easy," Sparkle agreed, nodding and going to rummage through socks for a good grey pair. "I think we've got a plan, here."

For one character, anyway.

"How are we gonna make boats?" Uma asked.

"Cardboard cutouts on popsicle sticks?"

When in doubt, popsicle sticks.

Uma nodded. "And we could make the sails outta real fabric. Won't take much more time, but it'll look cooler."

Awww, lookit her getting into this. NEVER TELL A SOUL, SPARKLE.

HIS LIPS WERE SEALED.

"Niiiice," Sparkle said appreciatively. "You wanna pick what colour, or should we give it two masts and each pick one?"

"Two masts works," she said. "What goes with teal?"

Look, she had a color theme here. She also had several answers about what colors went best with it because, again, color theme.

"Purples, blues, golds, pinks," Sparkle rattled off, grinning faintly. "We're aiming for a colour-coordinated pirate ship, are we?"

"What good is bein' a pirate if you don't care about your appearance?" Uma asked, tossing her braids over her shoulder. "Fashion and fortune on the high seas."

And scurvy, Uma. Fashion, fortune, and scurvy.

"... Man, did I ever get into the wrong career," Sparkle mused.

Pffft! Not if they brought along enough ketchup!

"I'm always lookin' for new crew members," she said. "You have any useful pirate skills?"

Sparkle laughed and shook his head.

"Nah," he replied. "I make pretty clothes."

And picked locks, stole things on the regular, was getting really handy with a knife...

Yeah, so clearly nothing useful to piracy.

"Well, in that case, we'll just have to come visit while in port to see what pretty, fashionable things you've made between voyages."

Really, after so many years of Fandom, Sparkle would probably be a stellar pirate.

"I take requests," he laughed. "I think I could probably manage something fit for a pirate."

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