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[vitaelamorte]

Who: YOU!
Where: The Mindscape
When: starting November 11th
Rating: may be up to R for character deaths
Summary: Navigate challenges to learn valuable lessons about nonviolence, cooperation, and self-sacrifice! Release your inner animal! Read more about the event here, and on the bulletin board.
The Story:




"If you know yourself, you have nothing to fear."
"Working together is the only way."
"Deaths are a necessary part of life, but not all deaths are necessary."
"The needs of the many outweigh the life of just one."

Comments

[canofwhoopass]

[This is exactly her jam. The gong rings and she grins at Peridot, obviously excited.]

What, can't swim?

[She shrieks with laughter, taking a running jump off the platform to the mattress while yelling back--]

-- You better learn!

[slapfight]

What?! No, I- [the platform continues to tilt and she struggles to find purchase on it, only to end up dumped unceremoniously into the water.

it's at that exact moment that Wendy's comfortable air mattress vanishes, dumping her into the water as well, while somewhere a buzzer sounds.]

[canofwhoopass]

[Wendy lets out a holler as the mattress disappears and she gets soaked, but she's still laughing.]

Aww, boo, foul! I stuck the landing! Do we both have to? Jeez.

[She looks over at Peridot while treading water.]

You don't like, literally not know how to swim, do you? You're not like drowning right now?

[slapfight]

[Peridot's flailing leads to her latching onto Wendy's arm to keep from sinking. That's about all the answer she's gonna get from her.]

This is a nightmare. What do we have to do to appease Wonderland's torture matrix?

[a ladder lowers in front of them, allowing them access to the next platform.]

[canofwhoopass]

[Wendy lets out a gurgle as Peridot almost drags her under, grabbing at the ladder to drag herself- and unwittingly, Peridot, if she's still holding on- a head out.]

I mean, I've seen TV shows like this. You gotta do the obstacle course! It's not hard. Have you never, like, done anything physical ever?

[slapfight]

[she continues to cling and whimper like a dog that's been put into the bath.] I wasn't made for this! I'm a technician.

[canofwhoopass]

[Oh my god.]

So? Have you never like, even walked on your own? C'mon, dude. It's not that hard.

[slapfight]

YES. [once they're on solid ground again, she even lets go to prove it.] But that's different. These are... are... dramatic feats of athletic ability, meant to prove your value as a soldier.

[the next obstacle appears to be a simple rope bridge anyway.]

[canofwhoopass]

... Did you like, not take phys ed as a kid? People do stuff like this for more reasons than being in combat. That's like... totally extra, dude.

[slapfight]

I was never a kid. [she moves towards the rope bridge hesitantly.] Or a dude, whatever that is.

[canofwhoopass]

[So much of her just wants to burst out laughing right now. Like... holy shit. This is so much more than she was equipped to deal with today.]

You're telling me you have never done anything even like, remotely physical, in your entire life.

[Don't laugh. Don't laugh. Ohmygod she's gonna laugh.]

[slapfight]

You are really making this difficult for me! [HOSTILE WIPEOUT ENVIRONMENT.]

[canofwhoopass]

Okay, okay, jeez. Calm down.

[She tries to pull herself together, and gestures to the rope bridge.]

Trust me, you can do this. Just follow my lead, okay?

[She just takes a running jump at the thing, grabbing on and beginning to pull herself along, calling back to Peridot at the landing.]

Just hold yourself up with your arms and legs!