Scoobying Workshop #1, Afternoon 5/23/2006 (Held at Jeff, God of Biscuits today)

[soldtoarmenians]

[Roster]

A note was handwavily left at each cabin door this morning, letting the campers know where to meet, and that they should dress in shoes they don't mind running in, and clothes they don't mind getting jelly on.

Now, three tables along the window opposite the pastry cases are pushed together and covered with open white boxes of doughnuts. Yeast, cake, cruller, bearclaw, jelly, custard, cream puff and eclair, with sprinkles and without, they're all there. Chairs are arranged in a semi-circle around the boxes, and -- contain your shock -- where there are doughnuts, there's Xander. Once everybody's settled down, he grins, and holds up a cinnamon-powdered doughnut.

"This is Scoobying 101; I'm Xander Harris. Well, actually, this is a doughnut and I'm Xander, but the other way sounded more impressive. "

"Being a Scooby is more of a way of life than a thing you can hold up or chow down on." He takes a bite by way of demonstration. And politely actually swallows it before continuing. "It's a word we used back home to describe the gang of mostly -- hi there, Cordy - normal people who ended up helping out one of our friends who's kind of a superhero."

"The thing is, the girl in question's megastrong and martial-artsy...and impressively bendy... but she still ended up needing help from her friends, and we all found things we were good at that we could help with. And that's the deal here: not everybody has the flashy powers or the big guns or the superspy training, but everybody has something they can do to help. Hopefully by the end of the workshop you'll have an idea what that is for you, or at least know how to start looking."

"First day, I figured why not start small - and you can't get much smaller than the guy who makes the doughnut run, right? Trust me, I speak from experience." He picks up one of the boxes of doughnuts and models his impressive doughnut-box-carrying talents. "But the idea is to get you thinking about how to make the best use out of the skills you have, no matter how little or lame you may believe they are. "

"So today you have to figure out what's not lame about being the doughnut guy. In exchange you get...well." He points at the obvious -- though if it's not obvious or you're busy looking out the window, that'd be the baked goods. "If you can handle the job."

[ETA: You don't actually have to get your doughnut-reasons approved. ;-) Xander will wander in and out, but absolutely assume any reason you come up with is a good one, and mod your own doughnuts like the sneaky little doughnutmodders I know you all are.]



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[soldtoarmenians]

Now that you've got your box of doughnuts and you know why they -- and you -- are so important? You have to get 'em home to your team. But it's not so easy, because only half of you get to be brave doughnut defenders. The other half are going to be trying to stop you, as you run back to camp holding your booty treasure aloft.

Doughnut Dudes (Dude is totally a gender-neutral word, okay?) Whatever you make it back to camp with? You get to keep. As long as you don't come home empty-handed, you're the hero of the day. Zack Addy Bridge Carson Z Delgado Hermione Granger Lana Lang Cindy MacKenzie Draco Malfoy Nadia Santos

Evil Pastry Thieves You get to keep the ones you earned (but you have to carry 'em while you try to steal more, so if you drop them down a gully, oops) plus anything you can steal from the brave defenders as you chase them back to camp. If you can't see yourself as a criminal? It's totally okay to tell yourself you're liberating them from the pastry oppressors to take back to your own starving team. D'anna Biers Cordelia Chase Rory Gilmore James Jude Lizowski Jamie Madrox Blair Sandburg Shiro {Yup, I know he's not around, but Xander doesn't. Is cool.}

Grab your boxes, make sure your shoes are laced tight, and run! Steal, defend, avoid, make your way home. No beating each other up, though. In real life, doughnuts might be that important, but this is just a simulation.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia double checked that her boots were on properly, tucked her box of donuts under her arm, and prepared herself for a lot of jumping and dodging.

Smooshed donuts still counted as donuts, right?

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

"I'm going to die," Zack remarked as he taped up his box of donuts to make sure none fell out.

[nadiathesaint]

"Just keep moving." Nadia smiled at him. "I'll keep an eye on you, if you like. I'm used to trying to hold on to stuff while running from people."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Two doubles approach Zack. "Okay kid. Hand over the crullers and nobody has to get hurt."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie of course started knocking on the table until about eight doubles appeared.

"Gentlemen? Time to steal the doughnuts."

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander said nothing, just grinned and watched and chomped on a cruller. He hadn't been really careful about which half of the alphabetical list he'd started picking thieves from for just this very reason, or anything...

[upforachase.livejournal.com]

"I want to be on his team," Cordy said, impressed.

[nadiathesaint]

"That is totally cheating." Nadia glared. She hadn't been his roommate long enough to figure out his big weakness yet, after all. "You're going to end up with another hangover, Stinkbug."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair took his box and tried to image the doughnut dudes as minions of The Man.

"I can totally do this."

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

Jude stopped his skateboard, doughnut box firmly taped to the front for safe keeping, and held up a fist. "Ready to rock, bro?"

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco double knotted his shoes and grabbed his box of doughnuts. Protecting baked goods is what he was born to do.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair watched him carefully and then came up to tap him on the shoulder. "Would you like some help carrying your donuts, man?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory tried to look as though it would be very difficult to get past her with doughnuts as she looked for someone to steal from. And yes, she was totally telling herself she was liberating them from the pastry oppressors to take back to her own starving team.

[multiplez]

Z sighed and mutttered, "What the hell, they're gonna find out eventually anyway." Her eyes flashed gold, and eight replicates appeared. She told them all, "Defend me and the doughnuts," and the replicates wordlessly surrounded her in a tight formation.

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie facepalmed. "I am sooooo not going to try and take you down," he said shaking his head. "That way just leads to multiple mayhem."

[upforachase.livejournal.com]

Cordelia did a few stretches as she looked around for a Doughnut Dude who she could totally take. She tried to look inconspicuous, and hid behind a tree outside J,GoB.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

When the pastry thieves were otherwise occupied, Lana slipped the donuts into her backpack, sans box. She then looked at the empty box, sighed loudly and said, "I can't believe I already lost my donuts. Iknew I was going to suck at this."

She shook her head and started sadly back to camp.

[upforachase.livejournal.com]

Because Cordy had been hiding behind that tree, she saw Lana dump the doughnuts into her backpack. "AHA!" she shouted, and charged at her.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge has all his doughnuts in a box. It's like having all one's ducks in a row, but with doughnuts. And a box.

He sets off back to camp, only half-considering taking his gloves off so he can detect any would-be doughnut stealers.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory tiptoed along behind Bridge, ever so covertly.

Though, you know...it's Rory. And he's a future cop. It's not as though it'd be hard to notice she's there.

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

Jude could only assume that Rory was distracting Bridge, so he went for it. On his board, at speeds probably very dangerous, crouched low and with his hands ready for the snag.

He's had lots of practice at this.

Granted, that was in a mall. Slightly different terrain. If he missed, he was so going to end up with a face full of bark.

[dbiers.livejournal.com]

Woo-hoo! At last, a chance to not be one of the ones running away.

D could totally do this. She thinks. She? Could be totally wrong.

And yes, the word of the say is totally. Why do you ask?

[smartestone]

Hermione looks really confused by this, but she's had strange classes before, and besides, it's class. So she'll do her best.

[rocketbitch.livejournal.com]

By the time that James had figured out a daring scheme with which to liberate doughnuts, everyone had already taken off.

This would simply not do! He had no time to construct a giant doughnut-attratcing maget at this rate!

With a squeal and perhaps a small cloud of dust, he took off running in the hopes of snatching a doughnut or two. Or at least catching up.