SHENANINGANS, Wednesday, May 13th, 2020

[sith_happened]

Good morning, Fandom! It was time for the start of the third annual Summer Shenanigans, and Anakin had been secretly prepping for this since last year! (If you think that means he had a stockpile of intensely ugly t-shirts, YOU WOULD BE RIGHT. Give yourself a prize.)

There were bleachers set up for watching the events, food vendors hoping to get you to eat a variety of things that may or may not have any business being deep-fried and put on sticks, and big screens showing various parts of the island, which was definitely a hint that the games today weren't just centered in the park today.

"WELCOME!" Anakin yelled through his bullhorn at the appointed time.

Yes, he knew how to use a bullhorn. He just preferred to make it boom and squeak like that because he was kind of mean.

"Today you will be put into four teams of seven," he said, "and you will be conducting an obstacle course around the island! When your name is called, please collect your t-shirt and briefly say hello to your team."

And complain about your t-shirt color names. Pretty in Spring Turquoise wasn't close to being turquoise and the rest of them were pretty much the same color with different names, so excellent quality control there, Anakin.

"Then you will spread out to the appointed areas. I will shoot off a flare that Beaker--" Beaker meeped and waved, "--had absolutely no part in testing, and that will be your signal for the first group to begin their task. Fastest team back to the park here wins."

There was a pause.

"You win nothing but bragging rights because we've all learned from the fish incident two years ago. If you're new, well, just trust us. No one needs to win a fish." He coughed. "Anyway! Names! Listen up!"

Team Sweet De Crocus
1. Cait
2. Grog
3. Shuri
4. Beaker
5. Alluka
6. Astrid
7. Kitty

Team Fresh Eggplance
1. Nina
2. Stark
3. Wayne
4. Juillene (and Camden)
5. Sabine
6. Alara
7. Ulysses

Team Lake of Aluminum Crab
1. Duke
2. Elli
3. Liam
4. Alexis
5. Summer
6. Freya
7. Tahani

Team Pretty in Spring Turquoise
1. Mae
2. Julius
3. Iris
4. Amaya
5. Shunsui
6. Rosa
7. Rey

Comments

Arrive and Mingle

[sith_happened]

Grab a snack, say hello to new people, hope that your name isn't called...

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina? Nina was totally here bright and early and already taping all of it. The screens were definitely appreciated, though, since that made her goal of sending the whole thing to Prompto so much easier.

She also nabbed some popcorn to nibble on as she waited to see who'd show up and who'd be surprised to hear their names.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[snowdroplace]

She'd just been out for a walk, unaware of anything going on today, and had been vaguely planning to read a book in the park when she stumbled upon the set-up and had stuck around to watch and wonder with wide-eyes.

What on earth was going on?

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[sith_said]

"Ah, noo, whit manner o' madness is this?"

Had Cait been hiding up in a tree to avoid the goats?

Cait had totally been hiding up in a tree to avoid the goats.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[betterthanaplan]

Duke could definitely use a distraction today, and he'd heard about this summer tradition. For better and for worse. So he was here, picking up a deep-fried . . . something . . . on a stick, and settling in to watch.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[amitragic]

Ulysses was totally just on his way for breakfast in town. Which, yeah, meant that when he saw the food vendors here, he ended coming over to get something that had no business being a breakfast food.

And maybe a curious look at what exactly was going on here.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[thishouseishaunted]

Mae was here for the fun and games. She remembered last year. It promised to be hilarious.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[canlendanear]

Alara wasn't really sure what was going on when she walked by but she had been curious to see what was happening so she thought it wouldn't hurt to stay around for a bit.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[nicedragonsfinishlast]

Like Elli, Julius had no idea what was going on. He was just wandering through town, trying to pick up the last of the essentials, when he'd seen the crowd. He'd figured no one would mind him just peeking in to see what was happening, and then he'd head off again, since clearly whatever was going on didn't involve him.

And then his name had been called.

