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

LEG 5

[sith_happened]

Last bit to go, gang! Nothing says "good idea" like a wheelbarrow race back to the park down a bunch of stairs on Minotaur Lane, right? Right.

Watch out for rickshaws, Astrid & Kitty; Alara & Ulysses; Freya & Tahani; and Rosa & Rey!

Re: LEG 5

[throughaphase]

"This is a terrible idea," Kitty said.

She didn't have to say it. But it also had to be said.

Re: LEG 5

[white_oleander]

Astrid had to admit, she did not entirely love this idea, no, in addition to the general awkwardness of it all, though she did feel slightly energized by the competition thus far, at least?

"So," she said, giving Kitty a doubtful look after considering those stairs, "who gets to do what what?"

Astrid was pretty light and didn't have much strength in her arms, but she was tall and gangly and awkward, so she really didn't know where that put her as a potential wheelbarrow in this instance.

Re: LEG 5

[throughaphase]

"If you can steer I can phase through the steps?" Kitty offered with a shrug.

Re: LEG 5

[amitragic]

"Fuuuuuck," said Ulysses.

Succinctly.

Re: LEG 5

[canlendanear]

Alara couldn’t really argue with that, she was actually rather confused about the whole thing, especially since she had never competed in a wheelbarrow race, “Uh...um...” she started to say and then stopped, looking about rather awkwardly.

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[amitragic]

"Which part you wanna be?" Ulysses asked her, scratching the back of his head. "Either way, this is gonna fucking suck/i>."

He was a lanky, skinny thing with basically no strength to speak of.

Re: LEG 5

[canlendanear]

"I don't really mind," Alara said, she figured this was a case where elevated strength would come in handy regardless of which part she did, "I could probably be the wheelbarrow?" she offered, she wasn't sure how it was going to go against those steps though.

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[sexy_giraffe]

"Well," Tahani said, staring at all the steps. "This looks like a lawsuit."

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[dauntlessdragoon]

Freya was starting to wonder what the big deal was; even from a liability standard, this had hardly any of the risk of something like the Festival of the Hunt.

"I think," she said, smiling a little, "this may be a situation were having a Burmecian on the team will work in our favor. I thi k it will work best with you as the wheelbarrow, Tahani. You're shorter, and lighter, and my long charms will keep you lower to the ground. I think that will help."

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[sexy_giraffe]

"I am not short on charms myself," Tahani, who had very little idea what Freya was talking about, protested.