Summer Shenanigans, May 25, 2022

[sith_happened]

The park today looked like an insane person with a ridiculous love of bunting had been allowed to go absolutely nuts setting up mazes.

(In related news, Beaker had been consulted for ideas.)

There were four main areas of concern: a maze with four wheelie recycling bins set before it; a series of folding tables with a variety of fruit and implements on top of them; two large fences with roughly 300 rubber ducks perched on top of them (and a velvet rope 100 feet away from it); and a final maze of bunting with a chair in the center of it.

In the center of all of this mess was a large shed with a closed door.

Anakin looked extremely pleased with himself as he leaned against the Table o' Terrible T-Shirts.

"Welcome back!" he yelled into his bullhorn. "I am pleased to see such enthusiasm for our weekly community building activities."

Sure, let's go with that interpretation. "Today we have several new obstacles for you to master! The specifics of each shall be made clear-" well. Clear-ish. "--as we move to them. The team with the most number of points wins! Listen for your names:"

TEAM NIGHTMARE CLOWNS
Steve R
Steph
Graham
Jo
Scott
Lana
Danny

TEAM 'MERICA
Clare
Tony
Sakaki
Connor
Goose
Vi
Liz

TEAM CHICKEN ON THE BEACH
Libby
Margo
Duke
Cara
Billy
Miguel
Irene

TEAM UNICORN BATTLE CAT
Travis
Sidon
Beaker
Rey
Summer
Stark
Steve M

Comments

Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[sith_happened]

You're the next contestants on "this polyblend is definitely going to give me a rash!"

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[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer was seriously in awe.

"This shirt," she declared, "understands me on a level deeper than I thought was ever even possible."

Was it possible to marry a shirt? Summer was considering it right about now.

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[giveittoyoursister]

Was Vi already tearing the horrific sleeves off of her terrifying eyesore of a shirt? Yes, yes she was.

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[drumsticksandd20s]

"Damn, and I thought mine was bad." Was that pity in Steph's voice? Actually, yes.

How seriously one could take said pity coming from someone in a shirt covered in hell clowns, though, that was a good question.

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[giveittoyoursister]

A question for the ages, that one.

"I get the feeling it'd be even worse if I know what these were supposed to mean," Vi said, her tone not inviting an explanation.

She started digging in her pockets. "Oh, I've got something for you."

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[drumsticksandd20s]

"Yeah, no, you don't want to know," Steph said, grimacing, before her expression turned curious. "Wait, what?"

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[dishesonthetoprack]

"But I didn't put my name in or anything," Scott protested, as so many before him. "Oh my god, this is the ugliest shirt I've ever seen."

Not actually a bad thing. He was legitimately kind of in awe.

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve's even buttoned over his chest! Thanks for the many sizes available, Anakin, so everyone could be comfortable in these hideous monstrosities.

"Dunno," he said, pointing over at Team Jesus and Whatever. "Those might have us beat."

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[dishesonthetoprack]

Oh god. Oh god, oh god, oh god. It was one thing to be told Captain America was here, and another to see him right here in the flesh and wearing a matching hideous shirt.

Though, he did indeed have a point. What the hell was with the Jesus shirts?

"Oh, hey!" Scott said, in that awkward I'm-so-trying-to-be-casual-look-at-how-casual-I-am way that did exactly the opposite of conveying how casually someone felt about something. "Hey! It's good to see you, uh, Cap."

Or should he have called him Steve? Wanda and Tony both had. And Scott belatedly remembered that, shit, Steve was probably from a completely different universe, anyway, and maybe he should have taken that into account?

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[heroic_jawline]

"You must be Scott," Steve said with a friendly smile. "Wanda and Tony mentioned you."

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[begmetwice]

Everyone be proud of Irene, who had worn trainers and a pair of (designer) jeans to the park today because she knew her luck. (It was turning out to be quite the dirty -- literally -- summer for her!)

But some things, one could not prepare for. And so Irene was just going to take her time putting her hair up in a ponytail as she stared at the shirt she was going to have to put on.

"At least it's creatively hideous." Even if she was wondering how those springs would work on as loose a foundation as sand.

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[kawaii_complex]

As if the Japanese student needed any more reminders that she was definitely in a foreign country that she would never understand....this shirt was definitely taking it to the ultimate level.

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Excuse Sidon while he chuckled with bewildered amusement, not only at the shirt itself, but over the fact that Anakin had done it once more by finding one actually in his size.

It was probably a good thing, actually, that Sidon didn't really wear clothes, because, over the years, these shirts were about all he had. And what a wardrobe that made.

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[betterthanaplan]

Duke didn't bother saying anything about his shirt. He just stood there holding it, laughing.

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[outofthequiver]

Oh, boy, Libby was sure glad she was on this team rather than the 'Merica one, because she already felt she was traipsing dangerously close down the road to damnation just by being here more often than not than not, without having to add that kind of blasphemy into the mix.

Which was fine, because she actually thought all the chickens were cute and kind of wholesome with their summer fun, and should she be worried about that?

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[stykera]

"What is even happening here?" Stark asked his shirt as he stared at it before putting it on.

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[grenadesandohana]

"So many things," Steve said, staring at it in horror.

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[stykera]

"I wonder where he finds these things. I wonder why he finds these things."

And Stark also wondered if this shirt was punishment for winning at paintball this week.

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[grenadesandohana]

"I'm picturing a terrifying catalogue," Steve admitted.

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[mother_love]

Billy looked at the shirt, again deciding if it was worth while to actually see what Anakin would do if he refused to wear that atrocity.

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[drumsticksandd20s]

"Hooooooooooly shit, no." This was what Steph got for thinking the first week's shirt was cool, huh? "Fucking nightmares for weeks."

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[anomaly_research_nerd]

Did someone call for a totally confused newbie gaping in bewilderment as his name was called? Cuz that was exactly what you were getting when Connor heard his name get called out. He had only stopped by to see what was going on. He hadn't expected to be roped into participating in.... whatever this was.

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[thatwaslucky]

"Better than last week," Rey decided, donning her shirt.

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[not_a_goddamn_princess]

And here Margo had just come down here to laugh.

"What the fuck?" she snapped. "I'm High Queen, not your next fucking side show!"

That was the PG-13 portion of what she said, yes.

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[flamesburned]

Liz had never thought she’d be grateful for being called down this week. Especially since she had not heard from Prompto last night and was trying to not worry about it …he was just busy, everything was fine…