Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 3, 2020

[sith_happened]

So the park wasn't flooded this summer but that wasn't going to stop Anakin from recreating one of his favorite shenanigans from last year--the team balloon toss on rafts.

Because, in case you hadn't figured it out, this was all about Anakin's entertainment.

There were signs directing people to the docks instead of the park today, but there were still the usual snacks and bleachers for attendees to mingle around. There were also big screens set up becuase some of the rafts were far out into the water.

There were four piles of ugly t-shirts, with definitely not matching water wings for those who needed them and/or remembered how very unseaworthy the rafts were last summer.

"Today we are doing a water balloon relay!" Anakin announced through the bullhorn that somehow had never been stolen from him. "A member of each team will be on each raft. In the center of the each raft is a bucket of balloons. The fastest way to win is to catch the balloon from the first raft and transfer it through all six team members without it breaking, but I've met you all. Therefore, if you haven't managed to catch a balloon after three attempts, the next teammate may pull one from the stash in the center of their raft and proceed."

He coughed. "Some of them may not necessarily contain water."

Because he was a bastard like that.

"First team to transfer a balloon successfully through all six teammates wins. Powers are allowed.

So that should make it nicely chaotic.

"Shooting extra balloons at opposing teammembers is encouraged, too."

ANAKIN.

"Listen for your names!"

TEAM THE BROWN
Steve
Rey
Prompto
Tahani
Beaker
Duke

TEAM IMPACT
Kitty
Liam
Mae
Shuri
Jaina
Cait

TEAM MAST MEAN
Amaya
Alara
Alexis
Elli
Astrid
Stark

TEAM BLAME
Iris
Sabine
Juillene (and Camden)
Freya
Summer
Alluka

Comments

Arrive and Mingle

[sith_happened]

Grab a snack, have a bad feeling about all of this, etc., etc.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[hashtag_chocobro]

Prompto's bad feeling about all of this would come later, when he realized that not only was Nina not showing up,but also that she wasn't responding to calls or texts, and that even Noctis was texting Prompto because he knew Prompto was on the island and Nina's usual update on the summer nonsense hadn't come in...

But for now? He was bouncing with that excited energy that could only come from being able to make it back for three of these things in a row!

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[special_rabbit]

Since the main drive for her competitive spirit was actually gone this week, Amaya was mostly just here for the meats on sticks, knowing full well that she'd probably still get dragged into whatever nonsense was planned for today, and actually looking forward to it a little.

It helped that the squirrels (or, at the very least, Leroy) seemed to have forgiven her for past transgressions after last week.

...for now, anyway.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[sake_shinigami]

Shunsui knew he was running a risk by showing up to these things, that he might be called upon to participate, but the ones he'd been involved in this far weren't so bad.

And while the whole 'docks' aspect was a bit worrisome as a potential participant, it had incredible potential for enjoyment as a mere spectator!

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[snowdroplace]

Elli laughed as she reached the docks and took a look at the set up for today.

She didn't bother with a snack for now--but after, she figured she'd probably treat herself to something!

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[stykera]

If asked, Stark would probably admit to enjoying Wednesdays. The absurdity was comforting, in a way.

He definitely would admit to enjoying the snacks.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[fates_jaye]

Once again, Jaye was there with popcorn and a camera.

She didn't have a lot going on these days, she had to get her fun somewhere.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[solo_sword]

Jaina just figured she'd visit! She didn't really take the day into account, and even when she realized this was going on there was no way her grandfather would call her name today.

She was just going to be really glad she hadn't brought the kids so she didn't have to find a last minute babysitter while she got gross on a raft.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[canlendanear]

Alara actually looked forward to Wednesdays, even with the possibility of ending up participating but she was still there and looking around at what was involved this week.

Grab Your T-Shirts, Voluntolds!

[sith_happened]

Plan strategy, such as there is in a game like this.

ROUND ONE

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[Steve on Raft 1 to Rey on Raft 2
Kitty on Raft 1 to Liam on Raft 2
Amaya on Raft 1 to Alara on Raft 2
Iris on Raft 1 to Sabine on Raft 2]

Raft 1's balloons are all full of water! You need to throw (or kick or levitate or whatever) your balloon to your teammate while you're dodging (and potentially they're dodging) whatever the other raft people are throwing at you. If they haven't caught your balloon after the third try, they can grab a balloon from their stash and move on.

[OOC: RNG says it goes TEAM BLAME, TEAM THE BROWN, TEAM IMPACT, and then TEAM MAST MEAN.]

Re: ROUND ONE

[heroic_jawline]

"You ready?" Steve yelled to Rey, holding up a blue balloon.

