Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, July 8, 2020

[sith_happened]

Well, Anakin's clothing options had shrunk considerably overnight, which was why he was dressed like a hipster rather than a Jedi.

At least he wasn't boiling in the robe because it was easily 100 degrees outside with humidity to match.

"Today we're combining the fun of a color run with the other fun of a tough mudder," Anakin announced into the megaphone from under his hat.

Your idea of fun might vary considerably!

"Working in teams, you will complete obstacles located around the island, and when you're finished each one, Beaker will dump dye on you."

Beaker, currently an unnatural shade of teal, meeped in what he incorrectly thought was a supportive way.

"First team across the finish line and into the water wins. Listen for your names. There are three teams of five."

TEAM ONE
Alexis
Wayne
Mae
Tahani
Elli

TEAM TWO
Iris
Rosa
Rey
Steve M.
Stark

TEAM THREE
Jules
Alara
Eleanor
Shuri
Cait Sith

Anakin looked momentarily embarrassed. "The t-shirts I had for you seem to have disappeared overnight. Apologies."

Comments

Arrive and Mingle

[sith_happened]

Bitch about the heat! Complain about where your clothing has gone! Grab a swimsuit from a nearby tree, which is apparently a thing today!

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[thishouseishaunted]

Mae may not acknowledge that she looked like a black cat, but she still looked like a black cat. which meant she was extra baking out here today, and rather thinking of just ditching the shenanigans and throwing herself into the water.

But, you know. The mud looked kinda fun.

She'd been wearing the same clothes all week, but let's be real, she did that fairly regularly anyway. So she hadn't noticed her clothes disappearing, just yet. . . .

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[mother_forker]

As she walked around wishing it wasn't so hot out, Eleanor finally spotted a familiar face.

"Hey! I know you! You're-"

Probably saying cat-faced girl wasn't the best way to approach this.

"Mae?" ending what was supposed to be a hello but ended up being a question.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[grenadesandohana]

Steve was there because he was drawn in by the crowd. At home, that generally meant something was going to get shot at or blown up, so it was probably prudent to get eyes on the situation.

...plus there seemed to be food, and Steve was hungry. He hadn't wanted to eat all of the stuff in Danny's kitchen immediately, after all.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[mother_forker]

This being her first shenanigans, Eleanor wasn't sure what was going on. It looked like a big muddy mess that some poor sucker was supposed to run through.

So even though she looked like a hot mess in gym shorts and a Lonely Gal Margarita t-shirt, she was down with seeing people fall around in the mud.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[intraspective]

All of her suits were missing.

Luckily, she still had some clothes so Iris was here in a pink crop top and teeny, tiny purple shorts.

Her ridiculously, incredibly long blonde hair was up in a high ponytail.

"Ohhhhh, this looks bad."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[thatwaslucky]

This week actually wasn't entirely terrible for Rey, a desert girl who was used to getting by with a small wardrobe and washing things when possible.

Until she heard what the challenge was today, and now she was just facepalming.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[canlendanear]

Alara had missed last week due to being back home for the break and she was definitely missing Xeyala’s temperatures already.

She had never experienced a heatwave before and she had decided she didn’t like this weather experience all too much. Not to mention the fact that the limited amount of clothes that she had with her at Fandom had seemed to disappear.

Come on Down, Voluntolds!

[sith_happened]

Meet up with your team! Hope they're vaguely athletic and team-minded!

Re: Come on Down, Voluntolds!

[thishouseishaunted]

"Pigs roll around in mud to cool down," Mae said. "Maybe it'll work for us, too."

Re: Come on Down, Voluntolds!

[sexy_giraffe]

"I am not rolling in mud to cool off!"

Tahani was going to hate every single second of this today.

Re: Come on Down, Voluntolds!

[grenadesandohana]

"How'd he get my name?" Steve demanded to no one in particular.

Re: Come on Down, Voluntolds!

[intraspective]

"Assumin' you're the 'New Steve' on the island, your name and arrival are all over radio," Iris said helpfully.

'Helpfully'.

Re: Come on Down, Voluntolds!

[mother_forker]

"...Wait. What?"

She looked over at Cloak-Man who wasn't wearing a cloak. Clearly this was retribution of some sort.

"Oh, shirt. I have to run through that crap? Fork me."

Re: Come on Down, Voluntolds!

[sith_said]

Cait... Cait was not amused to hear his name called.

"Yoo've got tae be kiddin' me! Dae ah swatch loch mud is mah mukker?!"

Re: Come on Down, Voluntolds!

[howareyanow]

Normally, Wayne wouldn't have much of an issue with runnin' and gettin' dirty, but normally, Wayne wasn't down to one plaid shirt with a hole it from some acid monster or whatever it was from last summer and his one pair of jeans that didn't fucking fit...

So there was an offended lite gasl to find out there'd be no ugly shirts that week. And a growl as he decided if it was better to just save his clothes and run this thing in some of those swim trunks hanging from the trees.

But who even knew where those trunks had been!!

Re: Come on Down, Voluntolds!

[stykera]

"The colors are...different," Stark said with a shrug. If he had to be oddly colored for a while he could deal. Plenty of people were blue or purple or green!

He was less enthused with the mud.

COLORED MUD RUN

[sith_happened]

Oh, you are going to be gross. Just gross.

Obstacle One: Mud Trenches!

[sith_happened]

This 30 foot trek through waist deep mud pits and up-and-over 6 different 8 foot high slippery mud mounds is going to require some serious help from your crew to conquer.

And then Beaker throws powdered dye on you.

[OOC: RNG says this one goes Team Two, Team Three, Team One.]

Obstacle Two: Kiss of Mud!

[sith_happened]

What's more fun than climbing through mud? Well, Anakin thinks crawling through mud is just as fun! (Anakin may be wrong.) Now you have a 40 foot low crawl with barbed wire 18 inches above your head. Get low or get your hair stuck!

And then Beaker will throw more dye on you.

[OOC: Team Three, Team Two, Team One.]

Obstacle Three: Leap of Faith!

[sith_happened]

Is everyone but Steve McGarrett and Rosa tired yet? Last one, we promise!

This one has a 6 foot wide water obstacle to jump over before you grab the cargo net on the other side and climb up to slide down the pole that's waiting for you at the top of the net.

And then, yes, Beaker hits you with more dye.

[OOC: Team Two, Team Three, Team One.]

Into the Water!

[sith_happened]

And you're done! Just a running race of your entire team onto the beach and into the water to clean off and then change into clean clothes.

Oh, wait, we don't have those.

[OOC: Team Two, Team Three, Team One!]

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

Compliment his hat!

OOC

[sith_happened]

So, so messy.

Re: OOC

[lovethatjourney]

It's like the RNG knew which team Tahani and Alexis would be on.