"...Me?" he asked, blinking.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[grandpoobah]

Grog had smelled food, and that was really all he needed to go over and try to see what was going on. He'd leave enough for everyone else, probably.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[howareyanow]

Wayne was just going to settle in and light himself up a quick pre-shenanigan dart before things got started, squinting a little at the vendors and the general everything and hoping that what went down wasn't anything too fruity loops.

He felt since it was the first week, though, it would start out pretty low-key.

Fuck. He hoped so, anywhey.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[legionqueen]

This was not at all Juillenne's first rodeo. So yes, she'd half been expecting her name to be called.

Maybe it wouldn't be too bad, what with it being the first week and all?

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[special_rabbit]

Amaya actually loved Summer's on this island, and these shenanigans had an awful lot to do with it, so shoot her. And one of her favorite former students being involved was definitely reason to be sure it was going to be interesting.

She was not, however, looking forward to doing the gremlin one again. She was sort of hoping maybe they'd skip that one this year, nit she knew that was Highly Unlikely.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[stykera]

Stark had been wandering around and there were snacks here and people and well, it seemed like a good idea to make his way over to see what was happening.

Would he regret this move? Possibly.

Teams Assemble!

[sith_happened]

Sweet De Crocus! Fresh Eggplance! Lake of Aluminum Crab! Pretty in Spring Turquoise!

These were totally real colors, don't complain to Anakin about it.

Pretty in Spring Turquoise!

[intraspective]

"Like, I ain't sayin' it's ugly," since she didn't mind the colour, "but I am sayin' that it ain't no shade of turquoise I ever heard 'bout..."

Still, she was going to toss it on, her hair pulling itself out of the t-shirt as she did so.

It looked pretty silly over her suit. Oh well.

Lake of Aluminum Crab

[dauntlessdragoon]

Freya took a moment to consider the t-shirt she'd been handed thoughtfully, lifted her gaze around to her teammates, and sighed slightly, somewhat resigned.

"I'm started to wonder if I should bother even wearing my coat to half of these workshops and activities around here," she commented, as she worked on loosening her cravat and shrugging off her jacket yet again.

Fresh Eggplance!

[amitragic]

"... What the fuck."

No, Ulysses should not have been surprised. He'd spent an entire school year here, he knew signups or lack thereof meant nothing. He was still going to kind of gape his way through getting a shirt.

"'Eggplance' isn't even a word."

Sweet de Crocus

[throughaphase]

"As long as there's not a fish involved, I don't care what I'm wearing," Kitty said, donning her shirt.

Relay Races!

[sith_happened]

LEG 1

[sith_happened]

The first two members of each team (Cait & Grog; Nina & Stark, Duke & Elli; and Mae & Julius) must tie their legs together (good thing everyone has legs! Sorry about the hilaaaarious height differences) for a three-legged race from the starting line allll the way through the park, across Apocalypse Avenue and down to the docks to high five their next teammate. Make sure the rope stays tight! If it falls off, you have to start over.

[RNG says this ends up Lake of Aluminum Crab, Fresh Eggplance, Pretty in Spring Turquoise and then Sweet De Crocus.]

LEG 2

[sith_happened]

Once the third member of your team has been high-fived successfully, they must get into shark pool floats and swim their way to Galactica Point.

So hopefully Shuri, Wayne, Liam and Iris are all strong swimmers, or this could take a bit.

[OOC: RNG says this goes Lake of Aluminum Crab, Fresh Eggplance, Sweet De Crocus, and Pretty in Spring Turquoise.]

Hail to the Winners!

[sith_happened]

And the winners are....

Lake of Aluminum Crab!

(Followed by Pretty in Spring Turquoise, Sweet De Crocus, and Fresh Eggplance.)

Give 'em a hand, everyone!

Re: Hail to the Winners!

[betterthanaplan]

"Hell yeah, Aluminum Crab!"

Okay, yes, he'd gotten pretty into the race. He'd really needed a distraction today.

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

If you must.

OOC

[sith_happened]

SORRY THAT TOOK SO LONG.