fandomhigh | Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 8, 2022

There was a definite smell of grease in the air along the beach that should worry anyone who'd every experienced one of Anakin's Wednesdays before, and that was only if they didn't notice the enormous, greased-up pole resting between two wooden scaffolds about ten feet above the water.

Or the greased-up pigs in a pen.

Or the greased-up flag pole.

Anakin liked a theme, that's what we're saying here.

"Today is all about adaptation!" Anakin yelled into the bullhorn when everyone had arrived. "Your teams have to attempt--individually--get get across the pole in the water and then up the flag pole. Your times, should anyone complete these tasks--will be added together, along with your efforts in the pairs greased pig collecting competition. Fastest team wins."

Who took Anakin to a county fair. Really.

"Listen for your names! There will be five teams of six and you may not use any special powers to assist yourself or your teammates. This is all physical prowess and mental stamina."

TEAM PRAISE THE LARD
Steve M
Aphra
Scott
Graham
Kennedy
Sakaki

TEAM HOT WIENERS
Isabela
Duke
Stark
Steph
Gray
Annie

TEAM TAKE ME TO THE FAIR
Vi
Libby
Will
Jo
Miguel
Hannibal

TEAM FUNNEL CLOUDS AND FUNNEL CAKES
Goose
Buck
Alexis
Lana
Travis
Jon

TEAM BUSTING BALLS
Rey
Belle
Beaker
Wanda
Steve R
Liz

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Vi had in fact noticed that.

"Oh, if they're hugs, I guess that's okay then." Like she didn't take every excuse going to hug Steph.

"You guess it's okay?"

That was a wounded look on Steph's face there, Vi. So wounded.

If by 'wounded' you meant 'smug.'

Oh, no, not a ~~smug~~ wounded face. "Look, I'm sure they're great hugs. Really."

"Only the best, obviously," Steph retorted, spreading her hands and laughing. "Which you, as the resident expert, would know."

"Hmmm, I should probably check," Vi said thoughtfully, gearing up to tackle Steph.

It was probably a good thing they were having this conversation now instead of later in the day.

Yeah, not even the grossness of being covered in grease would be enough of a deterrent if this conversation happened later in the day.

"Couldn't just take my word for it," Steph said, shaking her head ever so sadly as she braced for being tackled.

"Nope," Vi said, grinning and flinging herself at Steph.

Steph made a good-natured oof noise when Vi tackled her, but was perfectly happy to hug her back. Imagine that.

"I guess that's fair." Such a magnanimous concession on her part. "Have to make extra sure and all that shit, right?"

Yes. It was all for science.

More science should involve hugs, really.

"Yeah," Vi agreed. "Pretty confident this is a great hug, though."

"I'm hugging you," Steph replied, "so I'd say that yeah, it is."

All the necessary components right there!

"Guess my great hugging's rubbed off on you." Not dirty.

Steph laughed. "You do actually give the best hugs I've probably ever gotten."

"Yeah, well..." You were getting hugged extra hard for that, Steph.

Look how much Steph wasn't complaining about that! Hugging her back just as hard -- well, trying to anyway -- but not at all complaining.

"So if hugs are the prizes here? I think I've lost track of who's supposed to be winning."

Both of them. It was both of them.

And they should enjoy it, because they weren't really winning anything else today.

"Oh, no, guess we'll have to start from scratch." How terrible.

Did watching each other try to run the course today count as winning, or did the part where they ended up covered in grease and Steph went to go dunk herself in the cold water again afterward cancel that out?

"Damn, worst fate ever."

She sounded so upset. Really.

Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 8, 2022

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