Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, May 11, 2022

[sith_happened]

Good morning, everyone! It's time for another summer of Anakin Skywalker Thinks This Teaches Team Building and Also Amuses Himself (Mostly the Second Thing) but "Shenanigans" Is Easier!

The bleachers for viewing were set up in the park backed up to the pond and near the Belthazor Commemorative Divot. Food vendors, remembering how this worked, had arrived with hot dog, popcorn, and rum for the squirrels. And coffee. Just...so much coffee. Huge flatscreens were set up facing the bleachers, which gave people a hint that today's event would not just stay inside the park, and the cameras were trained at...well, ankle height or the sky for now because squirrels and rum.

Anakin and his bullhorn were standing behind a folding table stacked high with brightly patterned shirts and people who had been here before knew that just because the shirts were free, it never, ever meant you wanted to wear them.

"GOOD MORNING!" he boomed through the bullhorn when enough people were gathered. "Welcome to another summer of team building activities!"

He might be waiting for a while if he was expecting cheers, just saying.

"Today, as has become tradition, we shall conduct a relay race around the island to acquaint you newcomers with where things are!" he said. "Please listen as your name is called and then come up for your festive t-shirts. We shall have four teams of eight."

TEAM CAT-DOLPHINS
Tony
Irene
Liz
Ulysses
Hannibal
Guillermo
Tahani
Graham


TEAM SPACE PIZZA
Watts
Jaskier
Lana
Vi
Jon
Wanda
Summer
Rey

TEAM TACO CAT
Steve M.
Sakaki
Libby
Steph
Clare
Buck
Miguel
Tisarwat

TEAM SLOTH LLAMA
Goose
Isabela
Alara
Beaker
Will
Stark
Jo
Jaina

Comments

Arrive and Mingle

[sith_happened]

Find a spot on the bleachers! Get a snack! Make a new friend! Hope Anakin doesn't call your name today!

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[pun_king]

Graham was starting to wonder what he had to do to get himself a curse like Gray's, just so he could actually get some sleep! But, apparently, his excitement for being here was still keeping him all abuzz and restless. The fumes were running strong still, and he at least had a nice, easy, no hassle way to get to park, riding his way in on Triumph, and he forgot hoe tired he was when he saw the set-up.

"Zounds, Triumph!" he gushed in awe. "Look at all this! It's almost like a tournament! Maybe it is a tournament! You think they'll be a Test of Speed?"

He sure hoped so. Triumph hadn't been struggling to sleep like he had, so he was far better prepared for something like this than Mr. Stifling A Yawn on his back over here.

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[begmetwice]

Irene was doing her best not to fall asleep in the stands. She'd turned up at the tail end of summer last year, and thus once again was prepared enough to wear trousers and a pair of flats to this thing -- but was anyone ever really prepared?

And more importantly: she was also in no danger of falling asleep, drowsy as she felt.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[heroic_jawline]

Steve would be heading back to New York later today but for now, he was enjoying the beautiful weather and, eventually, not wearing a terrifying shirt.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[solo_sword]

Jaina was Annoyed. There had been portal issues on the first week so she'd been in the hotel last night, sleeping terribly, and now she was gonna get called up to do this.

Yes she was. You know she was.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

Was it taking a risk, leaving Lucille alone in their apartment with Issa? Maybe. But Tisarwat, stifling a yawn, really wanted to get some time to herself, the lack of sleep starting to get to her, and, conveniently, it was Wednesday,so she could see if anything worthwhile was happening for the shenanigans.

Yes, she knew she might get roped in, too, but it would be good for the whole 'be more social' thing.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[so_hawkward]

Clint was in the bleachers with Lexi, totally in the name of father-daughter bonding and not because he hoped he wouldn't be voluntold if he had a child on his lap. The giant cup of coffee was just his normal dose.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Sidon was absolutely here to test the durability and holding strength of those bleachers and cheer on with gusto those lucky enough to be participating today!

