Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 12, 2024

[sith_happened]

Well, when you have children who went down a Nickelodeon nostalgia rabbit hole, a school credit card, and not much oversight, you get what you're walking into now, everyone:

A Double Dare-style obstacle course, complete with green slime everywhere. Weren't you excited? It doesn't matter. Anakin's excited enough for all of you. He now owned a One-Ton Human Hamster Wheel. "Today's game will be a timed event!" Anakin said. "You will be divided into five groups of four. You must each complete two obstacles on this course. Fastest team wins. You may not use your powers to find the hidden flags. Listen for your names!''

Team Totally Radical
Raiden
Vi
Steve M
Stewart

Team Rainbows
Eleanor
Gale
Don
Gladio

Team Lisa Frank
Belle
Steve R
Lana
Arden

Team Cosby Sweaters
Miguel
Lydia
Ignis
Senshi

Team My Eyes, My Eyes
Tony
Remy
Prompto
Beaker

Comments

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[sith_happened]

So much slime, and goo, and...was that chocolate sauce? Anakin, why.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[momslilassassin]

"Oh, man, this is going to be a disaster," Ben said gleefully as he sat down with the kids.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[deathsmajesty]

Liliana had been informed that Ignis was being dragged into this by Prompto because of friendship reasons, apparently.

This was why friendship was terrible, people, and was to be cultivated for potential usefulness only.

Still, she absolutely couldn't let him get involved with this without coming to laugh offer moral support, so here she was. Laughing.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was here to cheer Gladio on, obviously!

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[knightinshinarmor]

Remy had somehow managed to hear that this was a thing that happened on Wednesdays, but not that showing up meant a decent chance of getting recruited to play along.

So he was here. Anticipating watching a lot of nonsense. Not anticipating having to get slimed himself.

Poor, sweet summer child.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[stykera]

Stark was once again not called. Stark remained paranoid in a state of healthy and reasonable concern over this.

But he could watch from over here and be entertained, maybe? That might be safe.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[moreofaponchoguy]

Cal was hiding in the crowd, like his hair wasn't a dead giveaway to his presence, hoping to get to just watch the craziness this week.

Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sith_happened]

He's really outdone himself on the shirts this week.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[imafuturist]

Tony just shot his husband A Look about this.

He was owed such a nice dinner now.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[hashtag_chocobro]

Prompto was so stoked about convincing the guys to join him for at least one Wednesday at the park this summer. Look, he understood that he, being an actual alumni of this school, held a special place in his heart for these things that the other two couldn't possibly possess, but it meant a lot to him! It was good team building experience and memory making! So, after just stopping by the shelter this week to take care of a few things, he eagerly made his way to the park to meet them and was relieved that all their names ended up being called, too, and eagerly bounced his way to get his shirt.

"Oooh-hooo-hoooo!" he complimented with a chuckle, admiring how it definitely seemed very much him and pulling it on and really feeling sad that Ignis wasn't going to be able to appreciate how glorious these all were.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[mustbeawitch]

Lydia had thought she was prepared, just in case her name was called, but she had not anticipated...this.

"Do I have time to go change?" Perhaps into the dress she was least fond of?

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sword_chocobro]

Oh, that T-shirt was tight, in a way that reminded Gladio of why he just didn't bother with shirts most of the time anyway, but honestly? His attention was more on that human-sized hamster wheel with a shake of his head, thinking that they really had been pushing that marketing campaign hard, hadn't they? Although maybe now he'd get to give it a try and make a more informed decision on getting some for the gym....

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[chef_chocobro]

"Oh....no," said Ignis, realizing that if he didn't even need to see the sweater he'd been given to know it was horrible based on tactile observations alone...

Between Gladio's fishing and Prompto's shenanigans, he really, really needed to think of something good for when it was his turn to drag the others along on something wretched...

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[what_big_teeth]

Eleanor was pretty sure that a lot of what was on the T-shirt was a bunch of cultural references she was too from the past to understand, but at least it didn't seem terribly offensive? Or weirdly targeted against her in ways that no one would have known anyway? But she was a little curious which of her peers might be able to explain it to her, because so help her, if she wasn't a little bit curious...

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[x_wondrous_x]

The snort Stewart gave when he got his shirt was an amused one, as was the smirk on his face as he shook his head and started to undo his overalls so that he could slip it on underneath. "A little mixtape mischief from the new master of music on this meager little landmass," he noted with a not of smug dignity. "Cowabunga, indeed."

Look, there was a little Nickelodeon-obsessed kid still alive and very well inside of Stewart (one might argue that that kid never really did grow up) that was absolutely delighted about all of this and it could not be contained, nor should it!

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[ifwebeworthy]

"Well, it's not what I would have picked out for myself," Don mused as he pulled his shirt on, "but it could definitely be worse..."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"What did I do?!" Arden wailed from the stands. Why was she constantly getting picked on?

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[carbsliftthespirit]

"Oh, man, cassettes!" Raiden exclaimed as he pulled his shirt off. "Whatever happened to those?" We figured out ways to store audio that didn't try to kill themselves via magnetic ribbon tape tangling in the workings, was what.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[knightinshinarmor]

"No powers?" Remy asked, pulling off his shirt to change into the new on without a lick of self-consciousness. "What about the ones we can't help, hmm?"

[SOMEONE FIND ME THE GIF FROM X-MEN '97, I'M AT WORK AND THE FIREWALL DOESN'T WANT TO LET ME DO IT]

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Belle held up her shirt, decided it was overly bright but fine, and pulled it on.

She was really wishing she'd worn something darker that wouldn't show the inevitable stains but alas.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[sailor_meshi]

Senshi looked at his sweater and shrugged. Apparently somebody had a lot of ugly yarn to get through. He appreciated the thriftiness, even if he didn't appreciate the aesthetic.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Down!

[giveittoyoursister]

Vi almost felt bad about tearing the sleeves off this one. But, y'know, that was her thing.

Run the Course!

[sith_happened]

Each character has two obstacles to do. You must find a flag at the end and pass it off to your teammate for them to begin their run. Fastest team wins fame and glory and the first chance to shower.

Obstacle One!

[sith_happened]

The Gum Drop. Grab the flag at the top of the giant ball pit and ride the slide out through the 5-cent door at the bottom. Hand the flag to your next teammate!

Don't get stuck or claustrophobic!

Talk to Anakin!

[sith_happened]

Team building!

OOC

[sith_happened]

I wanted to be on Family Double Dare so much as a kid.