Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, July 7, 2021

[sith_happened]

Anakin was holding the shenanigans today mostly as a way to conduct a head count on who was still around and comfortable enough to venture outside. The seating and tables had been lashed securely to trees in the park, and the inflatable whack-a-mole games had been bungee corded to each other and then to a tree.

Anakin wasn't losing anyone down a hole during this, thanks.

"Welcome," he said to those who arrived. "Let's work out some stress." He gestured to the inflated games. "We'll be in groups of seven. Six of you are moles--your job is to collect as many balls on the surface of the game as you can. One of you has an inflatable mallet: your job is to smack everyone on the head before they retrieve all the balls. Let's work on those reflexes, everyone."

I'M WHACK
Moles: Alara
Steve M
Sidon
Harry
Belle
Rosa
Whacker: Tahani

T-REX
Moles: Ben
Annie
Clare
Prompto
Summer
Sakaki
Whacker: Jaye

Comments

Arrive and Mingle

[sith_happened]

Or huddle together and watch out for holes.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sith_happened]

At least the shirts aren't that bad?

PLAY

[sith_happened]

Everyone is sticking up out of holes that are six feet tall (or not sticking out, if you are very wee. Or perhaps a mite stuck, if you are Sidon!). Moles, collect all of the balls you can reach! Whackers, smack those moles!

TEAM I'M WHACK

[sith_happened]

The RNG declares Sidon the winner (the RNG is wise), but mod your balls (not dirty) and Tahani will attempt to bop you all on the head!

TEAM T-REX

[sith_happened]

The RNG declares Jaye the winner, so everyone gets bopped!

Talk to Anakin

[sith_happened]

He doesn't have much hole-related wisdom to share (other than "don't fall in one"), but he's here anyway!

OOC

[sith_happened]

I have a might need to own one of these games.

Re: TEAM T-REX

[fates_jaye]

Oh it was over for all you bitches.

There's nothing quite like a girl with unresolved rage issues who was able to take it out on innocent people with an inflatable bat. Jaye wasn't even athletic. Didn't matter. There was no saving you.

Re: TEAM T-REX

[momslilassassin]

"I have such a bad feeling about this," Ben said, hiding in his hole.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[grenadesandohana]

Steve was going to be back at the station as soon as this was over, but for now he was there, practically vibrating with restrained anxiety.

Re: TEAM T-REX

[fates_jaye]

"Come out, come out, wherever you are!"

Always a good sign.

Re: TEAM I'M WHACK

[sexy_giraffe]

Tahani was absolutely letting the power of this inflatable bat go to her head. "Oh, do come out so I can hit you!"

Re: TEAM T-REX

[momslilassassin]

"What if I say no?" Ben asked.

Re: TEAM T-REX

[fates_jaye]

"I'll bop you on the head anyway."

She'd get right in that home, don't think she won't.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"But why am I meant to let someone just hit me on the head with a soft mallet?"

WHY, ANAKIN?

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[craic_killer]

"Why can't we all have mallets?" Clare said. "I would be cracking with a mallet!"

Clare should never, ever be allowed a mallet.

Re: TEAM I'M WHACK

[in_sidon_we_trust]

If Sidon was looking for a bit of distraction among all this hole business, he'd certainly found it in this activity! After all, his size did make him a rather easy target, but it also gave him an incredible reach and quite a bit of space outside the holes that the others didn't have.

It was an inflatable, though, and he would so hate to ruin everyone's distraction so quickly with his errant claws, as was wont to happen around him and inflatables, but you can bet he was striving to be both cautious and victorious!

He wondered if it was counterintuitive to throw at least a fee balls at Tahani if she came around with the intention to whack him, but, really, there was only one way to find out...

Re: TEAM I'M WHACK

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Belle was only slightly over 5 feet tall. She could reach her hand out of the top of the hole and hope to grab a ball but her head was absolutely not reaching the surface unless she jumped high enough. And why would she do that when her head was only going to be bopped?

Re: TEAM T-REX

[momslilassassin]

"Not the incentive you think!" Ben said, using the Force to pull balls into the hole like a giant cheater.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"That would be more fair," Belle agreed. "I'd enjoy it!"

Was Five around? Hitting him with a mallet would be so therapeutic!

Re: TEAM T-REX

[craic_killer]

Clare couldn't even peek her head out because she was so, so short. So here came a hand out of the hole, scrabbling around for a ball or two.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[craic_killer]

"Maybe the dean has extras! We could use them for protection!"

Against holes! Sure!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"I'm not sure they offer much protection." But nice try, Clare. "But it would be fun."

And they'd have something to occupy themselves with if they got eaten by a hole.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[craic_killer]

"Take our minds off of things!" Clare agreed, nodding. "I can think of two or three people that would be fun to whack."

Re: TEAM I'M WHACK

[sexy_giraffe]

Tahani would really have to stop the maniacal giggling if she was going to get to whack people.

Here she came, giggling!