finchwoodacademy | Cardboard Bobsled Adventure

CARDBOARD BOBSLED

What the hell is going on with the western stairwell in the dorms? Someone's turned it into a cardboard-and-pillow-lined luge track. The whole thing! Floor five to ground level. It's pretty well decorated, all things considered, with whimsical plastic toys and paper cut outs stuck to the walls or dangling from the ceiling. There are even fairy lights scotch taped to the walls. It's like if you turned a Joe's Crab Shack into the world's jankiest amusement park ride. The culprit figures that if he gets in trouble he can just blame it on the sudden snow and his slow descent into madness. YOLO, etc.

Our adventure starts on the top floor, the Swords dorm and carries talented riders down and around up to five floors of spiral staircase. Freshmen stand at each door, watching to ensure no one's loitering on the track. Different music thrums through at each dorm floor landing from portable speakers manned by freshmen, adding even more confusion to the quick trip down the stairs. And on the ground level, a table with some snacks and drinks has been set out. Shitty medals made of folded paper and yarn are being awarded for those who “go all the way.”

HOW THIS WORKS

With the assistance of some freshmen, Liam Blumenthal has assembled a cardboard sledding track in the western stairwell of the dorms. It took him most of the afternoon, so the first rides are available in the evening.

Since the western stairwell is in use, he asks that the eastern stairwell and elevator not be loitered in. For safety reasons. :)

Pick your mode of transport and go for a ride! You have a few options:
- Ya Butt (-10 to rolls, +1 to butt pain)
- Lumpy Pillow (-5 to rolls, +5 to comfort)
- Laundry Basket (0 to rolls, the Civic of improv indoor sleds)
- Plastic Disc Sled (+5 to rolls, +5 to style)
- One of those wheeled gym class ridey board things (+10 to rolls, +15 to yolo, but 50% chance of wipe out)

Post the form below to the RIDES! section to see how far you'll go.
NAME(s): Who's on this run? WHAT'S YOUR RIDE?: Butt, Lumpy Pillow, Laundry Basket, Sled, or Gym Class Wheely Thing WILLINGNESS TO DIE?: Scale of -10 to +10. WHAT IS YOUR AESTHETIC?: This part is super important. ANYTHING ELSE?:

2 People to a ride max. Only one of the riders needs to check in with a form.

Assume light scrapes, maybe a bruise, at worst for injury. Everything is lined with pillows and cardboard. It's quite squishy.

This is super low pressure. Just something dumb and fun.

Finchwood we've got a bobsled team

» RIDES!: Post here for your rides!

» SCENES!: For all your threading needs!

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Liam offers Lyle a polite golf clap.

He does an extra little spin and hopefully ends up hitting himself in the face with the pillows.

You've promoted yourself to enthusiastic whistle, if that's the case, Lyle.

He will bow and then skate off into the sunset on his scooter aka the bottom of the stairs to return it politely!!!

GUESS WHO'S WORK GOT CLOSED TOMORROW WOOT WOOT

Marty is here to do this infinite times with everyone and probably die multiple times over!!
Lee is glad you're all having fun. She has bandaids for your booboos. She may be convinced to go a round or two with her favorite people.
Mason will complain about how this is going to kill them but is actually totally here for it.

Aw yea NICE are you getting snow? We're just getting like ass destroying cold

Yeah like 1 - 3 inches last I heard lol. BUT IT'S ENOUGH TO SHUT US DOWN.

"Girl, you know I post about my outfits on IG before all big events." (He doesn't, actually.) Liam's voice has the grainy sound of someone who is living on coffee and a prayer, but he grins at her all the same, a heavy-lidded smile. He nudges her back with his own converse-clad foot. The laces are untied. "No excuse."

That aesthetic choice is so perfect for them

They clearly have a death wish, Dani.

IM DYING

WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WIN

pootato

venus will go with marty too

noah wants to ride with marty

also maybe tal can ask mason if he feels like dying today

You know I want to bug all your kids in some capacity

NAME(s): A couple of bots
WHAT'S YOUR RIDE?: Sled
WILLINGNESS TO DIE?: I'm going to say 6.
WHAT IS YOUR AESTHETIC?: The two robots from the Robots CG movie. Liam's the red one that is constantly in the process of breaking.
ANYTHING ELSE?: Liam holds his hands up the whole time like they're on a roller coaster.

Kyra & Liam (59 + 6 + 5) head down the track at impressive speed! And, wow! Look at them go! They make it all the way to the first floor. They shoot through the first floor doors and slam into the pillow wall at the end.

At the bottom, they are awarded with an orange, circular paper medal with a star and the words "you did a thing" drawn on it in black sharpie.

Alex, whatever it is you've eaten tonight, I need to ingest it immediately

6 is an accurate deathmeter and Kyra had her eyes closed through all of this but she is ALSO very proud.

This is extremely pleasing. Exactly what he'd wanted. Happy faces. Liam takes the medal and tears it in two. He gives the half that says "you did" to Kyra and keeps "a thing" for himself.

"Friendship medals." He says.

She nods and ties it on. "I'm going to keep it forever."

NAME(s): Cat Burglars
WHAT'S YOUR RIDE?: Gym Class Ridey Board
WILLINGNESS TO DIE?: 8.
WHAT IS YOUR AESTHETIC?: Football eye black but instead it's cat whiskers. And a short tail (one sock stuffed inside another) has been attached to the back of the board. It's 115% aesthetics and -15% aerodynamics.
ANYTHING ELSE?: Gregory is driven by a newfound sense of immortality. Marina is driven by an eternal need to beat her brother. Unclear who the sled is driven by, though.

fingers crossed

Gregory and Marina (61 + 8 + 10) head down the track at impressive speed! And, wow! Look at them go! They make it all the way to the first floor. They barrel through the door and become one with the wall of pillows at the end of the track.

At the bottom, they are awarded with a red, diamond-shaped paper medal that says, "STUPENDIS!" in black sharpie. The word has been messily corrected with red pen in someone else's handwriting.

AHHHH GREGORY
You're immortal AND a good luck charm!!!!!!!!

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