Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 30, 2021

[sith_happened]

"Today, since it's between sessions, Beaker has decided to take point," Anakin announced from where his bullhorn was poking out from an absolutely enormous pile of donuts.

The new raccoons had apparently decided to show up today to get new customers through their amazing donuts...tower...things.

So. There were a lot of donuts.

Just. A lot.

"Today we're going to use these donuts--thank you, County Donuts--in a relay race...thing. You can only pass them under your chin. Fortunately, we have a lot of extras for when you drop them!"

He turned to Beaker. "Are there any other rules?"

Beaker meeped extensively. Anakin's eyes went wide. "Well, that's going to get messy."

"Meep meep."

Anakin coughed. "Apparently the donuts are also on a timer and they will disintegrate into sprinkles--or jelly, or cream--if you take too long."

Thank you, Muppet physics.

"Listen for your names! There will be four teams of seven."

Beaker meeped smugly.

Anakin sighed. "And I, apparently, have been included. Come get your t-shirts."

TEAM 'MERICA
Harry
Wanda
Ignis
Beaker
Sam
Astrid
Ulysses

TEAM BEN DRANKIN'
Cait
Five
Stark
Summer
Clare
Din
Anakin

TEAM BANG
Alexis
Alluka
Malia
Diego
Shunsui
Lana
Jaskier

TEAM PICK UP
Belle
Ben
Miguel
Amaya
Dwight
Prompto
Hannibal

Comments

Arrive and Mingle

[sith_happened]

Grab a donut before you're sick of them! Try not to lick people?

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie actually had a pretty light work week (though she'd have to work this weekend for the Fourth, naturally) and was already able to leave New York for Fandom by Wednesday.

And, like, while she was glad she'd taken the time to stop and change at home before making her way out to the park to watch -- with a foolish, I-wasn't-on-the-island-so-how-would-I-be-signed-up confidence -- she was even more delighted to find this whole donut situation.

Even if the two donuts she was totally eating (there were so many, why would she just have one?) both faintly tasted of lemon for some reason?

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[knife_bender]

Diego, of course, was happy that Annie made it here so early even if it meant she had to witness him looking like an idiot. "This is the best shirt ever."

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[defenderofdesmoines]

"I actually do like it," Annie agreed admiringly, shaking her head in amazement at the sheer tackiness of his shirt. "And hey, look, it's mostly black, even if it has red and white and a pun on it."

So it still went with his whole aesthetic. Mostly.

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[knife_bender]

"The pun is the best part," he said, sitting down next to her. "I see you found the new donut place. Or it found you, rather."

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[defenderofdesmoines]

And it wasn't even an untruthful pun, in Annie's experience. "Did you have any doubt?" she asked, leaning over to press a kiss to his cheek. "This is so awesome."

And apparently kind of cinnamon-y, now? Though she wasn't sure if that was the donut -- especially given the persistent lemon thing -- and now she was frowning kind of thoughtfully at Diego. "Did you get, like, a new soap? Or aftershave or something?"

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[knife_bender]

"No?" Diego lifted up his shirt over his nose to smell himself. "Do I smell bad or something?"

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[defenderofdesmoines]

"No, you smell like -- wait." Annie leaned in and kissed his cheek again, then licked her lips. "I think you taste like something."

Normal thing to say to your boyfriend in public at the park.

"Cinnamon?" Not quite, though.

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[knife_bender]

"Really?" Diego hesitantly lifted up his hand to lick the outside of it. Hey, he didn't know if she was teasing him or not. "Huh...yeah, cinnamon. And an alcohol aftertaste."

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[defenderofdesmoines]

"Yeah, it's got kind of a boozy quality," Annie agreed, glad she wasn't, like, losing it.

Though, you know, that could be up in the air considering she leaned over to lightly lick at his neck -- again, kind of thoughtful about it, because she was trying to place where she'd had that before. It was scientific licking. "I mean, it's good at least?"

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[knife_bender]

"I feel like I should be more worried about this." But since he tasted good it wasn't all that bad. Worse things had happened to him in the last week.

