Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, July 22, 2020

[sith_happened]

When everyone arrived in the park, they were greeted by a huge set of scaffolding reaching 30 feet (9 meters) into the air set up right next to the pond.

"Today," Anakin intoned, "you will fly!"

Were you afraid, potential volunteers? Good.

"Working in teams, you will construct human-or-other-sentient being-made and powered flying machines. Your size in limited to around 10 meters (30 feet) in diameter and weight-limited to approximately 150 kilos (330 pounds). Your inspiration will come via your team hats, which I painstakingly collected last week."

There would be frog hats again.

"You have all of the tools you need to build your crafts that you then must fly off of this pier at the end of our time together." He smiled in what he thought was a reassuring way. "No one will die. Listen for your names!"

Team Frog Hat
Shuri
Stark
Mae

Team Pancake Hat
Tahani
Rey
Beaker

Team Paper Bag
Sabine
Alara
Freya

Team Blobfish Hat
Alexis
Duke
Steve M.

Comments

Re: Team Frog Hats

[scoffs_at_tradition]

Shuri put her frog hat on (she was working it, okay) and clapped her hands. "This will be incredible!" she said. "I love creating flying machines. Shall we make it look like a frog on a lilypad or a giant fly?"

Re: Team Frog Hats

[thishouseishaunted]

"I vote giant fly!" Mae said. Surprising no one.

Re: Team Frog Hats

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"Brilliant," Shuri said. "That one will be more of a challenge."

Re: Team Frog Hats

[thishouseishaunted]

"What do you need me to do?"

It should probably be something simple and relatively foolproof. Whatever Mae worked on would definitely break.

Re: Team Frog Hats

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"Well, we'll need decorative elements to make it more fly-like," Shuri said. "Can you find shiny fabric?"

And stay away from the engineering aspects?

Re: Team Frog Hats

[thishouseishaunted]

"Yes! I'm good at finding shiny things."

Mae darted off to rifle through the supplies.

Re: Team Frog Hats

[stykera]

Stark had his hat on, a bit awkwardly over the mask, but still on.

"Do you build flying machines often?"

Re: Team Frog Hats

[scoffs_at_tradition]

"Yes, as it happens," Shuri said, grinning. "Never frog-themed, though. It's a fun new challenge."

Re: Team Frog Hats

[stykera]

"Good, good." Stark nodded. "I haven't made frog-themed anything, I think."

"Your aircraft are usually successful? I haven't made aircraft before, either."