[OPEN] Asgard Olympics Day 112

[asgardmods]

Who: anyone!
What: Asgard Olympics Event Part 2
When: Day 112 (July 13-14)
Where: Gefion Park
Rating: G to R (take anything higher to a locked log please!)

The second day of the festival, characters will wake up to the same carnival music as before. If they go to the park, they'll find the stage replaced by a huge fenced-in ring (the size of a rodeo corral or similar thing). Throughout the day, equipment for events will be brought into an moved out of that ring.

When you make a thread, be sure to fill out your subject line! Make sure people know where you are and what you're doing. For the sake of making the log easier on browsers, we won't be posting category threads for each event, so try putting "eating contest / battle royale / obstacle course / games / food stands" or whatever is relevant in your subject line.

The contests for the day are as follows:

First, the Hot-Dog Eating Contest. For this event, there will be long tables with chairs set in the ring. Characters will be given a constant supply of pleasantly warm hot-dogs on buns with no condiments and plain water to help wash it down. They will be timed for ten minutes, and whoever's eaten the most at the end of that time will be declared the winner.

The winners of the eating contest will be:
First Place: Pippin Took (Loki)
Second Place: Aladdin (Freyr)

Second, the Battle Royale. Characters who sign up for the battle royale will all enter the ring at the same time to fight. Using magic from the gods, the moment someone has blood drawn from them or a bone broken they'll be teleported out of the ring and will be unable to reenter. The last person in the ring will be the winner. All injuries will be healed automatically when the character leaves the ring, but deaths will be handled the same as normal, penalties and all.

The winners of the battle royale will be:
First Place: Kiyomasa Senji (Thor)
Second Place: Cheriour (Heimdall)

Third, the Obstacle Course. For this contest, a field full of typical obstacles will be set up. Characters will begin with a tire run, then go up and down a sharp incline. From there, they'll run and leap over some hurdles, take monkey bars over an inground pool of water (deep enough not to hurt when you fall and to require swimming), walk a balance beam, climb a rock wall and take a zip line (there are three of them set up) over a mud pit. At the bottom they have a 100-meter sprint to the finish line! Whoever reaches that line without skipping an obstacle wins. Choosing to swim the pool or wade the mud pit is a legit choice and won't get a penalty. In fact, anything the characters do to get through the obstacles is allowed so long as they don't just run around them

The winners of the obstacle course will be:
First Place: Sokka (Freyr)
Second Place: Laura Kinney (Hel)

All prizes will be given out at the end of day 113, so look at that log for more info.

In the evening once it gets dark, the carnival games and food stands will be lit up, and the food will change from carnival junk food to really good food from all worlds (even yours!) The music will change from sourceless carnival music to... not live music! Instead, the large ring will suddenly be covered by a huge tent. Inside, there's dance/club music, blacklights and bright coloured moving lights -- everything you need for a modern dance party.

Have fun, play hard, and good try to everyone who competes! Remember, your characters had to sign in for events ICly, but they're welcome to be thrown in even if you didn't sign them up already OOCly. Just jump into whatever you'd like!

Comments

spectating / partying, partying, partying, yeah.

[auditor]

[ despite her critical opinion of the event, claudia returns for the second day. after all, a second day means more time to observe travellers, more time to chose ally and enemy. so again, she finds a seat to watch competition and crowd; pointedly, claudia does not acknowledge her brother, her face almost stone when her eyes connect with him. still, she is the picture of ladylike when she cheers, most especially for the recently arrived hobbits. (she has a soft spot for small people.) and when night falls, she melds into other people on a dance floor. her pastel dress is playful enough, but most of her teasing is half-hearted. ]

[learninghumanity]

[Laura has managed to achieve a second place in the obstacle course. She's somewhat disappointed that she didn't place in the Battle Royale, but there were many skilled fighters. Rather than dwell, she decides to take that as a lesson - years of having a healing factor has made her careless about injuries.

When she spots Claudia, she nods in greeting.]

