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 3

[giveittoyoursister]

"I just said I couldn't think of one."

If you didn't maybe you needed a better kind of friend.

Re: LEG 3

[drumsticksandd20s]

"And I'm telling you that's because there literally isn't one, so I'm helping you prove your point. Because I'm that much of a good friend."

Vi might not be able to see it, but she could probably hear the way Steph was smirking in the tone of her voice. Best friend ever, clearly.

Re: LEG 3

[giveittoyoursister]

Oh Vi could hear it all right. "I will drop you."

She wouldn't.

Re: LEG 3

[drumsticksandd20s]

Steph was totally going to try and call her bluff.

"And lose this?" she asked, pretty much right in Vi's ear. "Go ahead and try it."

Re: LEG 3

[giveittoyoursister]

Vi almost dropped Steph regardless then, her grip on her legs tightening just in time to keep hold of her.

"You're the worst," she groaned.

Re: LEG 3

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Damn right I am," Steph said far too cheerfully. What? She was kind of proud of herself for getting that reaction. "And you chose to be stuck with me."

Re: LEG 3

[giveittoyoursister]

"Really regretting that now," Vi teased, twisting her head to fake scowl at Steph as she squeezed her leg.

Re: LEG 3

[drumsticksandd20s]

Steph just grinned at her and made a show of sort of cuddling up closer, but as obnoxiously as possible.

"Yeah, I bet you do."

Re: LEG 3

[giveittoyoursister]

Vi probably would when she ran over this entire afternoon again in her head later that night.

"You're terrible," she said, shaking her head. "Simply terrible."

Re: LEG 3

[drumsticksandd20s]

"And you love it," Steph replied, still grinning at her.

Yeah, this was going to be a fun moment to think back on later.