Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 9, 2021

[sith_happened]

"Hello everyone!" Anakin boomed through his megaphone. Was it absolutely necessary for him to be so loud so early?

No, but Anakin was mean.

"Today we are playing the very famous--" in camp circles, maybe? "--game called Burst the Balloons! As you can see, Beaker and I have scattered balloons around the park."

Beaker meeped at Anakin.

"--and filled them with a variety of surprises. Oh?" He grinned. "Well done for that initiative, Beaker. The balloons are filled with surprises. Working in teams, you must race to break all of your balloons before the other teams do! Listen for your names!"

TEAM SHARKS
Harry
Rosa
Stark
Amaya
Astrid

TEAM JETS
Belle
Lydia
Malia
Shunsui
Kitty

TEAM BUGS
Faye
Rey
Travis
Clare
Sakaki

TEAM PIRATES
Tahani
Wanda
Jessica
Troy
Dwight

Comments

Re: TEAM BUGS

[craic_killer]

"I'm picturing Beaker in a catapult," she admitted.

Re: TEAM BUGS

[designateddadfriend]

"And . . . now I am too." Travis shook his head. "Thanks for that."

Re: TEAM BUGS

[craic_killer]

"You're welcome," Clare said. "Is that the only balloon left?"

Re: TEAM BUGS

[designateddadfriend]

Travis shrugged. "I think so? If someone got the one in the pond."

Re: TEAM BUGS

[craic_killer]

Clare sighed heavily. "In that case, I don't suppose it matters how long it takes you to get it?"

Re: TEAM BUGS

[designateddadfriend]

"We've already lost?" Travis guessed. "Do you think that means we can just leave it where it is?"

He would not be able to just leave it where it was. It was basically litter. A squirrel could choke on it.

Re: TEAM BUGS

[craic_killer]

"We could but I bet it's full of something disgusting," Clare said.

Re: TEAM BUGS

[designateddadfriend]

"Just like all the others," Travis said, resigned. And balloons weren't even biodegradable. "Do we have anyone on our team who can fly?"

Re: TEAM BUGS

[craic_killer]

Clare blinked at him. "I have no idea."

Re: TEAM BUGS

[designateddadfriend]

Travis looked up at the balloon again and sighed.

"I guess I could go get the truck."

Re: TEAM BUGS

[craic_killer]

"Oooh, with the siren?"

Yes, Clare, make all the hungover people hate you.

Re: TEAM BUGS

[designateddadfriend]

"We try to save that for emergencies. We don't need a 'boy who cried wolf' situation over here."

Re: TEAM BUGS

[craic_killer]

"Do you have a lot of emergencies here?" Clare asked.

Re: TEAM BUGS

[designateddadfriend]

"Not even a little," Travis said, sounding deeply disappointed. "You know, at least when the school's not being taken over by evil vines growing out of a magic crystal."

He pressed his lips together.

"Which is a sentence I absolutely never imagined saying in my life."

Re: TEAM BUGS

[craic_killer]

Clare blinked rapidly. "I'm sorry, the school was what with the what now?"

Re: TEAM BUGS

[designateddadfriend]

"Ah, right, you're one of the new students, huh," Travis said. "Word of advice: if you ever think you see a dead loved one in the woods, don't go investigate. Also, glowing rocks are not your friends."

. . . Huh. You know, the vaguely ominous, truthful-but-not-at-all-detailed warnings were kind of fun, weren't they.

Re: TEAM BUGS

[craic_killer]

"Riiiiight," Clare said slowly. "That's very unhelpful."

Re: TEAM BUGS

[designateddadfriend]

“Right now, sure. Because we already got rid of the magic vines.”