Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, July 27, 2022

[sith_happened]

Anakin's children had outgrown a summer slide obstacle course years ago, but it didn't mean it wasn't stuck in the back of his brain as an option for torture team building.

When everyone arrived at the park, they'd find a rickety-on-purpose wooden bridge across the duck/flamingo pond, an entire line of inflatable hurdles being sprayed by sprinklers, some kind of ring toss with a water cannon pointed at where the participants would be standing, and a Slip 'n Slide that would really serve no purpose other than to remind adults that gravity exists and they shouldn't be on a Slip 'n Slide past the age of about ten.

"Today we're running an obstacle course!" he said. At least it was stupidly humid outside, so getting wet wasn't a hardship. "Fastest through wins! No power usage! Listen for your names!"

TEAM I PUT OUT
Beaker
Jon
Rey
Goose

TEAM FREUDIAN SLIP 'N SLIDES
Sidon
Lana
Steph
Miguel

TEAM POND HAIR DON'T CARE
Graham
Stark
Sakaki
Libby

TEAM MOIST
Steve M
Hannibal
Jo
Gray

Comments

Obstacle Two!

[sith_happened]

Hurdles! Once your teammate finally gets out of the pond, they smack your hand and send the next teammate--Jon, Lana, Stark, and Hannibal--jumping over fifty yards of plastic inflatable hurdles.

Easy enough, except they are placed on grass and Anakin's had the sprinkles pointed at them for a half hour. The grass is slippery, the hurdles are slippery, the sprinkles are going to get you wet...fun times for everyone! And by everyone we mean "mostly the spectators."

[OOC: RNG says:
I PUT OUT
POND HAIR DON'T CARE
MOIST
FREUDIAN SLIP 'N SLIDES]

Re: Obstacle Two!

[stykera]

Would Stark's sometimes questionable depth perception be an issue for jumping over hurdles? Probably. Would the wet grass make it all much worse? Definitely. Was Anakin going to get a wet, grassy hug after this? Absolutely.

Re: Obstacle Two!

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Jon's ability to jump was questionable at best.

Which mattered very little, as he missed the first one, slipped, and slid the rest of the way in one fell swoop.

Re: Obstacle Two!

[sharp_man]

Hannibal, who was really rather amused with his shirt, set out to do his best. Which was, he supposed, adequate.

At least the shirt wouldn't show grass stains.

Re: Obstacle Two!

[unusual_sith]

Right. Lana was going to do this, and since she'd been caught "cheating" last time, she was absolutely going to do this without the Force.

She made it through flawlessly, thank you very much.

Also last, but it was the principle of the thing.