Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday [all day]

[sith_happened]

Today there was a ring of chairs in the middle of the park, so that was fine. Musical chairs was a very normal game to play!

Of course, this was Anakin...

"Today we're playing Musical Shares!" Anakin announced through his completely superfluous megaphone. "It will be one giant team building exercise!"

That seemed ominous. "Come get your shirts!"

Anakin read out his names for the day:
Prompto
Aphra
Raiden
Gray
Steve M
Libby
Steph
Gladio
Stark
Graham
Beta
Steve R
Eleanor
Ignis
Rey
Vi

Well. At least there was no chocolate pudding or packing peanuts yet?

Comments

Arrive and Mingle!

[sith_happened]

Stare suspiciously at the chairs, even!

Re: Arrive and Mingle!

[somethingwithturquoise]

Ohhhh, Summer remembered this one from last year. Specifically, she may be remembering a particular awkwardness in landing on a particular someone's lap that would not be nearly so awkward now. But as she started to see who was around this week, she was definitely getting distracted thinking of what it would be like if things panned out that certain tattooed gym owners ended up landing in her lap.

He would absolutely crush her, but, goddamn, what a way to go...

She was, in fact, so distracted by this now that she realized people were starting to get going and wondering if she'd managed to miss her name being called, which, you know, her own name being spoken was one of her favorite things ever, she was not going to just miss it, right?

Re: Arrive and Mingle!

[hashtag_chocobro]

Meanwhile, Prompto, who was still showing up to these things because they seemed to entertain his kid and inspire absolutely amazing ideas that he was surprised he hadn't been murdered over yet, was shocked to actually hear his name being called out. Sure, sure, he knew it was always a possibility and that he was honestly tempting fate by showing up, and he did sort of wonder what he was going to do if he did get called and if he could make an appeal to Anakin for a baby pass.

...wait a second. Baby pass! Prompto listened closely for names that weren't called, realized Summer wasn't on the list of participants today, and prompt(heh)ly had a spark of an idea.

"Summer! Perfect! Here! Take my baby!"

Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sith_happened]

Your shirts aren't horrible! Anakin must be off his game.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[chef_chocobro]

In an effort to apparently 'ride this momentum' of Ignis' return to being more social, Gladio had managed to convince him to give the Wednesday Activity a try this week. If anything, he supposed there might be a certain challenge inherent in it, since he was automatically at a disadvantage to everyone unless it was specifically something done with blindfolds, in which case, he expected to completely dominate the whole thing, but this seemed...somewhere nicely in the middle. He might have a bit of a harder time with locating the chairs than others, but he knew he would have far less distractions and could also focus on them a bit more.

He did, however, know one thing for absolute certain:

"Please no one tell me how terrible these shirts actually are," he declared as he, reluctantly but dutifully, went to pull his on over his head.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[jedigrammarians]

Aphra was eyeing you and your chairs and your non-terrible shirts with deep suspicion, Anakin.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[outofthequiver]

Once Libby got her shirt, she was actually sending a long, rueful, withering glance down the way toward Anakin, because he really was off his game with these shirts! How was she supposed to make her best friend back home jealous by her growing collection of terribly awful shirts if the shirts weren't actually terribly awful??

She was so disappointed in this summer's selection so far, but maybe, just maybe, that meant he was saving up the really good stuff for later.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

Vi was feeling a lot less like death warmed up today, even if she was still buried in her hoody.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[drumsticksandd20s]

Was Steph still semi-hovering out of concern? Of course she was. Granted, her expression was slightly crestfallen because the weirdness of this week's shirt was a bit of a letdown, but mainly she was worried about Vi.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[what_big_teeth]

Eleanor was mostly just trying to envision how this was all supposed to work out, but nothing would prepare her for the actual doing of it.

(Nor would it prevent her from thinking, a bit darkly, that he particular powers would be incredibly useful at a game like this, but what a thing to use them on).

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[no_missing_piece]

Oh, Beta was deeply suspicious about the shirts. Surely something else was going to go horribly awry to fill that vacuum, right?

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[stykera]

Stark just sighed and changed his shirt. And maybe looked around for a certain someone. Maybe.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[thatwaslucky]

After the last couple conversations about, you know, pudding and packing peanuts, Rey was so, so worried about how this might go.

Muscial Shares!

[sith_happened]

Anyone remember this from last year?

Round One

[sith_happened]

Sixteen people, 16 chairs! When the music--aka Anakin's son Christopher playing recorder--stopped, find a chair! Easy!

Re: Round One

[grenadesandohana]

"This part is too easy," Steve said, frowning as he looked at his fellow players. Stacking some of them would be a problem. Raiden, Rogers, and Gladio on a chair, while hilarious, was probably bad for something structural.

Re: Round One

[thatwaslucky]

Could you sit in a chair warily? Because even knowing what the deal was, Rey still expected something worse than a chair, somehow. Like the seat was secretly made of whipped cream or something.

Re: Round One

[stykera]

This seemed like a trap to lull them all into a false sense of security. Probably because it was.

So Stark was carefully sitting in a chair waiting for something to happen.

Round Two

[sith_happened]

Sixteen people, eight chairs!

Gladio & Beta, Gray & Aphra, Eleanor & Stark, Libby & Prompto, Steve M & Graham, Steve R & Vi, Rey & Ignis, Raiden & Steph, get cozy!

Round Three

[sith_happened]

Anyone tired of Hot Cross Buns played in squeaks yet? Sixteen people, four chairs!

Ignis, Prompto, Gladio & Stark; Steph, Steve R, Gray & Aphra; Steve M, Libby, Vi & Beta; and Rey, Graham, Eleanor & Raiden!

Round Four

[sith_happened]

The chairs are starting to look decidedly tippy. Both of them.

Sixteen people, two chairs? Why? No one really knows.
Chair One:
Vi
Prompto
Ignis
Gray
Steve R
Stark
Rey
Beta

Chair Two
Eleanor
Aphra
Steph
Libby
Raiden
Gladio
Steve M
Graham

Final Round!

[sith_happened]

Everyone pile onto Steve Rogers. The RNG demands it. Sixteen people, one chair. It will absolutely end with everyone on the ground. Good luck!

Re: Final Round!

[heroic_jawline]

Steve got to the chair first, beaming. "I win, right?"

Oh, Steve, no.

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

Who is working on chocolate pudding for next week.

OOC

[sith_happened]

Something quick for this week because I'm heading to T's fifth grade promotion in twenty!