Try Not to Die!, Monday, June 22, 2020

[sith_happened]

"Last class until our quick break next week," Anakin said, "so I've picked someplace nice. Georgia!"

He had clearly put in zero effort here, kids.

"It's a state and a country," he added, proud of his newfound knowledge. "This is the one near Russia. Have fun!"

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Sign in 6/22

[sith_happened]

Georgia! Sure!

Detour: Clean or String

[sith_happened]

In Clean, you travel to a Georgian winery on the outskirts of Tbilisi, the capital city. Once there, you wash out on an enormous traditional kvevri clay pot buried in the ground. Once the clay pot was completely clean to the satisfaction of the winery owner, you receive the next clue. In String, you travel to a candy shop, also on the outskirts of Tbilisi and thread five strings of twenty hazelnuts to make a traditional churchkhela (a sausage-shaped candy). Teams then had to dip them into a pot and glaze them, then hang them up to dry. Once all five strings were approved, you would receive your next clue.

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

Roadblock: Dance, Puppets, Dance!

[sith_happened]

Well, you're not puppets, but you're definitely dancing. You head to the Georgia National Ballet and get to learn--and then perform--a traditional Georgian dance called the MTiuluri. It's very fast and there's a lot to get wrong.

But the costuming is fabulous!

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

Check In!

[sith_happened]

Anakin didn't make it easy, though. After finishing up the dancing, you need to make your way to the Narikala Fortress and take the gondola down to the banks of the river. Anakin was waiting for you there.

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[sith_happened]

And the winners are:

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

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[white_oleander]

Astrid Magnussen

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[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

Tisarwat

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[betterthanaplan]

Duke Crocker

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[betterthanaplan]

Look, if there was one thing you learned how to do well and quickly living alone on a boat the size of the Cape Rouge, it was clean.

Duke had that pot practically sparkling in record time.

Re: Roadblock: Dance, Puppets, Dance!

[betterthanaplan]

This, Duke was less good at than cleaning.

Yes, that fact depressed him, too.

Re: Check In!

[betterthanaplan]

Duke at least made up for lost time with the gondola. How, he wasn't sure, but hey, here he was. And there wasn't a whole crowd of students hanging around already.

"That dance thing was evil incarnate. I hope you know that."

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[cypher_can_fly]

Owen Corley

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[cypher_can_fly]

One moment, Owen was getting lifted out of the stolen amplifier chair by a set of burly people.

The next, he was standing in front of a large clay pot, blinking owlishly against the sun.

"Wha--?"

He was not going to do this particularly well, no.

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[mylandmyrules]

Nell Ingram

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[canlendanear]

Alara Kitan

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[mylandmyrules]

Nell might have spent way too much time trying to communicate with the winery owner with gestures and pointing to see just how he made his wine and not as much time focused on cleaning. Still cleaning was not a difficult thing for her.

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[canlendanear]

By the time Alara decided to try the String activity, she had already lost valuable time and then it took a few attempts before she was able to get the clue she needed to move on to the next challenge.

Re: Roadblock: Dance, Puppets, Dance!

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was light on her feet and absolutely loved this. She was flushed and glowing by the end.

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[canlendanear]

Alara hadn't really danced before so she was expecting this to go wrong but it turned out she was able to pick it up relatively quickly and she was able to make up quite a bit of time that she had previously lost.

Re: Check In!

[mylandmyrules]

Nell might have learned the dance fast, but she just couldn't resist staying to dance more. She might have stayed all day if the instructors hadn't suddenly noticed that almost everyone had left and hurried her on her way.

She made her way up to Professor Skywalker with a huge smile, even if she was one of the last ones there. "That was amazingly fun!"

Re: Check In!

[canlendanear]

How Alara was able to make up for so much of the time that she had lost, she wasn't sure but once she made it to check in, she noticed that there didn't seem to be any one else there yet.

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[legionqueen]

Juillenne Milone (and Camden)

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[grandpoobah]

Grog Strongjaw

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[grandpoobah]

Grog thought he'd be better at the thing with the candy, but it involved a lot more fine motor skills than he had. Stupid hazelnuts.

Re: Roadblock: Dance, Puppets, Dance!

[grandpoobah]

Don't ask how Grog didn't suck at dancing. He definitely didn't understand how he didn't suck at dancing. It seemed... kind of like learning battle tactics, just to pretty music?