Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, July 19, 2023

[sith_happened]

Had the pond in the middle of the park always looked so pool-like? Absolutely not, but today it had a water slide, a diving board, and far too many pool floats.

"It's too hot and humid to think," Anakin, wearing swim trunks and sunglasses and lounging in one of the lawn chairs he'd totally made someone else placed around the water, "and I hate the sand around the beach, so--" he waved his hand, "pool day. Sort of. Relax. Swim. For those of you--and I know who you are, McGarrett--who can't sit still for more than five minutes, I've set up some lawn games. If you knock the croquet ball into the pond, you're going fishing for it."

He closed his eyes again. "Get your new shirts."

TEAM POOL SLACKERS
Gray
Jon
Eleanor
Ignis
Rey
Raiden
Libby
Tony

TEAM BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Steve R & Lana versus Jane & Gladio

TEAM CROQUET
Prompto
Steve M
Graham
Charlie

Comments

Croquet

[sith_happened]

Get your balls through the wickets or knock your ball into someone else's so you can shoot it into the pond. The second one might just be how Anakin's family played, though.

He's also helpfully set up a Dancing Flower Sprinkler to go off halfway through the game and keep you on your toes. You're welcome!

[OOC: RNG declares Graham the winner.]

Re: Croquet

[pun_king]

Graham was pretty excited for the chance to get to play croquet, especially with Charlie on board, too, but as he tried to decide whether he wanted to be red or blue, he looked over across the park and frowned.

"Is it just me?" he asked. "Or are all the flamingos giving us really weird looks right now?"

Re: Croquet

[wildgalegirl]

"Why wouldn't they be?" Charlie asked. "We're being pretty weird."

Was she charming her croquet ball? Of course she was.

Re: Croquet

[pun_king]

"No weirder than we normally are here at the park!" Graham pointed out, before he blinked and then realized, "Zooounds, do you think they think we're being weird because we're not being weirder? This is pretty not-weird, after all, for a Wednesday Shenanigan."

Re: Croquet

[wildgalegirl]

"I don't usually make it to these," Charlie admitted, "but it does seem less weird than radio reports. I wonder... have you ever thought that upside down flamingos look a bit like fluffy croquet mallets? Maybe they're nervous."

Re: Croquet

[pun_king]

Graham took a moment, holding out his croquet mallet with an arm outstretched, making an effort to line it up with whichever flamingo would be the most helpfully still while he did it. He tilted his head thoughtfully, and then slowly started to turn mallet around, with his head following it, until he himself was practically upside down and had to hold a hand to his cap to keep it in place.

"Oh, wow!" he declared. "I can totally see that! They are like fluffy croquet mallets, aren't they?"

And, yes, actually, that was exactly why they were nervous.

Re: Croquet

[wildgalegirl]

"I don't suppose we could..." Well, Charlie definitely could. "I mean, I could certainly make a charm..."

Re: Croquet

[grenadesandohana]

"Do you think they want to play?" Steve asked, picking out the black ball.

Re: Croquet

[pun_king]

"Ooh!" Graham's eyes seemed to light up at that prospect. "Do you think we should ask them? I know a little bit of Basic Bird, but I've never tried to learn Flamingo specifically before, but we can always give it a try!"

Re: Croquet

[grenadesandohana]

Steve blinked slowly. Even after a few years on the island, the questions he heard still made him pause every now and then.

"...You speak bird?"