fandomhigh | SHENANINGANS, Wednesday, May 13th, 2020

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

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

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

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.

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?

"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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

"So, how many things this year will involve gremlins?" Shuri asked, sitting next to him.

"Hopefulleh none!"

Yes, Wayne knew this was a futile hope, but that didn't stop it from being there. He took a second to put out his dart, since it felt a bit rude to smoke in front of girls who weren't smoking with you, but especially when it was girls you liked kissin'.

"Shuri, how are ya now?"

And, in Wayne-speak, that part was downright chipper, far as greetings went.

"Yes, but we are jaded in the ways of the dean," Shuri said. "I think two--one he plans and one that gets invaded."

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?

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.

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.

SHENANINGANS, Wednesday, May 13th, 2020

Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle

Re: Arrive and Mingle