Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, July 28, 2021

[sith_happened]

"Good morning and welcome to the Fandom Pentathlon!" Anakin said through his bullhorn, surrounded by bunting and Olympic rings. "In the spirit of the Olympic games, we too will be competing in teams in fencing, shooting, cross-country running--"

Beaker beside him was looking more and more panicked. "Meep meep meep meep meep!"

Anakin put down the bullhorn. "You what?"

"Meep meep meep meep meep meep meep meep meep--"

Anakin listened to the extensive explanation with a long sigh. "So. Slight mixup. Beaker has pulled five Olympic sports from a hat and that is what you will be competing! So: skateboarding, pairs canoe slalom, beach volleyball, archery, and equestrian jumping."

More meeping.

"Really? We could not find horses. So...alot of jumping." The alots--kind of buffalo-adjacent but made out of springs--in their pens made alot of noise. Anakin sighed again. "Here goes nothing. Listen for your names."

TOKYO 2021
Astrid
Alexis
Ben
Sam
Troy

ATHENS 2004
Miguel
Summer
Prompto
Harry
Clare

ATLANTA 1996
Stark
Alara
Rey
Sakaki
Steve M

SYDNEY 2000
Wanda
Beaker
Irene
Tahani
Dwight

Comments

Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sith_happened]

Maybe you know how to play some of these games? Hopefully?

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[scarlet_chaos]

Wanda was not even surprised when she heard her name called. She had started wearing sneakers on Wednesdays just in case.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[stykera]

Someday there might come a Wednesday when Stark was not in a hole and not being mildly tormented in Anakin's nonsense. Today was not that day.

He sighed, shook his head, and walked up to get his shirt.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[thatwaslucky]

Rey did not know some of these! Sooo this should be interesting. At least the shirt was inoffensive!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[begmetwice]

Irene had closed up the shop to come watch this for a bit, and looked around in alarm when her name was called.

"Oh, no, I don't wear tee shirts," she decided, taking one look at the proposed clothing item. "Or any of this."

Though she did know that she was probably going to end up putting it on -- and, probably, kicking off her shoes -- in order to participate, anyway. Even if this was new, she remembered well enough how Fandom things like this tended to go.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[what_the_shock]

Miguel eyed the shirt. "What even is this thing?"

He was choosing to focus on that rather than the thought that he had very little idea how any of these sports worked.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[alwaysonguard]

"Rwally, Anakin? Really??" Dwight said as he eyed the shirt.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[kawaii_complex]

Sakaki tried to be content with the shirt she was given, but she couldn't help herself from looking over at the Tokyo 2021 team with at least a little bit of homesick longing before considering her own Atlanta 1996 one.

She'd never even been to Atlanta. She wasn't even sure she knew where that was. Wasn't that somme city in the ocean? One she would have considered to be just a myth before she went to school here...

Oh, well...