Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, May 19, 2021

[sith_happened]

Good morning, everyone! The sun was shining, the weather was getting pleasantly warm, the freaking gross cicadas were crunching under your feet and Anakin had set himself up in the park with a bullhorn and a bunch of giant plastic storage containers full of ice water.

Surely this will end well for everybody!

"Today you will participate in the ten toes challenge!" Anakin announced. "Working in teams, you will lay on your backs and balance these containers of ice water on your socked feet. Then, going in a circle, you must each take off one sock, then the other, without tipping the water onto yourselves. It's about teamwork!"

And gravity. And Anakin's personal amusement.

"Come down when I call your name and get your team socks!" He grinned. "Oh, and no powers again this week, please."

TEAM FISH FEET
Troy
Steve M.
Nina
Malia
Wanda

TEAM CHICKEN TOES
Faye
Harry
Clare
Elli
Barry

TEAM PORK CHOP SOCKS
Sakaki
Alluka
Adora
Tahani
Duke

TEAM SEQUINS
Beaker
Stark
Astrid
Kitty
Alara

Comments

Arrive and Mingle

[sith_happened]

Get a snack! Be momentarily excited there weren't ugly t-shirts this week!

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[somethingwithturquoise]

Oh, yeah. Summer was totally fine with not being called in on this one and just getting to enjoy the ensuing shenanigans from the dry safety of a good spot to watch with a drink and a pretzel.

(Definitely avoiding those hot dogs after last week).

(And after yesterday).

Aaaaand now the pretzel was just going to be fed to some birds, because there went Summer's appetite.

The things she did for her art.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[badassprodigy]

Oh. Look. There was a Barry sitting down next to someone he just happened to be dating. Fancy that.

"Not hungry or are you just feeling the needs to supplement the Porg's diet?" he said giving her a smirk.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[so_hawkward]

As soon as Kitty got voluntold, Clint grabbed a seat with Lexi on his lap, so he could be a supportive husband.

Did that mean pointing and laughing? Probably. But it was supportive laughter!

Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sith_happened]

These socks are amazing, it's okay to admit that.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[stykera]

Stark was eyeing the large containers of ice water suspiciously when he wasn't narrowing his eye at Anakin.

"This won't end well." He could tell. Call it a hunch.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep meep meep meep," Beaker agreed.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[scarlet_chaos]

"Again?" This was unfair! And now weird socks were involved?

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[kawaii_complex]

Sakaki was absolutely not going to admit it, she thought these socks were horrible, and she didn't care if it had attacked her last week, she'd much rather go back to shirts with adorable cats on them!!

Not that she was registering any of that on her face, as she just sort of looked down at the socks in her hands with a practically numbing devistation.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[white_oleander]

Considering who was on her team, Astrid had a pretty good idea of how this was going to go down, but that was fine. She was weirdly just glad to be able to participate, and there was something about these socks that she really enjoyed, even though they were socks that she would never, ever actually wear.

She kind of wondered who would, because they didn't exactly scream 'comfort.'

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[x_discospider_x]

Troy was regarding his socks with a deep, suspicious frown.

"Hey, I think someone forgot all the toes in mine?"

It ended in a very confused question, because he honestly couldn't tell if that was intentional or not.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sexy_giraffe]

"Um," Tahani said, staring in horror at the socks. "I'm vegetarian and allergic to hideousness. I cannot possibly wear these."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[flourish_or_perish]

"I didn't sign up for this," Faye informed everyone loudly.

Cool, Faye, who do you think did?

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[badassprodigy]

"These socks are amazing," Barry said pulling them on. "Weird but fucking amazing."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[throughaphase]

"Hell yes, I'm keeping these!" Kitty announced. Sequin socks!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[imawizard]

"This is how it's going to be, isn't it?" Harry realized as he came on down.

Yes, Harry. This is your life now. Chicken feet socks.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[grayskollar]

Adora...kind of liked the socks.

Look, this is what happened when you weren't allowed to develop a sense of style as a child.

Play!

[sith_happened]

Lay on the ground with your feet facing up. Once you're settled, Anakin will place the containers of water on top. Then you have to take off one sock at a time, going around the circle, and not spilling the water.

Spoiler: You will all spill the water. Some of you just spill it later than others!

[OOC: RNG says the winners are CHICKEN TOES, then PORK CHOP SOCKS, FISH FEET and finally Beaker's team SEQUINS.]

TEAM FISH FEET

[sith_happened]

You're the second team eliminated, and the RNG declares it to be all Malia's fault!

TEAM CHICKEN TOES

[sith_happened]

You last the longest and are this week's big winners (such as that goes), but it was Elli who eventually tips the water!

TEAM PORK CHOP SOCKS

[sith_happened]

Or maybe Steak Socks? Bacon? Some kind of weird meat. You're the third team eliminated, and the RNG declares it Sakaki's doing!

TEAM SEQUINS

[sith_happened]

The first team out, and allllll Beaker's fault. Even the RNG knew that.

Talk to Anakin

[sith_happened]

Yes, you may keep the socks.

Re: Talk to Anakin

[stykera]

What if you wanted to just glare, in a cold and wet fashion, at Anakin?

OOC

[sith_happened]

We're definitely making younger cousins play this.