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

Re: Beach Volleyball

[unusual_sith]

Oh, thank the Force. Lana didn't do nothing well.

She still rolled her eyes at the shirt, but she was happy to try this, even if she had no idea what this sport was about.

"I'm assuming Earth sports involve a lot less blood than Huttball."

Re: Beach Volleyball

[heroic_jawline]

"I have no idea what Huttball is, but I'm going with yes anyway," Steve said, deciding to play volleyball shirtless.

Re: Beach Volleyball

[unusual_sith]

"It's a sort of gladiatorial ball game?" Lana tried to think of Earth equivalents. "Like football, but with powers and traps and maiming encouraged. And no kicking." They were very firm on that point.

"But I have no idea what volleyball is, either," she admitted. "Does the ball go over or under the net?"

Re: Beach Volleyball

[heroic_jawline]

"Over," Steve said. "We have three tries to get it over when the other team puts it over the net to us. But you can't hit it twice in a row."

He held his hands out in front of him, pressed together with his thumbs out straight. "You bump it off of your wrists," he said, demonstrating how his arms would move, "or you can set it while it's still in the air above your head." He held his hands up over his head and showed that position, "or you can spike it, which is basically punching the ball towards their sand. The idea is to hit the ball hard enough that they can't stop it from getting to the ground. The first team to make the other team miss 21 times wins."

Re: Beach Volleyball

[unusual_sith]

Lana watched and mimicked his positions. "Right. Hit it over, don't let them hit it back, hit it hard. How durable is the ball?"