Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, July 31, 2024

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Did the world need a gremlin running around the park with a lit torch? Probably not, but he'd showed up with a lit torch and Anakin had chosen the path of not arguing about it. "Welcome to Fandom Olympics!" he announced instead through his--as always--completely unnecessary bullhorn. "The events you are participating in were chosen at random last night by five porgs spinning a wheel on which all Olympic events were listed. I am calling it the most modern pentathalon!"

If the pause was for applause, he'd be waiting a bit.

"Listen for your names! No powers!"

TEAM TEAL
Vi
Eleanor
Arthur
Rey

TEAM WHITE
Kamala
Arden
Stewart
Gray

TEAM PINK
Steve M
Mariner
Thor
Yukuri

TEAM BLUE
Lydia
Jon
Lana
Steve R

TEAM GREEN
Navaan
Miguel
Dean
Beaker

Comments

Arrive and Mingle!

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What fresh ridiculousness has Anakin unleashed? Stick around and find out!

Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

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Admire your amazing track suits!

Enjoy the Pentathalon!

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"Your sports today will be: Beach Volleyball, Pommel Horse, Skeet Shooting, Breaking, and finally Artistic Swimming!"

This should be a thing.

Beach Volleyball

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Vi & Eleanor against Dean & Beaker
Kamala & Arden against Lydia & Jon
Steve M & Mariner against Stewart & Gray
Arthur & Rey against Thor & Yukuri
Lana & Steve R against Navaan & Miguel

Pommel Horse

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Everyone participates! Tell us how that went.

Skeet Shooting

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Again, everyone participates!

Breaking!

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One team member must be chosen from the four of you!

Team Teal dances to It's Just Begun
Team White dances to Never Gonna Give You Up
Team Pink dances to Hot Potato
Team Blue dances to The Platypus Strut
Team Green dances to Protect Your Neck

(The music is a surprise until you start dancing.)

Artistic Swimming

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Swimming caps with flowers have been provided. Each of you must swim in the pond with your most dramatic interpretation of Ever the Same.

Make it amazing.

OOC

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Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[id_kill_him]

It was very important for everyone to know that not only did Yukari love her track suit and was sporting it with the utmost pride and confidence, but she actually already had one very similar to it at home.

Re: Arrive and Mingle!

[single_man_tear]

Dean showed up because there was certainly no way he'd be chosen again after so many weeks of being forced to participate. No. Way.

It's an impossibility.

Re: Breaking!

[x_wondrous_x]

Stewart was just going to stand there and give his fellow teammates a pout look that made it very clear that he thought if they chose anyone but him for this one, they were clearly very wrong.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[single_man_tear]

Dean put on the green outfit and just let out a long sigh.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[slothbabyproductions]

Kamala was not going to lie. She was digging the outfit. She changed and walked out waving to the crowd like she was an actual athlete about to participate in a very important event.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[meepmeepmeep]

"Meep meep meep meep!" Beaker said enthusiastically, wearing a matching green outfit.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[single_man_tear]

"Yeah, yeah, I know I'll get into it when we face off against the other teams but it's just another week of getting, chosen, you know?"

He offered Beaker a fist bump.

"Anyway, let's kick their asses."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[mustbeawitch]

"I knew I should have avoided the park today," Lydia moaned. Stupid walk for her stupid health.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[what_big_teeth]

Oh, this one was absolutely going toward the top of the list for the most hilarious outfits to trot out again sometime in the future, and honestly? She was a little fascinated by the fact that there was no way you were sneaking up on anyone wearing these things.

Re: Artistic Swimming

[mustbeawitch]

Lydia was about to throw a wrench into Team Blue's medal hopes with an apologetic, "I'm afraid I don't know how to swim."

Re: Beach Volleyball

[single_man_tear]

"We got this Beaker," Dean said tossing Beaker the ball. "Serve it up and we'll take them down."

Re: Pommel Horse

[single_man_tear]

Dean studied the pommel horse for a few moments and shrugged. He ran and jumped up on the horse like it was an actual horse and then bounced up and down on it like it was galloping.

"Hyah! Yah! Giddy-up you old nag! Let's go!"

It was a solid minute of that before he hopped off the horse and strutted off like a cowboy.

Re: Skeet Shooting

[single_man_tear]

Okay, this one was Dean's probably finest moment. Round after round of pull and shooting little clay disks?

He might as well be shooting fish in a barrel.

Re: Breaking!

[slothbabyproductions]

If it was anyone but Stewart on their team, Kamala would have volunteered as tribute.

"Nah, man. You go. This is clearly your event," Kamala said with a nod. "Bust it."

Re: Beach Volleyball

[meepmeepmeep]

Did the volleyball manage to drive Beaker completely into the sand? Of course it did, that's how the rule of funny worked.

"Meep meep mee!" he said optimistically. Into the sand.

Re: Pommel Horse

[meepmeepmeep]

No one could probably see exactly how it had happened, but Beaker's pommelhorsing (pommeling? horsing?) had launched him into a tree.

"MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee--"