Cardboard Bobsled Adventure

[unironickylorenfan]

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.
  <b>NAME(s):</B> Who's on this run? <B>WHAT'S YOUR RIDE?:</B> Butt, Lumpy Pillow, Laundry Basket, Sled, or Gym Class Wheely Thing <b>WILLINGNESS TO DIE?:</B> Scale of -10 to +10. <B>WHAT IS YOUR AESTHETIC?:</B> This part is super important. <B>ANYTHING ELSE?:</b>


• 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!

» OOC - Discussion

Comments

Re: RESULTS: Gregory and Marina

[sarno]

"N-NO," Marina sputters as Marzio interrupts her victory high. She bets no one told him he was STUPENDIS. "We just took the EXTRA HARD MODE path, did you like TOTALLY MISS IT?"

Re: RESULTS: Gregory and Marina

[de_leon]

At Marina's comment, Gregory juts his chin out slightly, trying to recall what in the world she is talking about. They didn't go down any extra hard mode path. He looks at Marina, like, Care to clarify?, but by some act of God, he doesn't -- for the first time in his life -- just open his mouth and blurt out his internal monologue. Marina's lie might be too flimsy to stand on its own already, but Gregory doesn't blow it over.

Re: RESULTS: Gregory and Marina

[marno]

Marzio makes sure he shoves another handful of pretzels in his mouth before bothering to speak again, for God knows what reason.

"Was it through the Loser Zone? 'Cause..." Crunch crunch crunch, "... nah."

Re: RESULTS: Gregory and Marina

[sarno]

There is no explanation that Marina can give that will make bickering with her pretzel-stuffed brother any less ridiculous.

This is also not the time to reconcile her current desire to destroy her brother with her usual desire to smother him with protection.

"Only a LOSER misses the extra hard mode path," she insists, misguidedly looking to Gregory for backup in this absurd sibling spat. "Would a LOSER get a STUPENDOUS medal?? That's BASICALLY the highest honors someone can GET."

Re: RESULTS: Gregory and Marina

[de_leon]

Gregory de Leon, he of no siblings and no ill will towards anyone, is the last person who’d understand a sibling spat. But he senses something is going on. A game! he realizes. He loves games. “That’s right,” he jumps in, “who misses the extra hard path?” An itch on his face causes him to momentarily pause for a scratch session, smudging his drawn-on cat whiskers. “Only a LOSER,” he answers with a big happy smile.