Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, May 15, 2024

[sith_happened]

Good morning, everyone! It's time for another summer of Anakin Skywalker Pretends This Teaches Team Building But Mostly Amuses Himself!

Or "Shenanigans."

The bleachers for viewing were set up in the park, close to the pond and near the Belthazor Commemorative Divot. Food vendors, remembering how this worked, had arrived with hot dogs, popcorn, and rum for the squirrels. And coffee. Just...so much coffee. Huge flatscreens were set up facing the bleachers, which the hint that today's event would not just stay inside the park, and the cameras were trained at...well, ankle height or the sky for now because squirrels and rum.

Anakin and his bullhorn were standing behind a folding table stacked high with brightly patterned shirts, and people who had been here before knew that just because the shirts were free, it never, ever meant you wanted to wear them.

"GOOD MORNING!" he boomed through the completely unnecessary bullhorn when enough people were gathered. "Welcome to another summer of team building activities!"

He might be waiting for a while if he was expecting cheers, just saying.

"Today, as has become tradition, we shall conduct a relay race around the island to acquaint you newcomers with where various stores and landmarks are!" he said. "Please listen as your name is called and then come up for your team-building clothing."

AKA: bizarre shirts.

"You will be in four teams of seven players each. You may not use your powers, should you have any, today."

TEAM DROPBEARS
Jane
Mariner
Beaker
Belle
Raiden
Senshi
Dean

TEAM BIGFOOT
Cal
Gale
Rey
Donald
Eddie
Lydia
Vi

TEAM JACKALOPES
Miguel
Steve M
Jonathan
Kamala
Stewart
Steph
Summer

TEAM TREE OCTOPUS
Lana
Steve R
Navaan
Eleanor
Stark
Mary
Arden

Comments

Arrive and Mingle!

[sith_happened]

Take a spot on the bleachers! Grab a snack! Tell the newbies tales of the singing fish that tried to take over the island! Feel that creeping sense of dread down your spine!

Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sith_happened]

WTF is a tree octopus, Anakin. Meet your team! Be weirdly disappointed that some of these shirts aren't retina burning!

Get Ready to Race!

[sith_happened]

Once the OCD goes up.

LEG 1

[sith_happened]

The first two members of each team (Jane & Mariner, Cal & Gale, Miguel & Steve M, and Lana & Steve R) must run from the park to the junkyard. There you must find a non-flat tire, three pieces of metal, and something shaped like a triangle or a pentagon. Take these supplies and run them alllll the way down (with the stairs) Loon Drive to the corner of Griffin Way where you'll meet your team member.

[OOC: RNG says Dropbears does it fastest, then Jackalopes, Bigfoot, and Tree Octopus.]

Re: Arrive and Mingle!

[mylandmyrules]

Nell had some free time this morning, so she thought she'd drop by and see what shenanigans were going on today.

LEG 2

[sith_happened]

You next team member (Beaker, Rey, Jonathan, and Navaan) must turn these supplies into modern art. They have been given spray paint, welding supplies (oh no), and glitter. Their art must meet the standards of judge Intern Porg, who will give them a participation trophy when they are satisfied. The team member must then run that trophy over to the Sushi Station on the boardwalk and hand it to the next team member.

[OOC: RNG says Bigfoot makes up some time, then Tree Octopus, Jackalopes, and Dropbears. Beaker apologizes in advance.]

LEG 3

[sith_happened]

The next team member (Belle, Donald, Kamala, and Eleanor) must successfully three maki rolls that meet the standards of the handwavy chef at Sushi Station. The chef will hand you a gift card for a free miso soup which you must give to a rickshaw driver who will take you down the board and over to Party Palace to meet your next team members.

[OOC: RNG says: Jackalopes, then Tree Octopus, Bigfoot, and Dropbears.]

LEG 4

[sith_happened]

Over at Party Palace, the next team members (Raiden & Senshi, Eddie & Lydia, Stewart & Steph, and Stark & Mary) must inflate a dozen balloons using the helium machine and make one balloon animal each, and that balloon animal cannot be a snake, you potential cheaters. Once you're finished, hand off the balloons to your final team member.

[OOC: Go go, Tree Octopus, finally in the lead! Then it's Bigfoot, Dropbears, and Jackalope.]

LEG 5

[sith_happened]

Do you, final team member (Dean, Vi, Summer, and Arden), have to bring those balloons alllllllll the way back to the park? Of course you do! Can you just run there? Of course not! You must bunny hop.

And don't loose any of the balloons, please!

[OOC: RNG says the winners are: Tree Octopus! Then Dropbears, Bigfoot, Jackalopes. Other team members, feel free to be along the roadway cheering your people on, this is all about interaction!]

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

He didn't even cover you in something gross today! What a guy.

OOC

[sith_happened]

Welcome back, shenanigans!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[grenadesandohana]

"Is it a bad sign that I wish this was uglier?" Steve asked, pulling his first shirt off and putting the free one on.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[single_man_tear]

Look. This only confirms everything Atton has told Dean about Anakin. Absolutely.

However...

"Not going to lie," Dean said buttoning up. "I'm digging the shirt."

Of course he would.

"What's a dropbear?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle!

[momslilassassin]

Ben had decided to take the kids over to watch...whatever this was that Anakin did on Wednesdays...and so he had them settled with healthy-ish snacks, had successfully convinced the baby not to lick the bleacher (no, Kol, ew), and was trying to pick out familiar faces in the crowd.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep meep meep meep mee," Beaker told him unhelpfully, putting on a matching shirt.

Re: Arrive and Mingle!

[okey_dokey]

Lucy had been told to keep an eye out for team-building in the park, and she was pretty sure this was what Tony had meant, right?

She was actually going to be a little disappointed when her name wasn't called, but spectating seemed like it'd be pretty fun, too.

Re: LEG 1

[grenadesandohana]

"Okay," Steve said to Miguel, "it's very important to me that we beat Rogers today."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[needsacatchphrase]

"You made it!" Look, Jane was just relieved to have some normal weirdness after yesterday.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[what_big_teeth]

Eleanor was frowning at her shirt a little, unable to help but wonder if her team placement was somehow oddly targeted.

Which was ridiculous, coincidences were a thing, but still!

She was still going to have to show her mother next time she visited, though.

Re: LEG 1

[heroic_jawline]

"Have you spent any time in the junkyard?" Steve asked before they started to run.

Re: LEG 2

[meepmeepmeep]

Was Beaker already covered in spray paint and slightly singed even before his teammates arrived? Well. It's Beaker, so yes.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[justalittlerepressed]

This shirt? For sure being given to Chris. Or maybe Buck depending on who saw it first and fell in love with that ugly face.

"I really shoulda known better than to think an EMT should be on site for this," Eddie said with a sigh.

Re: LEG 3

[what_big_teeth]

Eleanor hadn't really ever made a Maki roll before; she hadn't ever even had sushi before, and only really knew what it was in passing this place often. But it shouldn't be too hard if she just focused on how to do it and kept at it diligently until she did get it.

It helped to also keep tgat focus on her own work. If she started noticing how other people were doing,she knew she'd start messing up.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[what_the_shock]

"That, or you've done too many of these things," Miguel said.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[thatwaslucky]

Rey knew of Bigfoot. If anything she'd only ever seen that one picture.

So this was getting a "Huh," as she put the shirt on.