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

Re: Hail to the Winners!

[nicedragonsfinishlast]

"Next week?" Julius sputtered.

Re: Hail to the Winners!

[legionqueen]

"I'm sure it's fine," she repeated, trying to sound soothing. "A bunch of people fixed the... whatever it was."

Not before they'd all turned into toys for a week, but shh.

Re: Hail to the Winners!

[nicedragonsfinishlast]

Julius shot her a skeptical glance. "Sounds promising," he said, voice wry.

Re: Hail to the Winners!

[legionqueen]

"Well, it stopped doing the changing-every-week thing," Jules pointed out. "And according to people who've been here longer than me, that was not a typical summer. So."

Re: Hail to the Winners!

[nicedragonsfinishlast]

"Just--within twenty-four hours, I've heard about a fish-prize that attacked people for recognition and a whole summer of craziness," he pointed out. "You can understand my concern!"

Re: Hail to the Winners!

[legionqueen]

"The fish-prize was before my time," Juillenne pointed out. "And didn't happen last year."

It's almost like the island had some sort of aversion to repeating itself.

Re: Hail to the Winners!

[nicedragonsfinishlast]

It was a very creative island!

"I guess I'm just extra-jumpy," he allowed.

He was going to remember this, Jules.

Re: Hail to the Winners!

[legionqueen]

“No kidding,” she observed drily.

Re: Hail to the Winners!

[nicedragonsfinishlast]

Julius gave a sheepish grin and continued helping her on to the dorms.