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fandomhigh2021-05-26 09:38 am
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Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, May 26, 2021
When everyone arrived in the park, they would notice that the observation bleachers had been moved to the center of the area and the rest of it was covered in what seemed to be a squirrel-sized Ninja Warrior obstacle course.
Surely this would end well.
Anakin--Beaker was nowhere to be found--was standing behind the folding table that normally had a number of terrible t-shirts for the teams to wear. This week the shirts seemed...strangely tiny...but that was probably nothing to worry about, nor was the piles of brightly colored fake rabbits' feet, nor was the ray gun propped up against the table leg.
Anakin was from space, after all. Maybe today he brought a ray gun?
"We already did an obstacle course around town," Anakin began, yelling through the megaphone, "and one with mud last summer. So this year, to save money, I made this physically difficult course smaller--" sure, "--and will simply shrink you all to fit into it!"
...wait.
"Thank you to Barry for your assistance in this matter. The gun works as intended and is completely safe, right Beaker?"
Beaker, squirrel-sized, saluted from on top of his pile of t-shirts. "Meep!"
And if you can't trust Beaker for scientific safety, who could you trust? "You will be in six teams of four. Each of you must make a complete circuit around the course, though you may assist each other in figuring out how to get through the various obstacles. Your brains and mouths still work, after all. Listen for your names and then come down to get zapped--" technical term--"and receive your accessories." He did not say anything about not using powers this week.
TEAM SQUIRREL VICTORY
Alara
Troy
Tahani
Iris
TEAM BIRD FEEDER
Cait
Sidon
Harry
Ben
TEAM SQUIRREL YOGA
Beaker
Dwight
Clare
Ignis
TEAM SQUIRRELS RUN THE WORLD
Jessica
Summer
Astrid
Prompto
TEAM PROTECT YOUR NUTS
Lana
Belle
Nina
Duke
TEAM HAWAIIAN SQUIRRELS
Stark
Cara
Steve M.
Tisarwat
Surely this would end well.
Anakin--Beaker was nowhere to be found--was standing behind the folding table that normally had a number of terrible t-shirts for the teams to wear. This week the shirts seemed...strangely tiny...but that was probably nothing to worry about, nor was the piles of brightly colored fake rabbits' feet, nor was the ray gun propped up against the table leg.
Anakin was from space, after all. Maybe today he brought a ray gun?
"We already did an obstacle course around town," Anakin began, yelling through the megaphone, "and one with mud last summer. So this year, to save money, I made this physically difficult course smaller--" sure, "--and will simply shrink you all to fit into it!"
...wait.
"Thank you to Barry for your assistance in this matter. The gun works as intended and is completely safe, right Beaker?"
Beaker, squirrel-sized, saluted from on top of his pile of t-shirts. "Meep!"
And if you can't trust Beaker for scientific safety, who could you trust? "You will be in six teams of four. Each of you must make a complete circuit around the course, though you may assist each other in figuring out how to get through the various obstacles. Your brains and mouths still work, after all. Listen for your names and then come down to get zapped--" technical term--"and receive your accessories." He did not say anything about not using powers this week.
TEAM SQUIRREL VICTORY
Alara
Troy
Tahani
Iris
TEAM BIRD FEEDER
Cait
Sidon
Harry
Ben
TEAM SQUIRREL YOGA
Beaker
Dwight
Clare
Ignis
TEAM SQUIRRELS RUN THE WORLD
Jessica
Summer
Astrid
Prompto
TEAM PROTECT YOUR NUTS
Lana
Belle
Nina
Duke
TEAM HAWAIIAN SQUIRRELS
Stark
Cara
Steve M.
Tisarwat
Round One
RNG says the race starts off:
1. SQUIRRELS RUN THE WORLD
2. SQUIRREL VICTORY
3. PROTECT YOUR NUTS
4. HAWAIIAN SQUIRRELS
5. SQUIRREL YOGA
6. BIRD FEEDER
Mod what tripped you up! Yell at the other teams' players! Ask for help from your teammates! Make threads messy!
Re: Round One
Meeping triumphantly, he igniting his (prototype) jetpack and soared straight up--right into the bottom of the platform.
Right then. Take two. This could take a bit, Team Squirrel Yoga...
Re: Round One
Of course, Beaker didn't offer much insight.
Re: Round One
Getting up the pole using her strength? Not a problem. Rickety Ladder? Well she jumped over that. She spent a bit of time stuck in the maze until she just leaped up on a wall and found the quickest way through the maze and hopped down again. Jumping through the tumblers she almost looked like she flew but really it was jumping and falling gracefully.
She had a knack for that.
The decoy squirrel got her launched into the air which just further irritated Jessica.
The only time she actually refused to anything for a solid thirty seconds was the damned photo thing. Seriously. What the hell Anakin? Photographic evidence of this?
Finally she landed at the birdfeeder and grabbed the rum. "There. I participated," she said opening the bottle. "Summer? Don't waste my lead."
Re: Round One
Once he'd made it past that and to the photo section he just glared at the camera. So much glaring. Hope you enjoyed those angry, angry photos, Anakin.
Re: Round One
She zapped the camera when it was her turn; hope you enjoyed that bright flash of lightning instead of a picture, Anakin.
Unfortunately, she slipped a bit on the angled boards and lost time, but third was respectable!