Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, August 16, 2023

[sith_happened]

"My thanks to Jane and Raiden for taking over the team-building exercises while I was--" there was a long, awkward pause, "--indisposed."

As a cat. An angry, gray cat.

"But I am myself again and eager to resume our activities!"

Even if said activities looked suspiciously like giant cat toys. Sometimes it was harder to shake off the transformations than others. "You will run in teams through this obstacle course--" of giant cat toys, "--and then get tuna for a reward."

He blinked, catching that part as being not quite correct.

"And then you shall receive no reward other than the satisfaction of a job well done!"

Better!

"Listen for your names!"

TEAM HAWAIIAN CAT
Summer
Libby
Beaker
Raiden

TEAM CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER
Stark
Steve R
Graham
Sam

TEAM LASER CATS
Belle
Eleanor
Steve M
Gray

Comments

Arrive and Mingle!

[sith_happened]

Maybe enjoy some tasty fish?

Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sith_happened]

He wasn't sorry about the shirts. He should be, but he wasn't.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Awwww," said Summer, who probably liked her shirt far more than she should, and enjoyed the fact that Pancakes was probably going to be pretty jealous of her having another cat (gasp!) on her shirt.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep meep meep mee!" Beaker agreed, looking pleased that their shirts matched. Teamwork!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[somethingwithturquoise]

And Beaker's enthusiasm was palpable, so Summer grinned at him, appreciating that he could be so pleased even though, surely, something horrible awaited him specifically once things really got kicked off. "Looking good, Beaks," she said, throwing him a thumbs up. "Good luck out there, yeah?"

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[heroic_jawline]

"...huh," Steve said, looking down at his cat-on-a-cheeseburger...thing. "I don't understand this reference."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[pun_king]

"Oh, maaaan," said Graham, grinning but shaking his head as he held out his shirt to have a look at what was one it, "now I just really want a cheeseburger!"

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[grenadesandohana]

"Wow," Steve said, looking down and laughing. "This is hideous."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[stykera]

Stark pulled his new hoodie on and sighed at it. As usual.

Run the Course!

[sith_happened]

Oh boy.

Obstacle One!

[sith_happened]

Behold, the completely unnecessary 10 foot tall Cat Condo But for Humans!

Team members Summer, Stark, and Belle: be the first to the top and then back down! Feel free to bat each other off, sit in inconvenient places and hiss, or fall asleep halfway up.

Or behave like not-cats, because you're not cats.

[OOC: RNG says Belle gets through first.]

Re: Obstacle One!

[stykera]

Stark would probably have done a little better at this if he'd been sleeping better. Or if he wasn't distracted by continously glancing over at one of his competitors. No points for correctly guessing which one.

Obstacle Two!

[sith_happened]

Time for the Giant Cat Tunnel! It's four feet tall, so you have to crouch a bit to come through and there are completely unnecessary giant motorized mice inside to keep you a little engaged. First one in one side and out the other wins! Libby, Steve, and Eleanor, it's your time to shine!

[OOC: RNG says Steve takes it.]

Obstacle Three!

[sith_happened]

Ooooh, lasers! Navigate through this laser maze but do not touch the tempting, tempting lights.

Do not ask how many times Anakin had swatted at the lights during the set up. (It was many.)

Beaker, Graham, and Steve! It's your time!

[OOC: RNG says Graham ekes it out!]

Re: Obstacle Three!

[grenadesandohana]

Well, Steve had been an otter, not a cat, and so he wasn't very distracted by the lasers. But he was over 6 feet tall and getting through the sections was going to take a bit of time.

Re: Obstacle Three!

[meepmeepmeep]

Did Beaker have to hum the "Mission: Definitely Gonna Kill You" theme under his breath the entire time? No, but he was doing it anyway.

Between screams when the laser hit him and beeped, of course.

Obstacle Four!

[sith_happened]

Did the island need a human-scaled Wall-Mounted Cat Climber? Not at all! Did it now have one and a moveable wall big enough to mount it on? You bet.

Raiden, Sam, and Gray, bring it home for your teams!

[OOC: RNG gives it to Raiden!]

Re: Obstacle Four!

[but_mostly_america]

Sam, clad in an ill-fitting and weird shirt, was somehow not doing well at climbing. It was almost as if a an oversized eagle made of felt wasn't meant to climb! Who would have thought?

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

Who wasn't as un-catlike as he'd like to think.

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[needsacatchphrase]

"You're back!" Jane was for sure glad because this whole set up was no joke.

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

"I'm back," Anakin agreed. "I'm no longer stalking squirrels and chipmunks."

Sorry about that, chipmunks.

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[needsacatchphrase]

"Well, hopefully Raiden and I did you proud." They were both too nice about it.

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[stykera]

"This seems subdued, for you," Stark said suspiciously. "Are you all right?"

Maybe Anakin had been tortured too?

Re: Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

"Well, I was a cat so I didn't want to go too crazy," Anakin said with a smile. "Kept it small this week. Made sure to invite you so you weren't getting paranoid that I don't like you."

OOC

[sith_happened]

Those shirts are going to mess up my algorithms for a while.