Re: ROUND ONE

[throughaphase]

"We've got this!" Kitty called, tossing over a balloon.

They came in third, so they probably did not have this.

ROUND TWO

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[Rey on Raft 2 to Prompto on Raft 3
Liam on Raft 2 to Mae on Raft 3
Alara on Raft 2 to Alexis on Raft 3
Sabine on Raft 2 to Jules on Raft 3]

Raft 2's balloons are half full of water and half full of red Kool-Aid. Eww. You need to throw (or kick or levitate or whatever) your balloon to your teammate while you're dodging (and potentially they're dodging) whatever the other raft people are throwing at you. If they haven't caught your balloon after the third try, they can grab a balloon from their stash and move on.

[OOC: RNG says it goes TEAM THE BROWN, TEAM BLAME, TEAM MAST MEAN and TEAM IMPACT.]

Re: ROUND TWO

[thishouseishaunted]

Mae was into this! she was not going to be great at it, but damn if she wasn't going to have a total blast!

Re: ROUND TWO

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine didn't like being on the water and if anyone knocked her off she was going to hurt them. Really, why did she keep coming to these?

"Ready?" Sabine called, already throwing a balloon so hopefully she was!

ROUND THREE

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Prompto on Raft 3 to Tahani on Raft 4
Mae on Raft 3 to Shuri on Raft 4
Alexis on Raft 3 to Elli on Raft 4
Jules on Raft 3 to Freya on Raft 4]

Raft 3's balloons are half full of red Kool-Aid and half full of chocolate pudding. The chocolate pudding ones are pretty fun to throw, tbh. You need to throw (or kick or levitate or whatever) your balloon to your teammate while you're dodging (and potentially they're dodging) whatever the other raft people are throwing at you. If they haven't caught your balloon after the third try, they can grab a balloon from their stash and move on.

[OOC: This round goes TEAM MAST MEAN, TEAM THE BROWN, TEAM IMPACT, and then TEAM BLAME!]

Re: ROUND THREE

[thishouseishaunted]

Mae was going to keep being kind of terrible at this. Maybe Shuri could make up for it?

Re: ROUND THREE

[dauntlessdragoon]

Balancing on her raft wasn't so much of a concern for Freya as she waited for her leg of the race; actually catching the balloons without actually popping them with her claws, however, was.

Yes, these t-shirts were a very good thing right now, she was thinking...

ROUND FOUR

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Tahani on Raft 4 to Beaker on Raft 5
Shuri on Raft 4 to Jaina on Raft 5
Elli on Raft 4 to Astrid on Raft 5
Freya on Raft 4 Summer on Raft 5

Raft 4's balloons are full of water, but the raft is listing to the left, so everyone has to be very careful about where they're standing to throw/kick/levitate to the next raft.

[OOC: This round goes TEAM IMPACT, TEAM MAST MEAN, TEAM BLAME, and then TEAM THE BROWN because Tahani and Beaker.]

Re: ROUND FOUR

[white_oleander]

"Elli!" Astrid called out eagerly from her raft, after a moment of recentering herself as it listed slightly, but she was trying not to get distracted. She didn't want to lose the lead they'd gained in the last round. "I'm ready!"

At least she hoped she was. Her hands, out before her in anticipation of a balloon and mildly fearful of what might be inside (but also curious and intrigued), certainly seemed to say she was, anyway!

FINAL ROUND

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Beaker on Raft 5 to Duke on Raft 6
Jaina on Raft 5 to Cait on Raft 6
Astrid on Raft 5 to Stark on Raft 6
Summer on Raft 5 to Alluka on Raft 6

Raft 5's entire stock of balloons is filled with green slime. So are Raft 6's, but that was because Anakin wanted them to throw them at each other (it might've taken awhile to get to Raft 6. He didn't want them to feel left out.)

Catch that balloon! Be the winner! Fame, glory, hot showers for all!

[OOC: And the team winning this ridiculous game is: TEAM IMPACT, TEAM MAST MEAN, TEAM THE BROWN and TEAM BLAME. Sorry, Team Blame.]

Re: FINAL ROUND

[betterthanaplan]

"Oh for fucksake."

Of course Duke was out on the last raft out here. And of course he was supposed to catch something thrown by the weird squeaky kid.

He was not at all thinking about what he and the weird squeaky kid had gotten up to at this last week. At least the odds of getting bit again seemed pretty slim?

Celebrate with Team Impact!

[sith_happened]

Who are presumably pretty gloopy at this point.

Talk to Anakin

[sith_happened]

Who is not gloopy. At least at the beginning of the day.

OOC

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Thank you, internet, for staying stable enough to post this.