Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 1, 2022

[sith_happened]

Did anyone want to be awake for this after the kraken drill?

No.

Was that going to stop Anakin? Of course not!

The bleachers were down on the beach today, along with eight large rafts floating semi-precariously out in the water. Was this tempting a real kraken to arrive?

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaybe.

"Today it's really, ridiculously hot," Anakin yelled through the megaphone. "So I'm letting you get wet! You're welcome!"

Wait to hear what you're doing first before expressing your gratitude.

"You will be conducting a water balloon fight out there on the water. You will be given hand-held balloon launchers, and a bucket full of water balloons." Which may or may not contain water. "You will have teams of eight. Fastest team to pass a water balloon all the way down the line wins. You get a time penalty at the end for each balloon that breaks along the way. Listen for your names!''

TEAM MI VIDA LOCA
Stark
Scott
Amaya
Kitty
Libby
Isabela
Ulysses
Liz

TEAM HAIRY CHESTS
Rosa D.
Eliot
Buck
Jaye
Sakaki
Connor
Miguel
Steph

TEAM GYM RATS
Vi
Graham
Will
Gray
Rey
Goose
Alara
Wanda

TEAM TUXEDO CHESTS
Steve M
Eddie
Rosa O.
Annie
Diego
Tony
Watts
Lana

Comments

Re: Raft One to Raft Two

[pun_king]

Graham was also a little bit distracted, although his distraction came in the form of worry and nervousness for having to be on a raft and doing things on said raft, which was on the water, and he very much could not swim. All the more reason to a) stay on the raft and b) get this over as quickly as possible.

Of course, he was also a little sleepy from being woken up in the middle of the night by the Kraken drill, so he also could have dozed off just slightly while waiting for Vi to get started sending balloons his way.

And then he shook himself awake again, realized he hadn't even missed anything, and then finally waved his arms a little and called out, "Vi! Over here!"

Re: Raft One to Raft Two

[giveittoyoursister]

Vi belatedly remembered she wasn't here to pay far too much attention to her best friend's fashion choices and aimed a balloon Graham's way.

Re: Raft One to Raft Two

[pun_king]

And Graham, for all his flailing arms pretty much already in position to catch said balloons, managed to miscalculate the arc of it all, moved too far to the left with hands waiting, only to find it landing at his feet to the side.

He looked from the missed balloon back over to Vi.

"That one slipped out of my hands!" he called back, even though it had very clearly not been anywhere near his hands. "Try again!"

This was going so well for them!

Re: Raft One to Raft Two

[giveittoyoursister]

Just brilliantly!

Vi sighed and aimed again, more to the left this time.

Re: Raft One to Raft Two

[pun_king]

Oh, no, that one was looking like it was veering almost too far to the left, from Graham's....admittedly less than eagle-eyed perspective. He was tempted to adjust accordingly, but then told himself to have faith in Vi's aim...here it was! It was coming, he had it, his hands were ready....!

And he flinched at the last second, meaning instead of catching it in his hands, he definitely bounced off his shoulder and blooped into the water. Which didn't do much for the whole 'catching the balloon and passing it on' thing.

"One more!" he called out. "I think I finally got the hang of it!"

Re: Raft One to Raft Two

[giveittoyoursister]

"Just stay still," Vi called out, then aimed one more balloon the exact same direction.