Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 21, 2023

[sith_happened]

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

"Welcome to our 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! Since everyone enjoyed this so much last year--" debatable, "--we are doing it again!"

...that would explain the pudding smell.

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

TEAM CHRISTMAS TURTLE
Guillermo
Steph
Eleanor
Connor

TEAM FLOWER SKULLS
Beaker
Gray
Steve M
Isabela

TEAM 'MERICA
Graham
Steve R
Beta
Summer

TEAM DANCING CRAWFISH
Raiden
Belle
Amaya
Cutter

TEAM AIR GUITAR
Vi
Stark
Rosa
Libby

Comments

Arrive and Mingle!

[sith_happened]

Become immediately not hungry for chocolate pudding!

Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sith_happened]

Oh, hooray, more ugly Hawaiian shirts have arrived!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

Vi had a bad feeling about this, especially because the shirts were once again hideous.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[good_for_six]

Did Isabela accidentally on purpose pick a shirt a size too small for her? Of course.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[meepmeepmeep]

Did Beaker look amazing in his flower skulls? Of course he did!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[heroic_jawline]

Steve stared down at his garish polyblend nightmare of America. "Wow. This sure is something."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Fuck yeah," said Summer, pulling her shirt over her head and pulling out her ponytail from the collar before looking down at it and giving the only response one could to such a 'MURICA fashion statement.

And was content in the fact that she could simply say that, hey, pudding? Not her medium, if things went poorly or embarrassingly for her. Also, she had her awesome ass manicure from Monday to consider. If she let it get ruined, it would have been such a waste!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Oh. Yikes," Steph said, holding up her shirt.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[no_missing_piece]

Beta kind of shuddered when she got her shirt because look, she was from the 31st century of a world not too far off from this one and she'd studied up on the history of everything that had led up to the near-extinction of life on earth, and yeah.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[stykera]

"... why not," Stark said with a sigh before he pulled off his shirt to put on this very bright one.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[what_big_teeth]

Honestly, Eleanor wasn't sure what disturbed her the most: the excess of pudding as a whole in this week's activity, or whatever the hell was going on with this shirt.

But at least today helped her to feel like, you know what? Maybe she wasn't actually all that weird after all. Her blood may be orange and she could swallow up everyone in this park in an instant, but at least she wasn't making people run around in pudding...

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[died8yearsago]

"Okay, I actually really like this one," Rosa, who was clearly determined to rock the hell out of this shirt in particular, found herself admitting.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Ummmm it's a bit early for the Christmas vibe isn't it?" Connor asked looking down at his shirt.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[outofthequiver]

"Ohhhhh, Zo is going to love this one," Libby gushed, before taking a second to pull on the shirt and get ready to take her selfie to send off to her friend.

So much so that this definitely made up for the lack of Zo-worthy shirts so far this session.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[pun_king]

"Hey!" said Graham, as he proudly looked down at his shirt. "I recognize this flag now!"

Sam the Eagle would be so proud of him!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[special_rabbit]

Sure, sure, sure, the link said Crawfish, but Amaya was only seeing Lobster.

So now she was sighing, the sort of resigned sigh that seemed to allow that, yeah, she probably deserved this one.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[napking]

"You can't eat it," Gray was hissing to Raiden as he changed his shirt.

Compete!

[sith_happened]

Well, at least your hideous shirts will be ruined.

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: Everyone participates in every obstacle!
CHRISTMAS TURTLE: Guillermo & Steph pair up, then Eleanor & Connor
FLOWER SKULLS: Beaker& Gray, then Steve M & Isabela
TEAM 'MERICA: Graham & Steve R, then Beta & Summer
TEAM DANCING CRAWFISH: Raiden & Belle, then Amaya & Cutter
TEAM AIR GUITAR: Vi & Stark, then Rosa & Libby.

And RNG says it goes: AIR GUITAR, FLOWER SKULLS, 'MERICA, DANCING CRAWFISH, and CHRISTMAS TURTLE]

Obstacle Two: Hero Carry

[sith_happened]

It's a town full of heroes! Hero carries are fun! Hero carries up and down stairs on your way to the Preserve with shoes caked in chocolate pudding are decidedly less fun.

[OOC:
CHRISTMAS TURTLE: Steph carries Eleanor; Connor carries Guillermo
FLOWER SKULLS: Gray carries Steve M; Isabela carries Beaker
TEAM 'MERICA: Steve R carries Beta; Summer carries Graham
TEAM DANCING CRAWFISH: Belle carries Amaya; Cutter carries Raiden
TEAM AIR GUITAR: Stark carries Rosa; Libby carries Vi.

RNG says: CHRISTMAS TURTLE, AIR GUITAR, FLOWER SKULLS, 'MERICA, DANCING CRAWFISH

Obstacle Three: Pitfall

[sith_happened]

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

[OOC: RNG says: 'MERICA, CHRISTMAS TURTLE, FLOWER SKULLS, DANCING CRAWFISH, and AIR GUITAR!]

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: RNG says: FLOWER SKULLS, AIR GUITAR, 'MERICA, DANCING CRAWFISH and CHRISTMAS TURTLE]

Obstacle Five: Berlin Wall

[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 8 foot wall located right at the water's edge. The last team member in line doesn't get a boost to help them over, but can get help from a team member at the top of the wall.

CHRISTMAS TURTLE: Eleanor gets a boost from Connor who gets a boost from Guillermo who gets a boost from Steph.
FLOWER SKULLS: Steve M gets a boost from Isabela who gets no help at all a boost from Beaker who gets a boost from Gray.
TEAM 'MERICA: Beta gets a boost from Summer who gets a boost from Graham who gets a boost from Steve R.
TEAM DANCING CRAWFISH: Amaya gets a boost from Cutter who gets a boost from Raiden who gets a boost from Belle.
TEAM AIR GUITAR: Rosa gets a boost from Libby who gets a boost from Vi who gets a boost from Stark.

And our winner is: 'MERICA! Followed by: DANCING CRAWFISH, FLOWER SKULLS, CHRISTMAS TURTLE, and AIR GUITAR.

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

Tell him how happy you are to be covered in pudding!

OOC

[sith_happened]

Only make it pudding: