Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, May 12, 2021

[sith_happened]

Good morning, everyone! It's time for another summer of Anakin Skywalker Thinks This Teaches Team Building and Also Amuses Himself (Mostly the Second Thing) but "Shenanigans" Is Easier!

The bleachers for viewing were set up in the park backed up to the pond and near the Belthazor Commemorative Divot. Food vendors, remembering how this worked, had arrived with hot dog, popcorn, and rum for the squirrels. Huge flatscreens were set up facing the bleachers, which gave people a hint that today's event would not just stay inside the park, and the cameras were trained at...well, ankle height or the sky for now because squirrels and rum.

Anakin and his bullhorn were standing behind a folding table stacked high with brightly patterned shirts and people who had been here before knew that just because the shirts were free, it never, ever meant you wanted to wear them.

"GOOD MORNING!" he boomed through the bullhorn when enough people were gathered. Just behind the table, invisible because of the piles of shirts, Beaker meeped cheerfully. "Welcome to another summer of team building activities!"

He might be waiting for a while if he was expecting cheers, just saying.

"Today, as has become tradition, we shall conduct a relay race around the island to acquaint you newcomers with where things are!" he said. "Please listen as your name is called and then come up for your festive t-shirts. We shall have three teams of eight."

TEAM CATS
Sakaki
Miles
Bob
Rosa
Belle
Juillene
Duke
Harry

TEAM GRAFFITI
Enola
Nina
Summer
Prompto
Malia
Annie
Wanda
Clare

TEAM SAFARI
Hannibal
Stark
Rey
Travis
Elli
Tisarwat
Alara
Liam

After everyone had gotten their shirts and teams settled, Anakin reached for the bullhorn again. "Today, we are going without powers if you have any!" he yelled, which still not necessary with a bullhorn, Anakin. "First two team members to the starting line, the rest of you handwavily find your stations around the island! Ready, steady--go!"

Comments

Re: LEG 5

[imawizard]

No powers? That was fine, Harry couldn't even begin to know what would be useful here, he probably knew three spells and two were advanced and very specific anyway, but on the other hand this was terrible.

"This is by far the stupidest thing I've ever done," he decided, trying to get a better grip on his bowling ball.

Re: LEG 5

[betterthanaplan]

"Well, you're young yet," Duke said, holding his bowling ball casually against one shoulder as he tried to get the hang of the bowling shoes.

Did someone actually grease these?

Re: LEG 5

[imawizard]

"That's not encouraging," Harry said, trying to see the stairs around the ball.

Re: LEG 5

[betterthanaplan]

"Who said I was trying to be encouraging?" Duke skidded on a stair and barely caught himself by the handrail. "Come on. They couldn't have put down some sand or something?"

Re: LEG 5

[imawizard]

"I've only been here a few days. They're not trying to actually kill us, are they?"

He had reason to wonder.

Re: LEG 5

[betterthanaplan]

"With Anakin it's hard to tell," Duke snarked. Then remembered this kid was new and might not take that as a joke. "Nah, Anakin's not trying to kill us. He's just kind of a troll."