Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday [all day]

[sith_happened]

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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Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

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

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[drumsticksandd20s]

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."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

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

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Yeah, I have better ways to be evil than that," Steph replied. "That don't involve people having to make sure they show up in their least favorite clothes."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

"Or even less than that," Vi said as Isabela strolled past in barely there undergarments. "How is she not falling out of that?"

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Superpowers. Has to be," Steph said, staring just a little bit because she was only human, okay? "It sure as hell isn't compliance with the laws of physics."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

Vi wasn't going to judge, since she was doing a little staring of her own. "Yeah, superpowers."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[drumsticksandd20s]

Steph kept an arm around Vi's waist and shrugged. "I mean, come on, is there any, literally any, other possible explanation?"

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

Vi rested her head on Steph's shoulder. "None that I can think of."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[drumsticksandd20s]

Steph let out a pleased little sigh. "So, ready to kick some ass for the both of us? Because we both know I'm sure as hell not getting anywhere on this one."

Aw, such adorable optimism.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

"Yeah, I got this."

Spoiler, she didn't.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[drumsticksandd20s]

"I promise to hold off on hugging you until after we're both cleaned up," Steph told her, because ugh.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

"Yeah," Vi said with a grimace. "It wouldn't be as fun cleaning each other up as with some things."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Something's gotta balance out the jello, I guess," Steph said with a dramatic sigh. "Luckily you're cute no matter what."