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Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday [all day]

Today's games were not being held in the park, which should have been a red flag. Fortunately, Anakin has provided a red flag!

Twenty feet up.

At the end of a very gross-looking wooden pole danging over Serenity Cove.

"Today you're all out of for yourselves," Anakin yelled from the top of recycled scaffolding, which had a 40-foot long greased up telephone pole balanced between it about 20 feet up. "Many thanks to our local bars and restaurants for providing the lard, grease, fish guts, Crisco and bacon fat to really lube this thing up."

Beaker, covered in said grossness, looked decidedly less grateful.

"The rules are simple," Anakin said. "Whoever gets across the pole and reaches the flag wins all you can eat at Mooby Burger for a week!" Whether Mooby Burger was a good prize or not was entirely up to the winners. "You may walk, run, or slide your way across, but you may not use supernatural powers."

"And thank you in advance for volunteering!"

Which was news to those volunteers.

"Pick up your t-shirts--" Anakin did not realize that his shirts were a Philadelphia sports reference, "--and listen for your names!"

Oh boy.

"Vi, Eleanor, Beaker, Summer, Isabella, Steve R, Guillermo, Jon, Beta, Stark, TJ, Eddie, Jane, Graham, Belle, Steph, Steve M, Libby, and Alara! Come on over!"

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We know at least a few of you are just going to go shirtless for this. McGarrett.

Summer had pretty much been holding her breath the entire way over to the shenanigans (and continued to hold her breath well after she realized what was going on), because, even though Anakin had seemed genuinely sympathetic to her plight about the pools and she'd gotten recorded evidence of his promise that there would be none, she had trust issues, dammit.

But, needless to say, when she arrived and saw the pole, she was actually not surprised, and was just honestly glad Anakin hadn't said anything that might suggest she was to blame for this being today's activity, as she grabbed a shirt and pulled it on.

"Heh. Pole."

What?

Steve turned to the Tony!Pony and sighed heavily. "Do not wander off," he said to his husband, who was far too busy trying to find something on the ground to eat to be listening. "I'll be right back and hopefully you won't remember any of this."

McGarrett was not wearing a shirt at all, thank you. Because it was strategic. And also really nice outside.

T-Shirt pulled unceremoniously over his tunic and cloak, Graham grinned eagerly as he rubbed his hands together in anticipation. He remembered this one from last summer! Or something similar! And he thought he remembered doing okay because he was being very careful not to fall because he couldn't even swim last time! But this time? He'd be ready for anything!

And he always felt, weirdly, like crossing a long pole over some staggering height was a skill that would be very useful to him in the future!

You know what, Beta couldn't even pretend she hadn't come down here on purpose out of some morbid sense of curiosity this time.

Also doing things outside of her comfort zone was... not bad, actually?

She might be having a lot of doubts about this choice today, though. The smell was a lot.

Eleanor was sort of eying the pole with an almost regretfully wistful look, just sort of wondering if this would be easier if she could just transform into a wolf to help her get across. But she couldn't, she was just going to have to stick with how she was at the moment, and the prospects of this working out for her did not feel...great.

Jon looked at the pole in dismay. "How do I always manage to choose this week to do things?"

Fortunately, the only one he was asking was the Eye. Unfortunately, it delighted in not warning him.

Stark was not going shirtless. He was changing into his new pole shirt and sighing very heavily.

Libby was going to take a moment to make sure her very long hair was very well tied back before taking a deep breath and trying not to think of all the various ways this could go horribly for her, but at least she probably wasn't going to be the only one, and at least she didn't have to feel bad about not being good at crossing greased poles, because how often was that likely to even come up in a person's life?

Yes, she had pretty much resigned herself to losing before even getting up there. But it was important to set reasonable expectations! And she'd still try her best, too. Maybe she might surprise herself!

Of course Isabela was going nigh on shirtless. Why would anyone think otherwise for even a moment?

Steve gave her a thumbs-up. Shirtless solidarity!

Vi took one whiff of the pole and pulled the offered shirt on. She was not going risk clothing she actually liked.

"How," Steph asked out loud as she pulled the shirt on, "is this somehow even worse and grosser than last year's grease-fest nightmare?"

"Skywalker's an overachiever?" Steve replied, grinning.

"I hate it, thanks," Steph said plaintively in what could not possibly be described as anything other than a whine.

"I think that's the part that brings him the most joy," Steve decided. "The look of dawning horror on our faces every week."

"Do you think he actually does the evil genius laugh?" Steph wondered.

"Probably when he goes home," Steve said. "He already has the cape. That's pretty evil adjacent."

"With the unnatural dramatic billowing?" asked Steph. "Totally."

Sorry not sorry, Anakin.

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"Because he's had a year to make it like that," Vi said. "At least there's no pigs this time?"

Steph gave her a pitiful look.

"This is what it's like to play at my table, huh?"

Vi moved to wrap her in a hug. "Do you really want me to answer that?"

Steph snickered. "I mean, I think you just did," she said, hugging Vi back. "Except mine is completely theater of the mind, thank you very much."

"Pretty sure props wouldn't be appreciated," Vi said, leaning in against her. "Least not like this."