Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 15, 2022

[sith_happened]

The games were set up in the park today, which was a good thing, and there weren't even piles of ugly t-shirts today: another good thing!

There were very ugly socks instead.

And baby pools filled with...well, let's just call it water and not ruin the surprises. People who had been around for previous summers probably already remembered what happened with socks.

"Today you will be working in small groups to keep these pools up over your heads as you lie on the ground," Anakin explained. "Once you are settled in place with the pools, you must then go in a circle and each remove one sock from your feet without dumping the pool contents onto yourselves. And then go around again."

That was a rather mean smile, Anakin. "No powers. Listen for your names."

TEAM EVERYTHING HURTS AND I'M DYING
Alara
Miguel
Libby
Guillermo
Hannibal

TEAM CHICKEN LEGS
Steph
Connor
Amaya
Steve M
Vi

TEAM SHRIMPLY THE BEST
Buck
Goose
Lana
Dwight
Kurt

TEAM STEAK SOCKS
Sidon
Stark
Will
Rey
Beaker

TEAM JESUS IS MY CO-PILOT
Billy
Sakaki
Gray
Jo
Jon

TEAM MAGICAL UNICORNS
Eddie
Scott
Liz
Graham
Watts

Comments

Arrive and Mingle

[sith_happened]

Meet new people! Avoid old people! Eat things on sticks!

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer was happily enjoying a meat on a stick and a beverage and not being down there again this week, thank you.

Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sith_happened]

Awww, no new shirts.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[firehousehimbo]

First they got free shirts and now they got sweet socks? What a gift.

Unfortunately that pudding would not be coming out of his cool shrimp socks.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

After an extra days bed rest, Vi was feeling a lot more like herself, just in time to end up on the same team as Steph.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[justalittlerepressed]

Eddie had seriously only shown up to make sure no one got heatstroke or a sunburn that needed medical treatment. Because they were in that part of summer here.

"Of course I get called."

Well, at least he was prepared for it.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[grenadesandohana]

"Well, these are hideous," Steve said, pulling on some chicken socks.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep meep meep meep meep," Beaker muttered to himself as he pulled on socks that looked like thigh-highs on him.

Sexy, sexy, thigh high steak socks.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[flamesburned]

This was the last thing that Liz felt like doing but she was tired of crying moping back at the apartment.

She also hadn’t slept the last few days and she felt terrible, she just really hoped that she wasn’t going to start crying in the middle of shenanigans.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[thatwaslucky]

"I don't like these," Rey said, looking down at her socked meat feet.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[stykera]

"They're meat," Stark said with a roll of his eye as he put his socks on. "Why?"

Not just why to the socks. Why to Anakin in general.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Okay, so... that's a change," said Steph, kicking her sneakers aside and -- yeah, these socks were going to be super flattering on her skinny-ass legs. Don't mind her snickering.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[mother_love]

As someone who barely wore socks before finding themselves on the island, this was not something Billy was going to count as a positive thing... especially not THESE socks!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[alwaysonguard]

"Well, at least socks will fit easier than t-shirts will" Dwight said trying to find something positive to say, remembering all too well last summer's always-too-small t-shirts.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[doctorgingerspice]

Some part of him had been expecting something crab-themed, for some reason.

This was... not an improvement on that expectation.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[outofthequiver]

Libby was disappointed by the lack of a new shirt to show off to Zo, but socks were a good trade-off! Even if she wasn't so sure about hers.

"I sure hope," she said, "these aren't meant to be a sign of things to come."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[special_rabbit]

Amaya took one look at her socks and sighed.

And then, suddenly, seemed struck by an idea.

A horrible, brilliant idea.

Did you want these socks repurposed to be used for some horrifying mechanical Baba Yaga Hut creation, Anakin? Because giving Amaya these socks was how you got them repurposed to be used for some horrifying mechanical Baba Yaga Hut creation.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[napking]

"Oh," Gray said when he saw his new socks. "Oh, no. I'm not putting these creepy things on my feet."

Maybe Libby would want to trade? Was that stereotyping? Maybe these socks were too creepy even for people who liked Jesus a whole lot.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Sidon was, absolutely unsurprising to anyone who'd met him, absolutely delighted to be wearing socks, and, really, with the meat ones he'd gotten, his feet were definitely doing very interesting things to that design.

"Why," he commented with a fascinated laugh, "they almost quite match, don't they?"

And Go!

[sith_happened]

The RNG says the winner teams go:
1. Magical Unicorns
2. Everything Hurts and I'm Dying
3. Jesus is My Co-Pilot
4. Chicken Legs
5. Shrimply the Best
6. Steak Socks

There will be more details in the team-by-team OCD!

Everything Hurts and I'm Dying

[sith_happened]

You come in second place, Guillermo is the one to tip it all over on the second round of sock removal, and your pool is full of blue Gatorade!

Have fun, kids!

Chicken Legs

[sith_happened]

Fourth place, Connor tips it on the second round of sock removal, and your pool is full of ice water and gummi fish.

Shrimply the Best

[sith_happened]

Fifth place, Lana tips it on the second round of sock removal, and it's full of chocolate pudding!

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

Those were some Choices he made today, yes.

OOC

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