Summer Shenanigans [Wednesday mid-morning]

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Good morning, everyone! It's time for another summer of Anakin Skywalker Thinks This Teaches Team Building and 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 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 gave people a 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 things are!" he said. "Please listen as your name is called and then come up for your team-building clothing."

AKA: ugly Hawaiian shirts.

"You'll be in--" he did a mental headcount at the number of people in the park, "--two groups of 11. Listen for your names!"

TEAM WORRISOME BANANA OBSESSION
Remy
Flint
Steve R.
Henry (male)
Lydia
Jaina
Raiden
Don
Jonathan
Mariner
Henry (female)

TEAM SCREAMING GORILLA
Lana
Steph
Vi
Rey
Hannibal
Eleanor
Quinn
Luma
Stewart
Belle
Steve M.

Comments

Arrive and Mingle!

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Speculate on which recycled hell Anakin has planned for you today!

Re: Arrive and Mingle!

[deathtofrendo]

Quinn had been wandering her way slowly towards her first day of work. But clearly something was happening in the park, and she hung out for a minute to see what it was.

This town was so weird.

Re: Arrive and Mingle!

[owmytoe]

Jag had heard about these, and he was curious to see it in action. Jaina was pretty sure she was going to get called to compete, which left him on kid duty.

He had no idea how or where they got the giant #1 foam fingers and he wasn't asking.

Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[sith_happened]

You're not imagining it, the shirts are getting worse.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[thatwaslucky]

Rey liked Shenanigans and was really easygoing about it, up to the point of having to put any body parts in anything squishy. This shirt though was startling.

"What the hell."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[mustbeawitch]

No. Oh, no. Lydia had just been out for a walk for her health, but she had forgotten what happened on Wednesdays.

"Oh, please, no."

Oh, yes, Lydia.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[fears_no_one]

"What the everloving fuck is this?" Flint asked, holding up his banana atrocity.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[even_bigger_teeth]

Eleanor had been pretty excited about bringing Luma to these so-called shenanigans in the park, which immediately had Luma suspicious about them. That feeling grew with increasing worry once she found herself blinking at the spectacle of it all, but once the shirts were handed out, she found herself downright offended.

"Eleanor," she demanded, holding out the shirt and regarding it with the utmost appalled dismay, "what is this?"

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[regulationslacker]

Mariner was just going to blink at the shirts for a while, and consider the possibilities of phasering them.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[deathtofrendo]

Quinn . . . looked around in hopes there was another Quinn.

Then raised her hand.

"Yeah, I didn't sign up for this."

Look, college was one thing. What even was this?

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[knightinshinarmor]

Remy held up the shirt and laughed. He turned to his nearest team member.

"We look like the Banana Men, non?"

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[giveittoyoursister]

And you knew it was summer because Vi was tearing the sleeves of her shirt. Not that it did much to improve the look of it.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[solo_sword]

Yeah, Jaina figured she'd be doing this today. And she'd be horrified at her shirt except that she saw the gorilla one and that was much worse.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Is it weird that I kind of missed this?" Steph wondered out loud, side-eyeing her shirt hard the whole time.

Look, she'd been putting effort into being less of a (quietly) judgmental person. She had to vent that impulse into something, and surely nothing was more deserving than these shirts.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Oh dear.

"This is... rather appalling," Belle said with a giggle as she donned her screaming primate shirt.

It really was.

"I'd somehow forgotten how ridiculous these could be."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[ifwebeworthy]

"Oh, this is...a shirt," Don muttered as he buttoned said shirt over the one he already had on. Then he glanced at the other team and had to admit, "Could be worse."

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[carbsliftthespirit]

"Oh, man," Raiden said cheerfully as he pulled his eye-searing shirt on. "This shirt's gonna make me hungry!"

Everything made you hungry, buddy.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[singlenakedwhat]

Henry initially breathed a sigh of relief when her name was called and some guy stepped up. That relief was short lived when she heard her name again and had to concede that this time it meant her.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[what_big_teeth]

Eleanor was excited to drag Luma to the shenanigans in theory, but once they actually got there, she started to get a little nervous. What if it was too much for her? What if she thought it was silly or stupid? What if--

"Oh no," Eleanor said, once they began to get their shirts, and realized a big gaping error in her reasoning.

Re: Voluntolds, Come on Dooooown!

[thatsmysword]

"Why in god's name is he shouting my name?" Henry muttered, confused.

Get Ready to Race!

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Hold music for the OCD...

LEG 1

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The first two teammates (Remy & Flint, Lana & Steph) will three-legged race from the edge of the park up alllllll of those stairs on Apocalypse Avenue and stop at Surf's Up, where they will get a bellyboard and a shark hat to pass along to the teammate waiting there. (And no, "I have one from last year" will not save them. This is possibly the only sales Surf's Up get all year.) Then they can untie themselves, run up Sphinx Street, turn onto Loon Drive and stop at Chilly Boulder.

They must then order and consume (togther, so two straws) a large chocolate milkshake as quickly as possible. Will you get a brain freeze? Oh yeah. After you have finished your milkshakes, pass the boogie boards and the shark hats to your teammates (Steve R. & Henry, Vi & Rey)! They'll be thrilled.

[Screaming Gorilla out in front.]

LEG 2

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Our second teams (Steve R. & Henry, Vi & Rey), wearing shark hats and carrying boogie boards, run down Loon Drive and onto Unicorn and stop at Ching Tai to make shrimp fried rice in the woks set up on the street! The ingredients are provided but the partners hands must be tied together, ala three legged race. But with hands. And cooking.

This'll go great! Put down the boogie boards and get cooking! When you're finished, Lydia & Jaina and Hannibal & Eleanor will be there to take the next leg!

[Screaming Gorilla's still leading.]

Talk to Anakin!

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No, there is nothing actually wrong with him.

OOC

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*ded of ocd*