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Try Not to Die!, Monday, May 25, 2020

"Today we're going someplace with a beach, which I'm told is tradtional today," Anakin said. "So. Jamaica. I will give you thirty seconds to apply sunscreen, and then through the portal you go." He smiled. "Try not to die."

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Surely this will be relaxing this week, thought no one!

Astrid Magnussen

Tisarwat

Alara Kitan

Nell Ingram

Juillenne Milone (and Camden)

Beaker

Grog Strongjaw

In Pony Up, you have to ride a horse into the ocean and then hang onto its tail as it goes around buoys to receive the next clue. In Tee It Up, you have to dress in proper golfing attire, go out to the driving range, and hit a golf ball onto the 16-foot (4.9 m) green, 140 yards (130 m) away. Once you put a ball on the green, the you will receive the next clue.

[OOC: RNG says:
1. Grog Strongjaw
2. Duke Crocker
3. Ino (Iris) Yamanaka
4. Julius Heartstriker
5. Astrid Magnussen
6. Tisarwat
7. Alexis Rose
8. Alara Kitan
9. Owen Corley
10. Nell Ingram
11. Juillenne Milone (and Camden)
12. Beaker]

Nell liked horses so she decided on that option. How was she to know that her long wet skirts swirling around in the water and against the horse's sides would freak them out so much?

She did finally make it through, but both she and the horse were pretty wet by the time they got back to shore.

First they didn't have proper golfing attire in Beaker's size and then it turned out he was an absolutely terrible golfer. So, so bad.

But if not, there are floaties for you because the roadblock requires jumping 30 feet (9.1 m) off of a pier, then swimming 90 yards (82 m) to a buoy where you would find the next clue.

Anakin doesn't have anything to help you if you're afraid of heights, but there's a boat to bring you back to shore because he doesn't actually want you to drown.

[OOC: RNG says:
1. Alara Kitan
2. Alexis Rose
3. Nell Ingram
4. Tisarwat
5. Duke Crocker
6. Julius Heartstriker
7. Grog Strongjaw
8. Astrid Magnussen
9. Juillenne Milone (and Camden)
10. Beaker
11. Owen Corley
12. Ino (Iris) Yamanaka

Nell jumped into the water and was immediately dragged down by her long skirts. Even the floaties didn't help much. The guy on the boat caught her before she went down for the last time and pulled her onto the boat on his way to bring the first swimmers back. She snagged a clue from the buoy on the way back, then collapsed on the side of the river till she could gather herself back together.

Beaker could swim and he had zero problems jumping from huge heights (as shown in Iceland last year). But he did have tiny, noodly Muppet arms, and swimming 90 yards was just going to take a while.

He wasn't making up any time from the golfing debacle.

You have to push a bamboo raft up a river for 3 miles just in case your arms aren't ready to fall off just yet because Anakin enjoys being extra, but at least he's waiting for you on a beach so you can collapse there after you're finished!

Edited 2020-05-25 15:38 (UTC)

Hope Anakin didn't mind waiting because Nell was going to be not just last, but incredibly amazingly last. And once she staggered out of the water from the raft she was going to crawl above the water line and lay down right there.

"Tough day?" Anakin asked, not unsympathetically.

"Swimming in long skirts is not recommended," Nell said before dropping her head back down to the sand.

Afterwards, if you'd like.

The RNG final results are:

1. Owen Corley
2. Alexis Rose
3. Alara Kitan
4. Ino (Iris) Yamanaka
5. Tisarwat
6. Beaker
7. Juillenne Milone (and Camden)
8. Grog Strongjaw
9. Julius Heartstriker
10. Duke Crocker
11. Astrid Magnussen
12. Nell Ingram

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Try Not to Die!, Monday, May 25, 2020

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Detour: Pony Up or Tee Up

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Roadblack: Hope You Can Swim!

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