Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, August 17, 2022

[sith_happened]

Why did the entire island smell a bit like chocolate pudding? It was probably nothing, right?

"Welcome to our final team-building exercise today!" Anakin yelled through his megaphone. "It's based on a series of obstacle courses called a Tough Mudder, but mud is too easy!"

...that would explain the pudding smell.

"Working in teams of seven, you will race around the island, conquering each obstacle! McGarrett, stop looking so excited about this. Listen for your names! NO POWERS."

TEAM WATERMELON FLAMINGO
Libby
Will
Amaya
Alara
Isabela
Gray
Miguel

TEAM HOT DOG BIGFOOTS
Jo
Beaker
Stark
Rey
Kurt
Steve M
Rosa

TEAM OW OW MY EYES BE GROOVY
Graham
Jon
Goose
Jaina
Guillermo
Hannibal
Steve R.

TEAM JAPANESE CATS
Vi
Lana
Sakaki
Tahani
Dwight
Belle
Steph

Comments

Arrive and Mingle!

[sith_happened]

Last day! It's fortunately not stupidly humid--yet--and the food vendors have all of their specials out to commemorate the end of summer.

Re: Arrive and Mingle!

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer was mostly there to check and see who was eligible for free shots tonight at the bar, but she was feeling really glad her name wasn't called. Not so much because of the chocolate pudding (although that was a factor!), but because she had decided to use this moment to finally text Annie, and, well, once she'd done that, she was definitely too busy frowning at her phone a lot to really be all that engaged with the shenanigans.

Re: Arrive and Mingle!

[flamesburned]

Liz had missed the last several weeks of this and felt bad since she had told Prompto that she would take part in the activities, even if she now definitely couldn't take part but she decided to come down today and watch and she had her camera with her to take photos.

Re: Arrive and Mingle!

[solo_sword]

Since Jag was off on a diplomatic trip, Jaina had brought the twins in for the week. Luckily they were old enough to sit and watch by themselves since their mom was probably going to get called for this.

And want a shirt.

And to play in pudding.

Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sith_happened]

Anakin, these are hideous.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[kawaii_complex]

Not only were they cats this week, but they were Japanese cats, which, while she felt a little culturally offended by them on a caricature level, Sakaki couldn't help but take it as a sign that clearly, she really did need to go home for the break week because all the shirt did was make her feel a sharp pain of desperate homesickness.

Followed by dread because she felt terrible for what these poor cats on her shirt were likely to have to go through once the activities got started.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[special_rabbit]

Well, now, this was....bright. This was definitely a bright shirt, and Amaya didn't know how to feel about the fact that she thought of at least two people she was half-tempted to throw this shirt at, except that she knew better because both of those people would actually end up wearing it.

Although now she was contemplating possibly waltzing into a certain shop today and making the declaration that new clothes were clearly not needed now that she had...

This.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[grenadesandohana]

Looking at the purple ones a different team had received, Steve--for the first time--could maybe see why everyone wouldn't love the shirts.

His, with Bigfoot and a hot dog on it, was completely fine though.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

So this was Vi's first Anakin shirt in several weeks and boy was it a shirt.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[stykera]

Stark did like the shirts with buttons more than the horrifying t-shirts but the patterns really weren't any better. At all. He sighed a little as he changed. As usual.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[good_for_six]

Isabela cheerfully pulled on a shirt a size too small.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[alwaysonguard]

Yeah no the shirt was a no-go. Cute as it was. Dwight was just gonna leave it folded, along with his regular shirt which he had just taken off as well. He knew what these courses could be like. No point ruining another shirt.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[guillermothegreat]

Guillermo looked at his shirt and grinned, "oh man this awesome," he said as he put the shirt on.

He really shouldn't look so happy about that shirt.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[solo_sword]

"What the hell," Jaina said, staring at her shirt.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"Oh," Belle said at her shirt. There really wasn't much more to say than that.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[thatwaslucky]

Rey studied her shirt and felt vaguely insulted on Chewie's behalf.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[napking]

Wow, that was...that was bright. Gray generally preferred more soothing pastels, but...he was still going to wear it, of course.

