Try Not to Die!, Monday, June 1, 2020

[sith_happened]

"Good morning, everyone," Anakin said with a tiny smile. "I hope you're ready for some hot, humid weather because today we are going to Ghana, a country in West Africa. Please, please be sure to look both ways before crossing a road. Or getting off the sidewalk. Traffic's terrible, that's what I'm telling you."

He smiled again. "Try not to die, and this time I actually mean it."

Try not to dwell on times when he might not have, folks. Off you go!

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Detour: Bicycle Parts or Language Arts

[sith_happened]

In Bicycle Parts, you have use a stick to roll a bicycle wheel's rim down the length of a soccer field and back without touching the rim with you hands or letting it fall over to receive the next clue from one of the school children. In Language Arts, teams chose a proverb with eight highlighted phrases that corresponded to a series of eight Adinkra symbols. Using a nearby decoder key, you have to locate the eight symbols in a massive word search-like puzzle and circle the correct set of Adinkra symbols to receive the next clue from one of the school children.

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

Re: Detour: Bicycle Parts or Language Arts

[betterthanaplan]

Duke had a talent for languages and a certain "goofy uncle" style way with kids. So not only was he kind of killing at this challenge, he was also having a ball doing it.

"So what do you think? Sleepy eyeball next, or dancing goose? Dancing goose? Oh, drunk turtle. Yeah, no, that's a good point. . . ."

Re: Detour: Bicycle Parts or Language Arts

[white_oleander]

The coffin carrying had been physical enough for Astrid, thanks, and she loved languages, besides. So, trying not to be too distracted with the symbols and curious about their meaning, she set to the task of figuring out the puzzle with an eagerness to get to the end, perhaps inspired by the job she'd done on the last one and just because this really was her kind of challenge.

Re: Detour: Bicycle Parts or Language Arts

[grandpoobah]

Yeeeeah Grog was going to go with the activity that didn't involve words, but using the stick didn't involve as much strength as he was expecting so... it didn't go horribly, at least?

Re: Detour: Bicycle Parts or Language Arts

[canlendanear]

Alara decided she wasn't even going to attempt to decode the languages and ended up trying the bicycle wheel, which still took her several goes before she was finally able to complete the task.

Re: Detour: Bicycle Parts or Language Arts

[mylandmyrules]

Hah! This was a game Nell was familiar with so even though she was the last one to get started she managed to make up a lot of time here. Who'd have thought there was something to be said for being brought up in a backwards community.