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

Re: LEG 1

[begmetwice]

"I like your optimism," Irene decided with a rueful little snort. "Do we get anything if we win this, anyway? Bragging rights? Masks to filter the air when we burn these hideous shirts?"

They looked and felt like they might well just turn into napalm with enough heat.

Re: LEG 1

[imafuturist]

"Bragging rights, mostly," Tony admitted. "And a sense of superiority."

Re: LEG 1

[begmetwice]

"Any bonus points if we come by that naturally?" Irene asked, reaching up to steady a hand on Tony's shoulder as soon as they were tied together. "Perfect day for it, too. I'm sure I didn't sleep a wink last night."

Re: LEG 1

[imafuturist]

"You know, I had the same problem." He assumed it was just his normal level of work driven insomnia.

Re: LEG 1

[begmetwice]

Irene shot a worried glance up at him, which caused a little stumbling so this was already going great. "Well, that's not good. Hopefully it's not an island thing."

Silly Irene. It was always an island thing.

Re: LEG 1

[imafuturist]

"Better not be," Tony grumbled, trying to keep them steady by matching her as best he could. It was like dancing, in a way! "I'd just like a nice, quiet week."

Aaaaand he jinxed them all.