Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, May 26, 2021

[sith_happened]

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

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Round Two

[sith_happened]

Troy, Sidon, Dwight, Summer, Belle and Cara, this is you!

RNG says:
1. SQUIRREL VICTORY
2. SQUIRRELS RUN THE WORLD
3. BIRD FEEDER
4. HAWAIIAN SQUIRRELS
5. PROTECT YOUR NUTS
6. SQUIRREL YOGA

Re: Round Two

[x_discospider_x]

Troy had at least one round to get a little warmed up and watch to see how the course went, and so he rubbed his hands together then crouched down to get ready to really show everyone how it was done. He could do this. He was the star althelete over here, he could do this!

And honestly? The hardest part was realizing that the squirrel decoy was just a decoy, and maybe it was just because he was squirrel-sized or something right now, but squirrelfriend was lookin' kinda fine right now, not gonna lie.

Re: Round Two

[superjoanjett]

Was that a rum bottle being thrown at Troy's head.

Totally.

What. There was nothing in the rules about sabotaging others, right?

Re: Round Two

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer considered her competition for this round, considered the course, almost considered just saying Fuck it and throwing her round because, ohmygod, seriously with some of this stuff? But then Jessica had to go and be freakin' awesome on her run presumably and give her a head start and she could not just throw that away, so she buckled down, felt that competitive edge rise up inside of her, and she took the the course with a determination not to lose their advantage.

Which meant she was slightly annoyed when Troy started to pass her up and wondered if there was any sort of way she could sabotage him, but he was actually kind of good at this, what the hell, Troy?

She bet she would have beaten him if she'd have turned into an actual squirrel again and not just squirrel-sized and accessorized.

Re: Round Two

[alwaysonguard]

OK THIS was..... UNEXPCTED to say the least. OK, so he was squirrel sized.... nothing to panic about...

"Breathe Dwight... just breathe. Just think of it as a Haven Trouble. You've dealt with worse before. You can get through this... Just run with it and figure it out as you go."

Re: Round Two

[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep meep meep mee?"

Dwight probably didn't want to borrow your terrifying jetpack, Beaker, no.

Re: Round Two

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight looked over at the rather odd looking figure that was pointing towards the still smoking jetpack in its hand.

"Ah thanks, but no thanks Beaker..." (That WAS what he had heard someone call him right?) "I think I'm good!" Dwight forced a smile and flashed a quick thumbs up before turning his attention back to the next obstacle.

"Ok rickety ladder thingy... You got this Dwight." he muttered to himself. "Just take it at a run and try to get through it as quick as you can."

Dwight started off across the ladder and got about half way across. Ok this wasn't so bad, he could totally....

Dwight let out a yelp of surprise as the ladder began to twist under him. As he felt himself start to flip over, Dwight sank his tiny squirrel claws into the ropes and held on. Slowly opening his eyes he realized he was still hanging onto the ladder but was now hanging upside down from the bottom side, still dangling precariously above the ground.

Re: Round Two

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Belle was not particularly athletic. But she was a very determined young woman who was not going to let something as ridiculous as this event win.

It was just going to take several attempts to get through. She was tiny to begin with. Long jumps were not her strong suit!

Re: Round Two

[craic_killer]

Clare was extremely not built for this. Being naturally un-athletic and short, and now being short even for squirrel human, it took her forever to even get up the pole and then fell off immediately when she got on the ladder.

And fell off again.

And again.

And again.

Sorry, Squirrel Yoga-ers.

Re: Round Two

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara didn't find the course particularly hard or intimidating, but she also rated the tattered remains of her dignity higher than being a team player, so she focused on completing the course with a minimum of falls rather that trying to go fast.