[auditor]

[ her smile is lacking, but it is there; claudia tilts her head, as she does, and raises a bottle. beer and another bottle is next to her, half-empty. she had bought one, thinking the other was empty, until she had remembered better. join her, and share one with her, laura. claudia wants to talk to her, anyway. ]

[learninghumanity]

[Laura takes a seat near Claudia. Her body language seems to be inviting enough that Laura thinks she'll be welcome to join her as a fellow spectator for a little while, at least.]

Hello.

[auditor]

Did you enjoy competing?

[ she offers the beer. ]

[learninghumanity]

[Laura takes the offered beer.]

Thank you.

[She has to think about the question for a moment. She isn't used to thinking in terms of personal enjoyment, but she can say that the recreational competition was at least somewhat enjoyable. Years of training has made her physically adept, but it's rare that she's using it entirely for fun.]

I did enjoy competing. I am not used to things like that.

[auditor]

[ claudia reaches for the other beer and sips it. ]

No? We have competitions like that in Italia several times a year. [ beat. ] They are not so... Clean.

[learninghumanity]

It helps that they were prepared to treat people's injuries quickly.

[She takes a sip of the beer Claudia offered her.]

That would not have been as clean, otherwise.

[Another sip.]

What were your competitions like?

[auditor]

Allora...

[auditor]

There is one like this "battle royale." Men, and it always men, gather to fight. But that is the last match. The first few are even.

PARTY PARTY LURK.

[somnolent]

[ dream isn't exactly a fan of big crowds, but he's not deterred by them, either. he navigates them with a manner that is almost careless, but all that dream does is deliberate. still, it is coincidence that he reaches claudia in the seats. it's a decision to sit down.

sup. he'll just sit here silently with a paper plate of corn dogs, funnel cake, and a caramel apple from the food stand. ]

[auditor]

[ claudia is, acutely, aware of the people around her; and when dream approaches, she watches with a small smile. she hasn't a clue what most of the food on his plate is, much less why the plate is so flimsy, but she knows it is food. ]

Hungry?

[somnolent]

[ dream doesn't look up; he just stares at the funnel cake. he's never had it before. (death would be proud, to see him trying it.) ]

Somewhat.

[ he separates a piece of the pastry, and holds it for the moment. ]

Do you want any?

[auditor]

I... Don't know what it is.

[somnolent]

[ okay, eating that funnel cake now. he swallows before answering. ]

Corn dogs. Popcorn. Caramel apple. Funnel cake.

[ he points at each item as he names them, like he's a curator of a terrible exhibit. ]

[auditor]

[ after a moment, she plucks two or three pieces of popcorn from the plate. it's the only one she can, clearly, define as "not messy." ]

Grazie.

[ a slight raise of her hand in acknowledgement and then, she eats a piece. then, another. thoughtful chewing. ]

[somnolent]

[ dream does not, actually watch her eat. he just tears off another piece of funnel cake, and another, and the entire thing quickly disappears. ]

What do you think of the festivities?

[auditor]

[ wonderfully crisp. bizarrely salty. she needs more to decide... ]

Stupid.

spectating!

[occulthymns]

[Despite Euri's desire to just stay in bed all day she's got a few friends competing today, so she's out there in the stands with a bottle of iced tea and a parasol for a bit of extra shade. She's looking a good spot for the next event when she spies Claudia.]

Hi! Not competing?

[auditor]

[ aware as she is of the people around her, claudia is surprised euri is present. she was awfully drunk the day before, but then again, she does know how to make one amazing hangover cure. must have been awful trying to make it, this morning. ]

I'm not in the mood for showing off.

[ she picks up a bottle of beer and slides down the bench, making room for euri. ]

[occulthymns]

[She suffered through it, she's a toughie :'D But that response makes Euri raise her eyebrows a little as she sits.]

... Are you okay?

[auditor]

[ immediately, perks. ]

Oh, I'm fine! Just tired, that's all.

[occulthymns]

.... [She gives a small nod, though she isn't entirely sure about that answer.]

Do you know anyone competing in the events today?

[auditor]

I do. [ none worth mentioning. ] Did you enjoy competing?

[occulthymns]

I could've stood to pace myself a bit more.... [It was hideously embarrassing.]