Camp Shenanigans [Wednesday morning, May 8, 2019]

[sith_happened]

Beaker was putting the last of the balloons in place (so...floating away. Don't worry, he'll be fine in a second) on the bleachers that had been set back up in the park in the center of town. There were also a couple of big screen televisions set up so that the crowd could watch the action when the contestents (you lucky volunteers, you!) were outside the park.

It was also a warning to the contestants that this week's game would be taking them out of the park.

"Today, we will be doing a very quick tour of the island!" Anakin yelled into his megaphone. He didn't really need the megaphone--he just liked the way everyone would wince when he made it squeal. "You will be working in teams to complete a series of obstacles I've set up around town. Fastest team to complete the course does not win a fish."

At the blank looks from some of the newbies, Anakin explained. "Last year there was an plastic fish that attained sentience and attacked us at the end of the summer. It was a thing."

Well, "explained" if it also meant "in a way that absolutely did not make it Anakin's fault."

"Listen as your teams are called and where your assingments are! I will then give you ten minutes to get into place and then Beaker--where'd he go?"

Beaker waved and meeped from a tree.

"And Beaker will shoot off the starting pistol which is not a real gun, right Beaker?" Anakin checked.

Beaker meeped affirmatively.

"Well, we'll see how that goes," Anakin muttered.

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Re: LEG 6

[merciful_parable]

The wheelbarrow part of the race was… actually a relief, really, to Carter. He was from a small farming town; he'd done this before.

He glanced at his partner.

"This is not likely to leave either of us with much dignity," he said apologetically. Because, really, no. "Have you any experience with this?"

Re: LEG 6

[died8yearsago]

Rosa took about two second to look Pastor Carter up and down.

"Yeah," she said. "I'm an expert."

She nodded to the ground, held out her hands as if all ready to take his legs. "Go on. We're wasting time."

Re: LEG 6

[merciful_parable]

Carter's laugh was softly delighted and slightly incredulous at the same time.

"Let's not do that," he said agreeably, shaking out his shoulders for a moment before bending over and planting his hands solidly on the ground. "Shall we, perhaps, see if we can get a win out of this?"

Re: LEG 6

[died8yearsago]

"No," said Rosa, who thought she did a very good job of not checking out too many butts in this whole situation, especially for her, "I think we should try to lose."

She followed that up quickly, though, because she'd been around plenty of people who might actually believe her in a situaiton like this, and this guy seemed like he might just be one of those types. "Of course we should win," she said, already going for Carter's legs. "That's the whole point."

Kicking kids' butts at stupid games.

It was kind of the best.

Re: LEG 6

[merciful_parable]

Carter was blissfully oblivious to any checking out that may or may not be going on by anyone, let alone Rosa, so he just laughed again as she got his legs and clarified that they were to win.

"I've never done this on stairs before," he admitted, "but I've done this before and won."

He was really fit, under those robes of his.

"Let's go!"