He would be trying to cheer on everyone equally, but he would have to admit a alight bias toward Team Cat-Dolphins.

(The shark hats, as well,he felt was an exceptionally nice touch! If only they'd been red!)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[flamesburned]

Liz was extremely tired but she had told Prompto that she would make the effort and turn up to the shenanigans, especially after how much he had talked about them and she did have her camera to take some photos for him to show what they were like this year.

She was still missing Prompto and wished he was here to take part though.

Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[sith_happened]

Oh boy, another summer of polyblend fashion nightmares to wear! Aren't you excited?

Meet up with your teammates and assess your odds. Or complain about the shirts. Or both!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[kawaii_complex]

It was funny, how accustomed to some things people could get. Sakaki couldn't help but figure her sleeplessness these past few days was due to Harry and Hedwig's absence...something about the soft hoots and ruffling feathers of her roommate's owl must have been quite the lullaby that she'd been desperately missing. And since any attempt at a nap was not going well, Sakaki went to the park for the summer thing, sitting in the bleachers and just sort of spacing out in a way that she'd have missed her name being called if not for a squirrel nudging her.

"Ehhh?" she asked, blinking out of her staring. "Nandesuka?"

Slowly, she remembered where she was and what she was supposed to doing, so she stood up almost numbly to go down and collect her shirt and find her teammates.

And then just burst out crying once she saw the shirt.

This shirt was way too much for how exhausted she was right now.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[firehousehimbo]

"This is the coolest shirt I've ever owned." Buck immediately swapped his boring-ass shirt for the taco cat one and took a selfie for Eddie. Look how cool it was, Diaz!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[scarlet_chaos]

Wanda had accepted this would be her fate this summer. And because she was tired from no sleep she kind of thought the shirt was cute?

Which was definitely a sign she needed a nap.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[imafuturist]

"Oh, this is getting burned after this is over," Tony said, picking at the fabric of the shirt.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[good_for_six]

Oh, this was an exciting development from Isabela's previous summers here!

She eagerly put her shirt on...which wouldn't fasten over her, let's just go with assets. "How do I look?"

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[giveittoyoursister]

Vi held her shirt at arm's length, eyeing it off. Somehow Anakin had found something even less appealing as clothing than old prison rags.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[doctorgingerspice]

“Did he…?” Will frowned. “Uh, I think there’s been some mistake…” Nope, you were just new to this, Halstead.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[stykera]

Stark was too tired to make much of a protest. He just accepted his shirt and his fate with a long-suffering sigh.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Ohmygod," said Summer, holding out her shirt for a better inspection, "I can't tell if I genuinely love this, or if I'm really just that tired."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[solo_sword]

Jaina held her shirt out with a "Really?" that she hoped carried!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Okay, I think I actually unironically love this," Steph said, holding up the shirt, which was just going to go on over her tank top like most of her other, less horrifying button downs.

Get Ready to Race!

[sith_happened]

Please hold for some epic OCD.

LEG 1

[sith_happened]

The first two teammates (Tony & Irene, Watts & Jaskier, Steve M. & Sakaki, and Goose & Isabela) will three-legged race from the edge of the park up alllllll of those stairs on Apocalypse Avenue and stop at Surf's Up, where they will get a bellyboard and a shark hat to pass along to the teammate waiting there. Then they get shark hats to wear for themselves, because everyone looks better in these hats.

(What, not like it's gonna clash with the shirts.)

[OOC: RNG says it goes: Cat-Dolphins, Taco Cats, Sloth Llamas, and Space Pizza.]

VICTORY PARTY FOR TACO CATS

[sith_happened]

Because gloating about it afterwards makes the win the sweetest, right?

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" = very legitimate question.

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[good_for_six]

"So where's your beardier half?" Isabela, still wearing her shark hat, asked. "Ever resolve that tension?"

OOC

[sith_happened]

The shirts have gotten even uglier this year. Welcome to another summer where Amazon thinks I have just the BEST taste.