He leaned in to kiss her cheek, because turnabout and all that. He licked his lips. "You taste like lemons."

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[flourish_or_perish]

Was someone pressing her luck because she sometimes didn't get called, and spectating was worth the risk?

She sure was.

The donuts helped, though Faye would actually be vaguely sad to miss out on these shirts, even if she didn't really get the whole America thing.

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[stykera]

"You're tempting fate again," Stark said.

Also he would absolutely let her have his shirt if she really wanted one.

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[flourish_or_perish]

She would love it. Even if she had no idea who the hell Ben Franklin was, or why that joke would even be funny.

"I feel good about this," Faye replied, probably like an idiot. "Maybe I won't get called again. And there's donuts."

Like, all of this could be worse, right? Things were actually kind of nice.

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[stykera]

Somewhere nearby a felt eagle was torn between being amused by that shirt because Ben Franklin had preferred turkeys of all things and being horrified that a founding father was being mocked.

"Donuts will probably make it better," Stark said. "At least worthwhile. I'm sure I'll get called." That was just how these things worked.

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[flourish_or_perish]

"I noticed the squirrels left you alone this morning. Ish." She did not want to call attention to the lack of glitter, since that might bring it back. "Do you taste like chocolate cake?"

She was going to lick him no matter what he said, probably.

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[stykera]

"I...I haven't tested it. Why would I taste like cake?" Besides half his diet being made up of cake.

"One of them bit me," he added, holding up his hand with mostly faded tiny squirrel tooth marks. "So I might."

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[flourish_or_perish]

"Poor baby," Faye said with a sympathetic wince, but, like, Stark, you had to know this was coming, so it shouldn't have been a shock when she maneuvered a bit so she could lick his cheek.

"You totally taste like chocolate." Big talk from someone who absolutely tasted like coffee liqueur and just hadn't noticed yet.

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[stykera]

Stark should have seen that coming but somehow didn't. He really didn't mind though, just ducked his head a bit in a slightly embarrassed fashion.

"Do I?" Did she need to check again just to be sure, maybe?

"Do you taste like something?" He probably ought to check. Just in case.

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[flourish_or_perish]

"Probably?" Faye licked her lower lip, frowning a little. "Yeah, I think I do?" It was vaguely chocolate-y (or at least, was pairing well with the chocolate), so she shamelessly licked her own arm to try to get a better gauge of what it might be. "I think it's something alcoholic."

Shocking.

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[stykera]

Well, that was intriguing.

"Good alcoholic or bad alcoholic?" Nobody tasted like malort today, did they?

"Let me see." Public licking was a bit much but she had licked him first. It was only fair that he took a turn and look, he could just turn that lick by her mouth into a kiss.

"Coffee?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[kawaii_complex]

Sakaki had managed to escape having to participate in a few of these, which was both a good thing and a bad thing, because she'd much rather be able to sit and enjoy a donut like she was doing now, but it was sort of difficult to not feel a little left out when she was sitting there watching everyone else participate.

Again, probably a good thing, but still...

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[x_discospider_x]

Troy had not been called to participate in this this week.

Troy had still, somehow, managed to get a donut that exploded on him.

Troy did not have a spare shirt, especially since he had not been called on to participate this week.

Therefor Troy would currently be finishing up his donut in the stands without a shirt.

That was his story, and he was sticking to it.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Sidon tried not to miss these things when he could manage it, so he was glad to be there today, although he had mixed feelings about not being called to actually participate. It did seem like it would be a lot of fun (and a good excuse to encourage everyone to take a quick swim afterwards!), but he would not be able to deny that his height would make the exchange of donuts very difficult for both himself and his teammates! So perhaps it was for the best, and, this way, at the very least, he could truly cheer on his friends in their efforts, because who didn't love a giant red sharkman (who, for the record, oddly enough, did not taste anything like fish in the slightest and instead like a very spicy hot sauce) cheerleader on their sidelines?

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[thedadalorian]

He hadn't even been in the park when this happened!

Din was at least gratified that that Anakin guy was also being forced to participate. Even if he was really starting to feel singled out here.

Maybe he and Stark could start a club.