Continue Trying Not to Die, Friday, July 31, 2020

[sith_happened]

"Well, today is going to be a bit different," Anakin said before gesturing at the puffy snowsuits he had hanging on a moveable wardrobe by the Portalocity office. "Today we're going to Antartica!"

This was what happened when Anakin asked his kids where he should take his class.

"So put on your snowsuits and then follow me."

Comments

Sign in 7/31

[sith_happened]

Cold. So, so cold.

Re: Sign in 7/31

[white_oleander]

Astrid Magnussen

Re: Sign in 7/31

[canlendanear]

Alara Kitan

Re: Sign in 7/31

[mylandmyrules]

Nell Ingram

Re: Sign in 7/31

[mother_forker]

Eleanor Shellstrop

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[lovethatjourney]

Alexis Rose

Roadblock: Count the Penguins

[sith_happened]

Look at 'em all! They're so cuuuuuute!

You have a very important job, though: count the adults and then the baby penguins. If you get the number right, the scientist will give you your next clue. If you get it wrong, you get to try again.

And again.

And again.

[RNG says:
1. Elli
2. Alexis Rose
3. Mae Borowski
4. Okuyasu Nijimura
5. Grog Strongjaw
6. Juillenne Milone (and Camden)
7. Alara Kitan
8. Rosa Diaz
9. Eleanor Shellstrop
10. Beaker
11. Astrid Magnussen
12. Nell Ingram]

Re: Roadblock: Count the Penguins

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was far too busy being awed by the penguins to remember to count them,

Re: Roadblock: Count the Penguins

[mother_forker]

Eleanor did not want to count penguins. Because it was forking cold.

So she just yelled out numbers until she got it right.

Re: Roadblock: Count the Penguins

[lovethatjourney]

This was easy and adorable! Look how fast Alexis could count penguins!

Detour: Sink or Swim!

[sith_happened]

In Sink, you get to snowshoe along one of the sinking (heh) ice sheets along the shore of Antarctica, collecting five colorful flags along your way. When you successfully shoe your way across the two mile course, you receive your next clue.

In Swim, you must snorkeling in the insanely cold waters, correctly identifying five different sea creatures: a spider crab, a sea cucumber, a seal, a sea spider, and an ice fish. When you finally spot all five, you hand your bingo sheet back to the scientist waiting for you and receive your next clue.

[RNG says:
1. Alexis Rose
2. Okuyasu Nijimura
3. Elli
4. Rosa Diaz
5. Nell Ingram
6. Alara Kitan
7. Grog Strongjaw
8. Astrid Magnussen
9. Juillenne Milone (and Camden)
10. Beaker
11. Eleanor Shellstrop
12. Mae Borowski]

Re: Detour: Sink or Swim!

[mylandmyrules]

Snowshoes for the - well, for the making up of time from all the staring at penguins.

Re: Detour: Sink or Swim!

[mother_forker]

This. This was hell. Literally hell.

Well not literally. That comes later in canon.

Still if Eleanor had an idea of what hell would be like she might choose snowshoeing through Antarctica.

Re: Detour: Sink or Swim!

[lovethatjourney]

Alexis was actually athletic enough to snowshoe without dying. She just had to think of it as cardio.

"This is nothing compared to how I escaped that Siberian prison," she said upon getting the last flag.

Find Anakin!

[sith_happened]

Who is wearing All the Layers and waiting for the class by one of the outposts, where there was hot coffee waiting for them inside.

But to get there, you need to take a snowmobile and navigate through snowy, unmarked terrain using only a compass. No problem, right?

Re: Find Anakin!

[mylandmyrules]

Compass navigating wasn't too bad. Driving a snowmobile? Yeah, that was not going to end up being one of Nell's strong suits.

Re: Find Anakin!

[lovethatjourney]

You know what finally tripped Alexis up?

Getting the snowshoes off.

But she made it!

OOC

[sith_happened]

Final results:

1. Mae Borowski
2. Alexis Rose
3. Beaker
4. Elli
5. Eleanor Shellstrop
6. Grog Strongjaw
7. Okuyasu Nijimura
8. Juillenne Milone (and Camden)
9. Nell Ingram
10. Alara Kitan
11. Rosa Diaz
12. Astrid Magnussen