Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 24, 2020

[sith_happened]

Today the shenanigans were inside the Danger Room because even Anakin couldn't source enough strawberry Jello powder to make a dent on the water surrounding the island.

The unwilling victims people showing up would find themselves looking down onto a huge rec room decorated for a child's birthday, complete with streamers, balloons, and a massive pinata (easily the size of a chair) swinging from the ceiling.

And the floor was entirely covered in red liquidy-goo..stuff...because Anakin wasn't actually going to cover everything in lava.

"Welcome to the Floor is Lava!" Anakin's voice boomed out to the audience. "...my son Christopher helped this week. You will work in teams of three to get from one end of the room to the other without falling into the extremely realistic lava...stuff. The fastest team will win a lava lamp but there are prizes for all! Listen for your names. Oh, and no powers, please."

Or sit around and eat fruit gummies, popcorn, cupcake, and goldfish crackers because Christopher had assisted with snacks, too.

TEAM ONE
Liam
Duke
Freya

TEAM TWO
Shuri
Astrid
Mae

TEAM THREE
Alexis
Shunsui
Summer

TEAM FOUR
Elli
Stark
Kitty

TEAM FIVE
Prompto
Wayne
Rey

TEAM SIX
Jaye
Tisarwat
Amaya

TEAM SEVEN
Tony
Sidon
Alara

TEAM EIGHT
Steve
Beaker
Magnus

Comments

Arrive and Mingle

[sith_happened]

Yay, kids food! And a terrifying room to stare at!

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[firstofitskind]

Was Liam looking around the set up with a kind of... resigned bemusement? Yes, yes he was.

Because, you see, today was his birthday. And he was turning all of eight years old, which, if he'd been fully human might have involved something like this to mark the occasion.

He knew it was probably just coincidence, but you know what? He'd never actually had a birthday party, so he was going to claim it on some level.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[stykera]

This was...different. Of course, so was every Wednesday because Anakin was a strange man.

At least there were still snacks.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[snowdroplace]

Elli was staring down into the rec room, why yes.

"Goddess," she murmured, "what is that on the floor?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[betterthanaplan]

"Whelp. This doesn't bode well."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[fates_jaye]

"Those poor suckers," said Jaye, a spectator.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[canlendanear]

Alara was not familiar with the concept of the Floor is Lava, so she wasn’t really sure what to expect but by now she was used to this each week.

Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[sith_happened]

You don't even get a chance to save your own clothing here. Anakin was mean. Hopefully you were wearing sensible shoes?

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[firstofitskind]

"Doesn't look like any lava I've ever seen," Liam noted drily.

Which was probably for the best since his last two lava-related experiences had involved, you know, his wife being kidnapped and his (temporary, obviously) death. Would've been something of a mood-killer.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[snowdroplace]

"Does... does anyone think what's on the floor is going to stain?" Elli asked, incredibly dubiously.

Her blue and white dress was probably not going to make it through this very well.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[thatwaslucky]

Anakin.

Rey was judging you.

But she also looked pretty confident in this.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[thishouseishaunted]

"YES!!!" Wednesday had quickly become Mae's favorite day of the week. "I rule at this game!"

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[fates_jaye]

Jaye looked offended. Horrified even.

Was there a shouted, "I thought we were friends!"

Yes, there was.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[stykera]

Stark was wondering if the lava was actually warm. Or if it was cherry flavored. It seemed like it should have a red flavor but then again the floor shouldn't be made of lava to begin with so maybe "should" was not a useful word today.

Run the Race!

[sith_happened]

Hopefully you can see the floorplan I spent too much time on.

You begin at the top of the room and there are several ways to get across the room to the exit. Choose to jump onto (slippery) end tables and (not as squishy as they should be) ottomans to get to the sofa, then climb onto the bookcase full of toys, jump onto the fireplace and over to the television, then onto the (spinning, surprise) rocking chair and rocking horse to get out! Or go from the end table and swing onto the window curtains to another spinning rocking chair, Miley Cyrus it up by swinging on the huge pinata and onto either the other ottoman or the upright piano and then to the rocking horse! Teamwork will help you get around--you score a point for each team member that escapes the room, and the team with the fastest time wins outright as determined by the RNG.

Just...prepare to get eaten by lava.

Run the Race: Team One

[sith_happened]

[OOC: RNG decrees all three of you survive.]

Run the Race: Team Two

[sith_happened]

[OOC: RNG decrees that you all perish in the lava!]

Run the Race: Team Three

[sith_happened]

[OOC: RNG decrees that only Summer survives!]

Run the Race: Team Four

[sith_happened]

[OOC: RNG decrees that you all bite it.]

Run the Race: Team Five

[sith_happened]

[OOC: Two survivors! Prompto and Rey!]

Run the Race: Team Six

[sith_happened]

[OOC: You all survive!]

Run the Race: Team Seven

[sith_happened]

[OOC: Only Sidon survives!]

And the Fastest Team Was...

[sith_happened]

TEAM ONE! (Followed by Team Eight, then Team Six!)

Talk about setting an impossible standard there, Team One.

Come Collect Your Valuable Prizes!

[sith_happened]

Okay, stuff you'd get for leaving a kids' party, which is exactly where Anakin had acquired it all: have some slime, some of those weird sticky hands, mini bubbles, playdoh, and candy dots that are definitely stuck to the paper.

OOC

[sith_happened]

Why yes, we have been watching the Floor is Lava on Netflix, how could you tell? The room is extremely moddable. Use the surprisingly robust streamers to monkey climb places, throw balloons at each other unhelpfully, mod the drawers of the end tables open and closed, etc., etc., etc.

Re: OOC

[firstofitskind]

HOORAY FOR ACCIDENTAL EIGHTH BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!