COMPETE

[sith_happened]

This was going to get messy.

Obstacle One: Castaway

[sith_happened]

Working in pairs, you must straddle what looks suspiciously like punching bags from the gym. Use the ropes Anakin has helpfully strung across the park's pond and make your way from one side to the other!

[OOC: It's the last week, so everyone participates in everything!

WATERMELON FLAMINGO: Libby & Will, then Amaya & Alara, Isabela & Gray, and Miguel and Libby, who gets to do this twice! You lucky, lucky, first team members!
HOT DOG BIGFOOTS: Jo & Beaker, Stark & Rey, Kurt & Steve M, Rosa & Jo
BE GROOVY: Graham & Jon, Goose & Jaina, Guillermo & Hannibal, Steve R. & Graham
JAPANESE CATS: Vi & Lana, Sakaki & Tahani, Dwight & Belle, Steph & Vi

RNG SAYS:
BE GROOVY
HOT DOG BIGFOOTS
WATERMELON FLAMINGO
JAPANESE CATS]

Obstacle Two: Hero Carry

[sith_happened]

Piggybacks are fun! Piggybacks up and down stairs on your way to the Preserve are decidedly less fun. Pair up and race as fast as you can! Team member #2, you're pulling double-duty this time.

[WATERMELON FLAMINGO: Will & Amaya, Alara & Isabela, Gray & Miguel, and Libby & Will!
HOT DOG BIGFOOTS: Beaker & Stark, Rey & Kurt, Steve M & Rosa, Jo & Beaker
BE GROOVY: Jon & Goose, Jaina & Guillermo, Hannibal & Steve R., Graham & Jon
JAPANESE CATS: Lana & Sakaki, Tahani & Dwight, Belle & Steph, Vi & Lana

RNG SAYS:
WATERMELON FLAMINGO
BE GROOVY
HOT DOG BIGFOOTS
JAPANESE CATS]

Obstacle Three: Pitfall

[sith_happened]

Would you believe that this swamp of chocolate pudding had always been in the Preserve, or that Anakin had spent yesterday digging it? Because one of those was true. Everyone in! Get across as fast as you can, using your teammates for chaotic aid.

[OOC: HOT DOG BIGFOOTS
WATERMELON FLAMINGO
JAPANESE CATS
BE GROOVY]

Obstacle Four: Funky Monkey

[sith_happened]

Is there a deranged monkey bar set up in front of you?

Yes.

Is the area below it covered in chocolate pudding? Also yes.

Enjoy!

[OOC: HOT DOG BIGFOOTS
WATERMELON FLAMINGO
BE GROOVY
JAPANESE CATS]

Re: COMPETE

[sith_happened]

Huzzah, you've reached the Port of Fandom! Surely Anakin will let you clean off now!

Yes! Just after you climb over this ten foot wall located right at the water's edge. The last team member in line doesn't get a boost to help them over.

[OOC: WATERMELON FLAMINGO: Amaya helps Alara, Isabela helps Amaya, Gray helps Isabela, Miguel helps Gray, Libby helps Will and Will gets over all by himself!
HOT DOG BIGFOOTS: Stark helps Rey, Kurt helps Stark, Steve M helps Kurt, Rosa helps Steve M, Jo helps Rosa, Beaker helps Jo and...oh dear. Beaker gets over himself.
BE GROOVY: Jon helps Goose, Jaina helps Jon, Guillermo helps Jaina, Hannibal helps Guillermo, Steve R. helps Hannibal, Graham helps Steve R., and then gets over by himself!
JAPANESE CATS: Sakaki helps Tahani, Dwight helps Sakaki, Belle helps Dwight, Steph helps Belle, Vi helps Steph, Lana helps Vi, and then gets over herself.

And the RNG say:
WATERMELON FLAMINGO
BE GROOVY
JAPANESE CATS
HOT DOG BIGFOOTS]

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

Give him a big pudding hug!

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[stykera]

Stark was wet and somehow still covered in pudding.

"Anakin!"

OOC

[sith_happened]

Thank you all SO MUCH for running with this insanity every week.

Re: OOC

[stykera]

Thank you for providing quality absurdities on a weekly basis.