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: EPIC FINISH: HUMAN (AND ADJACENT) PYRAMID

[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep meep!" Beaker said, giving him a double thumbs-up.

Re: EPIC FINISH: HUMAN (AND ADJACENT) PYRAMID

[stykera]

"Good." Stark had been a little worried this would somehow turn out to be Beaker holding everyone up with Goose at the top. "At least that part makes sense."

Re: EPIC FINISH: HUMAN (AND ADJACENT) PYRAMID

[good_for_six]

"I don't know, he does seem more of a bottom to me." Isabela, no. Bad pirate.

Re: EPIC FINISH: HUMAN (AND ADJACENT) PYRAMID

[stykera]

If Stark were less tired he might have managed to parse that correctly. Maybe. Instead he gave Isabela a quizzical look.

"Does he? Why?"

Oh dear.

Re: EPIC FINISH: HUMAN (AND ADJACENT) PYRAMID

[good_for_six]

Isabela took a touch more pity on Stark than certain of her fellow teachers. "I'll tell you over drinks sometime."

Re: EPIC FINISH: HUMAN (AND ADJACENT) PYRAMID

[stykera]

That just continued the slightly confused look from Stark but he was quite tired. And he'd certainly never thought of Beaker in those terms himself.

"Oh. Alright. If you like."

Re: EPIC FINISH: HUMAN (AND ADJACENT) PYRAMID

[good_for_six]

Isabela thought of just about everyone in those terms. It was her blessing and her burden.

"I'm looking forward to it."

Re: EPIC FINISH: HUMAN (AND ADJACENT) PYRAMID

[stykera]

Stark tended not to because he assumed he wasn't being thought of either. Except during things like pollen or times when fans invaded the island and threw pretty, heroic, shirtless firefighters at him.

"Oh." He offered a hesitant smile. "Good then. I go to see Summer most weeks. Sometimes Kitty."