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superartie ([personal profile] superartie) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2006-05-26 09:13 am
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Applied Dadaism: Fun and Games, Friday Morning

Applied Dadaism: Fun and Games was held around the main campfire on Friday morning.

Artie stood poised on a trampoline, completely motionless until it was time to get the workshop started. "Greetings, campers! I hope you are having a very pipe time at camp so far! Welcome to Applied Dadaism! I am Artie! The strongest man . . . in the world and I will be your instructor for these next weeks."

He bounced down from his perch on the trampoline and struck a heroic pose in front of the campers. "You may ask ‘Artie? What is Dada?' And an excellent question that would be! Dada is nonsense! Richard Huelsenbeck once said that ‘everywhere, throughout the world, where forces are at work to turn back the wheel of history, Dada will be hated. Therefore it is not difficult to predict a great future for Dada.' Alas, he may have been wrong. For the forces of emo are strong throughout the world, now more than ever, and now, more than ever, is Dada important!"

He struck a different pose. "In this workshop, we will learn to apply Dada to our everyday lives through games and ridiculousness, to combat these forces of emo. We will make people ask questions. We will make people ask questions about why they are asking questions! We will, most importantly, have fun!"

He began walking back and forth. "At the end of the workshop, you will be asked to present a game of your creation to the group. This game will be based on the ideas and rulelessness you will learn throughout the workshop. But start thinking about it now, so that you will have a great game idea by the end of the session!"

He bounced back up on the trampoline. "But first! Introduce yourselves! Say your name and make a funny pose, a funny noise, a funny face! Then we will move on to our first game!"

Once the introductions are through with, Artie stands, arms in muscle man position, at the front of the group again. "Excellent! Now, we will play ‘rock, paper, scissors!' But be warned, you may not play only rock, paper, or scissors! You may play anything you can think of. For example!" He did jazz hands. "Nuclear fission! Pair up! (and make one group of three!) Play the game! Explain how your thing, such as nuclear fission, beats your partner's thing, such as molten lava! Have fun! I, Artie, the strongest man . . . in the world! will be here to answer any questions!"

[ooc: Wait for the OCD, vikings! Go forth and be weird!]

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] enginegirl.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"I am in astronomy," Kaylee confirmed. "I remembeing seeing you there, too. Nice to meet you."
stykera: (electromagnetic candy!)

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[personal profile] stykera 2006-05-26 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"And you," Stark replied, nodding. "Have you played this game before?"

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] enginegirl.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Kaylee nodded. "A few times. How 'bout you?"
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Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[personal profile] stykera 2006-05-26 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"No. I used to know someone who would play it. With himself. There were two of him at the time though."

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] enginegirl.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good thing there were two of him then because playin' this game alone would get boring real quick I would think."
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Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[personal profile] stykera 2006-05-26 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"You couldn't ever win. Or lose," Stark said. "Should we play then?"

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] enginegirl.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay," Kaylee said with a nod. "One, two, three."

"Strawberry." She made what appeared to be a strawberry shape with her hand. Then she made a face. Strawberry? That's what came to her mind first?
stykera: (electromagnetic candy!)

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[personal profile] stykera 2006-05-26 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Stark offered a vaguely bunny-shaped hand. "Bunny," he said with a grin. "I think bunnies eat strawberries."

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] enginegirl.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Kaylee frowned. "Yeah, you win that round."

She tried again, forming her hands like claws and making a face that conveyed 'Grrr Arrgh.' "Reavers. I dare you to try to think of somethin' scarier than insane space pirates that eat people."
stykera: (freaked out)

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[personal profile] stykera 2006-05-26 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Stark had his hand out as if holding a mug. "I was going to say coffee, since this is Fandom. I think there are people here who run on coffee. Nothing else. Just coffee. But I think space pirates beat coffee. They can just drink it. Unless it burns them. But space pirates wouldn't care." Then he paused, eye wide. "Your space pirates eat people?"

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] enginegirl.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Reavers definitely beat coffee," Kaylee said, nodding. "Yeah they do. You don't wanna run into 'em. You know of any space pirates?"
stykera: (thumb)

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[personal profile] stykera 2006-05-26 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Zenetans," Stark said. "Zenetan space pirates. They don't eat people. That I know of. I never asked. Maybe they do. I hope not."

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] enginegirl.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Never heard of Zenetans," Kaylee said. Then she gave him a curious look. "Where are you from?"
stykera: (astroboy!)

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[personal profile] stykera 2006-05-26 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"The Uncharted Territories," Stark answered, waving a hand upwards.

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] enginegirl.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"I bet that's even further than where I'm from," Kaylee said, astonished. She glanced upwards to indicate she was from out there somehere.
stykera: (lost boy)

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[personal profile] stykera 2006-05-26 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's far," Stark agreed. "Where are you from? Not Earth? You're an alien?"

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[identity profile] enginegirl.livejournal.com 2006-05-26 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Earth got all used up where I'm from, so people left and settled on other planets," Kaylee explained. "I'm not an alien. Are you?"
stykera: (astroboy!)

Re: Rock, Paper, Scissors [week 1]

[personal profile] stykera 2006-05-26 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh. I'm a Banik. So, yes. An alien."